The 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. [1]
This election was postponed from May 2020 due to the Covid Pandemic.
2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 3 | 47.4 | 17 | 26 | 48.1 | 10,383 | 42.9 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | 7 | 1 | 36.8 | 13 | 20 | 37.0 | 8,387 | 35.1 | +2.0 | |
OWL | 2 | 1 | 10.5 | 5 | 7 | 13.0 | 2,154 | 8.9 | -7.7 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 1,321 | 5.5 | +5.2 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 921 | 3.8 | New | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 745 | 3.1 | New | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 173 | 0.7 | -2.9 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | New |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James Upton | 1,162 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Blake | 608 | 31.6 | -40.7 | |
Conservative | Rachel Bland | 98 | 5.1 | -6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chandler | 56 | 2.9 | N/A | |
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Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Turpin | 839 | 46.2 | -11.9 | |
Labour | Paul Hennessy | 601 | 33.1 | -8.8 | |
OWL | David Gallagher | 215 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Thomas | 137 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Nigel Wilson | 25 | 1.4 | N/A | |
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Gregson | 509 | 66.7 | -22.2 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | Mark Jones | 170 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Janvier | 84 | 11.0 | -0.1 | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | David Evans | 681 | 48.5 | -9.9 | |
Conservative | Julie Baxter | 623 | 44.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Pollington | 101 | 7.2 | N/A | |
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Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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OWL | George Clandon | 649 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew Pritchard | 507 | 33.6 | -29.1 | |
Conservative | Leon Graham | 327 | 21.7 | -15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu | 27 | 1.8 | N/A | |
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OWL gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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OWL | Adrian Owens | 840 | 48.1 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Kevin Wright | 617 | 35.4 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Lynne Gray | 247 | 14.2 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Callum Clark | 41 | 2.3 | N/A | |
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OWL hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Wilkie | 635 | 67.3 | -25.3 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | Irene Hughes | 219 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Brake | 89 | 9.4 | +2.0 | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denise Hirrell | 322 | 52.4 | +12.3 | |
Labour | David Heywood | 149 | 24.3 | -19.2 | |
Independent | Neil Campbell | 124 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Rekers | 19 | 3.1 | N/A | |
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Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joan Witter | 706 | 64.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Eccles | 589 | 54.0 | -9.4 | |
Labour | Jane Catterall | 232 | 21.3 | -15.3 | |
Labour | Nicholas Kemp | 230 | 21.1 | -15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Taylor | 103 | 9.4 | N/A | |
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Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adam Yates | 881 | 44.1 | -7.4 | |
OWL | Neil Pye | 640 | 32.0 | +23.6 | |
Conservative | Ruth Melling | 404 | 20.2 | -15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hunter | 74 | 3.7 | N/A | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terence Aldridge | 448 | 62.2 | -29.0 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | Aaron Body | 157 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexander Holcroft | 80 | 11.1 | +2.3 | |
Independent | John Carroll | 35 | 4.9 | N/A | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Gordon | 597 | 72.7 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Jude Abbott | 224 | 27.3 | -1.2 | |
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Fennell | 737 | 42.8 | -0.2 | |
OWL | Blair Piggin | 650 | 37.8 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | George Pratt | 288 | 16.7 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dermot O'Hara | 46 | 2.7 | N/A | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Furey | 703 | 72.8 | -16.9 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | Trina Dunn | 135 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Julie Peel | 127 | 13.2 | +2.9 | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna West | 828 | 64.1 | -17.2 | |
Skelmersdale Independents | Leonie Goldson | 240 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Carolyn Evans | 224 | 17.3 | +7.1 | |
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darren Daniels | 1,385 | 72.4 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Damien Owen | 386 | 20.2 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tina Stringfellow | 141 | 7.4 | N/A | |
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gaynar Owen | 982 | 59.2 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | George Rear | 678 | 40.8 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 304 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Katie Juckles | 780 | 56.7 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Catherine West-McGrath | 422 | 30.7 | -3.9 | |
Green | John Puddifer | 173 | 12.6 | +0.7 | |
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Howard | 634 | 64.9 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Savage | 343 | 35.1 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 291 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 980 | 27.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.3 | |||
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