2023 West Lancashire Borough Council election

2023 West Lancashire Borough Council election
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All 45 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Yvonne Gagen David Westley
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 25 20
Seats after 26 15
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Adrian Owens
Party OWL Independent
Seats before 7[a] 2
Seats after 4 0
Results by ward
Leader before election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

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]

Background

A 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

Prior 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

Aughton & Holborn

Aughton & Holborn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

Burscough Bridge & Rufford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burscough Town

Burscough Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
OWL win (new seat)

North Meols & Hesketh Bank

North Meols & Hesketh Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Old Skelmersdale

Old Skelmersdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ormskirk East

Ormskirk East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ormskirk West

Ormskirk West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rural North East

Rural North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rural South

The election in Rural South ward was delayed until 22nd June as a result of the death of one of the candidates.

Rural South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
OWL win (new seat)
OWL win (new seat)
OWL win (new seat)

Rural West

Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Tarleton Village

Tarleton Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat in the old Derby ward which had been held by Our West Lancashire councillor Ian Davis until his death in April 2023.[1]
  1. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 April 2023). "Manifest destiny". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1179, retrieved 27 June 2023
  3. ^ Bugel, Safi; Adu, Aletha (2023-02-10). "Labour wins West Lancashire byelection with 10% swing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ^ "Your councillors by party". West Lancashire Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ Hainey, Fionnula (2023-05-05). "Election results from West Lancashire local council election 2023 count in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ^ "West Lancashire result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.