2023 Wyre Borough Council election
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The 2023 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023,[3] alongside other local elections across England. All 50 seats on the Wyre Borough Council were up for election.[4] The election in Warren ward took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[5][6]
Background
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/WyreBC_2019.svg/235px-WyreBC_2019.svg.png)
Pre-Election Council Composition
[edit]Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative Party | 37 | |
Labour Party | 8 | |
Independents | 4 | |
Vacant | 1 |
Post-Election Council Composition
[edit]Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative Party | 30 | |
Labour Party | 17 | |
Independents | 3 | |
Vacant | 0 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/WyreBC_2023.svg/220px-WyreBC_2023.svg.png)
Candidates and Results
[edit]The following is a list of candidates[7][8] and results[9] sorted alphabetically by ward:[10]
Bourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Victoria Wells | 604 | 53.5 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Harry Swatton | 582 | 51.5 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Kevin Higginson | 581 | 51.4 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Howard Ballard | 500 | 44.2 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Jack Eccles | 461 | 40.8 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wyers-Roebuck | 453 | 40.1 | −1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,130 | 25.08 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Breck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter le Marinel | 471 | 43.0 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Calver | 418 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Sean Hazlewood | 404 | 36.9 | +16.2 | |
Independent | Peter Gibson | 259 | 23.6 | −13.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,096 | 32.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Brock with Caterall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Bolton | 696 | 57.6 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | David Swift | 595 | 49.3 | −15.9 | |
Labour | Olivia Bonser | 544 | 45.0 | +22.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,208 | 32.82 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calder
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ibison | 386 | 54.7 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Michelle Heaton-Bentley | 320 | 45.3 | +9.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 706 | 36.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Walker | 725 | 51.8 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Stuart Fielding | 696 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christina Townsend | 608 | 43.4 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Lyons-Walker | 538 | 38.4 | −6.3 | |
ADF | Adele Eaves | 99 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,400 | 39.85 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cleveleys Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Amos | 705 | 50.0 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Rendell | 699 | 49.5 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Carol Audley | 567 | 40.2 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Marge Anderton | 500 | 35.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Hinchcliffe | 109 | 7.7 | N/A | |
ADF | Cate McNeal | 77 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,411 | 38.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Garstang
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Atkins | 1,065 | 53.7 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Collinson | 1,050 | 53.0 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Atkins (politician) | 923 | 46.5 | −1.5 | |
Labour | David Gale | 787 | 39.7 | +15.4 | |
Labour | John Moore | 732 | 36.9 | +15.4 | |
Green | Luke Meeks | 702 | 35.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,983 | 36.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great Eccleston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Catterall | 758 | 63.6 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Cartridge | 711 | 59.6 | +6.6 | |
Green | Dianne Hogarth | 372 | 31.2 | −4.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Haley | 361 | 30.3 | +11.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,192 | 34.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Robinson | 693 | 57.3 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Lynne Bowen | 629 | 52.0 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Helen Fielding | 374 | 30.9 | −0.7 | |
Green | Barbara Mead-Mason | 265 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Independent | John Bell-Fairclough | 203 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,209 | 32.73 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hardhorn with High Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bridge | 1,097 | 58.5 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | Roger Berry | 1,028 | 54.9 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Steve Nicholls | 886 | 47.3 | −17.5 | |
Labour | Melanie Calver | 767 | 40.9 | +15.4 | |
ADF | Jackie Lang | 307 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,874 | 35.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Jubilee
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rob Fail | 598 | 51.6 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Wayne Martin | 544 | 46.9 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Scott Faulkner | 537 | 46.3 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Scott Porter | 486 | 41.9 | −1.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,159 | 32.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Marsh Mill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Higgs | 902 | 56.4 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Ellison | 900 | 56.3 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Jackson | 805 | 50.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 659 | 41.2 | +12.0 | |
Labour | William Jackson | 616 | 38.5 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Jason Taylor | 594 | 37.1 | +8.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,600 | 33.65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mount
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carole Stephenson | 555 | 65.2 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Mary Stirzaker | 488 | 57.3 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Sadie Smith | 273 | 32.1 | −14.2 | |
Conservative | Timothy Ashton | 263 | 30.9 | −5.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 851 | 22.45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 504 | 64.3 | +28.5 | |
Labour | Christine Smith | 451 | 57.5 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | Geraldine Northwood | 275 | 35.1 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Hunt | 188 | 24.0 | +6.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 784 | 23.53 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing |
Pharos
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 444 | 61.8 | +17.4 | |
Labour | Michelle Moliner | 376 | 52.4 | +29.6 | |
Conservative | David Shaw | 200 | 27.9 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Vincent | 173 | 24.1 | +10.0 | |
Green | Michael Pickton | 108 | 15.0 | −2.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 718 | 21.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing |
Pheasant's Wood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Kay | 437 | 66.7 | −8.1 | |
Labour | Joy Stephenson | 218 | 33.3 | +8.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 655 | 38.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pilling
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Leigh | 318 | 42.9 | −18.9 | |
Independent | Bob Rushforth | 277 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Rachel Beavers | 147 | 19.8 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 742 | 35.72 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Preesall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Claire Rimmer | 1,010 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Collette Rushforth | 938 | 52.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Ashley Sorensen | 636 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Orme | 590 | 33.0 | −24.1 | |
Conservative | Steven Taylor-Royston | 544 | 30.4 | −26.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Moon | 537 | 30.1 | −23.9 | |
Labour | Ron Shewan | 318 | 17.8 | −16.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,787 | 39.80 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Rossall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cheryl Raynor | 523 | 44.0 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Bernice Meekins | 493 | 41.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Frances Thewlis | 481 | 40.5 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 460 | 38.7 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Robbie Raynor | 455 | 38.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Huw Williams | 445 | 37.5 | +6.5 | |
Independent | David Gerrard | 250 | 21.0 | −16.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,188 | 27.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Stanah
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Livesey | 774 | 60.7 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Minto | 671 | 52.6 | −7.7 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 548 | 43.0 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 1,275 | 33.59 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tithebarn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colette Birch | 601 | 54.4 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Lesley McKay | 577 | 52.3 | −10.7 | |
Labour | Richard Gratrix | 503 | 45.6 | +14.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,104 | 33.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Victoria and Norcross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Callum Baxter | 693 | 56.6 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Vincent | 634 | 51.8 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Lauren Harrison | 504 | 41.2 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Dawn McCord | 465 | 38.0 | +11.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,224 | 33.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warren
[edit]This election took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[6][33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Blair | 552 | |||
Labour | Brian Stephenson | 503 | |||
Conservative | John Fitzgerald | 311 | |||
Conservative | David Meekins | 307 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26.48 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing |
Wyresdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charlotte Walker | 396 | 59.0 | +32.7 | |
Conservative | Jonny Leech | 275 | 41.0 | −32.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 671 | 36.14 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Changes 2023–2027
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Of the 4 independent councillors before the election, 2 formed the "Wyre Residents' Group", 1 formed the "Wyre Alliance" and 1 was described as "Independent". There was also a vacant independent seat previously held by Collette Fairbanks who had been elected for UKIP in 2019 but later sat as an independent in the Wyre Alliance group.[1]
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