Local Elections 2015

Election of Kirkby councillors to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council on Thursday 7th May 2015

All three councillor seats in each of the six wards in Kirkby were up for election, with all 6 of the elected candidates from the Knowsley Labour Party. with 1 of these was elected without contest.

Candidates

The candidates for this election were:

Central Ward

Jayne Elizabeth Aston – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED
Jennifer Hayley Bamber – First For Kirkby
Victoria Ruth Smart – Green Party

Cherryfield Ward

William Brennan – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED
Russel Greenway – Green Party

Northwood Ward

Terence Garland – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED
Helen Moss – First For Kirkby

Park Ward

Delyth Arnall – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED
Samual Stephen Hughes – Green Party
Geraldine Veronica Robertson – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

Shevington Ward

Anthony Gerard Brennan – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED WITH NO CONTEST

Whitefield Ward

Brian Johns – First For Kirkby
Norman Frederick Keats – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED

Ward Map

You can view the map of Kirkby ward boundaries for the 2015 local council elections:

Detailed results

This information is reproduced from Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

Central

Electorate	5550	
Ballots	No.	%
Rejected for want of official mark	0	0.0
Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to	3	0.0
Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0	0.0
Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty	33	1.0
Total rejected ballots	36	1.0
Jayne Elizabeth Aston – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED	2381	68.8
Jennifer Hayley Bamber – First For Kirkby	798	23.0
Victoria Ruth Smart – Green Party	248	7.2
Total votes cast	3427	n/a
Total turnout	3463	62.4
No vote cast	2087	37.6

Cherryfield

Electorate	4880	
Ballots	No.	%
Rejected for want of official mark	0	0.0
Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to	6	0.2
Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0	0.0
Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty	52	1.8
Total rejected ballots	58	2.0
William Brennan – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED	2403	81.8
Russel Greenway – Green Party	478	16.3
Total votes cast	2881	n/a
Total turnout	2939	60.2
No vote cast	1941	39.8

Northwood

Electorate	5497	
Ballots	No.	%
Rejected for want of official mark	0	0.0
Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to	5	0.2
Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1	0.0
Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty	25	0.8
Total rejected ballots	31	1.0
Terence Garland – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED	2216	68.2
Helen Moss – First For Kirkby	1001	30.8
Total votes cast	3217	n/a
Total turnout	3248	59.1
No vote cast	2249	40.9

Park

Electorate	5041	
Ballots	No.	%
Rejected for want of official mark	0	0.0
Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to	8	0.2
Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1	0.0
Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty	19	0.6
Total rejected ballots	28	0.9
Delyth Arnall – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED	1989	61.8
Geraldine Veronica Robertson – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition	1019	31.6
Samual Stephen Hughes – Green Party	185	5.7
Total votes cast	3193	n/a
Total turnout	3221	63.9
No vote cast	1820	36.1

Shevington

Electorate	5254	
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	0	0.0
Total rejected ballots	0	0.0
Anthony Gerard Brennan – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED WITH NO CONTEST	0	0.0
Total votes cast	0	n/a
Total turnout	0	0.0
No vote cast	5254	100.0

Whitefield

Electorate	4792	
Ballots	No.	%
Rejected for want of official mark	0	0.0
Rejected for voting for more candidates than voter is entitled to	6	0.2
Rejected for writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0	0.0
Rejected for unmarked or void for uncertainty	25	0.8
Total rejected ballots	31	1.0
Norman Frederick Keats – Labour Party Candidate – ELECTED	1856	61.1
Brian Johns – First For Kirkby	1149	37.8
Total votes cast	3005	n/a
Total turnout	3036	63.4
No vote cast	1756	36.6