Election of councillors to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council on Thursday 4th May 2024
One of three councillor seats in each of the four wards in Kirkby was up for election, with all 4 of the elected candidates from the Knowsley Labour Party.
Candidates
The candidates for this election were:
Cherryfield
Cherryfield Ward includes Field Lane and most of Southdene.
Jayne Aston – Labour – ELECTED
Neill Dunne – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Ryan Riley – Green
Northwood
Northwood Ward includes Northwood, St. Kevin’s Estate, the north-eastern part of Southdene and Kirkby Industrial Estate.
Matthew Kirwan – Green
Marie Stuart – Labour – ELECTED
Shevington
Shevington Ward includes all of Towerhill, Shevington Park and Melling Mount.
Tony Brennan – Labour – ELECTED
Ryan Riley – Green
Whitefield
Whitefield Ward includes the Town Centre, Westvale, Kirkby Park and part of Southdene.
Gary Bennett – Labour – ELECTED
Christine Dillon – Freedom Alliance
John Morgan – Independent
Ward Map
You can view the map of Kirkby ward boundaries for the 2023 local council elections:
Detailed results
This information is reproduced from a combination of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and the Electoral Commission.
Cherryfield
| Electorate | 8052 | |
| Ballots | No. | % |
| Rejected for want of official mark | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty | 6 | 0.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jayne Aston – Labour – ELECTED | 1138 | 74.1 |
| Ryan Riley – Green | 246 | 16.0 |
| Neill Dunne – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition | 151 | 9.8 |
| Total votes cast | 1535 | n/a |
| Total turnout | 1544 | 19.2 |
| No vote cast | 6508 | 80.8 |
Northwood
| Electorate | 8976 | |
| Ballots | No. | % |
| Rejected for want of official mark | 6 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty | 12 | 0.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.0 |
| Marie Stuart – Labour – ELECTED | 1219 | 82.5 |
| Matthew Kirwan – Green | 259 | 17.5 |
| Total votes cast | 1478 | n/a |
| Total turnout | 1498 | 16.7 |
| No vote cast | 7478 | 83.3 |
Shevington
| Electorate | 8171 | |
| Ballots | No. | % |
| Rejected for want of official mark | 14 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.0 |
| Tony Brennan – Labour – ELECTED | 1242 | 86.1 |
| Ryan Riley – Green | 201 | 13.9 |
| Total votes cast | 1443 | n/a |
| Total turnout | 1465 | 17.9 |
| No vote cast | 6706 | 82.1 |
Whitefield
| Electorate | 8002 | |
| Ballots | No. | % |
| Rejected for want of official mark | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty | 4 | 0.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gary Bennett – Labour – ELECTED | 1062 | 52.5 |
| John Morgan – Independent | 916 | 45.3 |
| Christine Dillon – Freedom Alliance | 45 | 2.2 |
| Total votes cast | 2023 | n/a |
| Total turnout | 2027 | 25.3 |
| No vote cast | 5975 | 74.7 |