2002 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 23.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Labour19-386.460.915,969+0.6%
 Liberal Democrats3+313.621.65,665-2.6%
 Conservative0007.51,968-3.8%
 Independent0005.11,347+1.5%
 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party0003.7957+3.7%
 Socialist Labour0000.8203+0.3%
 Green0000.493+0.4%

Ward results

Cantril Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourWilliam Weiightman45461.1+6.7
IndependentIan Williams26836.1-5.1
ConservativeDelyth Arnall212.8-1.6
Majority18625.0+11.8
Turnout74320.9+6.9
Cherryfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJayne Aston60471.7+3.9
IndependentNorman Harris19222.8-1.7
ConservativeCharles Brent465.5-2.3
Majority39748.6+5.3
Turnout84219.6+4.3
Halewood East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsSarah Smithson1,09654.4-11.5
LabourLindsey Moorhead-Taylor77538.5+12.6
ConservativeGillian Robertson1437.1-1.0
Majority42115.9-24.1
Turnout2,01425.7+2.0
Halewood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAndrew Moorrhead55264.3-3.5
Liberal DemocratsSharon Fricker18121.1-11.1
Socialist LabourStephen Whatham12514.6+14.6
Majority37143.2+7.6
Turnout85820.1+3.5
Halewood West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourRobert Swann63363.9-3.3
Liberal DemocratsShelly Powell19319.5-13.3
IndependentFrederick Gibb11311.4+11.4
Socialist LabourEric McIntosh515.2+5.2
Majority44044.4+10.4
Turnout99022.7+7.2
Kirkby Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJacqueline Harris84192.2+1.3
ConservativeDouglas Christie717.8-1.3
Majority77084.4+2.6
Turnout91219.8+5.6
Knowsley Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPatrica Devlin65857.3+1.3
ConservativeRobert Arnall40335.1-8.9
Liberal DemocratsJohn Nield877.6+7.6
Majority25522.2+10.2
Turnout1,14822.8+5.3
Longview
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMichael Kearns62785.7+28.4
Liberal DemocratsAlan Davis10514.3-21.0
Majority52271.4+49.4
Turnout73218.2+2.5
Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourEdward Connor60670.5-19.7
Kirkby Labour Alliance PartyGeorge Rowe20924.3+24.3
ConservativeThomas Fagan455.2-4.6
Majority39746.2-34.2
Turnout86024.6+8.2
Page Moss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Murphy72056.1-13.9
IndependentEdward Robb40731.7+31.7
Liberal DemocratsKathleen Lappin12910.1-8.1
Socialist LabourCarole Whatham272.1-9.7
Majority31324.4-27.4
Turnout1,28324.4+10.0
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDavid Lonergan97963.0+3.2
Kirkby Labour Alliance PartyPeter Fisher37524.1+24.1
ConservativeGeoffrey Allen1066.8-4.1
GreenJames Oakley936.0+6.0
Majority60438.9+8.4
Turnout1,55326.7+8.9
Prescot East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsJean Waring78661.6-0.5
LabourJacqueline Friar48938.4+0.5
Majority29723.2-1.0
Turnout1,27528.4+6.7
Prescot West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsDenis Rimmer78455.8-6.2
LabourGeorge Hayward53137.8-0.2
ConservativeSylvia Christie916.5+6.5
Majority25318.0-6.0
Turnout1,40628.5-3.3
Princess
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Quirk60588.2+8.1
Liberal DemocratsJune Porter8111.8-8.1
Majority52476.4+16.2
Turnout68617.1+3.4
Roby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoan Quilliam1,14254.9+9.7
ConservativeGary Robertson69133.2-7.5
Liberal DemocratsCecilia Saleemi24912.0-1.5
Majority45121.7+17.2
Turnout2,08229.4+5.0
St Gabriels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoanne Hedges70053.3-2.2
Liberal DemocratsFrederick Fricker57343.6+6.9
ConservativeRonald Robinson413.1-4.8
Majority1279.7-9.1
Turnout1,31429.1+9.7
St Michaels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Keith77578.2-1.7
Liberal DemocratsJean Rimmer21621.8+1.7
Majority55956.4-3.4
Turnout99123.1+6.4
Swanside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGraham Wright1,10572.3+1.6
Liberal DemocratsJohn Waring22714.8+1.1
ConservativeThomas Lee19712.9-2.8
Majority87857.5+2.5
Turnout1,52925.5+5.2
Tower Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Grierson64958.8-29.7
IndependentJohn Bennett20818.9+18.9
Kirkby Labour Alliance PartyMichael Scully20018.1+18.1
ConservativeGillian Allen464.2-7.3
Majority44139.9-37.1
Turnout1,10317.7+7.0
Whiston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourRonald Gaffney67451.5-19.0
Liberal DemocratsMarjorie Sommerfield63548.5+19.0
Majority393.0-38.0
Turnout1,30922.7+6.8
Whiston South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourVincent Cullen92765.8-2.9
Liberal DemocratsJoan McGarry32322.9+10.7
IndependentMark Salmon15911.3+11.3
Majority60442.9-6.8
Turnout1,40923.9+4.9
Whitefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDoris Keats92379.4-8.9
Kirkby Labour Alliance PartyJohn Gallagher17314.9+14.9
ConservativeLorna Gough675.8-5.9
Majority75064.5-12.1
Turnout1,16321.3+7.5

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