2006_Knowsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
2006 UK local government election
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.
Quick Facts 22 of the 63 seats on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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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
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Party | 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% | |
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Three Labour councillors were uncontested.
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Party | 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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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