Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

For the village within this borough, see Knowsley, Merseyside.

Coordinates: 53°26′20″N 2°51′04″W / 53.439°N 2.851°W / 53.439; -2.851

Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
—  Metropolitan borough  —
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Knowsley
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Merseyside
Founded	1 April 1974
Admin. HQ	Huyton
Government
- Type	Metropolitan borough
- Governing body	Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
- Executive:	Labour
- Leader of the Council	Cllr Ronald Round (Lab)
- MPs:	George Howarth (Lab), Maria Eagle (Lab), Shaun Woodward (Lab)
Area
- Total	33.4 sq mi (86.48 km2)
Area rank	232nd
Population (2010 est.)
- Total	149,100
- Rank	Ranked 125th
- Density	4,465.4/sq mi (1,724.1/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	00BX
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	98.4% White
Website	http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/

The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its name from the village of Knowsley.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.

It is famed for Knowsley Hall and Knowsley Safari Park.

Local government

After local elections in 2008 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley was governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party, were in opposition. There were no other councillors.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2008	47	16

After local elections in 2010 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council, who increased their total number of seats by 5 to 53. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party represented on the council, continued to be in opposition losing 5 seats to the governing Labour Party to decrease their total number of seats to 10.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2010	53	10

After local elections in 2011 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council, who increased their total number of seats to 59. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party represented on the council, continued to be in opposition losing 6 seats to the governing Labour Party to decrease their total number of seats to 4.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats
2011	59	4

Parliamentary constituencies

• Knowsley
• Garston and Halewood
• St Helens South and Whiston

Twin towns

Knowsley is twinned with

• Moers, Germany

See also

• Knowsley United F.C.

External links

• Knowsley Council
• Knowsley Online
• KCC Live