2023 Wyre Borough Council election

2023 Wyre Borough Council election
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All 50 seats on Wyre Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Michael Vincent[1] Rob Fail
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader's seat Carleton Jubilee
Seats before 37 8 5[a]
Seats after 30 17 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 9 Decrease 1
Results by ward, including delayed Warren election
Leader before election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

Leader after election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

The 2023 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023,[3] alongside other local elections across England. All 50 seats on the Wyre Borough Council were up for election.[4] The election in Warren ward took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[5][6]

Background

Council Composition Pre-Election

Pre-Election Council Composition

Party Seats
Conservative Party 37
Labour Party 8
Independents 4
Vacant 1

Post-Election Council Composition

Party Seats
Conservative Party 30
Labour Party 17
Independents 3
Vacant 0
Composition of the Council after the election

Candidates and Results

The following is a list of candidates[7][8] and results[9] sorted alphabetically by ward:[10]

Bourne

Bourne[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Wells 604 53.5 +8.5
Labour Harry Swatton 582 51.5 +7.6
Labour Kevin Higginson 581 51.4 +10.9
Conservative Howard Ballard 500 44.2 −1.6
Conservative Jack Eccles 461 40.8 −5.0
Conservative Thomas Wyers-Roebuck 453 40.1 −1.9
Turnout 1,130 25.08
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Breck

Breck[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter le Marinel 471 43.0 +1.6
Labour Thomas Calver 418 38.1 N/A
Labour Sean Hazlewood 404 36.9 +16.2
Independent Peter Gibson 259 23.6 −13.2
Majority
Turnout 1,096 32.67
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brock with Caterall

Brock with Caterall[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Bolton 696 57.6 −11.6
Conservative David Swift 595 49.3 −15.9
Labour Olivia Bonser 544 45.0 +22.1
Majority
Turnout 1,208 32.82
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Calder

Calder[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ibison 386 54.7 −9.4
Labour Michelle Heaton-Bentley 320 45.3 +9.4
Majority
Turnout 706 36.00
Conservative hold Swing

Carleton

Carleton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Walker 725 51.8 +15.6
Labour Stuart Fielding 696 49.7 N/A
Conservative Christina Townsend 608 43.4 −12.9
Conservative Andrew Lyons-Walker 538 38.4 −6.3
ADF Adele Eaves 99 7.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,400 39.85
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Amos 705 50.0 −7.5
Conservative Richard Rendell 699 49.5 −9.3
Labour Carol Audley 567 40.2 +5.2
Labour Marge Anderton 500 35.4 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Hinchcliffe 109 7.7 N/A
ADF Cate McNeal 77 5.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,411 38.66
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garstang

Garstang[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dulcie Atkins 1,065 53.7 −4.2
Conservative Elizabeth Collinson 1,050 53.0 −3.5
Conservative Robert Atkins (politician) 923 46.5 −1.5
Labour David Gale 787 39.7 +15.4
Labour John Moore 732 36.9 +15.4
Green Luke Meeks 702 35.4 +2.2
Majority
Turnout 1,983 36.78
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Catterall 758 63.6 −1.6
Conservative Peter Cartridge 711 59.6 +6.6
Green Dianne Hogarth 372 31.2 −4.5
Labour Patrick Haley 361 30.3 +11.3
Majority
Turnout 1,192 34.32
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Robinson 693 57.3 −9.8
Conservative Lynne Bowen 629 52.0 −9.7
Labour Helen Fielding 374 30.9 −0.7
Green Barbara Mead-Mason 265 21.9 N/A
Independent John Bell-Fairclough 203 16.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,209 32.73
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hardhorn with High Cross

Hardhorn with High Cross[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bridge 1,097 58.5 −11.5
Conservative Roger Berry 1,028 54.9 −8.1
Conservative Steve Nicholls 886 47.3 −17.5
Labour Melanie Calver 767 40.9 +15.4
ADF Jackie Lang 307 16.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,874 35.86
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Jubilee

Jubilee[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Fail 598 51.6 +3.1
Labour Wayne Martin 544 46.9 +5.4
Conservative Scott Faulkner 537 46.3 −3.5
Conservative Scott Porter 486 41.9 −1.8
Majority
Turnout 1,159 32.80
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marsh Mill

Marsh Mill[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Higgs 902 56.4 +1.5
Conservative Paul Ellison 900 56.3 ±0.0
Conservative Henry Jackson 805 50.3 +0.6
Labour Peter Smith 659 41.2 +12.0
Labour William Jackson 616 38.5 +7.4
Labour Jason Taylor 594 37.1 +8.5
Majority
Turnout 1,600 33.65
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mount

Mount[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Stephenson 555 65.2 +17.7
Labour Mary Stirzaker 488 57.3 +14.8
Conservative Sadie Smith 273 32.1 −14.2
Conservative Timothy Ashton 263 30.9 −5.7
Majority
Turnout 851 22.45
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Beavers 504 64.3 +28.5
Labour Christine Smith 451 57.5 +21.3
Conservative Geraldine Northwood 275 35.1 +14.0
Conservative Susan Hunt 188 24.0 +6.1
Majority
Turnout 784 23.53
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pharos

Pharos[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Duffy 444 61.8 +17.4
Labour Michelle Moliner 376 52.4 +29.6
Conservative David Shaw 200 27.9 +7.6
Conservative Matthew Vincent 173 24.1 +10.0
Green Michael Pickton 108 15.0 −2.2
Majority
Turnout 718 21.35
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pheasant's Wood

Pheasant's Wood[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Kay 437 66.7 −8.1
Labour Joy Stephenson 218 33.3 +8.1
Majority
Turnout 655 38.10
Conservative hold Swing

Pilling

Pilling[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Leigh 318 42.9 −18.9
Independent Bob Rushforth 277 37.3 N/A
Labour Rachel Beavers 147 19.8 +4.6
Majority 742 35.72
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Preesall

Preesall[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Claire Rimmer 1,010 56.5 N/A
Independent Collette Rushforth 938 52.5 N/A
Independent Ashley Sorensen 636 35.6 N/A
Conservative Philip Orme 590 33.0 −24.1
Conservative Steven Taylor-Royston 544 30.4 −26.8
Conservative Paul Moon 537 30.1 −23.9
Labour Ron Shewan 318 17.8 −16.2
Majority
Turnout 1,787 39.80
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Rossall

Rossall[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Raynor 523 44.0 +7.8
Conservative Bernice Meekins 493 41.5 +8.0
Conservative Frances Thewlis 481 40.5 +17.7
Labour Evelyn Stephenson 460 38.7 −2.1
Labour Robbie Raynor 455 38.3 +5.0
Conservative Huw Williams 445 37.5 +6.5
Independent David Gerrard 250 21.0 −16.5
Majority
Turnout 1,188 27.87
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stanah

Stanah[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Livesey 774 60.7 +8.7
Conservative Kenneth Minto 671 52.6 −7.7
Labour Eddie Rawlings 548 43.0 +20.9
Majority 1,275 33.59
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tithebarn

Tithebarn[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colette Birch 601 54.4 −10.5
Conservative Lesley McKay 577 52.3 −10.7
Labour Richard Gratrix 503 45.6 +14.2
Majority
Turnout 1,104 33.81
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Victoria and Norcross

Victoria and Norcross[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Callum Baxter 693 56.6 −7.3
Conservative Michael Vincent 634 51.8 −10.1
Labour Lauren Harrison 504 41.2 +12.4
Labour Dawn McCord 465 38.0 +11.4
Majority
Turnout 1,224 33.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warren

This election took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[6][33]

Warren[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Blair 552
Labour Brian Stephenson 503
Conservative John Fitzgerald 311
Conservative David Meekins 307
Majority
Turnout 26.48
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Wyresdale

Wyresdale[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Walker 396 59.0 +32.7
Conservative Jonny Leech 275 41.0 −32.7
Majority
Turnout 671 36.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2023–2027

  • David Higgs, elected as a Conservative, joined Reform UK in June 2024.[36]

References

  1. ^ Of the 4 independent councillors before the election, 2 formed the "Wyre Residents' Group", 1 formed the "Wyre Alliance" and 1 was described as "Independent". There was also a vacant independent seat previously held by Collette Fairbanks who had been elected for UKIP in 2019 but later sat as an independent in the Wyre Alliance group.[2]
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