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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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