West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2015

Last updated April 29, 2019

The 2015 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was election.The UK general election was also on 7 May 2015.^[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.

Results

Ashurst

Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Liz Savage	2,211	71.9%	-5.4%
	UKIP	Barry Critchley	472	15.4	+15.4%
	Conservative	George Pratt	391	12.7	-10.0%
Majority			1,739
Turnout			3,104	68.2

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Westley	1,554	46.4	-13.5%
	Labour	Charles Gains	1,071	32.0	-9.1%
	UKIP	Jim Bevan	497	14.8	+14.8%
	Green	Hannah James	229	6.8	+6.8%
Majority			483
Turnout			3,366	74.4%

Aughton Park

Aughton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marilyn Westley	1,116	48.4	-21.3%
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	818	35.5	+5.2%
	UKIP	David Gallagher	373	16.2	+16.2%
Majority			298
Turnout			2,319	73.1

Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Cotterill	511	41.4	-2.5%
	Conservative	David Griffiths	458	37.1	-19.0%
	UKIP	Ken Tyms	150	12.2	+12.2%
	Our West Lancashire	Gordon Johnson	115	9.3	+9.3%
Majority			53	4.3
Turnout			1,234	75.2

Birch Green

Birch Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McKenna	1,255	75.5	-12.8%
	UKIP	Damon Noone	272	16.4	+16.4%
	Conservative	David Meadows	135	8.1	-3.6%
Majority			983
Turnout			1662	58.2

Derby

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phill Hudson	1,177	35.5	-0.1%
	Conservative	Edward McCarthy	1,055	31.8	-21.1%
	Our West Lancashire	Ian Davis	460	13.9	+13.9%
	Green	Heather Doyle	323	9.7	-1.9%
	UKIP	Ray Brookfield	302	9.1	+9.1%
Majority			122	3.7
Turnout			3,323	69

Digmoor

Digmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris Wynn	1,512	83.5	-1.7%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	151	8.3	-1.9%
	Green	William Hite	148	8.2	+8.2%
Majority			1,361
Turnout			1,820	61.2

Knowsley

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nikki Hennessy	1,512	45.4	+4.3%
	Conservative	Rob Murrin-Bailey	1,125	33.8	-14.5%
	UKIP	Tony Green	316	9.5	+9.5%
	Green	Gaynor Pickering	188	5.7	-4.8%
	Our West Lancashire	Peter Banks	186	5.6	+5.6%
Majority			387	11.6
Turnout			3,345	73.7

North Meols

North Meols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Blane	1,026	50.5	-14.5%
	Labour	Andrew Pritchard	586	28.8	-6.2%
	UKIP	Richard Smith	420	20.7	+20.7%
Majority			440
Turnout			2,052	65.0

Parbold

Parbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	May Blake	1,412	60.5	-7.4%
	Labour	Clare Gillard	761	32.6	+0.5%
	Green	Jai Brierley	162	6.9	+6.9%
Majority			651
Turnout			2,347	77.8

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Marshall	1,190	55.1	-11.7%
	Labour	Margaret Blake	525	24.3	-8.9%
	UKIP	David Massam	345	16.0	+16.0%
	Green	John Watt	100	4.6	+4.6%
Majority			665
Turnout			2,167	72.1

Scott

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hodson	1,189	39.5	-6.6%
	Conservative	William Weingart	732	24.3	-14.1%
	Our West Lancashire	Jane Thompson	578	19.2	+19.2%
	UKIP	Tom Shannon	298	9.9	+9.9%
	Green	Maurice George	212	7.0	-1.4%
Majority			457
Turnout			3,020	68.6

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jennifer Patterson	1,623	84.7	-0.3%
	Conservative	Susan Janvier	293	15.3	+0.3%
Majority			1,330
Turnout			1,947	67.3

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nicola Pryce-Roberts	2,240	71.3	+0.1%
	Conservative	Jennifer Mayer	451	14.4	-7.1%
	Our West Lancashire	Gerry Latham	243	7.7	+7.7%
	Green	Martin Lowe	207	6.6	-0.7%
Majority			1,789
Turnout			3,160	67.8

Tanhouse

Tanhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Maureen Nixon	1,644	83.9	+4.4%
	Conservative	Amanda Shaw	316	16.1	-4.4%
Majority			1,328
Turnout			1,988	58.0

Tarleton

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Kay	1,738	54.6	-14.1%
	Labour	Neil Pye	544	17.1	-14.2%
	UKIP	Barry Gannaway-Jones	482	15.1	+25.1%
	Independent	Jim Doran	422	13.2	+13.2%
Majority			1,194
Turnout			3,197	70.5

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Bullock	1,743	50.9	-5.8%
	Conservative	Ruth Pollock	1,020	29.8	-7.6%
	UKIP	John Stewart	661	19.3	+19.3%
Majority			723
Turnout			3,445	70.7

Wrightington

Wrightington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pam Baybutt	1,334	55.3	-9.8%
	Green	Julie Hotchkiss	744	30.8	+30.8%
	Labour	Sophia Hennessy	335	13.6	-21.3%
Majority			590
Turnout			2,428	73.1

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