Lancaster council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 27 wards · 61 seats contested

Most seats
24
Labour Party
Seats contested
61
across 27 wards
Turnout
32.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 24 +3 24,280 31.8% -1.9
Green Party 21 +11 22,670 29.7% +7.8
Liberal Democrats 7 +4 7,691 10.1% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 -7 14,820 19.4% -5.0
Morecambe Bay Independents 3 -11 6,169 8.1% -4.9
Independent 1 +1 821 1.1% +0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 61
Green Party 61
Labour Party 56
Conservative and Unionist Party 51
Liberal Democrats 36
Morecambe Bay Independents 21
Independent 5

A party standing a full slate could field 61 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bare 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gerry Blaikie Elected 486 28.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kate Sarah Knight Elected 466 26.9% —
Morecambe Bay Independents David Martin Bottoms Elected 459 26.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart James Alexander Bateson 447 25.8% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Sarah Elizabeth Knight 445 25.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Robert Jakeman 430 24.8% —
Labour Party Christian Ainscough 399 23.0% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Russell Robert Walsh 358 20.7% —
Liberal Democrats Lynda Dagdeviren 349 20.1% —
Labour Party Faith Kenrick 328 18.9% —
Liberal Democrats Dan Balsamini 309 17.8% —
Independent Mark John Dugan 288 16.6% —
Green Party Lucie Carrington 191 11.0% —
Green Party Sean Hughes 131 7.6% —
Green Party Andrew Lee 113 6.5% —
Majority12
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,733

Bolton & Slyne 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith William Budden Elected 1,050 53.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Morris Newton Elected 1,010 51.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Wild Elected 985 50.2% —
Labour Party Craig Mossop 618 31.5% —
Labour Party Kate Mossop 572 29.1% —
Liberal Democrats Ivan Wheatley 421 21.4% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Saville 405 20.6% —
Green Party Laura Ceri Mumford 342 17.4% —
Green Party Janet Swan 269 13.7% —
Green Party Gideon Jonathan Johnson Flemming 216 11.0% —
Majority367
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,963

Bowerham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Hamish Mills Elected 736 51.5% —
Green Party Sarah Punshon Elected 696 48.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Erica Ruth Estelle Lewis 604 42.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Curphey 541 37.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Edwards 131 9.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Beryl Whitehouse 120 8.4% —
Liberal Democrats Lisa Michelle Sue-Too 30 2.1% —
Majority92
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,429

Bulk 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Caroline Jackson Elected 1,140 65.4% —
Green Party Jack Lenox Elected 1,061 60.9% —
Green Party Sam Riches Elected 964 55.3% —
Labour Party Stefanie Claudia Doebler 610 35.0% —
Labour Party Richard Marc Johnson 546 31.3% —
Labour Party Daniel Fletcher 516 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Callum Brandon Banthorpe 109 6.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Gaskill 107 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kyle James Hall 104 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster 71 4.1% —
Majority354
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,743

Carnforth & Millhead 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Malcolm Gardner Elected 633 50.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Louise Belcher Elected 586 47.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Chris Hanna Elected 571 45.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kath Bromilow 536 42.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Yates 534 42.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mel Guilding 490 39.3% —
Green Party Amelia Jones 141 11.3% —
Green Party Daren Christian Chandisingh 127 10.2% —
Green Party Jon Sear 125 10.0% —
Majority35
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,248

Castle 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Dave Brookes Elected 767 65.4% —
Green Party Shelagh McGregor Elected 711 60.7% —
Green Party Paul Byron Stubbins Elected 657 56.1% —
Labour Party Jeremy Hugh Bateman 383 32.7% —
Labour Party Emma Lindsey Corless 362 30.9% —
Labour Party Becca Snow 320 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevan Stuart Walton 93 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Andrew Farmer 82 7.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jakub Stuchlik 75 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Henry Joseph Beesley 66 5.6% —
Majority274
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,172

Ellel 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sally Ann Shelley Maddocks Elected 951 61.0% —
Green Party Paul Francis Tynan Elected 733 47.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason John Park 426 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Austen-Baker 412 26.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Shaun Stephen Corkerry 295 18.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Anna Winifred Hopkins 245 15.7% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Alan Fildes 54 3.5% —
Majority307
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,558

Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sarah Janet McGowan Elected 716 50.4% —
Green Party James Sommerville Elected 648 45.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Scott Gibbins 582 40.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Morris 464 32.6% —
Labour Party Kathryn Elaine Hyde 280 19.7% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Henry White 153 10.8% —
Majority66
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,422

Heysham Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Catherine Ann Armistead Elected 430 44.2% —
Labour Party Susan Meryl Penney Elected 386 39.7% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Geoff Knight 370 38.1% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Gina Thistlethwaite 363 37.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Taylor-Craddock 214 22.0% —
Green Party Joanna Young 111 11.4% —
Green Party Cai Wingfield 49 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Foulsham 21 2.2% —
Majority16
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)972

Heysham North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Claire Cozler Elected 270 42.7% —
Independent Roger Timothy Cleet Elected 221 35.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Mark Andrew Jarnell 201 31.8% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Clark Kent 174 27.5% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Anthony David Padgett 130 20.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Mall 104 16.5% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Mary Chapple 68 10.8% —
Liberal Democrats Louise Sandra Stansfield 44 7.0% —
Green Party Jan Maskell 32 5.1% —
Green Party Patrick McMurray 20 3.2% —
Majority20
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)632

Heysham South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colin Hartley Elected 737 55.0% —
Labour Party Philip Mark Bradley Elected 707 52.7% —
Labour Party Catherine Potter Elected 651 48.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Riley 425 31.7% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Mike Greenall 390 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pat Freeman 341 25.4% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Emma Victoria Knight 272 20.3% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Josiah Fulton 266 19.8% —
Green Party Maria Deery 74 5.5% —
Green Party Gisela Christine Renolds 68 5.1% —
Green Party Hildy Wild 50 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Sheldon Kent 43 3.2% —
Majority226
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,341

John O'Gaunt 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Suhir Abuhajar Elected 551 54.1% —
Green Party Grace Russell Elected 498 48.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Lisa Montserrat Corkerry 441 43.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Linda Mary Prue 395 38.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Morgan James Gray 66 6.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Jason Kitchen 60 5.9% —
Liberal Democrats James Peter Harvey 26 2.6% —
Majority57
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,018

Lower Lune Valley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard Elected 733 50.0% —
Liberal Democrats Peter James Jackson Elected 606 41.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Jackson 570 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Joseph Maxwell-Scott 435 29.7% —
Labour Party Mandy King 169 11.5% —
Labour Party Andrew Martin Kay 161 11.0% —
Green Party Mike Wright 144 9.8% —
Green Party Rosie Mills 113 7.7% —
Majority36
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,466

Marsh 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Gina Dowding Elected 1,241 72.3% —
Green Party Mandy Bannon Elected 1,223 71.2% —
Green Party Nick Wilkinson Elected 1,079 62.8% —
Labour Party Jessica Rose Rafferty 408 23.8% —
Labour Party Morgane Louise Mary-Ann Cozler 399 23.2% —
Labour Party Benjamin Joel Soffa 354 20.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe William Wrennall 125 7.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Desmond Harmey 113 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Timmings 110 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Amy Stanning 98 5.7% —
Majority671
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,717

Overton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Paul Gardiner Elected 241 40.6% —
Labour Party Jean Elizabeth Yates 185 31.2% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Jason Chadwick Slater 130 21.9% —
Green Party David Maddocks 37 6.2% —
Majority56
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast593

Poulton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul Bernard Hart Elected 395 48.5% —
Liberal Democrats John Livermore Elected 304 37.3% —
Labour Party Terrie Metcalfe 227 27.9% —
Labour Party Matthew Zak Panesh 198 24.3% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Tricia Heath 167 20.5% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Jaimie Ann Heath 154 18.9% —
Green Party Pete Moser 60 7.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Yates 59 7.2% —
Green Party Julie Faith McMurray 38 4.7% —
Independent Vicky Boyd-Power 26 3.2% —
Majority77
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)814

Scale Hall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ruth Colbridge Elected 663 70.7% —
Labour Party Hilda Jean Parr Elected 655 69.8% —
Labour Party Phillip Black Elected 639 68.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joanne Lowther-Edwards 263 28.0% —
Green Party Ceri Sian Turner 164 17.5% —
Green Party Dominic James Thomas Hardy 164 17.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jessica Elizabeth Long 139 14.8% —
Green Party Geoffrey Eldred Pogson 127 13.5% —
Majority376
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)938

Scotforth East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Sophie Louise Maddocks Elected 607 44.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jason Wood Elected 529 39.1% —
Green Party Nancy Mills 526 38.8% —
Green Party Caroline Nancy Robertson 473 34.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephanie Ann Hoggarth 278 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Georges Benjamin Quinn 209 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Robin Long 87 6.4% —
Majority3
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,354

Scotforth West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Abi Mills Elected 1,083 65.5% —
Green Party Tim Hamilton-Cox Elected 1,023 61.9% —
Labour Party Sayeda Fabiha Hassan Askari 387 23.4% —
Labour Party Davina Anne Miller 373 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leon Theodore Dexter 207 12.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harvey George Hayes 162 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Malcom Allan Martin 73 4.4% —
Majority636
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,654

Silverdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats William Alan Greenwell Elected 363 40.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Phillippa Williamson 321 35.8% —
Labour Party Brenda Daphne Florence Rockall 115 12.8% —
Green Party Anna McCoy 97 10.8% —
Majority42
Turnout55.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast896

Skerton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Robert Michael Redfern Elected 696 63.7% —
Labour Party Anna Sandra Thornberry Elected 659 60.3% —
Labour Party Geoffrey Martin Gawith Elected 615 56.3% —
Green Party Emlyn Busby 271 24.8% —
Green Party Kathryn Bain 239 21.9% —
Green Party Emily Heath 232 21.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julian Paul Webb 168 15.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexandra Ann Hailey 153 14.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Richard Wilkinson 148 13.6% —
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye 95 8.7% —
Majority344
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,092

Torrisholme 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Morecambe Bay Independents Roger Thomas Francis Dennison Elected 443 43.8% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Brett Martin Cooper Elected 376 37.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Hewitt 321 31.8% —
Labour Party Thomas Brian Penney 292 28.9% —
Independent Cary Jane Matthews 153 15.1% —
Green Party Rob Livesey 144 14.2% —
Independent Wendy Barbara Cowley 133 13.2% —
Green Party Rebecca Aimee Lanyon Willmott 87 8.6% —
Liberal Democrats Teresa Mary Wilson 73 7.2% —
Majority55
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,011

University 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Erin Christina Hall Elected 217 45.3% —
Green Party Tom Fish Elected 197 41.1% —
Green Party Isabella Metcalf-Riener 190 39.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Lewis Vines Hurst 172 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bawan Arkan Hassan 64 13.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Khai Helmy 55 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Cormac McVeigh Evans 34 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Edward Cross 29 6.1% —
Majority7
Turnout12.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)479

Upper Lune Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ross Douglas Hunter Elected 483 59.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Parkinson 257 31.6% —
Green Party Jamie Payne 74 9.1% —
Majority226
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast814

Warton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sue Tyldesley Elected 415 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Harvey 232 29.5% —
Labour Party David Ainsworth 74 9.4% —
Liberal Democrats Jane Parsons 66 8.4% —
Majority183
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast787

West End 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Elizabeth Pattison Elected 543 47.8% —
Labour Party Joanne Lindsey Ainscough Elected 497 43.8% —
Labour Party David Whitaker Elected 477 42.0% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 393 34.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins 382 33.6% —
Liberal Democrats James Pilling 365 32.1% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Trevor Alan Duncan 177 15.6% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Kate Aspinall 157 13.8% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Angela Jane Fletcher 155 13.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Wayne Ennis 104 9.2% —
Green Party Clara Maria Helene Bandszus 60 5.3% —
Green Party Sarah Catherine Hester 56 4.9% —
Green Party Mark Miles Westcombe 42 3.7% —
Majority84
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,136

Westgate 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Robert Hanson Elected 491 42.1% —
Labour Party Matthew David Black Elected 437 37.5% —
Labour Party Chris Harris Elected 414 35.5% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Dan Blacow 408 35.0% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Debbie Knight 393 33.7% —
Morecambe Bay Independents Wayne Ronald Dixon 382 32.8% —
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson 225 19.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carole Louise Johnston 182 15.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Charles Staig 180 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Monika Marie-Luise Stenneken 120 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Timothy Sutton 82 7.0% —
Green Party Kathy Bashford 71 6.1% —
Green Party Alison Elizabeth Gordon 62 5.3% —
Green Party Jago Howard Gannicliffe Westaway 50 4.3% —
Majority6
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,166

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