2023 Wyre Borough Council election

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2023 Wyre Borough Council election
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All 50 seats on Wyre Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderMichael Vincent [1] Rob Fail
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader's seatCarletonJubilee
Seats before3785 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after30173
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Leader before election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

Leader after election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

The 2023 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, [3] alongside other local elections across England. All 50 seats on the Wyre Borough Council were up for election. [4] The election in Warren ward took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate. [5] [6]

Contents

Background

Council Composition Pre-Election WyreBC 2019.svg
Council Composition Pre-Election

Pre-Election Council Composition

PartySeats
Conservative Party37
Labour Party8
Independents4
Vacant1

Post-Election Council Composition

PartySeats
Conservative Party30
Labour Party17
Independents3
Vacant0
Composition of the Council after the election WyreBC 2023.svg
Composition of the Council after the election

Candidates and Results

The following is a list of candidates [7] [8] and results [9] sorted alphabetically by ward: [10]

Bourne

Bourne [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria Wells 604 53.5 +8.5
Labour Harry Swatton 582 51.5 +7.6
Labour Kevin Higginson 581 51.4 +10.9
Conservative Howard Ballard50044.2-1.6
Conservative Jack Eccles46140.8-5.0
Conservative Thomas Wyers-Roebuck45340.1-1.9
Turnout 1,13025.08
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Breck

Breck [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter le Marinel 471 43.0 +1.6
Labour Thomas Calver 418 38.1 N/A
Labour Sean Hazlewood40436.9+16.2
Independent Peter Gibson25923.6-13.2
Majority
Turnout 1,09632.67
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brock with Caterall

Brock with Caterall [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Bolton 696 57.6 -11.6
Conservative David Swift 595 49.3 -15.9
Labour Olivia Bonsor54445.0+22.1
Majority
Turnout 1,20832.82
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Calder

Calder [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ibison 386 54.7 -9.4
Labour Michelle Heaton-Bentley32045.3+9.4
Majority
Turnout 70636.00
Conservative hold Swing

Carleton

Carleton [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Walker 725 51.8 +15.6
Labour Stuart Fielding 696 49.7 N/A
Conservative Christina Townsend60843.4-12.9
Conservative Andrew Lyons-Walker53838.4-6.3
ADF Adele Eaves997.1N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,40039.85
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Amos 705 50.0 -7.5
Conservative Richard Rendell 699 49.5 -9.3
Labour Carol Audley56740.2+5.2
Labour Marge Anderton50035.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Hinchcliffe1097.7N/A
ADF Cate McNeal775.5N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,41138.66
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garstang

Garstang [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dulcie Atkins 1,065 53.7 -4.2
Conservative Elizabeth Collinson 1,050 53.0 -3.5
Conservative Robert Atkins 923 46.5 -1.5
Labour David Gale78739.7+15.4
Labour John Moore73236.9+15.4
Green Luke Meeks70235.4+2.2
Majority
Turnout 1,98336.78
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Catterall 758 63.6 -1.6
Conservative Peter Cartridge 711 59.6 +6.6
Green Dianne Hogarth37231.2-4.5
Labour Patrick Haley36130.3+11.3
Majority
Turnout 1,19234.32
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Robinson 693 57.3 -9.8
Conservative Lynne Bowen 629 52.0 -9.7
Labour Helen Fielding37430.9-0.7
Green Barbara Mead-Mason26521.9N/A
Independent John Bell-Fairclough20316.8N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,20932.73
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hardhorn with High Cross

Hardhorn with High Cross [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Bridge 1,097 58.5 -11.5
Conservative Roger Berry 1,028 54.9 -8.1
Conservative Steve Nicholls 886 47.3 -17.5
Labour Melanie Calver76740.9+15.4
ADF Jackie Lang30716.4N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,87435.86
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Jubilee

Jubilee [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Fail 598 51.6 +3.1
Labour Wayne Martin 544 46.9 +5.4
Conservative Scott Faulkner53746.3-3.5
Conservative Scott Porter48641.9-1.8
Majority
Turnout 1,15932.80
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marsh Mill

Marsh Mill [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Higgs 902 56.4 +1.5
Conservative Paul Ellison 900 56.3 ±0.0
Conservative Henry Jackson 805 50.3 +0.6
Labour Peter Smith65941.2+12.0
Labour William Jackson61638.5+7.4
Labour Jason Taylor59437.1+8.5
Majority
Turnout 1,60033.65
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mount

Mount [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carole Stephenson 555 65.2 +17.7
Labour Mary Stirzaker 488 57.3 +14.8
Conservative Sadie Smith27332.1-14.2
Conservative Timothy Ashton26330.9-5.7
Majority
Turnout 85122.45
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorraine Beavers 504 64.3 +28.5
Labour Christine Smith 451 57.5 +21.3
Conservative Geraldine Northwood27535.1+14.0
Conservative Susan Hunt18824.0+6.1
Majority
Turnout 78423.53
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pharos

Pharos [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Duffy 444 61.8 +17.4
Labour Michelle Moliner 376 52.4 +29.6
Conservative David Shaw20027.9+7.6
Conservative Matthew Vincent17324.1+10.0
Green Michael Pickton10815.0-2.2
Majority
Turnout 71821.35
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pheasant's Wood

Pheasant's Wood [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Kay 437 66.7 -8.1
Labour Joy Stephenson21833.3+8.1
Majority
Turnout 65538.10
Conservative hold Swing

Pilling

Pilling [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Leigh 318 42.9 -18.9
Independent Bob Rushforth27737.3N/A
Labour Rachel Beavers14719.8+4.6
Majority74235.72
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Preesall

Preesall [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Claire Rimmer 1,010 56.5 N/A
Independent Collette Rushforth 938 52.5 N/A
Independent Ashley Sorensen 636 35.6 N/A
Conservative Philip Orme59033.0-24.1
Conservative Steven Taylor-Royston54430.4-26.8
Conservative Paul Moon53730.1-23.9
Labour Ron Shewan31817.8-16.2
Majority
Turnout 1,78739.80
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Rossall

Rossall [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cheryl Raynor 523 44.0 +7.8
Conservative Bernice Meekins 493 41.5 +8.0
Conservative Frances Thewlis 481 40.5 +17.7
Labour Evelyn Stephenson46038.7-2.1
Labour Robbie Raynor45538.3+5.0
Conservative Huw Williams44537.5+6.5
Independent David Gerrard25021.0-16.5
Majority
Turnout 1,18827.87
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stanah

Stanah [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Livesey 774 60.7 +8.7
Conservative Kenneth Minto 671 52.6 -7.7
Labour Eddie Rawlings54843.0+20.9
Majority1,27533.59
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tithebarn

Tithebarn [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colette Birch 601 54.4 -10.5
Conservative Lesley McKay 577 52.3 -10.7
Labour Richard Gratrix50345.6+14.2
Majority
Turnout 1,10433.81
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Victoria and Norcross

Victoria and Norcross [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Callum Baxter 693 56.6 -7.3
Conservative Michael Vincent 634 51.8 -10.1
Labour Lauren Harrison50441.2+12.4
Labour Dawn McCord46538.0+11.4
Majority
Turnout 1,22433.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warren

This election took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate. [6] [33]

Warren [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Blair 552
Labour Brian Stephenson 503
Conservative John Fitzgerald311
Conservative David Meekins307
Majority
Turnout 26.48
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Wyresdale

Wyresdale [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Walker 396 59.0 +32.7
Conservative Jonny Leech27541.0-32.7
Majority
Turnout 67136.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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