Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011. [1] All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. [2] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [3]
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority of Blackpool as well as the districts of Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Fylde and Preston. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council in 2014 with the new electoral map to be elected for the first time at the Wyre Borough Council election, 2015.
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Following the election, the composition of the council is now as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 40 | –5 | |
Labour | 15 | +7 | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | –1 | |
Independent | 0 | –1 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 40 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 72.73 | 60.23 | 45,140 | -3.62% | |
Labour | 15 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 27.27 | 35.13 | 26,331 | +6.78% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 1,894 | +0.28% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 1.46 | 1,095 | +1.46% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 | 485 | +0.65% | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.85% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Lees | 1,013 | 18.29 | +4.022 | |
Conservative | Don Macnaughton | 942 | 17.01 | -2.57 | |
Conservative | Julie Vanessa Newsham | 912 | 16.47 | –3.08 | |
Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 901 | 16.27 | +2.14 | |
Conservative | Christopher Robert McConnachie | 894 | 16.14 | -2.42 | |
Labour | Kevin Ronald Hogginson | 876 | 15.82 | +1.90 | |
Turnout | 5,538 | 40.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.77 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 761 | 40.39 | +3.64 | |
Conservative | David John Henderson | 758 | 40.23 | +1.88 | |
Labour | Richard Hobson | 365 | 19.37 | +6.02 | |
Turnout | 1,884 | 42.9 | –11.13 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pete Murphy | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert William Brooks | 444 | 70.48 | –5.24 | |
Labour | Faron Stuart Young | 186 | 29.52 | +5.24 | |
Majority | 258 | 40.95 | –10.66 | ||
Turnout | 630 | 48.3 | +1.29 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.48 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 535 | 75.35 | +9.04 | |
UKIP | Simon Noble | 175 | 24.65 | N/A | |
Majority | 360 | 50.70 | +18.08 | ||
Turnout | 710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hargeaves | 914 | 31.94 | –3.50 | |
Conservative | May Gandhi | 905 | 31.62 | –2.67 | |
Labour | Andy Walker | 556 | 19.43 | +4.80 | |
Labour | Frank William Turner | 487 | 17.02 | +1.38 | |
Turnout | 2,862 | 46.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dave Swift | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Kay | 1,210 | 19.01 | -0.20 | |
Conservative | Rita Amos | 1,102 | 17.31 | +0.33 | |
Labour | Penny Martin | 1,077 | 16.92 | +1.05 | |
Conservative | Tony Morley | 1,068 | 16.78 | +0.35 | |
Labour | David Oxley | 978 | 15.36 | +0.57 | |
Labour | John Damien Traynor | 931 | 14.63 | +0.56 | |
Turnout | 6,366 | 48.7 | +13.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.49 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.70 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Mary Atkins | 1,272 | 30.29 | +3.06 | |
Conservative | Alice Collinson | 1,223 | 29.12 | +4.56 | |
Conservative | Tom Balmain | 1,073 | 25.56 | +3.96 | |
Labour | Marilyn Levey | 632 | 15.05 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,200 | 48.6 | –14.02 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.61 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.01 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Catteral | 1,089 | 49.93 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Pimbley | 824 | 37.78 | N/A | |
Labour | Al Davies | 268 | 12.29 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,181 | 48.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Robinson | 1,055 | 42.29 | +1.85 | |
Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 966 | 38.72 | +2.74 | |
Labour | Andy Meredith | 474 | 19.00 | +6.11 | |
Turnout | 2,495 | 46.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.67 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bridge | 1,049 | 43.01 | +5.44 | |
Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 1,003 | 41.12 | +1.73 | |
Labour | Richard Thomas Anyon | 387 | 15.87 | +4.09 | |
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Birch | 880 | 38.33 | +1.08 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 876 | 38.15 | +1.81 | |
Labour | Chris Frost | 540 | 23.52 | +8.88 | |
Turnout | 2,296 | 49.8 | –19.78 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 602 | 21.90 | +4.40 | |
Conservative | David John Walmsley | 563 | 20.48 | +2.29 | |
Labour | Bill Glasgow | 486 | 17.68 | +4.32 | |
Labour | Alan Morgan | 462 | 16.81 | +6.28 | |
UKIP | Roy Graham Hopwood | 384 | 13.97 | –2.91 | |
UKIP | Alan Southern | 252 | 9.17 | -5.64 | |
Turnout | 2,749 | 46.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 617 | 31.27 | +2.59 | |
Labour | Ian Duffy | 603 | 30.56 | +2.87 | |
Conservative | David Jones | 317 | 16.07 | -6.04 | |
Conservative | Kerry Jones | 259 | 13.13 | -8.39 | |
Independent | Bob Jones | 177 | 8.97 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,973 | 31.6 | –2.62 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.03 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.92 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Greenhough | 664 | 27.56 | –5.85 | |
Conservative | Ann Margaret Turner | 641 | 26.61 | –4.27 | |
Labour | June Jackson | 568 | 23.58 | +5.31 | |
Labour | Peter Geoffrey Smith | 536 | 22.25 | +4.81 | |
Turnout | 2,409 | 41 | +10.86 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.08 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Elizabeth Grunshaw | 694 | 30.29 | +5.07 | |
Labour | Christine Smith | 674 | 29.42 | +6.85 | |
Conservative | Margaret Bond | 503 | 21.96 | -5.96 | |
Conservative | James Robert McConnachie | 420 | 18.33 | -5.96 | |
Turnout | 2,291 | 40.5 | +12.41 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.40 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.81 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 919 | 25.42 | +5.20 | |
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 893 | 24.70 | +4.51 | |
Labour | Ronald Shewan | 825 | 22.82 | +4.28 | |
Conservative | David Charles Shaw | 366 | 10.13 | -2.86 | |
Conservative | Ian McAllister Nicholson | 343 | 9.49 | -3.11 | |
Conservative | Alexander Tomlinson | 269 | 7.44 | -2.25 | |
Turnout | 3,615 | 34.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald William Lawrenson | 523 | 63.39 | +5.12 | |
Green | Sue White | 173 | 20.97 | N/A | |
Labour | Darrell Stratford Jackson | 129 | 15.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 350 | 42.42 | +25.89 | ||
Turnout | 825 | 47 | +11.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +25.88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon McCain | 1,299 | 26.34 | –0.68 | |
Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 1,226 | 24.86 | –2.27 | |
Conservative | Paul Moon | 1,220 | 24.74 | –3.02 | |
Labour | Nic Fogg | 656 | 13.30 | +4.92 | |
UKIP | Christopher Steven Lamb | 530 | 10.75 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,931 | 47.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Rogers | 841 | 16.23 | -1.93 | |
Labour | Ted Taylor | 801 | 15.45 | -0.75 | |
Labour | Rita Hewitt | 758 | 14.62 | -2.75 | |
Conservative | Marlene Colby | 698 | 13.47 | -3.90 | |
Conservative | Michelle Riley | 684 | 13.29 | -0.58 | |
Conservative | Keith Riley | 655 | 12.64 | -5.52 | |
UKIP | David Gerrard | 320 | 6.17 | -2.49 | |
UKIP | Jimmy Orange | 233 | 4.50 | N/A | |
Independent | Jack Harrison | 193 | 3.72 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,183 | 40.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia Anderson | 1,445 | 26.58 | -2.09 | |
Conservative | Ian Perkin | 1,336 | 24.58 | -2.54 | |
Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 1,311 | 24.12 | -2.81 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 679 | 12.49 | +3.60 | |
Labour | Jonjo O'Connell | 665 | 12.23 | +3.85 | |
Turnout | 5,436 | 45.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.66 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bannister | 928 | 35.29 | -8.03 | |
Conservative | Lesley McKay | 902 | 34.30 | -6.16 | |
Labour | Liam Bromley | 488 | 18.56 | +2.34 | |
Green | Jake Welsh | 312 | 11.86 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,630 | 46.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patsy Anne Ormrod | 1,379 | 26.42 | -0.79 | |
Conservative | Michael John Vincent | 1,239 | 23.74 | +0.28 | |
Conservative | Alan Thomas Vincent | 1,223 | 23.43 | +0.27 | |
Labour | Brian Michael Stephenson | 713 | 13.66 | +4.11 | |
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 665 | 12.74 | +3.23 | |
Turnout | 5,219 | 44.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marge Anderton | 920 | 17.56 | +0.64 | |
Labour | Paul Treece-Birch | 911 | 17.39 | +2.73 | |
Labour | Emma Victoria Anderton | 896 | 17.10 | +3.78 | |
Conservative | Stan Leadbetter | 714 | 13.63 | -4.60 | |
Conservative | Mike Sanderson | 607 | 11.59 | -8.17 | |
Conservative | Bob Long | 466 | 8.90 | -8.20 | |
Independent | Mark Hamer | 389 | 7.43 | N/A | |
Independent | Trisha Hogg | 175 | 3.34 | N/A | |
Independent | Belinda Ann Armstrong | 161 | 3.07 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,239 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.81 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.33 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.98 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Val Wilson | 592 | 69.40 | -3.56 | |
Labour | Ben Whittingham | 261 | 30.60 | +3.56 | |
Majority | 331 | 38.80 | -7.12 | ||
Turnout | 853 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.12 |
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