West Lancashire Council election 2004
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Elections to West Lancashire Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 29
- Labour 25
[edit] Election result
| West Lancashire Local Election Result 2004 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 10 | +1 | 55.6 | 47.4 | 13,309 | +1.3% | |||
| Labour | 8 | -1 | 44.4 | 36.9 | 10,346 | -3.0% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 3,277 | +0.6% | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 937 | +0.4% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 190 | +0.7% | |||
[edit] Ward results
| Ashurst | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donna Duffy | 911 | 57.4 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | Patrick McElhinney | 347 | 21.9 | -7.6 | |
| Conservative | David Meadows | 330 | 20.8 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 564 | 35.5 | +11.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,588 | 33.4 | +14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Aughton & Downholland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Una Atherley | 1,725 | 77.4 | +16.7 | |
| Labour | David McKay | 503 | 22.6 | -16.7 | |
| Majority | 1,222 | 54.8 | +33.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,228 | 49.4 | +15.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Birch Green | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Pendleton | 676 | 81.0 | -3.6 | |
| Conservative | Susan Cropper | 159 | 19.0 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 517 | 62.0 | -7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 835 | 27.8 | +14.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Burscough East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Florence Westley | 900 | 60.6 | ||
| Labour | Anne Carter | 584 | 39.4 | ||
| Majority | 316 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,484 | 49.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Burscough West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Cynthia Dereli | 832 | 52.2 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Jones | 763 | 47.8 | ||
| Majority | 69 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,595 | 41.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Derby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Adrian Owens | 987 | 45.5 | -2.0 | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 550 | 25.3 | -16.3 | |
| Independent | Margaret Heslegrave | 298 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Reid | 190 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Green | Anne Doyle | 146 | 6.7 | -4.1 | |
| Majority | 437 | 20.2 | +14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,171 | 47.0 | +18.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Digmoor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Aldridge | 710 | 72.9 | -2.6 | |
| Independent | Alan Spears | 147 | 15.1 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Irene O'Donnell | 117 | 12.0 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 563 | 57.8 | -3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 974 | 31.0 | +14.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Halsall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Doreen Stephenson | 459 | 55.4 | -18.4 | |
| Independent | Raymond Brookfield | 370 | 44.6 | +44.6 | |
| Majority | 89 | 10.8 | -36.8 | ||
| Turnout | 829 | 47.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hesketh-with-Becconsall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Martin Forshaw | 820 | 63.8 | ||
| Independent | Nadine Ashcroft | 466 | 36.2 | ||
| Majority | 354 | 27.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,286 | 42.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Knowsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Lea | 1,360 | 61.4 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Francis Williams | 652 | 29.4 | -2.8 | |
| Green | John Watt | 204 | 9.2 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 708 | 32.0 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,216 | 49.2 | +20.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Moorside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Hanlon | 664 | 82.3 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Barron | 143 | 17.7 | ||
| Majority | 521 | 64.6 | |||
| Turnout | 807 | 29.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Rufford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joan Colling | 609 | 77.7 | +2.4 | |
| Labour | Shan Annis | 175 | 22.3 | -2.4 | |
| Majority | 434 | 55.4 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 784 | 47.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Scott | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Cyril Ainscough | 1,044 | 48.1 | +10.4 | |
| Labour | Noel Delaney | 820 | 37.8 | -0.5 | |
| Green | Maurice George | 305 | 14.1 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 224 | 10.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,169 | 47.0 | +14.5 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Skelmersdale North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Bullen | 531 | 45.7 | -15.4 | |
| Independent | Joan Morrison | 473 | 40.7 | +14.2 | |
| Conservative | Joan Witter | 157 | 13.5 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 58 | 5.0 | -29.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,161 | 37.4 | +13.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Skelmersdale South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sydney Jones | 1,077 | 63.6 | -10.2 | |
| Conservative | Richard Shepperd | 334 | 19.7 | +5.5 | |
| Green | Martin Lowe | 282 | 16.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 743 | 43.9 | -15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,693 | 33.9 | +15.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Tarleton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Mee | 1,431 | 63.9 | +4.6 | |
| Independent | John Hodson | 810 | 36.1 | -4.6 | |
| Majority | 621 | 27.8 | +9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,241 | 50.5 | +13.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Up Holland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Margaret Skilling | 1,066 | 48.0 | -7.2 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Pollock | 787 | 35.5 | -9.3 | |
| Independent | Karen Horrocks | 366 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
| Majority | 279 | 12.5 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,219 | 45.2 | +14.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Wrightington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Gartside | 1,184 | 66.6 | +17.4 | |
| Labour | Pauline Bailey | 595 | 33.4 | -17.4 | |
| Majority | 589 | 33.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,779 | 52.7 | +15.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by West Lancashire Council election 2003 |
West Lancashire local elections | Succeeded by West Lancashire Council election 2006 |
