It seems that most of the other parties have left Knowsley to Labour, Now you can't fault Labour, But really! Why is there no other opposition? Why have they have given up on Knowsley?
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Below is a statement from the Knowsley Council Election pages which I felt funny, because if you are not a Labour supporter you don't have much choice, and thus does it reflect the local community?
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With effect from May’s elections, the number of electoral wards in Knowsley has been cut from 21 to 15, with the number of councillors reducing from 63 to 45.
The council supports the new arrangements because they will save money, better reflect local communities and ensure that each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.
All 45 council seats are up for election in May, which means you will be voting for three councillors to represent your local ward.
SOURCE
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Nominations for the new 45 seat council Knowsley Labour 45 Con 10
LD 9 UKIP 7 TUSC/Ind-NoDesc 5 Green 4 Kirby First 3
1 Lab in Cherryfield
2 Lab in Northwood
2 Lab in Page Moss
2 Lab in Shevington
1 Lab in St Michaels
2 Lab in Stockbridge
1 Lab in Swanside
1 Lab in Whitfield
Knowsley guaranteed returns
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So before the elections are held
Labour are guaranteed 12 elected councillors
If every other candidate got elected they still only total 43, which is not possible as some candidates stand against each other. Such as the Roby Ward which has 9 candidates for 3 seats. But 4 of the wards only have 4 candidates vying for 3 seats.
STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED
Why does other parties not wish to stand in Knowsley?
6 of the highest percentage shares of the votes for Labour came from the Merseyside area.
| Constituency | Lab votes | Total votes | Lab % | |
| 1 | Liverpool Walton | 31,222 | 38,403 | 81.30 |
| 2 | Knowsley | 39,628 | 50,728 | 78.12 |
| 3 | East Ham | 40,563 | 52,290 | 77.57 |
| 4 | Liverpool West Derby | 30,842 | 41,031 | 75.17 |
| 5 | Bootle | 33,619 | 45,152 | 74.46 |
| 6 | Birmingham Ladywood | 26,444 | 35,916 | 73.63 |
| 7 | Liverpool Wavertree | 28,401 | 40,974 | 69.31 |
| 8 | Garston & Halewood | 33,839 | 48,983 | 69.08 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Howarth | 39,628 | 78.1 | +7.2 | |
| UKIP | Louise Bours | 4,973 | 9.8 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | Alice Bramall | 3,367 | 6.6 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Carl Cashman | 1,490 | 2.9 | -10.4 | |
| Green | Vikki Gregorich | 1,270 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 34,655 | 68.3 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 50,728 | 64.1 | +8.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
We did set a poll
Knowsley and the lack of oppositionhttps://t.co/FbxEXfnNEs— General Election (@UKGE2020) April 10, 2016
Is having so little opposition good for Knowsley?
