West Lancashire Borough Council elections

West Lancashire Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. West Lancashire Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of West Lancashire in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 45 councillors representing 15 wards, with each ward electing three councillors.^[1]

West Lancashire shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Council elections

• 1973 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1976 West Lancashire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1979 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1980 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1982 West Lancashire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1983 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1984 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1986 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1987 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1988 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1990 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1991 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1992 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1994 West Lancashire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4][5][6][7]
• 1995 West Lancashire District Council election
• 1996 West Lancashire District Council election
• 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)^[8][9]
• 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)^[10]
• 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
• 2018 West Lancashire Borough Council election
• 2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election
• 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
• 2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election
• 2023 West Lancashire Borough Council election (Reduced to 45 council seats)
• 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election

Borough result maps

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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Birch Green By-Election 6 March 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

Upholland South By-Election 6 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		745	67.0
	Conservative		367	3.0
Majority			378	34.0
Turnout			1,112	44.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse By-Election 24 July 1997

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

1998-2002

Burscough By-Election 30 July 1998

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

Knowsley By-Election 7 June 2001

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

Upholland South By-Election 7 June 2001

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

Derby By-Election 13 December 2001

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

Tanhouse By-Election 13 December 2001

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

2002-2006

Up Holland By-Election 13 October 2005^[11]

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

2006-2010

Digmoor By-Election 4 June 2009^[12]

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

2010-2014

Skelmersdale South By-Election 2 September 2010^[13]

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

Upholland By-Election 2 September 2010^[13]

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

Digmoor By-Election 2 May 2013^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Wynn	685	86.8	−3.8
	Green	Peter Cranie	57	7.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Edward McCarthy	47	6.0	−1.3
Majority			628	79.6
Turnout			789
	Labour hold		Swing

Parbold By-Election 10 October 2013^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whittington	554	49.6	−18.3
	Labour	Clare Gillard	461	41.2	+9.1
	UKIP	Damon Noone	103	9.2	+9.2
Majority			93	8.3
Turnout			1,118
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014-2018

Skelmersdale North By-Election 11 December 2014^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Patterson	591	87.9	−1.8
	Conservative	David Meadows	81	12.1	+1.8
Majority			510	75.9
Turnout			672
	Labour hold		Swing

Aughton Park By-Election 8 June 2017^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Stephenson	1,381	55.8	+7.4
	Labour	Bernie Green	1,095	44.2	+8.7
Majority			286	11.6
Turnout			2,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derby by-election 29 June 2017^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Ian Davis	705	42.4	+0.6
	Labour	George Oliver	596	35.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	362	21.8	+4.2
Majority			109	6.6
Turnout			1,667
	OWL gain from Conservative		Swing

2018-2022

Hesketh-with-Becconsall by-election 19 July 2018^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Witter	510	41.2	−18.6
	Labour	Nick Kemp	432	34.9	+4.0
	Independent	Steve Kirby	295	23.8	+23.8
Majority			78	6.3
Turnout			1,237
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knowsley by-election 26 July 2018^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Dowling	641	40.8	−10.1
	OWL	Kate Mitchell	567	36.1	+20.7
	Conservative	Jeffrey Vernon	364	23.2	−10.6
Majority			74	4.7
Turnout			1,572
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse by-election 11 October 2018^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Cooper	464	72.3	−12.8
	Independent	Aaron Body	129	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Alexander Blundell	49	7.6	−7.3
Majority			335	52.2
Turnout			642
	Labour hold		Swing

Birch Green by-election 21 November 2019^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Gregson	390	60.8	+2.2
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Andrew Taylor	191	29.8	−5.3
	Conservative	George Rear	60	9.4	+3.1
Majority			199	31.0
Turnout			641
	Labour hold		Swing

North Meols by-election 4 November 2021^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Howard	634	64.9
	Labour	Liz Savage	343	35.1
Majority			291	29.8
Turnout			977
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "The West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1179, retrieved 27 June 2023
2. The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (Areas) Order 1981. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. "West Lancashire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
9. "The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2432, retrieved 26 August 2022
10. legislation.gov.uk - The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
11. "Tories boosted in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
12. "Skelmersdale councillor Bob Pendleton is defeated as Labour suffer in Lancashire polls". Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
13. "Elected Members - Borough By-Election Sept 2010". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Digmoor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
15. "Local Elections Archive Project — Parbold Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Skelmersdale North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Aughton Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Derby Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
19. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hesketh-with-Becconsall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
20. "Local Elections Archive Project — Knowsley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
21. "Local Elections Archive Project — Tanhouse Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
22. "Local Elections Archive Project — Birch Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
23. "Local Elections Archive Project — North Meols Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

External links

• West Lancashire Borough Council
• By-election results