2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Prior to the election, the composition of the council is:

Candidates

Shevington Ward
Shevington Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Halpin
Liberal Democrats Edwin Kolodynski
Conservative Edward Vose

Park Ward
Park Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Dobbie 624 62.40 -37.60
Liberal Democrats John White 376 37.60 +37.60

Northwood Ward
Northwood Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Connor
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wynn

Whitefiled Ward
Whitefiled Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Gary Aronsson 72 4.92 -15.08
Labour Rosamond Smith 629 42.96 -37.04
1st 4 Kirkby Jennifer Wharton 613 41.87 +41.87
Liberal Democrats John Wickham 150 10.25 +10.25

Cherryfield Ward
Cherryfield Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Grannell 634 47.85 -52.15
1st 4 Kirkby Ann Murphy 487 36.75 +36.75
Conservative James Nolan 73 5.51 +5.51
Liberal Democrats Donald Pryde 131 9.89 +9.89

Kirkby Central Ward
Kirkby Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
1st 4 Kirkby Anthony Barton 443 33.32 +33.32
Liberal Democrats Peter Fisher 165 12.39 +12.39
Labour Jacqueline Harris 722 54.29 -45.71

Prescot West Ward
Prescot West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Birchall
Green Peter Cranie
Conservative Antony Read
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith

Prescot East Ward
Prescot East Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Friar
Conservative Suzanne Parry
Liberal Democrats William Sommerfield

Stockbridge Ward
Stockbridge Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Nield
Labour William Weightman

Longview Ward
Longview Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Harvey
Liberal Democrats Paul Woods

Page Moss Ward
Page Moss Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leslie Rigby
Labour Thomas Russell

St Michaels Ward
St Michaels Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Moorhead
Liberal Democrats Susan Roberts

St Bartholomews Ward
St Bartholomews Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Moorhead
Liberal Democrats Allison Mountaine

Swanside Ward
Swanside Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Donnelly
Labour Ronald Round
Conservative Sheila Webster

Roby Ward
Roby Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Bannon
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Smith
Conservative Robert Webster

St Gabriels Ward
St Gabriels Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Ford
Labour Brian O'Hare
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Walsh

Halewood North Ward
Halewood North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christina Harris 388 28.55 -3.55
Liberal Democrats Shelley Powell 693 50.99 +6.99
BNP Antony Ward 278 20.46 +4.16

Halewood West Ward
Halewood West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Powell 405 36.39 +10.89
Labour Bob Swann 708 63.61 -2.59

Halewood South Ward
Halewood South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Birch 691 46.63 +5.53
Labour Edna Finneran 502 33.87 -7.03
United Socialist Eric McIntosh 137 9.24 -3.56
Conservative Joan Read 88 5.94 +0.74
Independent Andrew Thompson 64 4.32 +4.32

Whiston North Ward
Whiston North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Gaffney
Conservative Louise Parry
Liberal Democrats Steven Yates

Whiston South Ward
Whiston South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Donovan
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Southern
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