1989 Lancashire County Council election

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 1989.

Results

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By ward

Accrington Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	1,847	72.7
	Conservative	A Turner	479	18.9
	SLD	B Derbyshire	215	8.5
Turnout			2,441	35.0

Accrington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J Jones	1,515	36.3
	Conservative	J Scholes	1,463	35.0
	Labour	Mirsa Yousef	1,201	28.7
Turnout			4,179	40.1

Alexandria & Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Holland	1,748	49.0
	Conservative	H Hunt	1,267	35.5
	SLD	J Simpson	445	12.5
	Independent	S Jenkinson	109	3.1
Turnout			3,469	37.6

Amounderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E Mellalieu	2,298	62.6
	Labour	E Pacey	1,375	37.4
Turnout			3,673	41.2

Alexandria & Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Holland	1,748	49.0
	Conservative	H Hunt	1,267	35.5
	SLD	J Simpson	445	12.5
	Independent	S Jenkinson	109	3.1
Turnout			3,469	37.6

Anchorsholme & Norbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Preston	2,341	53.9
	Labour	H Schofield	1,363	31.4
	SLD	F Batten	636	14.7
Turnout			4,340	38.5

Bacup

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Baron	1,910	46.9
	Conservative	K Holt	1,778	43.7
	SLD	D Whatmough	383	9.4
Turnout			4,071	49.3

Bank Top & Brookhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abdul Bhikha	2,048	49.8
	Labour	L Proos	1,809	44.0
	SLD	A Knott	252	6.1
Turnout			4,109	44.8

Billinge & Revidge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Ridd	2,371	60.5
	Labour	P Greenwood	1,169	29.8
	SLD	G Foulds	377	9.6
Turnout			3,917	39.0

Bispham & Ingthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T Percival	1,747	60.5
	Labour	A Drinkwater	1,717	40.8
	SLD	J Horan	743	17.7
Turnout			4,207	34.9

Brownhill & Pleckgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Law-Riding	2,675	51.3
	Labour	M Higginson	2,224	42.7
	SLD	A Knott	311	6.0
Turnout			5,320	47.3

Brunswick & Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Kirton	2,684	63.1
	Conservative	J Herdman	1,567	36.9
Turnout			4,251	40.2

Brunswick & Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Booth	2,693	72.4
	Conservative	P Jackson	545	14.6
	Green	W Bennett	375	10.1
	PLO	D McNee	109	2.9
Turnout			3,722	36.5

Church & Accrington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Billington	2,896
	Conservative	R Wallis	1,652
	SDP	M Height	369
Turnout			4,917

Peter Billington resigned, and a by election was held on 13 June 1991.

Church & Accrington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Grime	2,112
	Conservative	W Parkinson	1,351
	Liberal Democrats	T W Witchelo	639
Turnout			4,102

Great Harwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,508
	Conservative	S A Munt	1,580
Turnout			4,088

Oswaldtwistle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,914
	Labour	Eddie Neville	2,698
Turnout			5,512

Peter Britcliffe resigned on 1 February 1993, within three months of the 1993 County Elections. Therefore, no by election was held.

Rishton, Clayton & Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Stone	2,654
	Conservative	P Bibby	2,332
Turnout			4,985

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2025.