title: Prescot South (ward)
text: # Prescot South (ward)
  
  53°21′25″N 2°52′34″W﻿ / ﻿53.357°N 2.876°W﻿ / 53.357; -2.876 Prescot South is a Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Ward. The ward was created for the 2016 municipal election when the number of councillors on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council was reduced from 63 to 45.
  
  The ward is in the St Helens South and Whiston constituency.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Term | Councillor | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2016–2018 | David Williams | Labour |
  | 2016–present | Denise Allen | Labour |
  | 2016–present | Steff O'Keeffe | Labour |
  | 2018–present | Kai Taylor | Green |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections of the 2010s
  
  **May 2019**
  
  Candidates so far declared:
  
  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2 May 2019: Prescot South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Green | Joanne Burke | | | |
  
  **May 2018**
  
  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 3 May 2018: Prescot South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Green | Kai Taylor | 1,520 | 65.5 | New |
  | | Labour | Lynn O’Keeffe | 736 | 31.7 | 31.4 |
  | | Conservative | Sheila Webster | 64 | 2.8 | 6.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 784 | 33.8 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,322 | 32.8 | |
  | | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 34.7 | |
  
  **May 2016**
  
  Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 5 May 2016: Prescot South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Steff O'Keeffe | 1,151 | 63.1 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Denise Allen | 1,131 | – | – |
  | | Labour | David Williams | 1,101 | – | – |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sophia Smith | 503 | 27.6 | N/A |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Shaw | 502 | – | – |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Wickham | 338 | – | – |
  | | Conservative | Sheila Webster | 171 | 9.4 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 648 | 35.5 | N/A |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,960 | | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | | N/A |
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