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2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election
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16 of 45 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Yvonne Gagen David Westley Ian Rigby
Party Labour Conservative OWL
Seats before 26 15[a] 4
Seats after 26 14 5
Results by ward (including by-election in Tarleton Village)
Leader before election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

Leader after election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

The 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council.[1] 16 of the 45 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.[2]

The council remained under Labour majority control.[3]

Ward Results

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Aughton & Holborn

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Aughton & Holborn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kerry Lloyd 931 40.7 −9.0
OWL Gordon Johnson 575 25.1 N/A
Conservative Bruce Porteous 540 23.6 −20.0
Reform UK Nigel Wilson 126 5.5 N/A
Green Paul Hamby 116 5.1 N/A
Turnout 2,288 35
Labour hold Swing

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

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Burscough Bridge & Rufford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OWL Paul Hesketh 766 36.2 +24.6
Conservative Jayne Rear 636 30.0 −17.2
Labour Swin Purple 584 27.6 −11.9
Green Reese Riding 76 3.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Karen Taylor 55 2.6 N/A
Turnout 2,117 37
OWL gain from Conservative Swing

Burscough Town

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Burscough Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judy Abbott 960 55.8 +12.6
OWL Adi Cotter 387 22.5 −22.2
Conservative Ruth Melling 219 12.7 −11.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington 85 4.9 −7.5
Green Simon Greenhalgh 70 4.1 N/A
Turnout 1,721 33
Labour gain from OWL Swing

North Meols & Hesketh

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North Meols & Hesketh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Eccles 768 50.3 −1.3
Labour Jan Monaghan 484 31.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Clifton 140 9.2 −4.8
Green William Black 134 8.8 −3.8
Turnout 1,526 26
Conservative hold Swing

Old Skelmersdale

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Old Skelmersdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna West 1,102 76.6 +5.9
Conservative Jason Chapman 177 12.3 +0.2
Green Kath Lockie 159 11.1 N/A
Turnout 1,438 23
Labour hold Swing

Ormskirk East

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Ormskirk East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OWL Janet Ingman 957 43.2 +0.3
Labour Adam Yates 922 41.6 −1.8
Conservative Jason Grice 157 7.1 ±0.0
Reform UK Simon Evans 96 4.3 N/A
Green Richard Taylor 82 3.7 N/A
Turnout 2,214 37
OWL gain from Labour Swing

Ormskirk West

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Ormskirk West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Fennell 948 45.8 −3.2
OWL Jane Thompson 760 36.7 −4.3
Conservative Juliana Gudgeon 133 6.4 −1.9
Green Paul French 122 5.9 N/A
Reform UK John Bullock 107 5.2 N/A
Turnout 2,070 34
Labour hold Swing

Rural North East

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Rural North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Whittington 1,203 54.7 +13.0
Labour Jennie Jackson 781 35.5 −0.8
Green Carole Dundas 217 9.9 N/A
Turnout 2,201 36
Conservative hold Swing

Rural South

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Rural South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OWL Adrian Owens 708 48.2 +2.9
Labour Paul Dickie 462 31.5 −1.2
Conservative Asheem Naraen 222 15.1 −0.3
Green Karen Field 76 5.2 N/A
Turnout 1,468 29
OWL hold Swing

Rural West

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Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marilyn Westley 589 33.9 −4.3
OWL Mark Brown 520 30.0 −2.4
Labour George Oliver 501 28.9 −8.4
Green Lisa Smith 126 7.3 N/A
Turnout 1,736 31
Conservative hold Swing

Skelmersdale North

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Skelmersdale North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melissa Parlour 959 76.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Chandler 150 12.0 N/A
Conservative Sue Brake 145 11.6 −1.8
Turnout 1,254 22
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale South

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Skelmersdale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian Finch 1,103 90.9 +26.2
Conservative Sue Janvier 110 9.1 +1.8
Turnout 1,213 21
Labour hold Swing

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

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Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Nixon 925 77.4 +1.2
Green Peter Chandler 136 11.4 N/A
Conservative Sue Brake 134 11.2 −1.6
Turnout 1,195 19
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton Village

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Tarleton Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Mee 985 53.2 −1.0
Conservative David Westley 834 45.0 −9.0
Labour Michelle Matthews 614 33.1 +1.5
Labour Damian Owen 527 28.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow 279 15.1 −5.6
Green Edwin Black 262 14.1 N/A
Turnout 1,853 33
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

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Up Holland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gaynar Owen 1,056 62.3 +0.3
Conservative Julie Peel 380 22.4 −3.7
Green Charlotte Houltram 258 15.2 N/A
Turnout 1,694 28
Labour hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Including one vacant seat in Tarleton Village ward last held by the Conservatives.
  1. ^ "Every candidate running in Lancashire local elections in 2024". Lancashire Telegraph. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ "Elections and voting - West Lancashire Borough Council". www.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ^ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "West Lancashire local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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