West Lancashire Borough Council elections
One third of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 |
Conservative | 1976–1986 |
No overall control | 1986–1987 |
Conservative | 1987–1991 |
No overall control | 1991–1994 |
Labour | 1994–2002 |
Conservative | 2002–present |
No overall control | 2014- |
Council elections
- West Lancashire District Council election, 1986
- West Lancashire District Council election, 1998
- West Lancashire District Council election, 1999
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2000
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)[3]
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2003
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2004
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2006
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2007
- West Lancashire District Council election, 2008
- West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2010
- West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2011
- West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2012
- West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2014
By-election results
1993-1997
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 | ||||
1997-2001
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 | ||||
Burscough By-Election 30 July 1998 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 585 | 50.0 | -7.4 | ||
Conservative | 533 | 45.6 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 45 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Natural Law | 7 | 0.6 | -1.4 | ||
Majority | 52 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,170 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2001-2005
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 | ||||
2005-2009
Up Holland By-Election 13 October 2005[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
2009-2015
Digmoor By-Election 4 June 2009[5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Skelmersdale South By-Election 2 September 2010[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Councillors". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ "West Lancashire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ "West Lancashire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ "Tories boosted in local byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-10-14. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ "Skelmersdale councillor Bob Pendleton is defeated as Labour suffer in Lancashire polls". Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Elected Members - Borough By-Election Sept 2010". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
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