West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with results compared to the corresponding vote in West Lancashire Council election, 2008.^[1]

West Lancashire Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	0	5	-5	38.9	35.64	7991	-18.56
	Labour	11	5	0	+5	61.1	56.04	12566	+19.24
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	131	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	91	N/A
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	921	+1.01
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	241	-0.53

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Elizabeth Boorman	138	10.2%
	Conservative	Stacey Griffiths	171	12.6%
	Labour	Gail Hodson	1046	77.2%
Majority			871	64.0%
Turnout			1362	28.1%

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Una Atherley	913	59.8%
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	613	40.2%
Majority			300	19.4%
Turnout			1543	34.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Peter Cranie	45	5.7%
	Labour	Lucy Hodson	686	86.7%
	Conservative	Jane Marshall	60	7.6%
Majority			626	78.6%
Turnout			796	25.5%

Burscough East

Burscough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Bailey	241	21.9%
	Labour	Roger Bell	461	42.0%
	Conservative	George Pratt	396	36.1%
Majority			65	5.8%
Turnout			1116	34.1%

Burscough West

Burscough West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cynthia Dereli	960	67.8%
	Conservative	Jason Grice	455	32.2%
Majority			505	35.4%
Turnout			1423	36.3%

Derby

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Dowling	575	33.6%
	Green	Anne Doyle	160	9.4%
	Conservative	Adrian Owens	883	51.7%
	UKIP	Thomas Roughley	91	5.3%
Majority			308	18.0%
Turnout			1712	31.1%

Digmoor

Digmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Finnigan	19	2.0%
	Conservative	Ryan Waite	68	7.3%
	Labour	Kevin Wilkie	842	90.6%
Majority			774	82.4%
Turnout			939	30.1%

Halsall

Halsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Brookfield	302	47.7%
	Conservative	Doreen Stephenson	331	52.3%
Majority			29	4.5%
Turnout			648	37.5%

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Draper	300	35.5%
	Conservative	Martin Forshaw	544	64.5%
Majority			244	28.6%
Turnout			853	27.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Meadows	711	39.7%
	Labour	George Oliver	918	51.3%
	Green	John Watt	161	9.0%
Majority			207	11.5%
Turnout			1802	40.4%

Moorside

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Aldridge	753	90.4%
	Conservative	Cindy Miller	80	9.6%
Majority			673	80.0%
Turnout			841	30.2%

Rufford

Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gordon	293	39.8%
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	333	45.2%
	Labour	Simon Perkins	111	15.1%
Majority			40	5.3%
Turnout			741	43.9%

Scott

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Banks	112	6.6	N/A
	Green	Maurice George	151	8.9	-4.9
	Conservative	Edward McCarthy	516	30.3	-25.4
	Labour	Kevin Wright	923	54.2	+23.0
Majority			407	23.8	-0.7
Turnout			1707	37.5	+2.7

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Furey	945	89.7%
	Conservative	Amanda Shaw	109	10.3%
Majority			836	78.4%
Turnout			1066	34.7%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gallagher	134	9.5%
	Green	Martin Lowe	114	8.1%
	Labour	Donna West	1165	82.4%
Majority			1031	72.4%
Turnout			1424	28.4%

Tarleton

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Blake	391	26.7%
	Conservative	Rosie Evans	1076	73.3%
Majority			685	45.9%
Turnout			1491	33.0%

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaynar Owen	1124	64.4%
	Conservative	Ruth Pollock	622	35.6%
Majority			502	28.4%
Turnout			1762	35.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Evans	589	49.4%
	Green	Julie Hotchkiss	152	12.8%
	Labour	Jennifer Patterson	451	37.8%
Majority			138	11.5%
Turnout			1197	35.75

References

Council elections in Lancashire Lancashire County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Blackpool Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 Burnley Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Chorley Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Fylde Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Lancaster City Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Pendle Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Preston City Council 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Rossendale Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 South Ribble Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 West Lancashire Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Wyre Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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