# 2004 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of councillors by three. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 33.7%.

## Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 52 | -3 | 82.5 | 60.0 | 48,652 | -2.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 0 | 17.5 | 33.4 | 27,088 | +5.4% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2,471 | -2.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1,137 | +0.0% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 979 | +0.5% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 675 | -0.3% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 147 | -0.2% |
6 Labour councillors were uncontested.

## Ward results

Cherryfield (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Jayne Aston | uncontested |
| Labour | Edward Grannell | uncontested |
| Labour | Daniel Smith | uncontested |
Halewood North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shelly Powell | 857 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Smithson | 849 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Smithson | 834 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Moorhead | 496 | |
| | Labour | Denise Allen | 398 | |
| | Labour | Robert Whiley | 377 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,811 | 32.6 |
Halewood South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lindsay Moorhead-Taylor | 720 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Smith | 698 | |
| | Labour | William Cartin | 696 | |
| | Labour | Roy Nicholson | 689 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Powell | 662 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Rigby | 598 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Kevin Tyrrell | 269 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Eric Mcintosh | 187 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Ian Croft | 153 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Thompson | 126 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,798 | 34.3 |
Halewood West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bob Swann | 999 | |
| | Labour | Norman Hogg | 998 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Fearns | 863 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David O'Hara | 468 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cecelia Saleemi | 321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,649 | 31.2 |
Kirkby Central (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | William Brennan | uncontested |
| Labour | Jacqueline Harris | uncontested |
| Labour | John King | uncontested |
Longview (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Kearns | 914 | |
| | Labour | Diane Reid | 912 | |
| | Labour | Samuel Lee | 898 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Forrest | 416 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Davis | 374 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Rigby | 346 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,860 | 27.0 |
Northwood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Connor | 761 | |
| | Labour | Terence Garland | 693 | |
| | Labour | Mark Hagan | 605 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Williams | 540 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robinson | 496 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Scully | 484 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,579 | 30.5 |
Page Moss (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Russell | 882 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth McGlashan | 804 | |
| | Labour | Laurence Nolan | 771 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Robb | 437 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Wiggins | 281 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Hope | 265 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,440 | 28.9 |
Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Crummie | 781 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Parker | 736 | |
| | Labour | David Lonergan | 651 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Rossiter | 450 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa McLoughlin | 449 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fisher | 435 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,502 | 31.3 |
Prescot East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Sommerfield | 847 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan McGarry | 844 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph McGarry | 833 | |
| | Labour | David Friar | 810 | |
| | Labour | Derek McEgan | 809 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Dolan | 771 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,914 | 36.7 |
Prescot West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Smith | 1,069 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Sommerfield | 1,044 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Wynn | 1,020 | |
| | Labour | Michael Foulkes | 686 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Scoggins | 685 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Devlin | 679 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Stephen Whatham | 256 | |
| | Socialist Labour | Daniel Croft | 114 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,553 | 39.2 |
Roby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joan Quillaim | 1,215 | |
| | Labour | Graham Morgan | 1,164 | |
| | Labour | Christina O'Hare | 1,147 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Webster | 665 | |
| | Conservative | Gary Robertson | 663 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Robertson | 638 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Fricker | 241 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Fricker | 227 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jayne Fricker | 224 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,184 | 43.2 |
Shevington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raymond Halpin | 759 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Grierson | 673 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Sharp | 666 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John White | 382 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,480 | 26.1 |
St Bartholomews (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Flaherty | 932 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Murphy | 932 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Cunningham | 916 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Swainbank | 489 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Ellis | 488 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Estall | 462 | |
| | Green | Catherine Leidstrom | 132 | |
| | Green | Paul Monaghan | 118 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,469 | 36.2 |
St Gabriels (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian O'Hare | 687 | |
| | Labour | Joanne Hedges | 664 | |
| | Labour | Michael Peers | 663 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Fricker | 613 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katie Farnell | 570 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Surti | 535 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Ford | 178 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Parkin | 167 | |
| | Conservative | Antony Read | 160 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,237 | 35.6 |
St Michaels (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Baker | 1,229 | |
| | Labour | James Keight | 1,227 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Keith | 1,193 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Porter | 421 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Tennant | 374 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Tennant | 335 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,779 | 35.2 |
Stockbridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Weightman | 867 | |
| | Labour | Dennis Baum | 794 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Quirk | 793 | |
| | Independent | Peter Muldoon | 387 | |
| | Independent | Ian Williams | 318 | |
| | Independent | Anthony Rainford | 306 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,465 | 26.8 |
Swanside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ronald Round | 1,513 | |
| | Labour | Robert Maguire | 1,404 | |
| | Labour | Graham Wright | 1,207 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Manser | 438 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Neild | 402 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Strannigan | 355 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,319 | 40.0 |
Whiston North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sandra Gaffney | 862 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Gaffney | 838 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Lappin | 762 | |
| | Labour | Michael Murphy | 741 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Donnelly | 736 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Petrie | 674 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,613 | 34.3 |
Whiston South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Howard | 966 | |
| | Labour | Vincent Cullen | 932 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Newman | 901 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Southern | 771 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Pryde | 654 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,224 | 35.0 |
Whitefield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann Clarke | 906 | |
| | Labour | Norman Keats | 889 | |
| | Labour | Doris Keats | 888 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Gallagher | 362 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Murphy | 328 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Williams | 328 | |
| | Green | James Oakley | 227 | |
| | Green | Patricia Oakley | 198 | |
| | BNP | Gary Aronsson | 147 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,273 | 36.5 |