2002 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. 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/vote2002/local_elections/81.stm Knowsley 2009-12-16 BBC News Online Overall turnout was 23.7%. After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 59 Liberal Democrat 7 Election results Knowsley local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 19 -3 86.4 60.9 15,969 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 +3 13.6 21.6 5,665 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 7.5 1,968 -3.8 Independent (politician) 0 0 0.0 5.1 1,347 +1.5 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party 0 0 0.0 3.7 957 +3.7 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 0.8 203 +0.3 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0.0 0.4 93 +0.4 Ward results Cantril Farm Labour Party (UK) William Welightman 454 61.1 +6.7 Independent (politician) Ian Williams 268 36.1 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Delyth Arnall 21 2.8 -1.6 186 25.0 +11.8 743 20.9 +6.9 Cherryfield Labour Party (UK) Jayne Aston 604 71.7 +3.9 Independent (politician) Norman Harris 192 22.8 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Brent 46 5.5 -2.3 397 48.6 +5.3 842 19.6 +4.3 Halewood East Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Smithson 1,096 54.4 -11.5 Labour Party (UK) Lindsey Moorhead-Taylor 775 38.5 +12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Robertson 143 7.1 -1.0 421 15.9 -24.1 2,014 25.7 +2.0 Halewood South Labour Party (UK) Andrew Moorhead 552 64.3 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sharon Fricker 181 21.1 -11.1 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Stephen Whatham 125 14.6 +14.6 371 43.2 +7.6 858 20.1 +3.5 Halewood West Labour Party (UK) Robert Swann 633 63.9 -3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shelly Powell 193 19.5 -13.3 Independent (politician) Frederick Gibb 113 11.4 +11.4 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Eric McIntosh 51 5.2 +5.2 440 44.4 +10.4 990 22.7 +7.2 Kirkby Central Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Harris 841 92.2 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Christie 71 7.8 -1.3 770 84.4 +2.6 912 19.8 +5.6 Knowsley Park Labour Party (UK) Patrica Devlin 658 57.3 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Arnall 403 35.1 -8.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Nield 87 7.6 +7.6 255 22.2 +10.2 1,148 22.8 +5.3 Longview Labour Party (UK) Michael Kearns 627 85.7 +28.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Davis 105 14.3 -21.0 522 71.4 +49.4 732 18.2 +2.5 Northwood Labour Party (UK) Edward Connor 606 70.5 -19.7 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party George Rowe 209 24.3 +24.3 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Fagan 45 5.2 -4.6 397 46.2 -34.2 860 24.6 +8.2 Page Moss Labour Party (UK) Arthur Murphy 720 56.1 -13.9 Independent (politician) Edward Robb 407 31.7 +31.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Lappin 129 10.1 -8.1 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Carole Whatham 27 2.1 -9.7 313 24.4 -27.4 1,283 24.4 +10.0 Park Labour Party (UK) David Lonergan 979 63.0 +3.2 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party Peter Fisher 375 24.1 +24.1 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Allen 106 6.8 -4.1 Green Party of England and Wales James Oakley 93 6.0 +6.0 604 38.9 +8.4 1,553 26.7 +8.9 Prescot East Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Waring 786 61.6 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Friar 489 38.4 +0.5 297 23.2 -1.0 1,275 28.4 +6.7 Prescot West Liberal Democrats (UK) Denis Rimmer 784 55.8 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) George Hayward 531 37.8 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Sylvia Christie 91 6.5 +6.5 253 18.0 -6.0 1,406 28.5 -3.3 Princess Labour Party (UK) Thomas Quirk 605 88.2 +8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) June Porter 81 11.8 -8.1 524 76.4 +16.2 686 17.1 +3.4 Roby Labour Party (UK) Joan Quilliam 1,142 54.9 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gary Robertson 691 33.2 -7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cecilia Saleemi 249 12.0 -1.5 451 21.7 +17.2 2,082 29.4 +5.0 St Gabriels Labour Party (UK) Joanne Hedges 700 53.3 -2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frederick Fricker 573 43.6 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Robinson 41 3.1 -4.8 127 9.7 -9.1 1,314 29.1 +9.7 St Michaels Labour Party (UK) John Keith 775 78.2 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Rimmer 216 21.8 +1.7 559 56.4 -3.4 991 23.1 +6.4 Swanside Labour Party (UK) Graham Wright 1,105 72.3 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Waring 227 14.8 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Lee 197 12.9 -2.8 878 57.5 +2.5 1,529 25.5 +5.2 Tower Hill Labour Party (UK) Thomas Grierson 649 58.8 -29.7 Independent (politician) John Bennett 208 18.9 +18.9 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party Michael Scully 200 18.1 +18.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Allen 46 4.2 -7.3 441 39.9 -37.1 1,103 17.7 +7.0 Whiston North Labour Party (UK) Ronald Gaffney 674 51.5 -19.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Sommerfield 635 48.5 +19.0 39 3.0 -38.0 1,309 22.7 +6.8 Whiston South Labour Party (UK) Vincent Cullen 927 65.8 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan McGarry 323 22.9 +10.7 Independent (politician) Mark Salmon 159 11.3 +11.3 604 42.9 -6.8 1,409 23.9 +4.9 Whitefield Labour Party (UK) Doris Keats 923 79.4 -8.9 Kirkby Labour Alliance Party John Gallagher 173 14.9 +14.9 Conservative Party (UK) Lorna Gough 67 5.8 -5.9 750 64.5 -12.1 1,163 21.3 +7.5 References 2002 Category:2002 English local elections Category:2000s in Merseyside