West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2016

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The 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election take place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. [1] Following the 2015 local elections Labour Party (UK) took control of the council. [2] A third of the seats were being polled during this election. Summary post election-

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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Political Composition after election: Conservative (Leader Councillor David Westley) 22 seats; Labour (Leader Councillor Ian Moran) 31 seats and Our West Lancashire 1 seat.


By ward


Ashurst

Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gail Pamela Hodson101172.3%
Green William Mason Rowan Gilmour 220 15.7%
Conservative David Jonathan Griffiths 168 12.0%
Majority 791
Turnout 1416 30.3%

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sam Currie95258.1%
Labour Thomas George Phillips 686 41.9%
Majority 266
Turnout 1657 36.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Claire Louise Cooper66288.9%
Conservative William John Weingart 83 11.1%
Majority 579
Turnout 751 25.7%

Burscough East

Burscough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Evans76058.4%
Conservative Robert Bailey 541 41.6%
Majority 219
Turnout 1322 38.7%

Burscough West

Burscough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew John Pritchard91262.7%
Conservative Leon Graham 542 37.3%
Majority 370
Turnout 1466 38.5%

Derby

Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Our West LancashireAdrian Edward Owens80641.8%
Labour Liam David Blacklock 710 36.8%
Conservative Thomas Burton 339 17.6%
Green Heather Doyle 72 3.7%
Majority 96
Turnout 1936 38.4%

Digmoor

Digmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin William Henry Wilkie78492.6%
Conservative Richard Henry Shepherd 63 7.4%
Majority 721
Turnout 870 29.1%

Halsall

Halsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Kathleen Patricia Mills31343.5%
Conservative Doreen Joan Stephenson 289 40.1%
UKIP John Stewart Simpson Stewart 118 16.4%
Majority 24
Turnout 725 42.3%

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Moon57863.4%
Labour Sally Josephine Hodson 333 36.6%
Majority 245
Turnout 930 29.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adam Gerard Yates106351.5%
Conservative Edward James McCarthy 744 36.0%
Our West Lancashire Peter Banks 174 8.4%
Green Gaynor Anne Pickering 85 4.1%
Majority 319
Turnout 2074 45.7%

Moorside

Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terence Aldridge72591.2%
Conservative George Ernest Pratt 70 8.8%
Majority 655
Turnout 802 30.8%

Rufford

Rufford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Ian Gordon47271.5%
Labour Natalie June McCulloch 188 28.5%
Majority 284
Turnout 671 40.4%

Scott

Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin John Wright77043.0%
Our West Lancashire Jane Thompson 640 35.7%
Conservative David John Meadows 300 16.7%
Green Maurice Henry George 82 4.6%
Majority 130
Turnout 1797 41.9%

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Stuart Furey85689.7%
Conservative Susan Ingrid Janvier 98 10.3%
Majority 758
Turnout 963 32.6%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Donna Marie Eileen West109981.3%
Conservative Jenni Mayer 138 10.2%
Green Martin John Lowe 115 8.5%
Majority 961
Turnout 1360 28.6%

Tarleton

Tarleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Philip Cairns107767.4%
Labour Frederick Andrew Hodson 522 32.6%
Majority 555
Turnout 1632 35.7%

Up Holland

Up Holland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gaynar Owen111367.8%
Conservative Jane Houlgrave 529 32.2%
Majority 584
Turnout 1655 33.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carolyn Evans66853.5%
Labour Bernadette Green 432 34.6%
Green Julie Hotchkiss 148 11.9%
Majority 236
Turnout 1256 37.9%

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References

  1. ↑ "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election Summary - Borough Election 2015". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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