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Knowsley: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North West; part of the LCR combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Knowsley for 2026–27: £2,028.94 of a £2,488.25 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £179.5 million |
| Highways and transport services | £15.8 million |
| Children's social care | £79.7 million |
| Adult social care | £106.7 million |
| Public health | £22.9 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £6.4 million |
| Cultural and related services | £8.9 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £15.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £28.4 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £8.0 million |
| Other services | £22.5 million |
| Total service expenditure | £494.4 million |
Life in Knowsley: the official facts
- People living here
- 163,723 people
- Typical age
- 39 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,287
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £660
- Children growing up in poverty
- 29.8%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 4.4%
- Average price of a home
- £191,550
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 5.2 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 53.7 years
- Years in good health: men
- 54.0 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 4.7 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 97.0%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 56.6 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,715 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Liverpool City Region combined authority, with its elected mayor.
45 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 24, Green Party (E&W) 8, Independent / Other 6, Reform UK 4, Liberal Democrats 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 45 councillors, by ward
- David Hitchmough (Independent / Other) — Cherryfield
- Jayne Lonergan (Labour Party) — Cherryfield
- Sean Donnelly (Labour Party) — Cherryfield
- Alan Flute (Labour Party) — Halewood North
- Brian Beddows (Reform UK) — Halewood North
- Shelley Powell (Labour Party) — Halewood North
- Barbara Dunn (Independent / Other) — Halewood South
- Edna Finneran (Labour Party) — Halewood South
- Joanne Harvey (Independent / Other) — Halewood South
- Alexander Hitchmough (Reform UK) — Northwood
- Marie Stuart (Labour Party) — Northwood
- Matthew Rawlinson (Labour Party) — Northwood
- Del Arnall (Labour Party) — Page Moss
- Ken McGlashan (Labour Party) — Page Moss
- Ria Rembadi (Green Party (E&W)) — Page Moss
- Frances Wynn (Liberal Democrats) — Prescot North
- Ian Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Prescot North
- Mark Burke (Liberal Democrats) — Prescot North
- Graham Wickens (Green Party (E&W)) — Prescot South
- Joanne Burke (Green Party (E&W)) — Prescot South
- Kai Taylor (Green Party (E&W)) — Prescot South
- Gary See (Labour Party) — Roby
- Kevin Bannon (Labour Party) — Roby
- Megan Dever (Labour Party) — Roby
- Aimee Wright (Labour Party) — Shevington
- Steve Guy (Independent / Other) — Shevington
- Tony Brennan (Labour Party) — Shevington
- Cath Golding (Green Party (E&W)) — St Gabriels
- Chantelle Lunt (Green Party (E&W)) — St Gabriels
- Graham Golding (Green Party (E&W)) — St Gabriels
- Joan Lilly (Labour Party) — St Michaels
- Matt Costello (Labour Party) — St Michaels
- Mike Kearns (Labour Party) — St Michaels
- John Donnelly (Labour Party) — Stockbridge
- Josh Culley (Reform UK) — Stockbridge
- Lynn O'Keeffe (Labour Party) — Stockbridge
- Christine Bannon (Labour Party) — Swanside
- Colin Dever (Labour Party) — Swanside
- Graham Morgan (Labour Party) — Swanside
- David Gilbertson (Reform UK) — Whiston and Cronton
- Ronald Gaffney (Green Party (E&W)) — Whiston and Cronton
- Terry Byron (Labour Party) — Whiston and Cronton
- Brian Johns (Independent / Other) — Whitefield
- Gary Bennett (Labour Party) — Whitefield
- Steve Smith (Independent / Other) — Whitefield