2023 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 local election in England, UK

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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16 out of 45 seats to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Graham Morgan	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	1	2
Popular vote	17,236	6,787
Percentage	59.0%	23.2%
Swing	0.2%	2.3%

	Third party	Fourth party

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	1
Popular vote	2,319	2,182
Percentage	7.9%	7.5%
Swing	4.4%	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. 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
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	1	56.3	22	31	68.9	17,236	59.0	–0.2
	Green	4	2	25.0	3	7	15.6	6,787	23.2	+2.3
	Independent	1	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

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	9.1

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	3.6

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	2.3

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	0.3

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	8.5

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	3.0

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	4.5

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	1.8

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	5.7

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	7.3

References

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

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