2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024 →
16 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Graham Morgan[1] Kai Taylor
Party Labour Green
Last election 32 seats, 59.2% 6 seats, 20.9%
Seats before 32 5
Seats won 9 4
Seats after 31 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 17,236 6,787
Percentage 59.0% 23.2%
Swing Decrease 0.2% Increase 2.3%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 4 seats, 12.3% 3 seats, 4.3%
Seats before 5 2
Seats won 1 2
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 2,319 2,182
Percentage 7.9% 7.5%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 3.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

Leader after election

Graham Morgan
Labour


The 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained its majority on the council.

The Green Party made two further gains from Labour to secure their status as the official opposition in the borough. Paul Woodruff took the seat from Labour’s Hugh Malone in Roby ward and Graham Golding secured a second gain for the Greens in St Gabriel’s ward. The Green Party also held their council seats in Whiston and Cronton ward and the Prescot South ward. The only other change was in Whitefield ward, with Labour’s Gary Bennett regaining the Kirkby seat from John Morgan, who had resigned from the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.

Election result

2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election[3]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Decrease 1 56.3 22 31 68.9 17,236 59.0 –0.2
  Green 4 Increase 2 25.0 3 7 15.6 6,787 23.2 +2.3
  Independent 1 Decrease 1 6.3 3 4 8.9 2,319 7.9 –4.4
  Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 12.5 1 3 6.7 2,182 7.5 +3.2
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 454 1.6 -+0.3
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 151 0.5 –1.4
  Freedom Alliance 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 45 0.2 N/A
  SDP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Aston* 1,138 74.1 –10.8
Green Ryan Riley 246 16.0 N/A
TUSC Neill Dunne 151 9.8 –5.3
Majority 892 58.1
Turnout 1,535 19.1
Labour hold

Halewood North

Halewood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shelley Powell* 1,352 68.6 +5.1
Independent Suzanne Harvey 464 23.5 –13.0
Conservative David Jones 156 7.9 N/A
Majority 888 45.1
Turnout 1,972 24.1
Labour hold Swing Increase9.1

Halewood South

Halewood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Dunn* 935 48.7 –6.0
Labour Clare Rose 892 46.4 +1.1
Conservative Paul Letts 94 4.9 N/A
Majority 43 2.3
Turnout 1,921 23.7
Independent hold Swing Decrease3.6

Northwood

Northwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Stuart* 1,219 82.5 +11.4
Green Matthew Kirwan 259 17.5 +6.8
Majority 960 65.0
Turnout 1,478 16.7
Labour hold Swing Increase2.3

Page Moss

Page Moss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Del Arnall* 1,060 66.7 +0.3
Green John Carine 530 33.3 –0.3
Majority 530 33.4
Turnout 1,590 18.2
Labour hold Swing Increase0.3

Prescot North

Prescot North (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Burke 1,128 53.7 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith* 1,054 50.1 -0.5
Labour Tommy Grierson 1,008 47.9 +4.5
Labour Gary See 898 42.7 -0.7
Conservative Peter Leadbeater 117 5.6 -0.4
Turnout 25.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Prescot South

Prescot South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Joanne Burke* 1,297 69.1 +10.2
Labour Robert Owens 580 30.9 –6.8
Majority 717 38.2
Turnout 25.4
Green hold Swing Increase8.5

Roby

Roby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Paul Woodruff 1,280 49.0 –0.8
Labour Hugh Malone* 1,246 47.7 –2.5
Conservative Aaron Waters 87 3.3 N/A
Majority 34 1.3
Turnout 2,613 33.8
Green gain from Labour Swing

Shevington

Shevington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Brennan* 1,242 86.1 +21.6
Green Russell Greenway 201 13.9 N/A
Majority 1,041 72.2
Turnout 1,443 17.9
Labour hold

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Golding 1,032 54.8 +2.3
Labour Jo Schumacher 825 43.8 –3.7
SDP Patricia Jameson 26 1.4 N/A
Majority 207 11.0
Turnout 1,883 25.9
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase3.0

St Michaels

St Michaels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Kearns* 1,164 78.2 ±0.0
Green James Taylor 324 21.8 +8.9
Majority 840 56.4
Turnout 1,488 21.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.5

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Donnelly* 1,047 79.6 ±0.0
Green Paul Ryan 269 20.4 ±0.0
Majority 778 59.2
Turnout 1,316 15.6
Labour hold

Swanside

Swanside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bannon* 1,606 81.2 +1.2
Green Graham Wickens 373 18.8 +4.7
Majority 1,233 62.4
Turnout 1,979 26.1
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.8

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ron Gaffney* 976 52.1 +5.7
Labour Diane Sedman 897 47.9 –5.7
Majority 79 4.2
Turnout 1,873 25.2
Green hold Swing Increase5.7

Whitefield

Whitefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Bennett 1,062 52.5 +6.2
Independent John Morgan* 916 45.3 –8.4
Freedom Alliance Christine Dillon 45 2.2 N/A
Majority 146 7.2
Turnout 2,023 25.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase7.3

References

  1. ^ Rand, Lisa (14 December 2022). "Row erupts over Knowsley councillor allowances". St Helens Star. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Knowsley Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Knowsley election result". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
Categories