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The 2011 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with results compared to the corresponding vote in West Lancashire Council election, 2007.
West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale. The population of the District taken at the 2011 census was 110,685. The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of the former Wigan Rural District.
Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.
Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Savage | 1285 | 77.3% | ||
Conservative | Stacey Griffiths | 377 | 22.7% | ||
Majority | 908 | ||||
Turnout | 1691 | 34.94% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Westley | 1167 | 59.9% | ||
Labour | Paul Hennessy | 781 | 41.1% | ||
Majority | 386 | ||||
Turnout | 1967 | 43.74% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Jones | 970 | 69.7% | ||
Labour | Margaret Blake | 422 | 30.3% | ||
Majority | 548 | ||||
Turnout | 1402 | 44.48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Griffiths | 444 | 56.1% | ||
Labour | Kerry Lloyd | 374 | 43.9% | ||
Majority | 70 | ||||
Turnout | 820 | 46.67% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Pye | 789 | 88.3% | ||
Conservative | Craig McCann | 105 | 11.7% | ||
Majority | 684 | ||||
Turnout | 912 | 29.58% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Sudworth | 1002 | 52.9% | ||
Labour | Lucy Hodson | 764 | 35.6% | ||
Green | Anne Doyle | 219 | 11.6% | ||
Majority | 238 | ||||
Turnout | 1996 | 36.41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqueline Coyle | 888 | 85.2% | ||
Conservative | Ryan Waite | 108 | 10.4% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Finnigan | 46 | 4.4% | ||
Majority | 780 | ||||
Turnout | 1053 | 33.73% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bailey | 964 | 48.3% | ||
Labour | Gail Hodson | 820 | 41.1% | ||
Green | John Watt | 210 | 10.5% | ||
Majority | 144 | ||||
Turnout | 2001 | 45.36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Blane | 785 | 65.0% | ||
Labour | Joan Draper | 422 | 35.0% | ||
Majority | 363 | ||||
Turnout | 1219 | 37.62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | May Blake | 1062 | 67.9% | ||
Labour | Clare Gillard | 502 | 32.1% | ||
Majority | 560 | ||||
Turnout | 1579 | 50.46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Houlgrave | 372 | 42.8% | ||
Independent | John Gordon | 261 | 30.0% | ||
Labour | Robert Watkinson | 236 | 27.2% | ||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Turnout | 876 | 52.49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Fowler | 867 | 66.8% | ||
Labour | Susan Jones | 431 | 33.2% | ||
Majority | 436 | ||||
Turnout | 1319 | 43.78% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hodson | 905 | 46.1% | ||
Conservative | David Meadows | 754 | 38.4% | ||
Green | Maurice George | 166 | 8.4% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Banks | 140 | 7.1% | ||
Majority | 151 | ||||
Turnout | 1980 | 43.82% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Barry | 950 | 85.0% | ||
Conservative | Amanda Shaw | 168 | 15.0% | ||
Majority | 782 | ||||
Turnout | 1128 | 36.43% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicola Pryce-Roberts | 1187 | 71.2% | ||
Conservative | Sarah Ainscough | 358 | 21.5% | ||
Green | Martin Lowe | 121 | 7.3% | ||
Majority | 829 | ||||
Turnout | 1678 | 33.19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicola Hennessy | 726 | 79.5% | ||
Conservative | Irene O'Donnell | 187 | 20.5% | ||
Majority | 539 | ||||
Turnout | 924 | 27.16% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Cheetham | 1393 | 68.7% | ||
Labour | Roy Hiscock | 634 | 31.3% | ||
Majority | 759 | ||||
Turnout | 2052 | 45.38% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Fillis | 1127 | 56.7% | ||
Conservative | Carolyn Evans | 743 | 37.4% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jason Hutton | 117 | 5.9% | ||
Majority | 384 | ||||
Turnout | 2002 | 40.36% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pam Baybutt | 951 | 65.1% | ||
Labour | Tom Unsworth | 510 | 34.9% | ||
Majority | 441 | ||||
Turnout | 1486 | 43.48% | |||
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