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Chapter 14  North Western Unitaries

There were no elections this year in Blackpool, which holds whole council elections and whose next election will be in 2007.

14.1  Blackburn with Darwen

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Note:— The election in Earcroft was postponed due to the death of a candidate.

EF = England First

Audley (3)

Zamir Khan  LD  1,521
Yusuf Jan-Virmani  Lab  1,476
Tahir Mahmood  Lab  1,208
William Taylor  Lab  1,135
Alfred Olaiya  C  604
James Kenyon  C  542

Bastwell (3)

Parwaiz Akhtar  Lab  1,241
Mahfooz Hussain  Lab  1,214
Iftakhar Hussain  Lab  1,097
Salim Lorgat  LD  906
Nazira Begum  LD  890
Gulzamir Ahmed  LD  766
Tariq Mahmood  C  683
Fazel Choudhry  C  616
Hamid Khan  C  591

Beardwood with Lammack (3)

Sheila Williams  C  1,930
Michael Lee  C  1,711
James Hurst  C  1,655
Judith Moss  Lab  500
Elaine Whittingham  Lab  372
Dennis Baron  Lab  342

Corporation Park (3)

Abdul Rehman  LD  884
Beverley Law-Riding  Lab  790
Paul McGurty  C  734
Stephen Wiggan  C  705
John Wright  Lab  705
Masood Iqbal  LD  691
Pamela Simon  Lab  686
Joy Gateley  LD  576 
Ismail Patel  Ind  456

East Rural

Fred Slater  C  609
Bernard Mathews  Lab  185

Ewood (3)

Florence Oldfield  Lab  712
Maureen Bateson  Lab  691
John Mliburn  Lab  623
Joseph Smith  C  580
James Thompson  BNP  519

Fernhurst (3)

Harold Slater  C  743
Jacqueline Slater  C  719
John Raseta  C  579
Graham Carter  Grn  473
Peter Dawson  Lab  392
Michael Madigan  Lab  365
Stephen Wolski  Lab  358
Robin Field  Grn  291

Higher Croft (3)

Dorothy Walsh  Lab  794
Frederick Gollop  LD  736
Andrew Kay  Lab  613
Ashley Whalley  Lab  574
Christopher Tattersall  C  469
Linda Bufton  Ind  434

Little Harwood (3)

Abdul Patel  Lab  836
Frank Gorton  Lab  817
Salim Sidat  LD  783
Altaf Patel  LD  756
Patricia McFall  Lab  737
Bernard Miller  C  690
Sajid Ali  LD  669
John Blackall  C  681
Michael Bamber  C  674

Livesey with Pleasington (3)

Alan Cottam  C  1,995
Derek Hardman  C  1,984
John Williams  C  1,744
John Murphy  BNP  499
Joan Doherty  Lab  465
Henry Dickinson  Lab  384
Maura Madigan  Lab  379

Marsh House (3)

Kevin Connor  LD  808
Francis Connor  Lab  714
Christopher Thayne  LD  689
Brian Dunning  LD  638
Janice Parker  Lab  571
Francis Davis  Lab  534
Julie Slater  C  522
Lillian Salton  C  491
Roger Salton  C  472

Meadowhead (3)

Brian Gordon  C  747
Maureen Rishton  Lab  717
Ronald O'Keeffe  Lab  702
Arthur Goss  C  668
Edward Harrison  C  663
Martin Talbot  Lab  585
Mark Cotterill  EF  552
Nicholas Holt  BNP  457

Mill Hill (3)

Malcolm Doherty  Lab  759
Alan Dean  LD  655
James Smith  Lab  520
William Pickup  Lab  507
Jessie Hickmott  LD  437
David D'Arcy  LD  389
Alistair Holyoak  BNP  377
Marion Charnley  C  321
Robin Evans  Ind  169

North Turton with Tockholes (2)

Colin Rigby  C  1,002
Jean Rigby  C  1,000
Kenneth McIver  Grn  508
Joyce Baron  Lab  351
John Shaw  Lab  307

Queen's Park (3)

Faryad Hussain  Lab  735
Yusuf Sidat  LD  728
Salim Mulla  Lab  679
Dorothy Lee  C  605
Douglas Makin  Lab  516

Roe Lee (3)

Michael Law-Riding  C  1,444
Maureen McGarvey  C  1,415
David Pearson  C  1,406
Philip Riley  Lab  674
Ronald O'Keeffe  Lab  588
Shaukat Hussain  Lab  463

Shadsworth with Whitebirk (3)

James Blackburn  Lab  808
James Shorrock  Lab  787
Anthony Humphrys  Lab  733
Anthony Dailly  BNP  540
Denise Zahran  LD  435
Margaret Carus  C  402
James Murray  Ind  339

Shear Brow (3)

Hussain Akhtar  Lab  1,871
Suleman Khonat  Lab  1,587
Michael Johnson  Lab  1,560
Imtiaz Patel  LD  1,317
Suleman Dudhia  LD  1,238
Mohammed Younis  LD  1,214
Abdul Matin  C  390
Damian Brown  Ind  250

Sudell (3)

Paul Browne  LD  1,159
Roy Davies  LD  999
Eileen Entwistle  Lab  878
Brian Morris  LD  851
Derek Brindle  Lab  768
Daniel Wilson  Lab  622

Sunnyhurst (3)

David Smith  Lab  1,215
Nigel Nuttall  Lab  937
David Hollings  Lab  931
David Fenton  C  595
Andrew Melia  LD  561
Kevin Saint  LD  547
Thomas Threlfall  C  501
Anthony Melia  LD  480
Anthony Meleady  Ind  331

Wensley Fold (3)

David Harling  Lab  1,141
Catherine Hollern  Lab  1,091
Mohammed Khan  Lab  1,082
Adalat Khan  C  447
Ghazanfar Khan  LD  384

Whitehall (2)

Karimeh Foster  LD  887
David Foster  LD  849
John Starbuck  C  412
Konrad Tapp  C  313
William Corran  Lab  166
Geraldine Parker  Lab  152

Consolidated Results — Blackburn with Darwen

Labour                 17,420  34.0%  33 councillors
Conservative           15,924  31.1%  17 councillors
Liberal Democrat       11,724  22.9%  12 councillors
British National Party  2,392   4.7%
Independent             2,052   4.0%
Green Party             1,142   2.2%
England First             552   1.1%

14.2  Halton

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

CPH = Citizens Party of Halton

LCA = Legalise Cannabis Alliance

Appleton (3)

E Jones  Lab  1,101
G Philbin  Lab  985
F Nyland  Lab  897
J Littler  C  365
D McDermott  C  323
A Taylor  BNP  297
E O'Neill  LCA  159

Beechwood (3)

L Redhead  LD  942
U Norddahl  LD  865
M Lloyd Jones  Lab  333
M Craig  Lab  243
P Speed  C  194
P Parkinson  C  182

Birchfield (3)

D Lewis  C  868
D Findon  C  851
G Swift  C  751
A Clarke  Lab  612
V Hill  Lab  569
J Fahey  Lab  542

Broadheath (3)

A McDermott  Lab  1,176
R Gilligan  Lab  889
K Morley  Lab  761
P Harper  C  466

Castlefields (3)

P Tyrrell  Lab  1,045
A Cole  Lab  833
L Temple  Lab  816
J Tang  Ind  440
B Sly  LD  369
W Perraten  C  300
A Watts  BNP  232

Daresbury (2)

C Inch  LD  545
J Bradshaw  C  517
K Newall  LD  506
B Price  C  467
J Johnston  Lab  322
A Stockton  Lab  305

Ditton (3)

M Wright  Lab  1,185
S Osborne  Lab  1,051
P Lloyd Jones  Lab  884
C Rowan  C  681

Farnworth (3)

C Cross  C  1,049
I Whittaker  C  905
P Drakeley  C  884
A MacManus  Lab  702
D Curzon  Lab  671
M Fahey  Lab  630
M Hare  LD  602

Grange (3)

J Swain  Lab  873
S Pearsall  Lab  822
M Dennett  Lab  796
J Maguire  LD  622
M Taylor  C  406

Hale

M Wharton  Lab  605
S Swift  C  216

Halton Brook (3)

S Nelson  Lab  944
J Massey  Lab  850
K Hodgkinson  LD  690
S Hill  Lab  650
R Tuson  C  366

Halton Lea (3)

D Thompson  Lab  800
K Loftus  Lab  752
A Lowe  Lab  713
M Gelling  CPH  368
J Clein  LD  351
D Matthews  CPH  329
E Ford  C  258

Halton View (3)

R Polhill  Lab  1,149
S Parker  Lab  961
T McInerney  Lab  903
D Mellor  Grn  566
A Martland  Grn  562
G Taylor  Grn  509
D Thomas  C  475

Heath (3)

M Hodgkinson  LD  1,134
M Ratcliffe  LD  1,124
C Rowe  LD  1,117
M Bradshaw  C  605
J Lowe  Lab  371
P Murray  C  340
P Balmer  C  332
A Redican  Lab  326
K Linforth  Lab  253

Hough Green (3)

P Nolan  Lab  1,069
K Wainwright  Lab  950
P Harris  Lab  948
M Forsyth  C  514
B Hensley  C  456

Kingsway (3)

M Horabin  Lab  996
A Gerrard  Lab  934
F Fraser  Lab  861
F Lloyd  C  470
T McDermott  C  429

Mersey (3)

S Blackmore  LD  950
E Ratcliffe  LD  847
T Higginson  LD  814
R Eastup  Lab  604
G Redican  Lab  581
D Middlemas  Lab  526
C Keam  C  309

Norton North (3)

T Sly  LD  989
D Inch  LD  980
G Fowle  LD  928
E Cargill  Lab  759
M Massey  Lab  685
J Sockton  Lab  646
M Davis  Grn  269
D Wright  C  263

Norton South (3)

R Hignett  Lab  873
D Cargill  Lab  856
I Ashley  Lab  810
I Evans  CPH  411
J Glover  CPH  405
W Dowdle  C  229

Riverside (2)

D Leadbetter  Lab  705
E Gleave  Lab  623
M Hill  C  211

Windmill Hill

K Marlow  LD  257
P Harding  Lab  256
S Dowdle  C  58

Consolidated Results — Halton

Labour                   16,480  46.4%  33 councillors
Conservative              8,864  24.9%   7 councillors
Liberal Democrat          7,451  21.0%  14 councillors
Green Party                 835   2.3%
Citizens Party of Halton    779   2.2%
British National Party      529   1.5%
Independent                 440   1.2%
Legalise Cannabis Alliance  159   0.4%

14.3  Warrington

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Appleton (3)

Brian Axcell  LD  3,165
Ray Hancock  LD  2,859
Judith Walker  LD  2,826
Philip Stansfield  C  1,125
Brendan Doyle  C  953
Gerald Kelley  UKIP  524
Stephen Price  Lab  269
Christopher Fitzsimmons  Lab  233
Kenneth Ratcliffe  Lab  224

Bewsey and Whitecross (3)

Hiteshkumar Patel  Lab  1,380
Jeffrey Richards  Lab  1,272
Patricia Wright  Lab  1,027
Christopher Curbishley  LD  625
Brian Lee  LD  591
Maurice Leslie  LD  502
Geoffrey Hawley  C  481
Barbara Thomason  C  478

Birchwood (3)

Pauline Nelson  Lab  1,602
Paul Ross  Lab  1,591
Jill Bolton  Lab  1,437
Christine Rankin  C  889
Howard Greenwood  C  885
Stephen Pathmarajah  C  880
Mavis Finnegan  LD  563
Robert Barr  LD  539
Christopher White  LD  528

Burtonwood and Winwick (2)

Terence O'Neill  Lab  1,025
John Joyce  Lab  978
Valerie Allen  C  586
Anthony Dodd  LD  528
Mark Hooper  LD  509

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft (3)

Keith Bland  C  2,358
Susan Bland  C  2,150
Thomas Hoyle  C  2,067
Peter Caswell  Lab  1,076
Patrick Else  LD  1,042
Merril Cummerson  LD  934
Edgar Davies  LD  841
Ann Brennan  Lab  812
Patricia Hodson  Lab  767

Fairfield and Howley (3)

Ann Haddow  Lab  1,058
Yvonne Fovargue  Lab  949
Colin Grime  Lab  915
William Jackson  LD  713
Sylvia Ault  LD  665
Phyllis Lee  LD  664
Michael Hughes  Ind  561
Ian Smith  Ind  489
Norman Graves  Ind  383
Peter Beattie  Ind  355

Grappenhall and Thelwall (3)

Edward Lafferty  LD  2,894
Elizabeth Mawer  LD  2,624
Wendy Johnson  LD  2,612
Julian Craddock  C  736
Michael Haworth  C  733
Alfred Clemow  Lab  345
Brian Foden  Lab  329
Saleem Khan  Lab  267

Great Sankey North (2)

Roy Smith  LD  1,283
Trudi Wood  LD  1,189
Hilary Cooksey  Lab  550
Peter Hunt  Lab  461
John Critchley  C  399
Pauline Critchley  C  378

Great Sankey South (3)

Liz Smith  LD  1,270
Alan Litton  LD  1,265
Joseph Holman  Lab  1,096
Janice Davidson  Lab  1,055
James Regan  LD  986
Safdar Sultan  Lab  934
Alexander Hunt  C  594
Andrew Nichol  Ind  418
Thomas Higgins  Ind  391
John Mulhall  Ind  298

Hatton, Stretton and Walton

Peter Walker  LD  723
Gwyneth Craddock  C  318
Lily Clarke  Lab  121

Latchford East (2)

Anthony Maher  Lab  887
Hans Mundry  Lab  887
Edwin Sloane  LD  774
Nicholas Dean  LD  670
Graham Brown  C  225

Latchford West (2)

Edward Finnegan  LD  1,398
Graham Welborn  LD  1,291
Stephen Wright  Lab  714
Paul Kenny  Lab  660
Sheila Sutcliffe  C  259
Christopher White  Ind  147

Lymm (3)

Sheila Woodyatt  C  2,484
Ian Marks  LD  2,183
Rita Cochrane  LD  1,954
Dennis Thomason  C  1,705
Derek Ashington  C  1,644
Timothy Harwood  LD  1,522
Susan Williams  Lab  599
Sian Ferguson  Lab  493
Nicholas Cavanagh  Lab  465

Orford (3)

Michael Hannon  Lab  1,472
Kathleen Hannon  Lab  1,440
Terence Whelan  Lab  1,432
Anthony Whittaker  LD  791
Pamela Marks  LD  727
Sandra Watts  LD  714

Penketh and Cuerdley (3)

George Warburton  Lab  1,397
Linda Dirir  Lab  1,369
Fiona Bruce  C  1,141
Thomas Aldred  C  999
Kulwant Dhaliwal  Lab  991
Anthony Dean  C  949
David Goulden  LD  897
Joe Royle  Ind  820
Eunice Peters  LD  637
Joseph Convey  LD  613

Poplars and Hulme (3)

Brian Maher  Lab  1,300
Eric Bromley  Lab  1,257
John Kerr-Brown  Lab  1,256
Sandra Benger  LD  829
June Hancock  LD  815
Robert Murdock  LD  815

Poulton North (3)

Albert Clemow  Lab  1,252
Michael Curran  Lab  1,125
Colin Oliver  LD  1,184
Scott Wilson  LD  983
Peter Carey  Lab  927
Michael Crag  LD  836
Ileyne Hutchinson  C  579

Poulton South (3)

Colin Froggatt  Lab  1,033
Karen Mundry  Lab  759
Jack Kirkham  UKIP  660
Andrew Cameron  C  655
George Hill  LD  455
Clifford Taylor  LD  380

Rixton and Woolston (3)

Maureen Banner  Lab  1,357
Roger Rankin  C  920
Stuart Davidson  Lab  916
Tracey Marsh  LD  911
Edmund Coop  Lab  880
Patricia Lafferty  LD  845
Alfred Pester  LD  739

Stockton Heath (2)

Susan Dodd  LD  1,523
Celia Jordan  LD  1,433
Sonia Boggan  C  634
Gary Slawther  C  573
Helen Dutton  Lab  388
Tony McCarthy  Lab  289

Westbrook (2)

David Earl  LD  719
Peter Hamel  Lab  541
Garry Cross  Ind  430
Michael Biggin  LD  395
Paul Campbell  C  393
Lilian Houghton  C  348
Margaret Syers  Lab  345

Whittle Hall (3)

John Morris  Lab  1,029
Judith Wheeler  LD  985
Keith Gleave  LD  972
Leslie Street  Lab  897
Anthony Williams  Lab  836
Mohamed Imtiaz  LD  784
Christopher Davenport  C  557

Consolidated Results — Warrington

Liberal Democrat      25,455  39.2%  21 councillors
Labour                20,227  31.2%  30 councillors
Conservative          15,333  23.6%   6 councillors
Independents           2,731   4.2%
UK Independence Party  1,184   1.8%


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