The 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council.[1] 16 of the 45 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.[2]
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Ward Results
editAughton & Holborn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kerry Lloyd | 931 | 40.7 | −9.0 | |
OWL | Gordon Johnson | 575 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bruce Porteous | 540 | 23.6 | −20.0 | |
Reform UK | Nigel Wilson | 126 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Hamby | 116 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,288 | 35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burscough Bridge & Rufford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OWL | Paul Hesketh | 766 | 36.2 | +24.6 | |
Conservative | Jayne Rear | 636 | 30.0 | −17.2 | |
Labour | Swin Purple | 584 | 27.6 | −11.9 | |
Green | Reese Riding | 76 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Taylor | 55 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,117 | 37 | |||
OWL gain from Conservative | Swing |
Burscough Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judy Abbott | 960 | 55.8 | +12.6 | |
OWL | Adi Cotter | 387 | 22.5 | −22.2 | |
Conservative | Ruth Melling | 219 | 12.7 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Pollington | 85 | 4.9 | −7.5 | |
Green | Simon Greenhalgh | 70 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,721 | 33 | |||
Labour gain from OWL | Swing |
North Meols & Hesketh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Eccles | 768 | 50.3 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Jan Monaghan | 484 | 31.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Clifton | 140 | 9.2 | −4.8 | |
Green | William Black | 134 | 8.8 | −3.8 | |
Turnout | 1,526 | 26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Old Skelmersdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna West | 1,102 | 76.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Jason Chapman | 177 | 12.3 | +0.2 | |
Green | Kath Lockie | 159 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,438 | 23 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ormskirk East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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OWL | Janet Ingman | 957 | 43.2 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Adam Yates | 922 | 41.6 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Jason Grice | 157 | 7.1 | ±0.0 | |
Reform UK | Simon Evans | 96 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Green | Richard Taylor | 82 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,214 | 37 | |||
OWL gain from Labour | Swing |
Ormskirk West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Fennell | 948 | 45.8 | −3.2 | |
OWL | Jane Thompson | 760 | 36.7 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Juliana Gudgeon | 133 | 6.4 | −1.9 | |
Green | Paul French | 122 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Reform UK | John Bullock | 107 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,070 | 34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rural North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Whittington | 1,203 | 54.7 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Jennie Jackson | 781 | 35.5 | −0.8 | |
Green | Carole Dundas | 217 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,201 | 36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rural South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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OWL | Adrian Owens | 708 | 48.2 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Paul Dickie | 462 | 31.5 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Asheem Naraen | 222 | 15.1 | −0.3 | |
Green | Karen Field | 76 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,468 | 29 | |||
OWL hold | Swing |
Rural West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marilyn Westley | 589 | 33.9 | −4.3 | |
OWL | Mark Brown | 520 | 30.0 | −2.4 | |
Labour | George Oliver | 501 | 28.9 | −8.4 | |
Green | Lisa Smith | 126 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,736 | 31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Skelmersdale North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Melissa Parlour | 959 | 76.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chandler | 150 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Brake | 145 | 11.6 | −1.8 | |
Turnout | 1,254 | 22 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Skelmersdale South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julian Finch | 1,103 | 90.9 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | Sue Janvier | 110 | 9.1 | +1.8 | |
Turnout | 1,213 | 21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Nixon | 925 | 77.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Peter Chandler | 136 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Brake | 134 | 11.2 | −1.6 | |
Turnout | 1,195 | 19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tarleton Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Mee | 985 | 53.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | David Westley | 834 | 45.0 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Michelle Matthews | 614 | 33.1 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Damian Owen | 527 | 28.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tina Stringfellow | 279 | 15.1 | −5.6 | |
Green | Edwin Black | 262 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,853 | 33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Up Holland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gaynar Owen | 1,056 | 62.3 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Julie Peel | 380 | 22.4 | −3.7 | |
Green | Charlotte Houltram | 258 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,694 | 28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Including one vacant seat in Tarleton Village ward last held by the Conservatives.
- ^ "Every candidate running in Lancashire local elections in 2024". Lancashire Telegraph. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Elections and voting - West Lancashire Borough Council". www.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "West Lancashire local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 July 2024.