Labour secures the LCR Mayor, Police and Crime Commissioner, and 3 local council seats, but an independent candidate retakes a seat in Whitefield Ward
On 2nd May 2024 Kirkby went to the polls to vote in 3 different sets of elections:
- The Labour candidate Steve Rotheram has been re-elected as the Liverpool City Region Mayor
- The Labour candidate Emily Spurrell has been re-elected as the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner
- In the local elections to elect borough councillors to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, 1 out of 3 seats in each of the 4 Kirkby wards were contested:
- The Labour candidate Sean Donnelly was elected in Cherryfield ward, having previously lost his seat in Whitefield Ward in 2021, taking over from the previous Labour councillor Jackie Harris
- The Labour candidate Matthew Rawlinson was elected in Northwood ward, taking over from the previous Labour councillor Eddie Connor
- The Labour candidate Aimee Wright was re-elected in Shevington ward
- The independent candidate Steve Smith was re-elected in Whitefield ward