2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England.[2] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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

  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Carl Cashman
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 4 seats, 12.3% 3 seats, 4.3%
Seats before 5 2

Leader before election

Graham Morgan
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

Summary

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 22 31 -2
  Green 4 3 7 +2
  Liberal Democrats 2 1 3 -
  Independent 1 3 4 -
  Conservative 0 0 0 -
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0 -
  SDP 0 0 0 -
  TUSC 0 0 0 -

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[4]

Cherryfield

Cherryfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ryan Riley
Labour Jayne Aston*
TUSC Neill Dunne

Halewood North

Halewood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Jones
Independent Suzanne Harvey
Labour Shelley Powell*

Halewood South

Halewood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Letts
Independent Barbara Dunn*
Labour Clare Rose

Northwood

Northwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Matthew Kirwan
Labour Marie Stuart*

Page Moss

Page Moss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green John Carine
Labour Del Arnall*

Prescot North

Prescot North (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Leadbeater
Labour Tommy Grierson
Labour Gary See
Liberal Democrats Mark Burke
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith*

Prescot South

Prescot South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Joanne Burke*
Labour Robert Owens

Roby

Roby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aaron Waters
Green Paul Woodruff
Labour Hugh Malone*

Shevington

Shevington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Russell Greenway
Labour Tony Brennan*

St Gabriels

St Gabriels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Golding
Labour Jo Schumacher
SDP Patricia Jameson

St Michaels

St Michaels
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Taylor
Labour Mike Kearns*

Stockbridge

Stockbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Paul Ryan
Labour John Donnelly*

Swanside

Swanside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Graham Wickens
Labour Chris Bannon*

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ron Gaffney*
Labour Diane Sedman

Whitefield

Whitefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Freedom Alliance Christine Dillon
Independent John Morgan*
Labour Gary Bennett

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.
  4. "Knowsley Local elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Knowsley". Liverpool Echo. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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