2003 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 20.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 55
Liberal Democrat 11

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	18	-2	78.3	62.9	13,362	+2.0
Liberal Democrats	5	+2	21.7	28.0	5,936	+6.4
Conservative	0	0	0	5.5	1,169	-2.0
Independent	0	0	0	1.4	288	-3.7
Green	0	0	0	1.1	243	+0.7
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0.7	154	-0.1
BNP	0	0	0	0.4	83	+0.4

2 Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cantril Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Cunningham	uncontested

Cherryfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Grannell	786	90.4	+18.7
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	83	9.6	+9.6
Majority			703	80.8	+32.2
Turnout			869	20.5	+0.9

Halewood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shelly Powell	810	52.4	-2.0
	Labour	William Cartin	597	38.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	138	8.9	+1.8
Majority			213	13.8	-2.1
Turnout			1,545	19.8	-5.9

Halewood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lyons	476	67.2	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Fricker	232	32.8	+11.7
Majority			244	34.4	-8.8
Turnout			708	16.9	-3.2

Halewood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	564	77.7	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cecelia Saleemi	162	22.3	+2.8
Majority			402	55.4	+10.0
Turnout			726	17.0	-5.7

Kirkby Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	577	80.7	-11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Scully	138	19.3	+19.3
Majority			439	61.4	-23.0
Turnout			715	16.0	-3.8

Knowsley Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Scoggins	488	51.6	-5.7
	Conservative	Robert Arnall	236	25.0	-10.1
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Whatham	154	16.3	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Davis	67	7.1	-0.5
Majority			252	26.6	+4.4
Turnout			945	19.2	-3.6

Longview
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Reid	456	82.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Rigby	97	17.5	+3.2
Majority			359	65.0	-6.4
Turnout			553	14.3	-3.9

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hagan	uncontested

Page Moss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Russell	624	64.9	+8.8
	Independent	Edward Robb	288	29.9	-1.8
	Green	Catherine Leidstrom	50	5.2	+5.2
Majority			336	35.0	+10.6
Turnout			962	18.5	-5.9

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crummie	811	62.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	347	26.8	+26.8
	Green	James Oakley	137	10.6	+4.6
Majority			464	35.8	-3.1
Turnout			1,295	22.6	-4.1

Prescot East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John McGarry	511	58.1	-3.5
	Labour	David Friar	368	41.9	+3.5
Majority			143	16.2	-7.0
Turnout			879	19.8	-8.6

Prescot West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	725
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Sommerfield	689
	Labour	Thomas Dolan	439
	Labour	Jacqueline Friar	392
Turnout			2,245	24.6	-3.9

Princess
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	472	87.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Nield	68	12.6	+0.8
Majority			404	74.8	-1.6
Turnout			540	14.2	-2.9

Roby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,242	66.1	+11.2
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	636	33.9	+0.7
Majority			606	32.2	+10.5
Turnout			1,878	26.5	-2.9

St Gabriels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Fricker	633	50.6	+7.0
	Labour	James Knight	617	49.4	-3.9
Majority			16	1.2
Turnout			1,250	28.4	-0.7

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Baker	749	81.7	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	June Porter	168	18.3	-3.5
Majority			581	63.4	+7.0
Turnout			917	21.7	-1.6

Swanside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Round	1,059	76.4	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Lappin	169	12.2	-2.6
	Conservative	Robert Webster	159	11.5	-1.4
Majority			890	64.2	+6.7
Turnout			1,387	23.4	-2.1

Tower Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Sharp	612	73.2	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Rossiter	168	20.1	+20.1
	Green	Patrica Oakley	56	6.7	+6.7
Majority			444	53.1	+13.2
Turnout			836	13.0	-4.7

Whiston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Gaffney	581	62.0	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Sommerfield	356	38.0	-10.5
Majority			225	24.0	+1.3
Turnout			937	18.1	-4.6

Whiston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Newman	745	65.4	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Fricker	395	34.6	+11.7
Majority			350	30.8	-12.1
Turnout			1,140	26.9	+3.0

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clarke	707	77.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Gallagher	201	22.1	+22.1
Majority			506	55.8	-8.7
Turnout			908	16.9	-4.4

References

"Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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