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16 out of 45 seats toKnowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members ofKnowsley Metropolitan Borough Council inMerseyside,England.[2] This was on the same day as otherlocal 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.
| 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election[3] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 9 | 56.3 | 22 | 31 | 68.9 | 17,236 | 59.0 | –0.2 | ||
| Green | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 7 | 15.6 | 6,787 | 23.2 | +2.3 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | 4 | 8.9 | 2,319 | 7.9 | –4.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 2,182 | 7.5 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 454 | 1.6 | -+0.3 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 0.5 | –1.4 | ||
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Greengain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Greengain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||