Norman Cook's Biography

Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. 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 50
Liberal Democrat 13

Election result

Knowsley Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	18	0	1	-1	78.3	57.2	13,575	+0.3%
Liberal Democrats	5	1	0	+1	21.7	30.7	7,300	-2.9%
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	7.4	1,757	+2.1%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	448	+1.1%
United Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	283	-1.4%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	231	+1.0%
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	154	-0.1%

5 Labour candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

Cherryfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Aston	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Halewood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Smithson	590	44.0	-24.8
	Labour	Tina Harris	431	32.1	+0.9
	BNP	Tony Ward	218	16.3	+16.3
	Conservative	Karen Turner	102	7.6	+7.6
Majority			159	11.9	-25.7
Turnout			1,341
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Halewood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Smith	613	41.1	+0.5
	Labour	Edna Finneran	610	40.9	+3.3
	United Socialist	Andy Tomo	191	12.8	-9.0
	Conservative	Jean Read	77	5.2	+5.2
Majority			3	0.2	-2.8
Turnout			1,491
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Halewood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hogg	733	66.2	-7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Donegan	283	25.5	+25.5
	United Socialist	Eric McIntosh	92	8.3	-17.9
Majority			450	40.7	-6.9
Turnout			1,108
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkby Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brennan	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Longview
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Reid	702	58.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woods	495	41.4
Majority			207	17.2
Turnout			1,197
	Labour hold		Swing

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Garland	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Page Moss (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ken McGlashan	783
	Labour	Veronica McNeill	716
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wiggins	186
	Liberal Democrats	Les Rigby	153
Turnout			1,838
	Labour hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Dobbie	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Prescot East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan McGarry	657	49.5	-7.9
	Labour	Dave Friar	565	42.6	+0.0
	Conservative	Robin Webster	105	7.9	+7.9
Majority			102	6.9	-7.9
Turnout			1,327
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prescot West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Sommerfield	777	45.6	-11.8
	Labour	Phil Foukes	574	33.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Tony Read	200	11.7	+11.7
	Socialist Labour	Steve Whatham	154	9.0	-0.9
Majority			203	11.9	-12.8
Turnout			1,705
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,260	58.6	+4.9
	Conservative	Gary Robertson	889	41.4	-4.9
Majority			371	17.2	+9.8
Turnout			2,149
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Grierson	647	68.9
	Liberal Democrats	John White	209	22.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Allen	83	8.8
Majority			438	46.6
Turnout			939
	Labour hold		Swing

St Bartholomews (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tony Cunningham	871
	Labour	Andy Moorhead	848
	Liberal Democrats	Mal Swainbank	465
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Gresty	463
Turnout			2,647
	Labour hold		Swing

St Gabriels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Currie	616	46.4	-9.6
	Labour	Diane Oakford	587	44.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Susan Ford	126	9.5	+9.5
Majority			29	2.2	-9.8
Turnout			1,329
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lilly	920	64.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Anderson	510	35.7	-3.0
Majority			410	28.6	+6.0
Turnout			1,430
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Baum	721	75.7
	Independent	Pop Muldoon	231	24.3
Majority			490	51.4
Turnout			952
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Maguire	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Gaffney	776	53.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Donnelly	514	35.1	-13.4
	Conservative	Louise Parry	175	11.9	+11.9
Majority			262	17.9	+14.9
Turnout			1,465
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vince Cullen	913	54.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Southern	769	45.7	-3.1
Majority			144	8.6	+6.2
Turnout			1,682
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Keats	918	80.0	+17.5
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	230	20.0	+5.2
Majority			688	60.0	+20.2
Turnout			1,148
	Labour hold		Swing

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