Wyre Borough Council elections

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Wyre Borough Council elections are held every four years. Wyre Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Wyre in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 50 councillors have been elected from 24 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour UKIP Lib Dems Independent
2023Conservative3017--3
2019Conservative3794--
2015Conservative3614---
2011Conservative4015---
2007Conservative459-1-
2003Conservative3321-1-

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Rossall By-Election 13 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 77152.7
Conservative 60541.3
Liberal Democrats 886.0
Majority16611.4
Turnout 1,46440.4
Labour hold Swing
Pharos By-Election 14 August 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 52559.7+5.1
Conservative 35440.3+19.2
Majority17119.4
Turnout 87934.5
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Warren By-Election 10 June 1999 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 83820.25
Labour 82119.84
Labour 72617.54
Conservative 60214.54
Conservative 59614.40
Conservative 55613.43
Turnout 42.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Norcross By-Election 28 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 51055.4-3.4
Labour 41044.6+3.4
Majority10010.8
Turnout 92027.0
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Warren By-Election 5 May 2005 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Ratcliffe1,41454.9-5.7
Conservative Carole Bonham94336.6-2.8
UKIP James Orange2198.5+8.5
Majority47118.3
Turnout 2,576
Labour hold Swing
Park By-Election 18 May 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Birkett56055.1+27.2
Labour Julie Grunshaw45644.9-27.2
Majority10410.2
Turnout 1,01632.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2007-2011

Victoria By-Election 7 February 2008 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patsy Ormrod76951.9-10.1
Labour Billy Glasgow33922.9+1.1
BNP James Clayton22215.0+15.0
UKIP Roy Hopwood15110.2-6.0
Majority43029.0
Turnout 1,481
Conservative hold Swing
Great Eccleston By-Election 19 June 2008 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Catterall77867.8-32.2
Independent Jim Proctor30926.9+26.9
Liberal Democrats Chandos Elletson605.2+5.2
Majority46940.9
Turnout 1,48139.9
Conservative hold Swing
Jubilee By-Election 22 October 2009 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Walmsley49238.3+4.2
UKIP Roy Hopwood34526.9-4.8
Labour Wayne Martin33125.8+0.7
BNP James Clayton1169.0+9.0
Majority14711.4
Turnout 1,28437.0
Conservative hold Swing
Tithebarn By-Election 7 October 2010 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Ann McKay84773.4+0.6
Labour Alan Morgan30726.6-0.6
Majority54046.79
Turnout 115434.91%
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Park By-Election 2 May 2013 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Stephenson 502 64.5 +6.5
Conservative James McConnachie27635.5-6.5
Majority22629.0
Turnout 778
Labour hold Swing
Pharos By-Election 2 May 2013 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Evelyn Stephenson 618 64.6 -6.9
Conservative Dave Shaw33935.4+6.9
Majority27929.2
Turnout 957
Labour hold Swing
Staina By-Election 2 May 2013 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kerry Jones 974 64.8 -3.2
Labour Eddie Rawlings52835.2+3.2
Majority44629.7
Turnout 1,502
Conservative hold Swing
Hardhorn By-Election 22 May 2014 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colette Birch 828 68.0 -5.1
Labour Christopher Frist39032.0+5.1
Majority43836.0
Turnout 1,218
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Bourne By-Election 4 May 2017 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Ellison 788 52.9 +18.3
Labour Joanne Cooper62141.7+10.7
Green Barbara Mead-Mason815.4-5.6
Majority16711.2
Turnout 1,490
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bourne By-Election 12 October 2017 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cheryl Raynor 610 50.1 +11.6
Conservative Maggie Pattinson42735.1+5.0
Independent Brian Crawford18014.8+14.8
Majority18315.0
Turnout 1,217
Labour hold Swing
Preesall By-Election 11 January 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Cartridge 930 55.3 -9.7
Labour Nic Fogg75344.7+9.7
Majority17710.5
Turnout 1,683
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2022

Cleveleys Park By-Election 30 June 2022 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Rendell 721 53.7 -9.0
Labour Wayne Martin62146.3+9.0
Majority1007.5
Turnout 1,342
Conservative hold Swing
Preesall By-Election 18 August 2022 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Collette Rushforth 595 39.5 +39.5
Conservative Steven Taylor-Royston49532.8-29.9
Labour William Jackson31520.9-16.4
Independent Garry Wright1026.8+6.8
Majority1006.6
Turnout 1,507
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

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  2. ↑ The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Warren Ward Borough Elections, 2005". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Park Ward Borough Elections, 2006". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Tories hold on to seats in by-election". Blackpool Gazette . 9 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Conservatives win Great Eccleston by-election". The Garstang Courier. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
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  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pharos Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staina Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hardhorn Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Preesall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cleveleys Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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