2015 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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The 2015 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council participated in the election. The UK general election was also on 7 May 2015. [1]

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Results

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Savage2,21171.9%−5.4%
UKIP Barry Critchley47215.4+15.4%
Conservative George Pratt39112.7−10.0%
Majority1,739
Turnout 3,10468.2

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Westley1,55446.4−13.5%
Labour Charles Gains1,07132.0−9.1%
UKIP Jim Bevan49714.8+14.8%
Green Hannah James2296.8+6.8%
Majority483
Turnout 3,36674.4%

Aughton Park

Aughton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Westley1,11648.4−21.3%
Labour Paul Hennessy81835.5+5.2%
UKIP David Gallagher37316.2+16.2%
Majority298
Turnout 2,31973.1

Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Cotterill51141.4−2.5%
Conservative David Griffiths45837.1−19.0%
UKIP Ken Tyms15012.2+12.2%
Our West LancashireGordon Johnson1159.3+9.3%
Majority534.3
Turnout 1,23475.2

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank McKenna1,25575.5−12.8%
UKIP Damon Noone27216.4+16.4%
Conservative David Meadows1358.1−3.6%
Majority983
Turnout 166258.2

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phill Hudson1,17735.5−0.1%
Conservative Edward McCarthy1,05531.8−21.1%
Our West LancashireIan Davis46013.9+13.9%
Green Heather Doyle3239.7−1.9%
UKIP Ray Brookfield3029.1+9.1%
Majority1223.7
Turnout 3,32369

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Wynn1,51283.5−1.7%
Conservative Richard Shepherd1518.3−1.9%
Green William Hite1488.2+8.2%
Majority1,361
Turnout 1,82061.2

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nikki Hennessy1,51245.4+4.3%
Conservative Rob Murrin-Bailey1,12533.8−14.5%
UKIP Tony Green3169.5+9.5%
Green Gaynor Pickering1885.7−4.8%
Our West LancashirePeter Banks1865.6+5.6%
Majority38711.6
Turnout 3,34573.7

North Meols

North Meols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Blane1,02650.5−14.5%
Labour Andrew Pritchard58628.8−6.2%
UKIP Richard Smith42020.7+20.7%
Majority440
Turnout 2,05265.0

Parbold

Parbold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative May Blake1,41260.5−7.4%
Labour Clare Gillard76132.6+0.5%
Green Jai Brierley1626.9+6.9%
Majority651
Turnout 2,34777.8

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Marshall1,19055.1−11.7%
Labour Margaret Blake52524.3−8.9%
UKIP David Massam34516.0+16.0%
Green John Watt1004.6+4.6%
Majority665
Turnout 2,16772.1

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodson1,18939.5−6.6%
Conservative William Weingart73224.3−14.1%
Our West LancashireJane Thompson57819.2+19.2%
UKIP Tom Shannon2989.9+9.9%
Green Maurice George2127.0−1.4%
Majority457
Turnout 3,02068.6

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Patterson1,62384.7−0.3%
Conservative Susan Janvier29315.3+0.3%
Majority1,330
Turnout 1,94767.3

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicola Pryce-Roberts2,24071.3+0.1%
Conservative Jennifer Mayer45114.4−7.1%
Our West LancashireGerry Latham2437.7+7.7%
Green Martin Lowe2076.6−0.7%
Majority1,789
Turnout 3,16067.8

Tanhouse

Tanhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Nixon1,64483.9+4.4%
Conservative Amanda Shaw31616.1−4.4%
Majority1,328
Turnout 1,98858.0

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Kay1,73854.6−14.1%
Labour Neil Pye54417.1−14.2%
UKIP Barry Gannaway-Jones48215.1+25.1%
Independent Jim Doran42213.2+13.2%
Majority1,194
Turnout 3,19770.5

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bullock1,74350.9−5.8%
Conservative Ruth Pollock1,02029.8−7.6%
UKIP John Stewart66119.3+19.3%
Majority723
Turnout 3,44570.7

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pam Baybutt1,33455.3−9.8%
Green Julie Hotchkiss74430.8+30.8%
Labour Sophia Hennessy33513.6−21.3%
Majority590
Turnout 2,42873.1

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