West Lancashire Borough Council elections
One third of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1] West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district forming a lower-tier of local government under Lancashire County Council.
Political control[]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Period | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973 – 1976 | |
Conservative | 1976 – 1986 | |
No overall control | 1986 – 1987 | |
Conservative | 1987 – 1991 | |
No overall control | 1991 – 1994 | |
Labour | 1994 – 2002 | |
Conservative | 2002 – 2014 | |
No overall control | 2014 – 2015 | |
Labour | 2015 – 2021 | |
No overall control | 2021 – present |
Council elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[3]
- (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- 1986 West Lancashire District Council election
- (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5][6][7][8]
- 1998 West Lancashire District Council election
- 1999 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2000 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2002 West Lancashire District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)[9][10]
- 2003 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2004 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2006 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2007 West Lancashire District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)[11]
- 2008 West Lancashire District Council election
- 2010 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2011 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2014 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2015 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election
- 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Borough result maps[]
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2021 results map
By-election results[]
1993-1997[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,537 | 87.7 | |||
Conservative | 215 | 12.3 | |||
Majority | 1,322 | 75.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,752 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 745 | 67.0 | |||
Conservative | 367 | 3.0 | |||
Majority | 378 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,112 | 44.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
1997-2001[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 435 | 90.6 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative | 45 | 9.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 390 | 81.2 | |||
Turnout | 480 | 13.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 585 | 50.0 | -7.4 | ||
Conservative | 533 | 45.6 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 45 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Natural Law | 7 | 0.6 | -1.4 | ||
Majority | 52 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,170 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2001-2005[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,385 | 50.4 | -8.7 | ||
Labour | 1,363 | 49.6 | +12.1 | ||
Majority | 22 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,748 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 929 | 58.5 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative | 660 | 41.5 | +3.1 | ||
Majority | 269 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,589 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 571 | 63.4 | +10.0 | ||
Labour | 330 | 36.6 | -6.0 | ||
Majority | 241 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 901 | 14.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 220 | 81.8 | +9.5 | ||
Conservative | 49 | 18.2 | -9.5 | ||
Majority | 179 | 63.8 | |||
Turnout | 269 | 8.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2005-2009[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 608 | 59.8 | +11.8 | ||
Conservative | 408 | 40.2 | +4.7 | ||
Majority | 200 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,016 | 20.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2009-2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Coyle | 515 | 59.8 | -16.7 | |
UKIP | Helen Daniels | 236 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
Conservative | Sarah Ainscough | 110 | 12.8 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 279 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 861 | 27.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicola Pryce Roberts | 644 | 73.9 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Sarah Ainscough | 122 | 14.0 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | Michael Brennan | 105 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 522 | 59.9 | |||
Turnout | 871 | 17.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fillis | 749 | 51.2 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | David Sudworth | 597 | 40.8 | -1.2 | |
UKIP | Gary McNulty | 118 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 152 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,464 | 29.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2016-present[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Our West Lancashire | Ian Davis | 705 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Labour | George Oliver | 596 | 35.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Jane Houlgrave | 362 | 21.8 | -28.3 | |
Majority | 109 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,667 | 31.18 | |||
[[Our West Lancashire|OWL]] gain from Conservative | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Councillors". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "West Lancashire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (Areas) Order 1981. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "West Lancashire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Tories boosted in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Skelmersdale councillor Bob Pendleton is defeated as Labour suffer in Lancashire polls". Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Elected Members - Borough By-Election Sept 2010". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). www.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- West Lancashire Borough Council elections
- Local government in the Borough of West Lancashire
- Council elections in Lancashire
- Politics of the Borough of West Lancashire
- District council elections in England