2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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Results of the 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with results compared to the corresponding vote in 2008 West Lancashire Council election. [1]

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West Lancashire Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 705-538.935.647991-18.56
  Labour 1150+561.156.0412566+19.24
  Liberal Democrats 000000.58131N/A
  UKIP 000000.4191N/A
  Green 000004.11921+1.01
  Independent 000001.07241-0.53

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gail Hodson104677.2%
Conservative Stacey Griffiths17112.6%
Green Elizabeth Boorman13810.2%
Majority 87164.0%
Turnout 136228.1%

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Una Atherley91359.8%
Labour Paul Hennessy61340.2%
Majority 30019.4%
Turnout 154334.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Hodson68686.7%
Conservative Jane Marshall607.6%
Green Peter Cranie455.7%
Majority 62678.6%
Turnout 79625.5%

Burscough East

Burscough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Bell46142.0%
Conservative George Pratt39636.1%
IndependentBrian Bailey24121.9%
Majority 655.8%
Turnout 111634.1%

Burscough West

Burscough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cynthia Dereli96067.8%
Conservative Jason Grice45532.2%
Majority 50535.4%
Turnout 142336.3%

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Owens88351.7%
Labour Gareth Dowling57533.6%
Green Anne Doyle1609.4%
UKIP Thomas Roughley915.3%
Majority 30818.0%
Turnout 171231.1%

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Wilkie84290.6%
Conservative Ryan Waite687.3%
Liberal Democrats Peter Finnigan192.0%
Majority 77482.4%
Turnout 93930.1%

Halsall

Halsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Stephenson33152.3%
Labour Raymond Brookfield30247.7%
Majority 294.5%
Turnout 64837.5%

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Forshaw54464.5%
Labour Joan Draper30035.5%
Majority 24428.6%
Turnout 85327.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver91851.3%
Conservative David Meadows71139.7%
Green John Watt1619.0%
Majority 20711.5%
Turnout 180240.4%

Moorside

Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Aldridge75390.4%
Conservative Cindy Miller809.6%
Majority 67380.0%
Turnout 84130.2%

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Houlgrave33345.2%
IndependentJohn Gordon29339.8%
Labour Simon Perkins11115.1%
Majority 405.3%
Turnout 74143.9%

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Wright92354.2+23.0
Conservative Edward McCarthy51630.3−25.4
Green Maurice George1518.9−4.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Banks1126.6N/A
Majority 40723.8−0.7
Turnout 170737.5+2.7

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Furey94589.7%
Conservative Amanda Shaw10910.3%
Majority 83678.4%
Turnout 106634.7%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna West116582.4%
Conservative David Gallagher1349.5%
Green Martin Lowe1148.1%
Majority 103172.4%
Turnout 142428.4%

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosie Evans107673.3%
Labour Margaret Blake39126.7%
Majority 68545.9%
Turnout 149133.0%

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gaynar Owen112464.4%
Conservative Ruth Pollock62235.6%
Majority 50228.4%
Turnout 176235.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Evans58949.4%
Labour Jennifer Patterson45137.8%
Green Julie Hotchkiss15212.8%
Majority 13811.5%
Turnout 119735.75

References

  1. Nominations West Lancashire Council