2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
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22 of the 63 seats on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() A map of the 2006 Knowsley Council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 51
- Liberal Democrat 12
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 17 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 77.3 | 56.9 | 12,817 | -0.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 22.7 | 33.6 | 7,579 | -0.7% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1,201 | +2.5% | |
United Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 592 | +2.6% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 188 | +0.3% | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 149 | -1.1% |
Three Labour councillors were uncontested.
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Lonergan | 760 | 73.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John White | 276 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 484 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,036 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Smithson | 812 | 68.8 | ||
Labour | Edna Finneran | 369 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 443 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,181 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Birch | 576 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | Roy Nicholson | 533 | 37.6 | ||
United Socialist | Andrew Thompson | 310 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 43 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,419 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Fearns | 794 | 73.8 | ||
United Socialist | Eric McIntosh | 282 | 26.2 | ||
Majority | 512 | 47.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,076 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marie Stuart | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Murphy | 587 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Williams | 342 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 245 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 929 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurence Nolan | 765 | 83.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rigby | 156 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 609 | 66.2 | |||
Turnout | 921 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Greer | 634 | 66.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Rossiter | 314 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 320 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 948 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joseph McGarry | 747 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | David Friar | 555 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 192 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,302 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Wynn | 867 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Whiley | 494 | 32.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Stephen Whatham | 149 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 373 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,510 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christina O'Hare | 988 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Gary Robertson | 851 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 137 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,839 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Malcolm Sharp | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Harvey | 819 | |||
Labour | Anthony Cunningham | 789 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Swainbank | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Surti | 236 | |||
Turnout | 2,209 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Frederick Fricker | 737 | 56.0 | ||
Labour | Michael Peers | 579 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 158 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,316 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kenneth Keith | 882 | 61.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Anderson | 557 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 325 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,439 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Foulkes | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Wright | 1,098 | 75.8 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Robertson | 350 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 748 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,448 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pauline Kelly | 660 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Lappin | 621 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 39 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,281 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Newman | 719 | 51.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Southern | 685 | 48.8 | ||
Majority | 34 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,404 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Doris Keats | 792 | 62.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Fisher | 288 | 22.7 | ||
BNP | Gary Aronsson | 188 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 504 | 39.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,268 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |