2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

Council election in Merseyside, England March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. The 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/councils/html/bz.stm St Helens 4 May 2007 BBC News 28 February 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was Labour 21 Liberal Democrats 20 Conservative 6 Independent 1Results - Election 2007 5 May 2007 The Times London NewsBank 83 Background After the last election in 2006, Labour were the largest party with 23 councillors, compared to 19 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/bz.stm Local elections: St Helens 5 May 2006 BBC News 28 February 2015 However following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives reached an agreement to run the council together.Battle for power and for your vote Traynor Luke 27 April 2007 Liverpool Echo NewsBank In June 2006 2 Labour councillors, Bessie Griffin and Pat Robinson, left the party to sit as independent councillors,Two quit Labour Kilmurray Andrew 15 June 2006 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank with Pat Robinson going on to join the Liberal Democrats early in 2007.http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/1361630.can_labour_stage_comeback_or_will_the_lib_demtory_alliance_prosper/ Can Labour stage comeback or will the Lib Dem/Tory alliance prosper? 28 April 2007 St Helens Star 28 February 2015 This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 19, the Conservatives 6, there was 1 independent and 1 seat was vacant, after the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Julie Jones.http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/local/election-results-in-full-1-730910 Election results in full 4 May 2007 St Helens Reporter 28 February 2015 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402173548/http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/local/election-results-in-full-1-730910 dead 17 seats were contested at the election, including 2 seats in Sutton, with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats defending 7, the Conservatives defended 2 seats, and 1 former Liberal Democrat seat was vacant. Key seats were expected before the election to be in Bold, Haydock, Town Centre and West Park wards. Candidates at the election included four from the British National Party,BNP plans poll push Lister Sam 5 April 2007 Liverpool Daily Post NewsBank up from one in 2006, while a former Labour leader of the council in the 1980s, Brian Green, stood for the Community Action Party in Bold. Election result The Labour and Liberal Democrat parties both gained 2 seats from each other to leave the party balance on the council unchanged.Labour aims for 2008 4 May 2007 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Labour gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Thatto Heath and West Park to leave Labour on 21 seats, with the winner in West Park, Marlene Quinn, being the sister of the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer. However the Liberal Democrats took seats in Haydock and Town Centre from Labour to leave them just one seat behind Labour with 20 councillors. Meanwhile, the Conservatives held the 2 seats they had been defending to remain with 6 seats and the only independent councillor was not defending their seat in 2007. Following the election the independent councillor Bessie Griffin joined the Liberal Democrats, which meant both the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups had 21 seats.St Helens leadership unchanged 17 May 2007 Liverpool Daily Post NewsBank The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continued to run the council, after agreeing to renew their pact. St Helens local election result 2007http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134519/local_3_may_2007.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120830201917/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/134519/local_3_may_2007.pdf dead 30 August 2012 Declaration of Result of Poll St. Helens Council 28 February 2015 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 2 2 0 47.1 41.4 19,781 +1.8% Labour Party (UK) 7 2 2 0 41.2 37.7 18,030 -2.7% Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 0 0 11.8 17.0 8,146 -0.3% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 879 +1.1% Community Action Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 561 -0.7% Community Performance First 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 313 +0.7% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 110 +0.2% Ward results Billinge and Seneley Green Labour Party (UK) Joe Pearson 1,321 42.5 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hodgson 922 29.7 -1.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Gadsden 551 17.7 -3.7 Community Performance First Vinny Kay 313 10.1 +10.1 399 12.8 -4.2 3,107 34.0 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Blackbrook Labour Party (UK) Linda Maloney 1,266 63.7 +15.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Smith 299 15.0 -12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Collins 259 13.0 +4.4 Community Action Party Janet Smee 164 8.2 -4.5 967 48.6 +27.5 1,988 28.9 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Bold Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Topping 933 43.9 -4.8 Labour Party (UK) Charlie Preston 911 42.9 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Charmian Pyke 165 7.8 +1.4 Community Action Party Brian Green 117 5.5 +5.5 22 1.0 -2.8 2,126 28.7 -2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Earlestown Labour Party (UK) Keith Deakin 1,090 44.8 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smith 1,000 41.1 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Honey 234 9.6 -1.6 Green Party of England and Wales Andie Pennington 110 4.5 +4.5 90 3.7 -4.7 2,434 30.2 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Eccleston Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Evans 2,696 69.8 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Barton 587 15.2 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) Lynn Glover 577 14.9 -0.4 2,109 54.6 +4.8 3,860 41.4 -1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haydock Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Sheldon 1,820 59.6 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) Ken Cleary 1,022 33.5 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rigby 211 6.9 +1.1 798 26.1 +10.1 3,053 33.6 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Moss Bank Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Heyes 1,707 54.2 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Roy Litherland 1,189 37.7 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) William Highcock 254 8.1 +0.6 518 16.4 +4.3 3,150 35.8 -0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Newton Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Astbury 2,003 69.7 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) Louise Hazelby 613 21.3 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 257 8.9 +0.1 1,390 48.4 +11.4 2,873 34.9 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Parr Labour Party (UK) Keith Roberts 1,379 69.2 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Pulfer 466 23.4 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Madeleine Wilcock 148 7.4 +1.8 913 45.8 +8.2 1,993 23.2 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) Rainford Conservative Party (UK) David Grice 2,099 71.7 +11.8 Labour Party (UK) David Wood 634 21.7 -5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frederick Barret 194 6.6 -6.1 1,465 50.1 +17.7 2,927 42.9 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rainhill Labour Party (UK) Joseph De Asha 1,508 45.9 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 872 26.5 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christina Duncan 629 19.1 -4.5 British National Party Frances Chesney 278 8.5 +8.5 636 19.3 +3.5 3,287 35.8 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) Sutton (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Knowles 2,198 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephanie Topping 1,797 Labour Party (UK) Mike Glover 817 Labour Party (UK) Derek Maylor 747 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Johnson 225 5,784 30.3 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Thatto Heath Labour Party (UK) Patricia Martinez-Williams 1,274 48.3 -7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Robinson 794 30.1 +10.7 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 201 7.6 -1.7 British National Party Damian Smith 187 7.1 +7.1 Community Action Party Michael Perry 180 6.8 -8.7 480 18.2 -18.3 2,636 29.2 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Town Centre Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Hennessy 1,099 45.2 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Martin Bond 959 39.4 +0.2 British National Party Kevin Devine 194 8.0 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Jones 129 5.3 +0.9 Community Action Party Leslie Teeling 50 2.1 -1.4 140 5.8 +4.0 2,431 29.5 -1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) West Park Labour Party (UK) Marlene Quinn 1,741 52.2 +0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Evans 1,150 34.5 -4.8 British National Party Eric Swindells 220 6.6 +6.6 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Barton 174 5.2 -0.5 Community Action Party Tracy Lavelle 50 1.5 -1.7 591 17.7 +5.2 3,335 37.1 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Windle Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Ashcroft 1,409 49.7 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Almond 982 34.6 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noreen Knowles 445 15.7 -1.3 427 15.1 +0.2 2,836 35.2 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) References Saint Helens 2007 Category:2000s in Merseyside Category:May 2007 in the United Kingdom