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The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England. It covers several towns and villages, including Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood, Cronton and Stockbridge Village; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its name from the village of Knowsley, though its headquarters are in Huyton. It forms part of the wider Liverpool City Region.
Sir George Edward Howarth is a British Labour Party politician who serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley. He also served the seat's predecessors since being elected in a by-election in 1986, firstly as the MP for Knowsley North and then Knowsley North and Sefton East (1997–2010).
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Knowsley Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Elections were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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.
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. Overall turnout was 18.0%. The election in Longview ward was postponed until June.
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. Overall turnout was 23.7%.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 20.7%.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
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.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1979. The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party, who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day. The Liberals also gained councillors and a council.
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected at the 2008 Knowsley Council election defending their seats this time.
Elections to Broxtowe Borough Council were held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 44 members to the Councils 20 electoral wards each electing between one and three members who would each serve a four-year term expiring in 2019.
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 3 May 2018, as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Although the council is normally elected in thirds, all 96 council seats were up for election due to boundary changes. Labour retained its near-complete dominance of the council. The sole change was that the Liberal Democrats gained a second seat in Didsbury West.
The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Brent London Borough Council were to be elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 15 out of 45 — on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2024 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day.
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- ↑ "Knowsley council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2009.
