The 2014 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections and with the United Kingdom component of the 2014 European Parliament election on the same day. One third of the council is up for election. [1]
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.
The council became No Overall Control.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 27 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 50% | 39.5 | 10,457 | ||
Labour | 27 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50% | 42.0 | 11,110 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 66 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 3,243 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 855 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 567 | ||
Voters-70,195 Turnout-26478 Percentage-37.72%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Gagen | 945 | 63.5 | ||
UKIP | Johnathan [2] Celis | 400 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | Amanda Kay | 143 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 545 | 36.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,488 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David O'Toole | 761 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Paul Hennessy | 557 | 31.3 | ||
UKIP | Jim Bevan | 464 | 26.0 | ||
Majority | 204 | ||||
Turnout | 1.782 | 38.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Bailey | 478 | 40.1 | ||
Labour | Charles Gains | 350 | 29.3 | ||
UKIP | Tony Green | 365 | 30.6 | ||
Majority | 113 | ||||
Turnout | 1193 | 37.1% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ruth Melling | 645 | 45.8% | ||
Labour | Jennifer Patterson | 502 | 35.7% | ||
UKIP | John Stewart | 261 | 18.5% | ||
Majority | 143 | ||||
Turnout | 1408 | 42.2% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jason Grice | 445 | 28.2% | ||
Labour | John Davis | 794 | 50.4% | ||
UKIP | Chris McIntosh | 337 | 21.4% | ||
Majority | 349 | ||||
Turnout | 1576 | 40.2% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Cotterill | 585 | 35.2% | ||
Green | Heather Doyle | 245 | 14.7% | ||
Conservative | Paul Greenall | 832 | 50.1% | ||
Majority | 247 | ||||
Turnout | 1662 | 28.5% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Hodson | 358 | 32.5% | ||
Conservative | Iain Ashcroft | 743 | 67.5% | ||
Majority | 385 | ||||
Turnout | 1101 | 34.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gareth Dowling | 913 | 45.2% | ||
Conservative | Edward McCarthy | 885 | 43.8% | ||
Green | John Watt | 224 | 11.1% | ||
Majority | 28 | ||||
Turnout | 2022 | 44.2% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Devine | 715 | 90.5% | ||
Conservative | Amanda Shaw | 75 | 9.5% | ||
Majority | 640 | ||||
Turnout | 790 | 28.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eddie Pope | 411 | 59.7% | ||
Labour | Jacky Citarella | 163 | 23.7% | ||
UKIP | Ken Tyms | 114 | 16.6% | ||
Majority | 248 | ||||
Turnout | 688 | 41.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Draper | 277 | 25.6% | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Barron | 439 | 40.6% | ||
UKIP | Stuart Wilson | 364 | 33.7% | ||
Majority | 75 | ||||
Turnout | 1080 | 32.9% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Joseph Farley | 156 | 12.1% | ||
Conservative | David Whittington | 696 | 53.9% | ||
Labour | Clare Gillard | 376 | 29.1% | ||
Green | Julie Hotchkiss | 64 | 5.0% | ||
Majority | 320 | ||||
Turnout | 1292 | 41.5% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allison Sinton | 385 | 33.7% | ||
Conservative | Jane Marshall | 758 | 66.3% | ||
Majority | 373 | ||||
Turnout | 1143 | 37.4% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Meadows | 551 | 31.7% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Banks | 66 | 3.8% | ||
Labour | Noel Delaney | 894 | 51.4% | ||
Green | Maurice George | 227 | 13.1% | ||
Majority | 343 | ||||
Turnout | 1738 | 37.5% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David McKay | 995 | 62.3% | ||
UKIP | Mike Brennan | 388 | 24.3% | ||
Conservative | James Trafford | 119 | 7.5% | ||
Green | Martin Lowe | 95 | 5.9% | ||
Majority | 607 | ||||
Turnout | 1597 | 32.1% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Pendleton | 759 | 79.6% | ||
Conservative | Bill Weingart | 74 | 7.8% | ||
UKIP | Damon Noone | 121 | 12.7% | ||
Majority | 638 | ||||
Turnout | 954 | 26.3% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mee | 1054 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | James Kay | 936 | 29.9% | ||
Independent | Jim Doran | 567 | 18.1% | ||
Labour | Julie Higson | 340 | 10.9% | ||
Labour | Matthew Waller | 234 | 7.5% | ||
Majority | 487 | ||||
Turnout | 3131 | 68.8% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gallagher | 412 | 22.5% | ||
UKIP | Colin Wilkinson | 453 | 24.7% | ||
Labour | Ian Moran | 968 | 52.8% | ||
Majority | 515 | ||||
Turnout | 1833 | 36.5% | |||
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