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2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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15 out of 45 seats (one third) up for election 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 34 seats, 55.3% 5 seats, 23.1% Seats before 32 5 Seats won 10 2 Seats after 32 6 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 17,424 6,160 Percentage 59.2% 20.9% Swing 3.9% 2.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader N/A Unknown Party Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 3 seats, 9.8% 3 seats, 5.9% Seats before 4 3 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 4 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,630 1,276 Percentage 12.3% 4.3% Swing 2.5% 1.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 15 out of 45 — on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its longstanding control of the council, holding 34 seats after the election. The Green Party formed the main opposition with five seats, while independent councillors and the Liberal Democrats held three seats each.

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Knowsley was a district of the Merseyside metropolitan county. The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was created in 2014 and began electing the mayor of the Liverpool City Region from 2017. The body was given strategic powers covering a region that encompassed the former Merseyside metropolitan county with the addition of Halton Borough Council.

Since its formation, Knowsley has continuously been under Labour control. The Liberal Democrats had become the main opposition party by the late 1990s, and continued to win seats on the council until the 2010 election, when Labour won every seat. Labour continued to win every seat in subsequent elections until the 2016 election, when three Liberal Democrats were elected. The first Green Party councillor was elected to the borough in the 2018 election, with the Green Party winning a further two seats in each of the 2019 election and 2021 election to become the council's main opposition. After the 2021 election, Labour held 34 seats, the Greens held five and independent councillors and the Liberal Democrats held three each.

The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour won twelve seats on 66.2% of the vote while the Green Party, independents and Liberal Democrats won one seat each on 12.7%, 7.5% and 6.8% of the vote respectively. The Conservatives received 5.4% of the vote but didn't win any seats.

Council term

The Labour councillor John Morgan resigned from his party in March 2022. The council leader Graham Morgan said that John Morgan had already been suspended from the Labour Party.

Electoral process

The council previously elected its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. However, following a boundary review, all forty-eight councillors will be elected at the same time. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by up to three councillors. Electors will be able to vote for as many candidates as there are seats to fill, and the candidates with the most votes in each ward will be elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Knowsley aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

Results summary

2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	2	66.7	22	32	71.1	17,424	59.2	+3.9
	Green	2	1	13.3	4	6	13.3	6,160	20.9	-2.2
	Independent	2	1	13.3	2	4	8.9	3,630	12.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.7	2	3	6.7	1,276	4.3	-1.6
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	553	1.9	+0.7
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	380	1.3	-2.8
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	18	0.1	-0.1

Ward results

Cherryfield

Halewood North

Halewood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Powell	1,257	63.5	+12.7
	Independent	Suzanne Harvey	724	36.5	+15.5
Majority			533	27.0
Turnout			1,981	24.2
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

Halewood South

Halewood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joanne Harvey	1,115	54.7	+13.8
	Labour	Clare Rose	922	45.3	−0.6
Majority			193	9.4
Turnout			2,037	25.3
	Independent hold		Swing	7.2

Northwood

Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Bell	1,206	71.1	−6.9
	TUSC	Neill Dunne	309	18.2	+3.7
	Green	Matthew Kirwan	182	10.7	N/A
Majority			897	52.9
Turnout			1,697	19.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Page Moss

Page Moss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Austin	1,145	66.4	+8.3
	Green	John Carine	579	33.6	−1.8
Majority			566	32.8
Turnout			1,724	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Prescot North

Prescot North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Wynn	1,125	50.6	−10.2
	Labour	Thomas Grierson	965	43.4	+11.4
	Conservative	Aaron Waters	133	6.0	−1.2
Majority			160	21.6
Turnout			2,223	25.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.8

Prescot South

Prescot South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kai Taylor	1,315	58.9	−2.2
	Labour	Dena Fairclough	841	37.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Carl Cross	75	3.4	N/A
Majority			474	21.2
Turnout			2,231	29.7
	Green hold		Swing	0.5

Roby

Roby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Bannon	1,247	50.2	+2.8
	Green	Paul Woodruff	1,236	49.8	+8.8
Majority			11	0.4
Turnout			2,483	32.5
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Shevington

St Gabriels

St Gabriels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cath Golding	1,033	52.5	+4.8
	Labour	Tracy Agger	935	47.5	−2.8
Majority			98	5.0
Turnout			1,968	26.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	3.8

St Michaels

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Ely	1,320	78.2	+2.4
	Green	Thomas Large	218	12.9	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Madine	151	8.9	−0.2
Majority			1,102	65.3
Turnout			1,689	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Stockbridge

Stockbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Baum	1,150	79.6	+1.7
	Green	James Taylor	295	20.4	−1.7
Majority			855	59.2
Turnout			1,445	17.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Swanside

Swanside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Dever	1,667	80.0	+19.9
	Green	Graham Golding	293	14.1	−25.8
	Conservative	Will Finnan	123	5.9	N/A
Majority			1,374	65.9
Turnout			2,083	27.4
	Labour hold		Swing	22.9

Whiston and Cronton

Whiston and Cronton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Allen	1,164	53.6	+8.8
	Green	Sandra Gaffney	1,009	46.4	+2.5
Majority			155	7.2
Turnout			2,173	29.7
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Whitefield

Whitefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Guy	1,193	53.7	+6.1
	Labour	Louise Harbour	1,027	46.3	+0.4
Majority			166	7.4
Turnout			2,220	28.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	2.9

References

1. Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
2. "Establishment of a Combined Authority for the Liverpool City Region" (PDF). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
3. Thorp, Liam; McKeon, Christopher (7 May 2021). "Knowsley Council 2021 election results as they happen". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
4. Rand, Lisa (17 March 2022). "Kirkby Labour councillor quits party". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
5. "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
6. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).

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