2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election
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-
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
[edit]Ashurst
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gail Pamela Hodson | 1011 | 72.3% | ||
| Green | William Mason Rowan Gilmour | 220 | 15.7% | ||
| Conservative | David Jonathan Griffiths | 168 | 12.0% | ||
| Majority | 791 | ||||
| Turnout | 1416 | 30.3% | |||
Aughton and Downholland
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sam Currie | 952 | 58.1% | ||
| Labour | Thomas George Phillips | 686 | 41.9% | ||
| Majority | 266 | ||||
| Turnout | 1657 | 36.1% | |||
Birch Green
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Claire Louise Cooper | 662 | 88.9% | ||
| Conservative | William John Weingart | 83 | 11.1% | ||
| Majority | 579 | ||||
| Turnout | 751 | 25.7% | |||
Burscough East
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Evans | 760 | 58.4% | ||
| Conservative | Robert Bailey | 541 | 41.6% | ||
| Majority | 219 | ||||
| Turnout | 1322 | 38.7% | |||
Burscough West
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew John Pritchard | 912 | 62.7% | ||
| Conservative | Leon Graham | 542 | 37.3% | ||
| Majority | 370 | ||||
| Turnout | 1466 | 38.5% | |||
Derby
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our West Lancashire | Adrian Edward Owens | 806 | 41.8% | ||
| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin William Henry Wilkie | 784 | 92.6% | ||
| Conservative | Richard Henry Shepherd | 63 | 7.4% | ||
| Majority | 721 | ||||
| Turnout | 870 | 29.1% | |||
Halsall
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maureen Kathleen Patricia Mills | 313 | 43.5% | ||
| Conservative | Doreen Joan Stephenson | 289 | 40.1% | ||
| UKIP | John Stewart Simpson Stewart | 118 | 16.4% | ||
| Majority | 24 | ||||
| Turnout | 725 | 42.3% | |||
Hesketh-with-Becconsall
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Moon | 578 | 63.4% | ||
| Labour | Sally Josephine Hodson | 333 | 36.6% | ||
| Majority | 245 | ||||
| Turnout | 930 | 29.1% | |||
Knowsley
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adam Gerard Yates | 1063 | 51.5% | ||
| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terence Aldridge | 725 | 91.2% | ||
| Conservative | George Ernest Pratt | 70 | 8.8% | ||
| Majority | 655 | ||||
| Turnout | 802 | 30.8% | |||
Rufford
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Ian Gordon | 472 | 71.5% | ||
| Labour | Natalie June McCulloch | 188 | 28.5% | ||
| Majority | 284 | ||||
| Turnout | 671 | 40.4% | |||
Scott
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin John Wright | 770 | 43.0% | ||
| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Stuart Furey | 856 | 89.7% | ||
| Conservative | Susan Ingrid Janvier | 98 | 10.3% | ||
| Majority | 758 | ||||
| Turnout | 963 | 32.6% | |||
Skelmersdale South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Donna Marie Eileen West | 1099 | 81.3% | ||
| Conservative | Jenni Mayer | 138 | 10.2% | ||
| Green | Martin John Lowe | 115 | 8.5% | ||
| Majority | 961 | ||||
| Turnout | 1360 | 28.6% | |||
Tarleton
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Philip Cairns | 1077 | 67.4% | ||
| Labour | Frederick Andrew Hodson | 522 | 32.6% | ||
| Majority | 555 | ||||
| Turnout | 1632 | 35.7% | |||
Up Holland
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gaynar Owen | 1113 | 67.8% | ||
| Conservative | Jane Houlgrave | 529 | 32.2% | ||
| Majority | 584 | ||||
| Turnout | 1655 | 33.6% | |||
Wrightington
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Carolyn Evans | 668 | 53.5% | ||
| Labour | Bernadette Green | 432 | 34.6% | ||
| Green | Julie Hotchkiss | 148 | 11.9% | ||
| Majority | 236 | ||||
| Turnout | 1256 | 37.9% | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Election Summary - Borough Election 2015". West Lancashire Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
