West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2012

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The 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 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, 2008. [1]

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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West Lancashire Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7 0 5 -5 38.9 35.64 7991 -18.56
  Labour 11 5 0 +5 61.1 56.04 12566 +19.24
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.58 131 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.41 91 N/A
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.11 921 +1.01
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.07 241 -0.53

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gail Hodson104677.2%
Conservative Stacey Griffiths 171 12.6%
Green Elizabeth Boorman 138 10.2%
Majority 871 64.0%
Turnout 1362 28.1%

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Una Atherley91359.8%
Labour Paul Hennessy 613 40.2%
Majority 300 19.4%
Turnout 1543 34.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lucy Hodson68686.7%
Conservative Jane Marshall 60 7.6%
Green Peter Cranie 45 5.7%
Majority 626 78.6%
Turnout 796 25.5%

Burscough East

Burscough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roger Bell46142.0%
Conservative George Pratt 396 36.1%
Independent Brian Bailey 241 21.9%
Majority 65 5.8%
Turnout 1116 34.1%

Burscough West

Burscough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Cynthia Dereli96067.8%
Conservative Jason Grice 455 32.2%
Majority 505 35.4%
Turnout 1423 36.3%

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adrian Owens88351.7%
Labour Gareth Dowling 575 33.6%
Green Anne Doyle 160 9.4%
UKIP Thomas Roughley 91 5.3%
Majority 308 18.0%
Turnout 1712 31.1%

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin Wilkie84290.6%
Conservative Ryan Waite 68 7.3%
Liberal Democrat Peter Finnigan 19 2.0%
Majority 774 82.4%
Turnout 939 30.1%

Halsall

Halsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Doreen Stephenson33152.3%
Labour Raymond Brookfield 302 47.7%
Majority 29 4.5%
Turnout 648 37.5%

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Martin Forshaw54464.5%
Labour Joan Draper 300 35.5%
Majority 244 28.6%
Turnout 853 27.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour George Oliver91851.3%
Conservative David Meadows 711 39.7%
Green John Watt 161 9.0%
Majority 207 11.5%
Turnout 1802 40.4%

Moorside

Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terence Aldridge75390.4%
Conservative Cindy Miller 80 9.6%
Majority 673 80.0%
Turnout 841 30.2%

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jane Houlgrave33345.2%
Independent John Gordon 293 39.8%
Labour Simon Perkins 111 15.1%
Majority 40 5.3%
Turnout 741 43.9%

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin Wright92354.2+23.0
Conservative Edward McCarthy 516 30.3 -25.4
Green Maurice George 151 8.9 -4.9
Liberal Democrat Peter Banks 112 6.6 N/A
Majority 407 23.8 -0.7
Turnout 1707 37.5 +2.7

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Furey94589.7%
Conservative Amanda Shaw 109 10.3%
Majority 836 78.4%
Turnout 1066 34.7%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Donna West116582.4%
Conservative David Gallagher 134 9.5%
Green Martin Lowe 114 8.1%
Majority 1031 72.4%
Turnout 1424 28.4%

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rosie Evans107673.3%
Labour Margaret Blake 391 26.7%
Majority 685 45.9%
Turnout 1491 33.0%

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gaynar Owen112464.4%
Conservative Ruth Pollock 622 35.6%
Majority 502 28.4%
Turnout 1762 35.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carolyn Evans58949.4%
Labour Jennifer Patterson 451 37.8%
Green Julie Hotchkiss 152 12.8%
Majority 138 11.5%
Turnout 1197 35.75

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