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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Knowsley Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.^[1]

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Councillor		From	To
David Tempest^[6]	Labour	Apr 1974	May 1975
Peter Longworth^[7]	Labour	May 1975	May 1978
Jim Lloyd	Labour	May 1978	May 1987
Jim Keight^[8]	Labour	May 1987	4 May 2003
Ron Round	Labour	21 May 2003	22 May 2015
Andy Moorhead	Labour	22 May 2015	May 2018
Graham Morgan	Labour	18 May 2018

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	555	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	383	36.8
	Conservative	103	9.9
Majority		172	16.5
Turnout		1,041
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Harvey	607	46.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tommy Morretta	486	36.8	-9.8
	BNP		113	8.6	+8.6
	United Socialist		52	3.9	-5.3
	Conservative		32	2.4	-3.5
	Independent		30	2.3	+2.3
Majority			121	9.2
Turnout			1,320
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Brennan	650	86.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	John White	70	9.3	-10.8
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	36	4.8	+4.8
Majority			580	76.7
Turnout			756
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Tulley	541	82.5	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	John White	57	8.7	+1.8
	Independent	Sean Watson	22	3.4	+3.4
	Green	Marie Rea	21	3.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Robert Avery	15	2.3	+2.3
Majority			484	73.8
Turnout			656
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowsley_local_elections

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Council elections

By-election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steff O'Keeffe	515	57.9	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Cashman	328	36.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Adam Butler	47	5.3	+2.0
Majority			187	21.0
Turnout			890
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn O'Keeffe	441	43.8	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	403	40.1	+2.2
	TUSC	Stephen Whatham	86	8.5	-1.3
	Conservative	Robert Avery	62	6.2	+0.5
	Green	Robert Mbanu	14	1.4	+1.4
Majority			38	3.8
Turnout			1,006
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vickie Lamb	676	85.7	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Currie	69	8.7	+1.5
	Conservative	David Dunne	44	5.6	+5.6
Majority			607	76.9
Turnout			789
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margi O'Mara	670	64.8	-29.0
	Independent	Paul Woods	327	31.6	+31.6
	Conservative	Adam Butler	37	3.6	+3.6
Majority			343	33.2
Turnout			1,034
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Kearns	716	86.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Boyle	58	7.0
	Green	Kirk Sandringham	53	6.4
Majority			658	79.6
Turnout			827
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Del Arnall	657	78.2
	Green	Kirk Sandringham	74	8.8
	UKIP	Fred Fricker	68	8.1
	Conservative	Aaron Waters	41	4.9
Majority			583	69.4
Turnout			840
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary See	1,012	51.6	+5.8
	Independent	Bob Swann	778	39.7	+39.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny McNeilis	118	6.0	+6.0
	Conservative	Victoria Smart	54	2.8	-4.1
Majority			234	11.9
Turnout			1,962
	Labour hold		Swing