1999 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 64
• Liberal Democrat 2

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21			-1	95.5	69.4	12,009
	Liberal Democrats	1			+1	4.5	10.7	1,860
	Conservative	0			0	0	12.0	2,069
	Independent	0			0	0	7.7	1,341
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.2	33

5 Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Cantril Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Baum	342	54.5
	Independent	Peter Muldoon	266	42.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Allen	20	3.2
Majority			76	12.1
Turnout			628	16.8

Cherryfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Grannell	501	76.0
	Independent	Norman Harris	158	24.0
Majority			343	52.0
Turnout			659	15.2

Halewood East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cartin	896	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cecelia Saleemi	318	22.3
	Conservative	Gillian Robertson	215	15.0
Majority			578	40.4
Turnout			1,429	19.7

Halewood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lyons	uncontested

Halewood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fearns	577	69.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Smithson	250	30.2
Majority			327	39.6
Turnout			827	17.9

Kirkby Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	734	93.4
	Conservative	Charles Brent	52	6.6
Majority			682	86.8
Turnout			786	17.4

Knowsley Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Scoggins	630	58.9
	Conservative	Thomas Fagan	439	41.1
Majority			191	17.8
Turnout			1,069	21.5

Longview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Reid	uncontested

Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hagan	512	66.7
	Independent	Robert O'Connor	236	30.7
	Conservative	Andrew Pates	20	2.6
Majority			276	36.0
Turnout			768	20.6

Page Moss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Russell	uncontested

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Crummie	854	72.1
	Independent	John White	258	21.8
	Conservative	Gillian Allen	73	6.2
Majority			596	50.3
Turnout			1,185	20.5

Prescot East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Friar	516	53.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rimmer	428	43.9
	Conservative	Maria Salman-Roozen	30	3.1
Majority			88	9.1
Turnout			974	21.7

Prescot West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	651	50.8
	Labour	Derek McEgan	598	46.6
	Socialist Labour	Carole Whatham	33	2.6
Majority			53	4.2
Turnout			1,282	29.0

Princess

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Nolan	uncontested

Roby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,013	56.2
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	533	29.5
	Independent	John Webster	258	14.3
Majority			480	26.7
Turnout			1,804	26.0

St Gabriels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Keight	768	88.7
	Conservative	Susan Ford	98	11.3
Majority			670	77.4
Turnout			866	19.5

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Baker	uncontested

Swanside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Round	1,102	84.4
	Conservative	Ronald Robinson	204	15.6
Majority			898	68.8
Turnout			1,306	21.8

Tower Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Rossiter	648	92.4
	Conservative	Thomas Lee	53	7.6
Majority			595	84.8
Turnout			701	12.6

Whiston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandria Gaffney	776	78.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Whatham	213	21.5
Majority			563	57.0
Turnout			989	19.7

Whiston South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Newman	981	77.7
	Conservative	Mark Salmon	281	22.3
Majority			700	55.4
Turnout			1,262	22.7

Whitefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Clarke	561	72.4
	Independent	John Gallagher	165	21.3
	Conservative	Lorna Gough	49	6.3
Majority			396	51.1
Turnout			775	14.2