2019 Lancaster City Council election

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2019 Lancaster City Council election
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  2015 5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 2023  

All 60 seats to Lancaster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour MB Independent Conservative
Last election29 seats, 36.7%2 seats, 6.6%19 seats, 28.7%
Seats won211412
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 12Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote27,58110,58019,937
Percentage33.7%12.9%24.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.0%Increase2.svg 6.3%Decrease2.svg 4.3%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election9 seats, 17.8%0 seats, 3.0%
Seats won103
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote17,8654,914
Percentage21.8%6.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.0%Increase2.svg 3.0%

Lancaster UK local election 2019 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2019 Lancaster City Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 2 May 2019 at the same time as other 2019 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.

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Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was: [1]

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The 2015 election returned no overall control, but a series of defections and by-election wins have maintained a majority for the Labour Party afterwards. [2] [3] The composition of the Council immediately after the last election was:

[4]

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Following the 2019 election, the council was returned with No Overall Control.

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Election results

Lancaster City Council election result, 2019 [5]
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 6021311Decrease2.svg 835.033.727,581–3.0
  MB Independent 2014120Increase2.svg 1223.312.910,580+6.3
  Conservative 601207Decrease2.svg 720.024.419,937–4.3
  Green 351021Increase2.svg 116.721.817,865+4.0
  Liberal Democrats 22330Increase2.svg 35.06.04,914+3.0
  Independent 2001Decrease2.svg 10.01.0783–2.1
  UKIP 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2190–3.9

Ward results

Bare

Bare
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Tony Anderson 827 38.2
MB Independent Sarah Knight 800 37.0
Conservative Stephie Barber 721 33.3
Conservative Charles Edwards70832.7
Conservative Stuart Morris59827.6
MB Independent Paula Ross-Clasper59727.6
Labour Callum Henry40618.8
Labour Becca Snow39618.3
Liberal Democrats Owen Lambert28213.0
Green Jonathan Buckley1788.2
Liberal Democrats John Livermore1677.7
Green Sean Hughes1416.5
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling1316.1
Independent Chris Price974.5New
Turnout 2,17139.0
MB Independent hold
MB Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Bolton and Slyne

Bolton and Slyne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Budden 1,357 61.3
Conservative James Thomas 1,234 55.8
Conservative John Wild 1,125 50.8
Labour Louise Belcher70331.8
Labour Richard Martin60927.5
Labour Valerie Rogerson47121.3
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye40518.3
Turnout 2,24337.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bulk

Bulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox 1,199 57.0
Green Caroline Jackson 1,196 56.9
Green Lucie Carrington 1,055 50.2
Labour Andrew Kay80738.4
Labour Sue Clark80638.3
Labour Naley Alobari73434.9
Conservative Jack Downes1195.7
Conservative Tamsin Richardson1065.0
Conservative Kai Drury994.7
Turnout 2,12033.0
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead

Carnforth and Millhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Reynolds 680 43.8
Conservative Peter Yates 588 37.9
Conservative Mel Guilding 499 32.1
Conservative Tobias Holbrook44028.3
Labour Sandi Haythornthwaite39525.4
Labour Luke Taylor35622.9
Independent Gregg Beaman35422.8
Independent Bob Roe33221.4
Green Kathy Bashford19912.8
Green Jan Maskell1429.1
Green Johnny Unger1087.0
Turnout 1,57134.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dave Brookes 1,003 66.7
Green Paul Stubbins 851 56.6
Labour Stefanie Sinclair44529.6
Labour Peter Curphey39626.3
Conservative Tommy Shaw1026.8
Conservative Peter Williamson996.6
Turnout 1,51931.0
Green hold
Green hold

Ellel

Ellel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Whitworth 576 41.2
Conservative Richard Austen-Baker 550 39.4
Labour Lisa Corkerry43531.1
Labour Shaun Corkerry42930.7
Green Mollie Foxall27920.0
Green Gisela Renolds24517.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Hindley906.4New
Liberal Democrats Jade Sullivan785.6New
Turnout 1,41140.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halton-with-Aughton

Halton-with-Aughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Kevin Frea 484 51.4 +42.0
Conservative Daniel Gibbins38140.5+12.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling768.1New
Turnout 95247.0
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing

Harbour

Harbour
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janice Hanson 607 46.2
Labour David Whitaker 544 41.4
Labour Darren Clifford 478 36.4
MB Independent Jack Newton43333.0
MB Independent Marius Balcer40831.1
MB Independent Mirka Balcer40330.7
Conservative Alexandra Hailey16912.9
Conservative Craig Mercer16812.8
Green Simona Chadwick16612.6
Conservative Rhiannon Williamson16312.4
Green Jay-Yahia Mozee886.7
Turnout 1,34025.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Heysham Central

Heysham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Cary Matthews 542 49.4
MB Independent Geoff Knight 524 47.8
Labour Sarah Hayland36032.8
Labour Ian Walton31628.8
Conservative Kenneth Brown18516.9
Conservative Samuel Donnelly17616.0
Turnout 1,10532.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent hold

Heysham North

Heysham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Roger Cleet 429 48.3
MB Independent Vicky Boyd-Power 405 45.6
Labour Margaret Pattison39144.0
Labour John Hanson31835.8
Conservative Joseph Wilson9610.8
Conservative John Marsden9510.7
Turnout 90127.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

Heysham South

Heysham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Hartley 548 37.4
MB Independent Mike Greenall 540 36.8
Labour Alan Biddulph 518 35.3
Labour Mandy Wildman50934.7
MB Independent Steve Matthews48733.2
Conservative Stuart Bateson44930.6
MB Independent Wendy Blundell40327.5
Conservative Eric Hamer34923.8
Conservative Judith Hamer34823.7
Turnout 1,47628.0
Labour hold
MB Independent gain from Conservative
Labour hold

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Erica Lewis 840 44.7
Labour Faye Penny 827 44.0
Labour Alistair Sinclair 772 41.0
Green Marianne Waine70137.3
Green Rebecca Whittle68436.4
Green Ceri Turner64834.4
Conservative Janet Walton22712.1
Conservative Ryan Whittaker22411.9
Conservative Kevan Walton20911.1
Liberal Democrats James Harvey1869.9
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster1497.9
Turnout 1,90232.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kellet

Kellet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Mumford 337 45.3 New
Conservative Andrew Gardiner33144.5-28.9
Labour Diana Martin7610.2-6.0
Turnout 75543.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Lower Lune Valley

Lower Lune Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard 658 45.2
Conservative Joan Jackson 628 43.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson59741.0
Conservative Jane Parkinson56438.7
Labour Co-op Lucy Atkinson19313.2
Labour Co-op Nathan Burns17712.1
Turnout 1,48441.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Marsh

Marsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gina Dowding 1,174 72.5
Green Mandy Bannon 1,109 68.7
Labour Pete Cakebread38123.6
Labour Nicky Snell34821.5
Conservative Daniel Sims905.6
Conservative Ayesha Hilton885.4
Turnout 1,63640.0
Green hold
Green hold

Overton

Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Smith 291 45.7 +2.9
Labour Tom Porter26541.6+18.4
Green Pamela White8112.7+7.6
Turnout 65236.0
Conservative hold Swing

Poulton

Poulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Tricia Heath 363 38.4
MB Independent Debbie Jenkins 269 28.4
Labour Brandan Hughes25927.4
Labour Terrie Metcalfe24525.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Hart22423.7New
Conservative Shirley Gardiner11612.3
Green Philip Chandler848.9
Conservative Joan Yates747.8
Green Chloe Buckley667.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hastings535.6
Turnout 94626.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

Scotforth East

Scotforth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Whitehead 655 48.1
Labour Jason Wood 578 42.4
Conservative Cameron Fernie35926.3
Conservative Rebecca Samuels33924.9
Green Rosie Mills26419.4
Green Andrew Lee24317.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Long1259.2
Liberal Democrats Graham Pollitt977.1
Turnout 1,37940.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Scotforth West

Scotforth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Abi Mills 1,488 61.8
Green Joanna Young 1,319 54.8
Green Tim Dant 1,303 54.1
Labour Ronnie Kershaw77432.1
Labour Mohammad Malik65627.2
Labour Linda Prue62525.9
Conservative Joe Wrennall28011.6
Conservative Josh Smith27411.4
Conservative Oliver Kerry27011.2
Turnout 2,43044.0
Green hold
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Silverdale

Silverdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats June Greenwell 501 56.9 +32.4
Conservative Iain Harbison29633.6+3.7
Labour Brenda Rockall849.5+1.3
Turnout 89855.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Skerton East

Skerton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Thornberry 627 52.3
Labour Robert Redfern 619 51.6
Labour Abbott Bryning 607 50.6
Green Erik Worsley32126.8
Green Ceiteag Sinclair27322.8
UKIP Simon Platt19015.8New
Conservative John Doherty18815.7-15.4
Conservative Margaret Colling17914.9
Conservative Kathleen Mashiter16313.6
Turnout 1,20725.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Skerton West

Skerton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Black 599 50.7
Labour Mandy King 590 49.9
Labour Hilda Parr 581 49.2
Conservative Colin Hewitt32027.1
Conservative Matthew Reader27423.2
Green Melanie Forrest26922.8
Conservative Thomas Inman25221.3
Green Daniel Burba24020.3
Turnout 1,21423.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Torrisholme

Torrisholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Paul Anderton 705 52.7
MB Independent Roger Dennison 634 47.4
Conservative Mark Phelps32524.3
Conservative Jane Cottam29822.2
Labour Joanne Ainscough28321.2
Labour Emma Corless27020.2
Turnout 1,36338.0
MB Independent gain from Conservative
MB Independent gain from Labour

University and Scotforth Rural

University and Scotforth Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katie Whearty 295 44.6
Labour Jack O'Dwyer-Henry 278 42.1
Labour Oliver Robinson 267 40.4
Green Emily Heath21732.8
Green Victoria Hatch17526.5
Green Martin Paley14221.5
Conservative Guy Watts11918.0
Conservative Robert Ogden11317.1
Conservative Luke Brandon11216.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Sutton8813.3
Liberal Democrats Dafydd Roberts8312.6
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins7210.9
Turnout 67018.0
Labour hold
Labour gain from Green
Labour hold

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stewart Scothern 419 45.9 -27.1
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter40244.0New
Labour Joseph Rigby9210.1-4.5
Turnout 93748.0
Conservative hold Swing

Warton

Warton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Duggan 307 47.2 +3.9
Green Rex Ambler21432.9+18.3
Labour Colette Bain12919.8-2.0
Turnout 65840.0
Conservative hold Swing

Westgate

Westgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent Merv Evans 632 42.4
MB Independent Jason Firth 607 40.7
MB Independent Jake Goodwin 572 38.4
Labour Ian Clift52335.1
Labour Debbie Hutton48132.3
Labour Claire Cozler44029.5
Conservative Clare Ainscow27818.7
Conservative John Gibbins22415.0
Conservative Daniel Jones20613.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Blaikie1137.6New
Turnout 1,51427.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

By-elections

Overton

Overton: 12 December 2019 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gardiner 650 52.3 +6.6
Labour Tom Porter52742.4+0.8
Liberal Democrats Amy Stanning655.2N/A
Majority1239.9
Turnout 1242
Conservative hold

Bulk

Bulk: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jack Lenox 1,283 54.3 +4.1
Labour Anna Lee82434.9-3.5
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott2098.9+3.2
Liberal Democrats Katia Adimora451.9N/A
Majority234.9
Turnout 45919.4
Green hold Swing

Kellet

Kellet: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Morris 447 50.9 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter27130.8-14.5
Independent Kathryn Atkins16118.3N/A
Majority17620.1
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

University & Scotforth Rural

University & Scotforth Rural: 11 November 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sayeda Askari 216 46.1 +4.0
Green Jamie Payne19341.2+8.4
Conservative Matthew Maxwell-Scott449.4-8.6
Liberal Democrats Zanna Ashton163.4-9.9
Majority234.9
Turnout 469
Labour hold Swing

Carnforth & Millhead

Carnforth & Millhead: 25 November 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luke Taylor 538 57.7 +13.9
Conservative Stuart Bateson31533.8+5.5
Green Padruig McMurray545.8-7.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Saville252.7N/A
Majority22323.9
Turnout 93720.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg9.5

Bare

Bare: 2 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Blaikie 428 33.1 +20.1
Green James Sommerville30123.3+15.1
MB Independent June Ashworth24318.8-8.8
Conservative Jane Cottam21516.6-16.7
Labour Valerie Rogerson1078.3-10.5
Majority1279.8
Turnout 1,29923.49
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg2.5

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley: 2 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter 390 63.1 +19.1
Conservative Iain Harbison18329.6-16.3
Green Nicky Sharkey243.9N/A
Labour Faith Kenrick213.4-6.7
Majority20733.5
Turnout 62031.70
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg17.7

Ellel

Ellel: 19 May 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sally Maddocks 547 39.7 +19.5
Labour Lisa Corkerry41830.4-1.2
Conservative Janet Walton37727.4-14.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Fildes352.5-4.0
Majority1299.3
Turnout 1,38137.8
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg10.4

Harbour

Harbour: 21 July 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Pattison 555 47.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins47941.4N/A
Conservative Colin Hewitt12410.7-2.2
Turnout 1,158
Labour hold

Warton

Warton: 8 September 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sue Tyldesley 452 65.7 +32.8
Conservative Iain Harbison16924.6-22.7
Labour Faith Kenrick446.4-13.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Parsons233.3N/A
Majority28341.1
Turnout 68840.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing

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