The 2023 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 45 members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. The council is usually elected in thirds, but the whole council was up for election in 2023 following changes to ward boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors from 54 to 45.[2]
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Background
editA parliamentary by-election in the constituency of the same name in February 2023 saw Labour's candidate Ashley Dalton elected on a 10% swing.[3]
Overview
editPrior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Labour minority administration.[4]
Following the results, the Labour Party won the council from no overall control.[5][6]
Ward Results
editAughton & Holborn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sarah Lawton | 1,216 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Paul Hennessy | 1,215 | 51.2 | ||
Labour | Kerry Lloyd | 1,178 | 49.7 | ||
Conservative | David O'Toole | 1,050 | 44.3 | ||
Conservative | Bruce Porteous | 1,035 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Doreen Stephenson | 989 | 41.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,372 | 37 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Burscough Bridge & Rufford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Gordon | 1,043 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Eddie Pope | 1,024 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Jayne Rear | 939 | 47.2 | ||
Labour | Sophia Hennessy | 787 | 39.5 | ||
Labour | Mary Jones | 769 | 38.6 | ||
Labour | Pinar Robinson | 676 | 34.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu | 231 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,990 | 35 | |||
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Burscough Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Burnside | 885 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | Andrew Fowler | 823 | 47.4 | ||
OWL | Paul Hesketh | 776 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Damian Owen | 750 | 43.2 | ||
Conservative | Jason Grice | 421 | 24.2 | ||
Conservative | Richard Ainsworth | 323 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Pollington | 215 | 12.4 | ||
Conservative | Dan Rear | 208 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,737 | 33 | |||
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OWL win (new seat) |
North Meols & Hesketh Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Howard | 954 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | Thomas De Freitas | 862 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Ian Eccles | 845 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Cynthia Dereli | 459 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | George Oliver | 408 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | Gavin Jones-Verity | 390 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Taylor | 230 | 14.0 | ||
Green | Edwin Black | 206 | 12.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,638 | 29 | |||
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Old Skelmersdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Furey | 1,167 | 80.2 | ||
Labour | Nicola Pryce-Roberts | 1,041 | 71.5 | ||
Labour | Donna West | 1,029 | 70.7 | ||
Conservative | Keith Ashcroft | 176 | 12.1 | ||
Conservative | Ruth Melling | 166 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Juliana Gudgeon | 157 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,455 | 23 | |||
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Ormskirk East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicola Hennessy | 1,211 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Molloy | 1,057 | 44.9 | ||
Labour | Adam Yates | 1,022 | 43.4 | ||
OWL | Janet Ingman | 1,011 | 42.9 | ||
OWL | Gordon Johnson | 969 | 41.1 | ||
OWL | Adrian Owens | 954 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Linda Gresty | 168 | 7.1 | ||
Conservative | Kate Maughan | 167 | 7.1 | ||
Conservative | Dave Meadows | 163 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,355 | 39 | |||
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Ormskirk West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Anderson | 1,073 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | Gareth Dowling | 1,055 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Anne Fennell | 1,053 | 49.0 | ||
OWL | Jane Thompson | 882 | 41.0 | ||
OWL | Kate Mitchell | 874 | 40.6 | ||
OWL | John Evans | 771 | 35.8 | ||
Conservative | Laura Sampson | 178 | 8.3 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Westley | 167 | 7.8 | ||
Conservative | Bill Witter | 145 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,151 | 35 | |||
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Rural North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rob Bailey | 1,182 | 48.1 | ||
Conservative | Katie Juckes | 1,059 | 43.1 | ||
Conservative | David Whittington | 1,023 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | Margaret Blake | 891 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Stephen Kirrelly | 766 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Paris | 751 | 30.6 | ||
OWL | Neil Pye | 480 | 19.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Puddifer | 383 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chandler | 299 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,456 | 40 | |||
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Rural South
editThe election in Rural South ward was delayed until 22nd June as a result of the death of one of the candidates.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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OWL | Ian Rigby | 704 | 48.0 | ||
OWL | Linda Webster | 674 | 46.0 | ||
OWL | Thomas Marsh-Pritchard | 664 | 45.3 | ||
Labour | Julie Gibson | 486 | 33.2 | ||
Labour | Ian Moran | 485 | 33.1 | ||
Labour | Paul Dickie | 479 | 32.7 | ||
Conservative | Sangeeta Naraen | 241 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Paul Turpin | 233 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Asheem Naraen | 226 | 15.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,466 | 28 | |||
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OWL win (new seat) |
Rural West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alex Blundell | 765 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Jane Marshall | 684 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Marilyn Westley | 670 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Brooks | 655 | 37.3 | ||
Labour | Pauline Gamester | 625 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | John Watt | 596 | 33.9 | ||
OWL | Richard Brown | 569 | 32.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,756 | 31 | |||
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Skelmersdale North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Gagen | 998 | 79.6 | ||
Labour | Terence Devine | 975 | 77.8 | ||
Labour | Melissa Parlour | 915 | 73.0 | ||
Conservative | Jason Chapman | 168 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Sue Janvier | 142 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Fielding | 138 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,254 | 22 | |||
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Skelmersdale South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terence Aldridge | 974 | 76.2 | ||
Labour | Victoria Cummins | 922 | 72.1 | ||
Labour | Julian Finch | 828 | 64.7 | ||
Skelmersdale Independents | Aaron Body | 245 | 19.2 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Hayman | 94 | 7.3 | ||
Conservative | Jean Ross | 92 | 7.2 | ||
Conservative | Ian White | 87 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,279 | 22 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carl Coughlan | 925 | 78.2 | ||
Labour | Paul Hogan | 920 | 77.8 | ||
Labour | Maureen Nixon | 902 | 76.2 | ||
Conservative | Sue Brake | 151 | 12.8 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Taylor | 136 | 11.5 | ||
Conservative | William Cropper | 135 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,183 | 19 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Tarleton Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joan Witter | 1,082 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | Darren Daniels | 992 | 54.2 | ||
Conservative | David Westley | 987 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Janice Monaghan | 578 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | Noel Delaney | 512 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | Christopher Sawyer | 509 | 27.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tina Stringfellow | 378 | 20.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,829 | 33 | |||
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Up Holland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Fillis | 1,128 | 65.8 | ||
Labour | Suresh Patel | 1,097 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | Gaynar Owen | 1,063 | 62.0 | ||
Conservative | James Dorling | 463 | 27.0 | ||
Conservative | Julie Peel | 447 | 26.1 | ||
Conservative | John Mee | 392 | 22.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,714 | 29 | |||
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References
edit- ^ Boothroyd, David (21 April 2023). "Manifest destiny". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "The West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1179, retrieved 27 June 2023
- ^ Bugel, Safi; Adu, Aletha (2023-02-10). "Labour wins West Lancashire byelection with 10% swing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Your councillors by party". West Lancashire Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Hainey, Fionnula (2023-05-05). "Election results from West Lancashire local council election 2023 count in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "West Lancashire result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.