2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election
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16 of 45 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderYvonne GagenDavid WestleyIan Rigby
Party Labour Conservative OWL
Seats before2615 [a] 4
Seats after26145
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Results by ward (including by-election in Tarleton Village)
Leader before election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

Leader after election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

The 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council. [1] 16 of the 45 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England. [2]

Contents

The council remained under Labour majority control. [3]

Ward results

Aughton & Holborn

Aughton & Holborn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerry Lloyd 931 40.7 −9.0
OWL Gordon Johnson57525.1N/A
Conservative Bruce Porteous54023.6−20.0
Reform UK Nigel Wilson1265.5N/A
Green Paul Hamby1165.1N/A
Turnout 2,28835
Labour hold Swing

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

Burscough Bridge & Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWL Paul Hesketh 766 36.2 +24.6
Conservative Jayne Rear63630.0−17.2
Labour Swin Purple58427.6−11.9
Green Reese Riding763.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Karen Taylor552.6N/A
Turnout 2,11737
OWL gain from Conservative Swing

Burscough Town

Burscough Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judy Abbott 960 55.8 +12.6
OWL Adi Cotter38722.5−22.2
Conservative Ruth Melling21912.7−11.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington854.9−7.5
Green Simon Greenhalgh704.1N/A
Turnout 1,72133
Labour gain from OWL Swing

North Meols & Hesketh

North Meols & Hesketh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Eccles 768 50.3 −1.3
Labour Jan Monaghan48431.7+3.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Clifton1409.2−4.8
Green William Black1348.8−3.8
Turnout 1,52626
Conservative hold Swing

Old Skelmersdale

Old Skelmersdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna West 1,102 76.6 +5.9
Conservative Jason Chapman17712.3+0.2
Green Kath Lockie15911.1N/A
Turnout 1,43823
Labour hold Swing

Ormskirk East

Ormskirk East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWL Janet Ingman 957 43.2 +0.3
Labour Adam Yates92241.6−1.8
Conservative Jason Grice1577.1±0.0
Reform UK Simon Evans964.3N/A
Green Richard Taylor823.7N/A
Turnout 2,21437
OWL gain from Labour Swing

Ormskirk West

Ormskirk West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Fennell 948 45.8 −3.2
OWL Jane Thompson76036.7−4.3
Conservative Juliana Gudgeon1336.4−1.9
Green Paul French1225.9N/A
Reform UK John Bullock1075.2N/A
Turnout 2,07034
Labour hold Swing

Rural North East

Rural North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Whittington 1,203 54.7 +13.0
Labour Jennie Jackson78135.5−0.8
Green Carole Dundas2179.9N/A
Turnout 2,20136
Conservative hold Swing

Rural South

Rural South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
OWL Adrian Owens 708 48.2 +2.9
Labour Paul Dickie46231.5−1.2
Conservative Asheem Naraen22215.1−0.3
Green Karen Field765.2N/A
Turnout 1,46829
OWL hold Swing

Rural West

Rural West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Westley 589 33.9 −4.3
OWL Mark Brown52030.0−2.4
Labour George Oliver50128.9−8.4
Green Lisa Smith1267.3N/A
Turnout 1,73631
Conservative hold Swing

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Melissa Parlour 959 76.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Chandler15012.0N/A
Conservative Sue Brake14511.6−1.8
Turnout 1,25422
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Finch 1,103 90.9 +26.2
Conservative Sue Janvier1109.1+1.8
Turnout 1,21321
Labour hold Swing

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Nixon 925 77.4 +1.2
Green Peter Chandler13611.4N/A
Conservative Sue Brake13411.2−1.6
Turnout 1,19519
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton Village

Tarleton Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mee 985 53.2 −1.0
Conservative David Westley 834 45.0 −9.0
Labour Michelle Matthews61433.1+1.5
Labour Damian Owen52728.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow27915.1−5.6
Green Edwin Black26214.1N/A
Turnout 1,85333
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gaynar Owen 1,056 62.3 +0.3
Conservative Julie Peel38022.4−3.7
Green Charlotte Houltram25815.2N/A
Turnout 1,69428
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Including one vacant seat in Tarleton Village ward last held by the Conservatives.
  1. ↑ "Every candidate running in Lancashire local elections in 2024". Lancashire Telegraph. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Elections and voting - West Lancashire Borough Council". www.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ↑ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "West Lancashire local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 July 2024.


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