2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
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  2019 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) 2022  

19 out of 54 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won97
Seats after2620
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote10,3838,387

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party OWL Independent
Seats won21
Seats after71
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote2,154
Map showing the results of the 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election West Lancashire UK local election 2021 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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]

Contents

This election was postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Results summary

2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Decrease2.svg 347.4172648.110,38342.9+4.1
  Conservative 7Increase2.svg 136.8132037.08,38735.1+2.0
  OWL 2Increase2.svg 110.55713.02,1548.9-7.7
  Independent 1Increase2.svg 15.3011.91,3215.5+5.2
 Skelmersdale Independents0Steady2.svg0.0000.09213.8New
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07453.1New
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01730.7-2.9
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0250.1New

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Upton 1,162 60.4 N/A
Labour Margaret Blake60831.6−40.7
Conservative Rachel Bland985.1−6.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Chandler562.9N/A
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Turpin 839 46.2 −11.9
Labour Paul Hennessy60133.1−8.8
OWL David Gallagher21511.8N/A
Liberal Democrats David Thomas1377.5N/A
Reform UK Nigel Wilson251.4N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Gregson 509 66.7 −22.2
Skelmersdale IndependentsMark Jones17022.3N/A
Conservative Susan Janvier8411.0−0.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Burscough East

Burscough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Evans 681 48.5 −9.9
Conservative Julie Baxter62344.3+2.7
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington1017.2N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Burscough West

Burscough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWL George Clandon 649 43.0 N/A
Labour Andrew Pritchard50733.6−29.1
Conservative Leon Graham32721.7−15.6
Liberal Democrats Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu271.8N/A
Majority
Turnout
OWL gain from Labour Swing

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWL Adrian Owens 840 48.1 +6.3
Labour Kevin Wright61735.4−1.4
Conservative Lynne Gray24714.2−3.4
Liberal Democrats Callum Clark412.3N/A
Majority
Turnout
OWL hold Swing

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Wilkie 635 67.3 −25.3
Skelmersdale IndependentsIrene Hughes21923.2N/A
Conservative Susan Brake899.4+2.0
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Halsall

Halsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denise Hirrell 322 52.4 +12.3
Labour David Heywood14924.3−19.2
Independent Neil Campbell12420.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick Rekers193.1N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Witter 706 64.7 +1.3
Conservative Ian Eccles 589 54.0 −9.4
Labour Jane Catterall23221.3−15.3
Labour Nicholas Kemp23021.1−15.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Taylor1039.4N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Yates 881 44.1 −7.4
OWL Neil Pye64032.0+23.6
Conservative Ruth Melling40420.2−15.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hunter743.7N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Moorside

Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Aldridge 448 62.2 −29.0
Skelmersdale IndependentsAaron Body15721.8N/A
Conservative Alexander Holcroft8011.1+2.3
Independent John Carroll354.9N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gordon 597 72.7 +1.2
Labour Jude Abbott22427.3−1.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Fennell 737 42.8 −0.2
OWL Blair Piggin65037.8+2.1
Conservative George Pratt28816.70.0
Liberal Democrats Dermot O'Hara462.7N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Furey 703 72.8 −16.9
Skelmersdale IndependentsTrina Dunn13514.0N/A
Conservative Julie Peel12713.2+2.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna West 828 64.1 −17.2
Skelmersdale IndependentsLeonie Goldson24018.6N/A
Conservative Carolyn Evans22417.3+7.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Daniels 1,385 72.4 +5.0
Labour Damien Owen38620.2−12.4
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow1417.4N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gaynar Owen 982 59.2 −8.6
Conservative George Rear67840.8+8.6
Majority30418.4
Turnout 1,660
Labour hold Swing

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katie Juckles 780 56.7 +3.2
Labour Catherine West-McGrath42230.7−3.9
Green John Puddifer17312.6+0.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

North Meols

North Meols: 4 November 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Howard 634 64.9 +15.6
Labour Elizabeth Savage34335.1−3.0
Majority29129.8
Turnout 98027.1
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg9.3

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References

  1. "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2021.