2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election

Results of the 2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council. ^[1]

Results summary

2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	4	38.9	22	29	53.7	8,824	38.8
	Conservative	7		38.9	12	19	35.2	7,531	33.1
	OWL	4	4	22.2	2	6	11.1	3,772	16.6
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,656	7.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	827	3.6
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	152	0.7
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	47	0.3

Ward results

OWL = Our West Lancashire

Ashurst

Ashurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Monaghan	744	54.9
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Rebekha Wymer	350	25.8
	Green	William Gilmour	155	11.4
	Conservative	George Rear	107	7.9
Majority
Turnout			1,356	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Aughton & Downholland

Aughton & Downholland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Westley	861	53.1
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	480	29.6
	Green	Gaynor Pickering	280	17.3
Majority
Turnout			1,621	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aughton Park

Aughton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Westley	741	67.9
	Labour	Stephen Regan	351	32.1
Majority
Turnout			1,092	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Ian Rigby	540	67.4
	Conservative	Jeff Vernon	145	18.1
	Labour	Paul Dickie	116	14.5
Majority
Turnout			801	46.0
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

Birch Green

Birch Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Coughlan	463	58.6
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Andrew Taylor	277	35.1
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	50	6.3
Majority
Turnout			790	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Derby

Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Gordon Johnson	1,044	64.0
	Labour	George Francis	427	26.2
	Conservative	Lynne Gray	160	9.8
Majority
Turnout			1,631	36.0
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

Digmoor

Digmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Finch	432	50.3
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Brian Hughes	385	44.9
	Conservative	Sue Janvier	41	4.8
Majority
Turnout			858	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowsley

Knowsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Kate Mitchell	804	42.3
	Labour Co-op	Nikki Hennessy	684	36.0
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	303	15.9
	Green	John Watt	110	5.8
Majority
Turnout			1,901	43.0
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

North Meols

North Meols

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Blane	595	49.3
	Labour	Nick Kemp	459	38.1
	UKIP	Stuart Wilson	152	12.6
Majority
Turnout			1,206	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parbold

Parbold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	May Blake	882	68.7
	Labour	Isaac Brewer	402	31.3
Majority
Turnout			1,284	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Blundell	617	65.3
	Labour	Timothy Miles	328	34.7
Majority
Turnout			945	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scott

Scott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Jane Thompson	945	57.8
	Labour	Samantha Jones	562	34.4
	Conservative	George Pratt	128	7.8
Majority
Turnout			1,635	38.0
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Forshaw	486	55.5
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Maria Dumbell	320	36.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Barron	70	8.0
Majority
Turnout			876	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Roberts	719	56.1
	OWL	Blair Piggin	439	34.3
	Conservative	Jayne Rear	123	9.6
Majority
Turnout			1,281	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse

Tanhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Nixon	468	55.6
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Aaron Body	277	32.9
	Conservative	Sarah Westley	50	5.9
	Independent	Alan Langdon	47	5.6
Majority
Turnout			842	24.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Sutton	1,369	75.6
	Labour	Peter Langley	443	24.4
Majority
Turnout			1,812	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul O'Neill	919	58.1
	Conservative	Jack Gilmore	662	41.9
Majority
Turnout			1,581	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wrightington

Wrightington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Baybutt	627	50.2
	Labour	Bernie Green	341	27.3
	Green	John Puddifer	282	22.6
Majority
Turnout			1,250	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Election results by party, 2 May 2019 - West Lancashire Borough Council". democracy.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2020.