South Ribble Borough Council elections

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South Ribble Borough Council elections are held every four years. South Ribble Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of South Ribble in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 50 councillors have been elected from 23 wards. [1] The next borough council elections are due to take place in 2027 as part of the wider 2027 United Kingdom local elections. [2]

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Council elections

Election results

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South Ribble Borough Council election results

Council composition

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dems [a] Idle Toad Independents
2023Labour16295--
2019NOC23225-0
2015Conservative29192--
2011Conservative33211--
2007Conservative448120
2003NOC19171540
1999NOC182112-3
1995Labour16299--
1991Conservative33156-0
1987Conservative37116-0
1983Conservative39114-0
1979Conservative42101-1
1976Conservative4580-1
1973Conservative30162-1

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Farington By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,60045.2−0.1
Conservative 1,33437.7+2.6
Liberal Democrats 60817.2−2.4
Majority 2667.5
Turnout 3,542
Labour hold Swing
Longton Central and West By-Election 4 December 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 50757.5+15.8
Labour 26029.5−5.0
Liberal Democrats 11513.0−10.5
Majority 24728.0
Turnout 88222.5
Conservative hold Swing
Bamber Bridge South By-Election 19 March 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 39847.6−17.3'
Conservative 26731.9+7.0
Idle Toad 9811.7+11.7
Liberal Democrats 748.8−1.4
Majority 13115.7
Turnout 83720.0
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Priory By-Election 22 November 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 35642.2−10.3
Liberal Democrats 32338.3+20.2
Labour 16519.5−9.9
Majority 333.9
Turnout 844
Conservative hold Swing
Farington By-Election 22 November 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 34765.7−12.3
Liberal Democrats 12122.9+22.9
Conservative 6011.4−10.6
Majority 22642.8
Turnout 528
Labour hold Swing
Leyland St Mary's By-Election 17 October 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 82370.6+30.2
Labour 34229.4−7.8
Majority 48141.2
Turnout 1,16524.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2003-2007

Walton Le Dale By-Election 30 October 2003 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Leeming31641.1+41.1
Conservative John Cannon28336.8−26.1
Labour Graham Davies9212.0−25.1
Idle Toad Michael Nathan7810.1+10.1
Majority 334.3
Turnout 76925.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Leyland St Ambrose By-Election 29 April 2004 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Leeming40649.4−18.7
Conservative Frances Thompson26432.1+22.8
Labour Donald Smith15218.5−4.1
Majority 14217.3
Turnout 82232.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leyland St Mary's By-Election 29 April 2004 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael McNulty59451.5+11.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Bridge43137.4−6.4
Labour Michaek Titherington12811.1−5.1
Majority 16314.1
Turnout 1,15340.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane By-Election 14 October 2004 [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Idle Toad James Marsh36444.0−16.4
Conservative Frances Walker34942.1+10.1
Labour Houston Lowe9111.0+3.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Cairns242.9+2.9
Majority 151.9
Turnout 82828.6
Idle Toad hold Swing
Golden Hill By-Election 5 May 2005 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Titherington1,05161.2+7.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Bridge34220.0−7.7
Conservative John Otter32318.8+0.1
Majority 70941.2
Turnout 1,716
Labour hold Swing

2007-2011

Leyland Central By-Election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caleb Tomlinson37134.5+1.1
Conservative Phillip Hamman35533.0−7.6
Liberal Democrats Derek Forrest35032.5+6.5
Majority 161.5
Turnout 1,076
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Walton-le-dale By-election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Nelson53154.3−21.7
Labour Daniel McDermott24124.6+24.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Cassell20621.1−3.0
Majority 29029.7
Turnout 978
Conservative hold Swing
Leyland St Mary's By-election 15 October 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Hamman709'74.9+6.3
Labour Peter Holker23725.1+6.1
Majority 47249.8
Turnout 946
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Bamber Bridge East By-election 13 October 2011 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Higgins48155.0−2.4
Conservative Barbara Nathan39345.0+2.4
Majority 8810.1
Turnout 87423.4
Labour hold Swing
Howick and Priory By-election 2 May 2013 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 469 39.0 +7.2
Conservative Angela Turner39032.4−12.8
Labour Robert Taylor18515.4−7.6
UKIP David Duxbury15913.2+13.2
Majority 796.6
Turnout 1,203
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Leyland St Ambrose By-election 2 May 2013 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Jones 534 48.4 +0.2
Conservative Paul Wharton44039.9−3.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Armstrong12911.7+3.0
Majority 948.5
Turnout 1,103
Labour hold Swing
Leyland St Mary's By-election 2 May 2013 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Ogilvie 744 60.0 −6.8
Labour Carole Titherington40132.3−0.9
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Ashworth957.7+7.7
Majority 34327.7
Turnout 1,240
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Seven Stars By-election 5 May 2016 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Donoghue 625 55.2 −3.0
Conservative Anthony Green40535.8+6.0
Liberal Democrats James Pattison1029.0+9.0
Majority 22019.4
Turnout 1,132
Labour hold Swing
Walton-le-Dale East By-election 16 March 2017 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Chisholm35949.4−5.1
Labour Alex Watson 262 36.0 −9.5
Liberal Democrats Alison Hesketh-Holt10614.6+14.6
Majority 9713.3
Turnout 727
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Coupe Green and Gregson Lane By-election 24 October 2019 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Watson 437 49.1 −0.8
Independent Graham Dixon34338.5+38.5
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Portersmith11012.4+12.4
Majority 9410.6
Turnout 890
Conservative hold Swing
Longton and Hutton West By-election 6 May 2021 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Buttery 1,301 67.2 +15.4
Labour Amy Dwyer35318.2+0.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Carter1517.8−10.2
Reform Jonathan Kay703.6+3.6
Green Heike McMurray613.2+3.2
Majority 94849.0
Turnout 1,936
Conservative hold Swing
St Ambrose By-election 6 May 2021 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kath Unsworth 517 44.4 −16.8
Conservative Andrew Ashton39834.2+12.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Valentine24921.4+4.4
Majority 11910.2
Turnout 1,164
Labour hold Swing
Bamber Bridge East By-election 18 November 2021 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Hunter 376 53.7 +7.1
Conservative Matthew Forshaw27539.3+9.5
Green Rachel Knowles497.0+7.0
Majority 10114.4
Turnout 700
Labour hold Swing
Earnshaw Bridge By-election 5 May 2022 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lou Jackson 626 53.4 +8.9
Conservative Craige Southern46039.2−2.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Thomson867.3−7.0
Majority 16614.2
Turnout 1,172
Labour hold Swing

2023-2027

Bamber Bridge West By-election 10 October 2024 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bollenberg 253 44.8
Conservative Stephen Bridge18632.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Valentine12622.3
Majority 6711.9
Turnout 565
Labour hold Swing
Middleforth By-election 24 October 2024 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Burrows 517 46.3
Labour Laura Crawford-Lane36232.4
Liberal Democrats Clare Burton-Johnson17315.5
Green Ann Moorby645.7
Majority 15513.9
Turnout 1,116
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Broad Oak By-election 18 December 2025 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Burton-Johnson 810 65.9
Reform Lee Forshaw26321.4
Conservative Gareth Watson957.7
Labour Andy Rae625.0
Majority 54744.5
Turnout 1,230
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Alliance and Liberal Party.

References

  1. 1 2 "The South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2014/3288, retrieved 25 August 2022
  2. ↑ "Election timetable in England". Gov.UK. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ↑ The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  4. ↑ The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election of a councillor for the Walton-le-Dale ward" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Election of a councillor for the Leyland St Ambrose ward" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Election of a councillor for the Leyland St Mary's ward" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  12. ↑ "Twin council win for Tories". guardian.co.uk . 15 October 2004. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "Election of a councillor for the Coupe Green & Gregson Lane ward" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "Golden Hill ward" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  15. 1 2 "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  16. ↑ "New councillor for Leyland". Lancashire Evening Post . 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  17. ↑ "Bamber Bridge East by-election result". South Ribble Borough Council. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Howick and Priory Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leyland St Ambrose Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leyland St Mary's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Seven Stars Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Walton-le-Dale East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coupe Green and Gregson Lane Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longton and Hutton West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  25. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Ambrose Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bamber Bridge East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Earnshaw Bridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  28. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bamber Bridge West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  29. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Middleforth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  30. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Broad Oak Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
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