title: 2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
text: # 2006 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 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.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  * Labour 51
  * Liberal Democrat 12
  
  ## Election result
  
  Knowsley Local Election Result 2006 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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
  
  Cherryfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Lonergan | 760 | 73.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John White | 276 | 26.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 46.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,036 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Halewood North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Smithson | 812 | 68.8 |
  | | Labour | Edna Finneran | 369 | 31.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 443 | 37.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,181 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Halewood South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Birch | 576 | 40.6 |
  | | Labour | Roy Nicholson | 533 | 37.6 |
  | | United Socialist | Andrew Thompson | 310 | 21.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,419 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  Halewood West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Thomas Fearns | 794 | 73.8 |
  | | United Socialist | Eric McIntosh | 282 | 26.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 47.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,076 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Kirkby Central :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Marie Stuart | uncontested | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Northwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Michael Murphy | 587 | 63.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Williams | 342 | 36.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 26.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Page Moss :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Laurence Nolan | 765 | 83.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rigby | 156 | 16.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 609 | 66.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 921 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Greer | 634 | 66.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Rossiter | 314 | 33.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 33.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 948 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Prescot East :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joseph McGarry | 747 | 57.4 |
  | | Labour | David Friar | 555 | 42.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 14.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Prescot West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Wynn | 867 | 57.4 |
  | | Labour | Robert Whiley | 494 | 32.7 |
  | | Socialist Labour | Stephen Whatham | 149 | 9.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 24.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,510 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Roby :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Christina O'Hare | 988 | 53.7 |
  | | Conservative | Gary Robertson | 851 | 46.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 7.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,839 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Shevington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Malcolm Sharp | uncontested | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  St Bartholomews (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Margaret Harvey | 819 |
  | | Labour | Anthony Cunningham | 789 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Swainbank | 365 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Surti | 236 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,209 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  St Gabriels :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Fricker | 737 | 56.0 |
  | | Labour | Michael Peers | 579 | 44.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 12.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,316 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  St Michaels :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Kenneth Keith | 882 | 61.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gary Anderson | 557 | 38.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 22.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,439 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Stockbridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Michael Foulkes | uncontested | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Swanside :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Graham Wright | 1,098 | 75.8 |
  | | Conservative | Gillian Robertson | 350 | 24.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 51.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Whiston North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Pauline Kelly | 660 | 51.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Lappin | 621 | 48.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,281 | |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  Whiston South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Anthony Newman | 719 | 51.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Southern | 685 | 48.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Whitefield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Doris Keats | 792 | 62.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fisher | 288 | 22.7 |
  | | BNP | Gary Aronsson | 188 | 14.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 39.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,268 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  