2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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Results of the 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election take place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. [1] Following the 2015 local elections Labour Party (UK) took control of the council. [2] A third of the seats were being polled during this election. Summary post election-

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Political Composition after election: Conservative (Leader Councillor David Westley) 22 seats; Labour (Leader Councillor Ian Moran) 31 seats and Our West Lancashire 1 seat.

By ward

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gail Pamela Hodson101172.3%
Green William Mason Rowan Gilmour22015.7%
Conservative David Jonathan Griffiths16812.0%
Majority 791
Turnout 141630.3%

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Currie95258.1%
Labour Thomas George Phillips68641.9%
Majority 266
Turnout 165736.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Louise Cooper66288.9%
Conservative William John Weingart8311.1%
Majority 579
Turnout 75125.7%

Burscough East

Burscough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Evans76058.4%
Conservative Robert Bailey54141.6%
Majority 219
Turnout 132238.7%

Burscough West

Burscough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew John Pritchard91262.7%
Conservative Leon Graham54237.3%
Majority 370
Turnout 146638.5%

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Our West LancashireAdrian Edward Owens80641.8%
Labour Liam David Blacklock71036.8%
Conservative Thomas Burton33917.6%
Green Heather Doyle723.7%
Majority 96
Turnout 193638.4%

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin William Henry Wilkie78492.6%
Conservative Richard Henry Shepherd637.4%
Majority 721
Turnout 87029.1%

Halsall

Halsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Kathleen Patricia Mills31343.5%
Conservative Doreen Joan Stephenson28940.1%
UKIP John Stewart Simpson Stewart11816.4%
Majority 24
Turnout 72542.3%

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Moon57863.4%
Labour Sally Josephine Hodson33336.6%
Majority 245
Turnout 93029.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Gerard Yates106351.5%
Conservative Edward James McCarthy74436.0%
Our West LancashirePeter Banks1748.4%
Green Gaynor Anne Pickering854.1%
Majority 319
Turnout 207445.7%

Moorside

Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Aldridge72591.2%
Conservative George Ernest Pratt708.8%
Majority 655
Turnout 80230.8%

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ian Gordon47271.5%
Labour Natalie June McCulloch18828.5%
Majority 284
Turnout 67140.4%

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin John Wright77043.0%
Our West LancashireJane Thompson64035.7%
Conservative David John Meadows30016.7%
Green Maurice Henry George824.6%
Majority 130
Turnout 179741.9%

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Stuart Furey85689.7%
Conservative Susan Ingrid Janvier9810.3%
Majority 758
Turnout 96332.6%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna Marie Eileen West109981.3%
Conservative Jenni Mayer13810.2%
Green Martin John Lowe1158.5%
Majority 961
Turnout 136028.6%

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Philip Cairns107767.4%
Labour Frederick Andrew Hodson52232.6%
Majority 555
Turnout 163235.7%

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gaynar Owen111367.8%
Conservative Jane Houlgrave52932.2%
Majority 584
Turnout 165533.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Evans66853.5%
Labour Bernadette Green43234.6%
Green Julie Hotchkiss14811.9%
Majority 236
Turnout 125637.9%

References

  1. ↑ "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election Summary - Borough Election 2015". West Lancashire Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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