2000 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/63.stm Knowsley 2009-12-16 BBC News Online Overall turnout was 18.0%. The election in Longview ward was postponed until June. After the election, the composition of the council was Labour 61 Liberal Democrat 4 Election result Knowsley local election result 2000 Labour Party (UK) 18 -2 85.7 60.3 11,388 -9.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 +2 14.3 24.2 4,567 +13.5% Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0 11.3 2,139 -0.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 3.6 688 -4.1% Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.5 90 +0.3% Ward results Cantril Farm Labour Party (UK) Francis O'Rourke 296 54.4 -0.1 Independent (politician) Ian Williams 224 41.2 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Arnall 24 4.4 +1.2 72 13.2 +1.2 544 15.0 -1.8 Cherryfield Labour Party (UK) Daniel Smith 435 67.8 -8.2 Independent (politician) Norman Harris 157 24.5 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Upham 50 7.8 +7.8 278 43.3 -8.7 642 15.3 +0.1 Halewood East Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smithson 1,154 65.9 +43.6 Labour Party (UK) Keith McGhee 454 25.9 -36.8 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Robertson 142 8.1 -6.9 700 40.0 1,750 23.7 +4.0 Halewood South Labour Party (UK) Roy Nicholson 458 67.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cecelia Saleemi 218 32.2 240 35.6 676 16.6 Halewood West Labour Party (UK) Norman Hogg 459 67.2 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Smithson 224 32.8 +2.6 235 34.4 -5.2 683 15.5 -2.4 Kirkby Central Labour Party (UK) John King 561 90.9 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Brent 56 9.1 +2.5 505 81.8 -5.0 617 14.2 -3.2 Knowsley Park Labour Party (UK) Michael Foulkes 501 56.0 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Fagan 393 44.0 +2.9 108 12.0 -5.8 894 17.5 -4.0 Northwood Labour Party (UK) Patrick Williams 546 90.2 +23.5 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Pates 59 9.8 +7.2 487 80.4 +44.4 605 16.4 -4.2 Page Moss Labour Party (UK) Maragret Flaherty 534 70.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) June Porter 139 18.2 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Carole Whatham 90 11.8 395 51.8 763 14.4 Park Labour Party (UK) Ernest Parker 605 59.8 -12.3 Independent (politician) John Gallagher 297 29.3 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Allen 110 10.9 +4.7 308 30.5 -19.8 1,012 17.8 -2.7 Prescot East Liberal Democrats (UK) Joseph McGarry 599 62.1 +18.2 Labour Party (UK) Joan Molloy 366 37.9 -15.1 233 24.2 965 21.7 +0.0 Prescot West Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Byron 896 62.0 +11.2 Labour Party (UK) Derek McEgan 548 38.0 -8.6 348 24.0 +19.8 1,444 31.8 +2.8 Princess Labour Party (UK) Kenneth McGlashan 467 80.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Sommerfield 116 19.9 351 60.2 583 13.7 Roby Labour Party (UK) Christina O'Hare 766 45.2 -11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Gary Robertson 689 40.7 +11.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Lappin 229 13.5 +13.5 Independent (politician) John Webster 10 0.6 -13.7 77 4.5 -22.2 1,694 24.4 -1.6 St Gabriels Labour Party (UK) Brian O'Hare 472 55.5 -33.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Davis 312 36.7 +36.7 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Ford 67 7.9 -3.4 160 18.8 -58.6 851 19.4 -0.1 St Michaels Labour Party (UK) Frederick Curran 578 79.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Inagh Smith 145 20.1 433 59.8 723 16.7 Swanside Labour Party (UK) Robert Maguire 858 70.7 -13.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen McPartland 190 15.7 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Wynn 166 13.7 +13.7 668 55.0 -13.8 1,214 20.3 -1.5 Tower Hill Labour Party (UK) Raymond Halpin 529 88.5 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Lee 69 11.5 +3.9 460 77.0 -7.8 598 10.7 -1.9 Whiston North Labour Party (UK) Michael Murphy 570 70.5 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Whatham 238 29.5 +8.0 332 41.0 -16.0 808 15.9 -3.8 Whiston South Labour Party (UK) George Howard 736 68.7 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Salmon 204 19.0 -3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Lappin 131 12.2 +12.2 532 49.7 -5.7 1,071 19.0 -3.7 Whitefield Labour Party (UK) Norman Keats 649 88.3 +15.9 Conservative Party (UK) Lorna Gough 86 11.7 +5.4 563 76.6 +25.5 735 13.8 -0.4 References 2000 Category:2000 English local elections Category:2000s in Merseyside