West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2016

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

Ashurst

Ashurst
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

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sam Currie	952	58.1%
	Labour	Thomas George Phillips	686	41.9%
Majority			266
Turnout			1657	36.1%

Birch Green

Birch Green
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

Burscough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Evans	760	58.4%
	Conservative	Robert Bailey	541	41.6%
Majority			219
Turnout			1322	38.7%

Burscough West

Burscough West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew John Pritchard	912	62.7%
	Conservative	Leon Graham	542	37.3%
Majority			370
Turnout			1466	38.5%

Derby

Derby
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

Digmoor
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

Halsall
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

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Moon	578	63.4%
	Labour	Sally Josephine Hodson	333	36.6%
Majority			245
Turnout			930	29.1%

Knowsley

Knowsley
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

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence Aldridge	725	91.2%
	Conservative	George Ernest Pratt	70	8.8%
Majority			655
Turnout			802	30.8%

Rufford

Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ian Gordon	472	71.5%
	Labour	Natalie June McCulloch	188	28.5%
Majority			284
Turnout			671	40.4%

Scott

Scott
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

Skelmersdale North
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

Skelmersdale South
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

Tarleton
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

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gaynar Owen	1113	67.8%
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	529	32.2%
Majority			584
Turnout			1655	33.6%

Wrightington

Wrightington
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

↑ "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
↑ "Election Summary - Borough Election 2015". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2015 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2016 (→ 2017)

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