Lancashire County Council election, 2005

Lancashire County Council held its elections on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2005. They were followed by the Lancashire Council election, 2009

Each single-member ward in Lancashire was modified by boundary changes. No elections were held in Blackpool or Blackburn as they are unitary authorities outside of the county boundaries.

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Party results

Lancashire Council election, 2005
Party Seats
Labour 44
Conservative 31
Liberal Democrats 6
Green 1
Independent 1
Idle Toad 1

Divisional results

Burnley

Seat Winning Party Majority
Burnley Central East Labour 843
Burnley Central West Labour 879
Burnley North East Labour 469
Burnley Rural Labour 307
Burnley South West Labour 404
Padiham and Burnley West Labour 984

Chorley

Seat Winning Party Majority
Chorley East Labour 1,737
Chorley North Conservative 527
Chorley Rural East Conservative 454
Chorley Rural North Conservative 282
Chorley Rural West Labour 7
Chorley South Labour 1,370
Chorley West Labour 599

Fylde

Seat Winning Party Majority
Fylde East Independent 258
Fylde South Conservative 1,524
Fylde West Conservative 1,892
Lytham Conservative 2,210
St Annes North Conservative 488
St Annes South Conservative 505

Hyndburn

Seat Winning Party Majority
Accrington North Labour 1,238
Accrington South Labour 984
Accrington West Labour 1,223
Great Harwood Labour 155
Oswaldtwistle Labour 674
Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors Labour 419

Lancaster

Seat Winning Party Majority
Heysham Labour 239
Lancaster Central Green 150
Lancaster East Labour 758
Lancaster Rural East Conservative 1,387
Lancaster Rural North Conservative 616
Lancaster South East Labour 488
Morecambe North Conservative 827
Morecambe South Labour 627
Morecambe West Labour 1,573
Skerton Labour 1,749

Pendle

Seat Winning Party Majority
Brierfield and Nelson North Liberal Democrats 778
Nelson South Liberal Democrats 52
Pendle Central Labour 523
Pendle East Conservative 342
Pendle West Conservative 1,767
West Craven Liberal Democrats 392

Preston

Seat Winning Party Majority
Preston Central North Labour 391
Preston Central South Labour 1,274
Preston City Labour 1,157
Preston East Labour 1,543
Preston North Conservative 849
Preston North East Conservative 529
Preston North West Labour 675
Preston Rural Conservative 2,412
Preston South East Labour 1,199
Preston West Liberal Democrats 940

Ribble Valley

Seat Winning Party Majority
Clitheroe Liberal Democrat 383
Longridge with Bowland Conservative 1,893
Ribble Valley North East Conservative 2,403
Ribble Valley South West Conservative 2,481

Rossendale

Seat Winning Party Majority
Rossendale East Conservative 167
Rossendale North Labour 43
Rossendale South Conservative 34
Rossendale West Labour 57
Whitworth Labour 309

South Ribble

Seat Winning Party Majority
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale Labour 601
Farington Labour 531
Leyland Central Labour 1,307
Leyland South West Labour 1,427
Penwortham North Liberal Democrats 391
Penwortham South Labour 923
South Ribble Rural East Idle Toad 959
South Ribble Rural West Conservative 2,165

West Lancashire

Seat Winning Party Majority
Ormskirk West Labour 76
Skelmersdale Central Labour 2,872
Skelmersdale East Labour 1,330
Skelmersdale West Labour 3,516
West Lancashire East Conservative 1,020
West Lancashire North Conservative 2,063
West Lancashire South Conservative 1,657
West Lancashire West Conservative 259

Wyre

Seat Winning Party Majority
Amounderness Conservative 857
Fleetwood East Labour 1,555
Fleetwood West Labour 974
Garstang Conservative 2,387
Poulton-le-Fylde Conservative 1,542
Thornton-Cleveleys Central[1] Conservative 341
Thornton-Cleveleys North Labour 643
Wyreside Conservative 2,236

Notes

  1. ^ Following the death of the Councillor for Thorton-Cleveleys Central, a by-election was held which saw the Conservatives retain the seat with an increased majority of 602. Source: Lancashire County Council
Preceded by
Lancashire Council election, 2001		 Lancashire local elections Succeeded by
Lancashire Council election, 2009