2001 Lancashire County Council election

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Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in June 2001 on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election. [1] The Labour party held overall control of the council. [2]

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Results

Burnley

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Burnley Central EastLabour1,990
Burnley Central WestLabour730
Burnley North EastLabour1,816
Burnley RuralLabour651
Burnley South WestLabour413
Burnley WestLabour518

Chorley

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Chorley EastLabour2,574
Chorley NorthConservative978
Chorley Rural EastConservative95
Chorley Rural NorthConservative440
Chorley Rural WestLabour787
Chorley WestLabour2,168

Fylde

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Fylde EastConservative1,148
Fylde WestConservative1,761
Lytham Conservative1,966
St Annes NorthConservative873
St Annes SouthConservative711

Hyndburn

Accrington Central - electorate 6,680
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Pollit2,143
Conservative Munsif Dad1,366
Spoilt74
Turnout 3,58354%
Labour hold Swing
Accrington South - electorate 9,978
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Dwyer3,361
Conservative Derek Scholes2,234
Spoilt107
Turnout 5,70257%
Labour hold Swing
Church & Accrington North - electorate 11,253
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Battle4,231
Conservative Joan Pilkington2,350
Spoilt114
Turnout 6,69559%
Labour hold Swing
Great Harwood - electorate 8,181
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Slynn2,390
Conservative Wyn Frankland2,296
Spolit68
Turnout 6.01258%
Labour hold Swing
Oswaldtwistle - electorate 11,771
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Westell3,865
Conservative Doug Hayes3,049
Spoilt100
Turnout 7,01460%
Labour hold Swing
Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 11,334
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Hindley3,742
Conservative Rennie Pinder2,776
Spolit97
Turnout 6,651
Labour hold Swing

Lancaster

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Heysham Labour1,279
Lancaster CityGreen327
Lancaster EastLabour1,560
Lancaster Rural CentralConservative1,530
Lancaster Rural NorthConservative1,254
Lancaster Rural SouthConservative36
Morecambe EastLabour282
Morecambe WestLabour1,402
Skerton Labour2,079

Pendle

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Colne Labour1,024
NelsonLabour1,069
Pendle EastLiberal Democrats769
Pendle NorthLiberal Democrats216
Pendle SouthLabour1,795
Pendle WestConservative2,098

Preston

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Preston Central EastLabour1,291
Preston Central WestLabour1,283
Preston EastLabour1,614
Preston NorthLiberal Democrats244
Preston Rural EastConservative2,189
Preston Rural WestConservative576
Preston South EastLabour1,734
Preston South WestLabour1,532
Preston WestLabour1,104

Ribble Valley

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Clitheroe Liberal Democrat567
Longridge Conservative935
Ribble Valley North EastConservative1,685
Ribble Valley South WestConservative2,260

Rossendale

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Bacup Conservative315
Haslingden Labour430
Rossendale EastLabour364
Rossendale WestLabour841
Whitworth Labour283

South Ribble

SeatWinning PartyMajority
South Ribble CentralLabour841
South Ribble EastIndependent424
South Ribble NorthLabour1,271
South Ribble North WestLiberal Democrats2,677
South Ribble SouthLabour560
South Ribble South WestLabour2,459
South Ribble WestConservative2,007

West Lancashire

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Ormskirk Labour633
Skelmersdale CentralLabour3,395
Skelmersdale EastLabour1,521
Skelmersdale WestLabour2,658
West Lancashire EastConservative314
West Lancashire NorthConservative2,734
West Lancashire SouthConservative1,594

Wyre

SeatWinning PartyMajority
Amounderness Conservative311
Cleveleys Conservative132
Garstang Conservative1,976
HeskethLabour1,541
HillhouseConservative19
MarineLabour1,588
Poulton-le-Fylde Conservative1,265
Wyre SideConservative2,395

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References

  1. ↑ Results Archived 29 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Lancashire County Council
  2. ↑ "Lancashire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2009.
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