West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2011

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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 Borough in England

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 County of England

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.

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Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Liz Savage 1285 77.3%
Conservative Stacey Griffiths 377 22.7%
Majority 908
Turnout 1691 34.94%
Labour hold Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Westley 1167 59.9%
Labour Paul Hennessy 781 41.1%
Majority 386
Turnout 1967 43.74%
Conservative hold Swing

Aughton Park

Aughton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Jones 970 69.7%
Labour Margaret Blake 422 30.3%
Majority 548
Turnout 1402 44.48%
Conservative hold Swing

Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Griffiths 444 56.1%
Labour Kerry Lloyd 374 43.9%
Majority 70
Turnout 820 46.67%

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Pye 789 88.3%
Conservative Craig McCann 105 11.7%
Majority 684
Turnout 912 29.58%
Labour hold Swing

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

North Meols

North Meols
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Blane 785 65.0%
Labour Joan Draper 422 35.0%
Majority 363
Turnout 1219 37.62%
Conservative hold Swing

Parbold

Parbold
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative May Blake 1062 67.9%
Labour Clare Gillard 502 32.1%
Majority 560
Turnout 1579 50.46%
Conservative hold Swing

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Fowler 867 66.8%
Labour Susan Jones 431 33.2%
Majority 436
Turnout 1319 43.78%

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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%

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Barry 950 85.0%
Conservative Amanda Shaw 168 15.0%
Majority 782
Turnout 1128 36.43%
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Tanhouse

Tanhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nicola Hennessy 726 79.5%
Conservative Irene O'Donnell 187 20.5%
Majority 539
Turnout 924 27.16%
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Cheetham 1393 68.7%
Labour Roy Hiscock 634 31.3%
Majority 759
Turnout 2052 45.38%
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pam Baybutt 951 65.1%
Labour Tom Unsworth 510 34.9%
Majority 441
Turnout 1486 43.48%

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