# 2008 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Prior to the election, the composition of the council is:
* Labour 50
* Liberal Democrat 13

## Candidates
### Shevington Ward

Shevington Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | Raymond Halpin |
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin Kolodynski |
| Conservative | Edward Vose |

### Park Ward

Park Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Dobbie | 624 | 62.40 | −37.60 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John White | 376 | 37.60 | +37.60 |

### Northwood Ward

Northwood Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Connor | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wynn | | | |

### Whitefiled Ward

Whitefiled Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| BNP | Gary Aronsson | 72 | 4.92 | −15.08 |
| Labour | Rosamond Smith | 629 | 42.96 | −37.04 |
| 1st 4 Kirkby | Jennifer Wharton | 613 | 41.87 | +41.87 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Wickham | 150 | 10.25 | +10.25 |

### Cherryfield Ward

Cherryfield Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Edward Grannell | 634 | 47.85 | −52.15 |
| 1st 4 Kirkby | Ann Murphy | 487 | 36.75 | +36.75 |
| Conservative | James Nolan | 73 | 5.51 | +5.51 |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Pryde | 131 | 9.89 | +9.89 |

### Kirkby Central Ward

Kirkby Central Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 1st 4 Kirkby | Anthony Barton | 443 | 33.32 | +33.32 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Fisher | 165 | 12.39 | +12.39 |
| Labour | Jacqueline Harris | 722 | 54.29 | −45.71 |

### Prescot West Ward

Prescot West Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | John Birchall |
| Green | Peter Cranie |
| Conservative | Antony Read |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith |

### Prescot East Ward

Prescot East Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | David Friar |
| Conservative | Suzanne Parry |
| Liberal Democrats | William Sommerfield |

### Stockbridge Ward

Stockbridge Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Nield | | | |
| | Labour | William Weightman | | | |

### Longview Ward

Longview Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Harvey | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Woods | | | |

### Page Moss Ward

Page Moss Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rigby | | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Russell | | | |

### St Michaels Ward

St Michaels Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine Moorhead | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Roberts | | | |

### St Bartholomews Ward

St Bartholomews Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Moorhead | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allison Mountaine | | | |

### Swanside Ward

Swanside Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Donnelly |
| Labour | Ronald Round |
| Conservative | Sheila Webster |

### Roby Ward

Roby Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | Christine Bannon |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Smith |
| Conservative | Robert Webster |

### St Gabriels Ward

St Gabriels Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Conservative | Susan Ford |
| Labour | Brian O'Hare |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Walsh |

### Halewood North Ward

Halewood North Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christina Harris | 388 | 28.55 | −3.55 |
| Liberal Democrats | Shelley Powell | 693 | 50.99 | +6.99 |
| BNP | Antony Ward | 278 | 20.46 | +4.16 |

### Halewood West Ward

Halewood West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Powell | 405 | 36.39 | +10.89 |
| | Labour | Bob Swann | 708 | 63.61 | −2.59 |

### Halewood South Ward

Halewood South Ward :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Birch | 691 | 46.63 | +5.53 |
| Labour | Edna Finneran | 502 | 33.87 | −7.03 |
| United Socialist | Eric McIntosh | 137 | 9.24 | −3.56 |
| Conservative | Joan Read | 88 | 5.94 | +0.74 |
| Independent | Andrew Thompson | 64 | 4.32 | +4.32 |

### Whiston North Ward

Whiston North Ward :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | Sandra Gaffney |
| Conservative | Louise Parry |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Yates |

### Whiston South Ward

Whiston South Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lorraine Donovan | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Southern | | | |