West Lancashire council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 18 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
18
across 18 wards
Turnout
34.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 -3 8,824 38.8% -11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +0 7,531 33.1% -7.1
Our West Lancashire 4 +3 3,772 16.6% +8.4
Skelmersdale Independent Party 0 +0 1,609 7.1% —
Green Party 0 +0 827 3.6% +2.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 152 0.7% —
Independent 0 +0 47 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Labour Party 18
Our West Lancashire 5
Skelmersdale Independent Party 5
Green Party 4
Independent 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 18 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.

Ashurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jan Monaghan Elected 744 54.9% -19.8
Skelmersdale Independent Party Rebekha K Wymer 350 25.8% —
Green Party William Mason Rowan Gilmour 155 11.4% +2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party George Rear 107 7.9% -8.0
Majority394
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,356

Labour Party hold

Aughton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Marilyn May Westley Elected 741 67.9% +4.9
Labour Party Stephen Regan 351 32.1% -4.9
Majority390
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,092

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Aughton and Downholland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Alexander Westley Elected 861 53.1% -2.6
Labour Party Paul Hennessy 480 29.6% -14.7
Green Party Gaynor Anne Pickering 280 17.3% —
Majority381
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,621

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bickerstaffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Ian Rigby Elected 540 67.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Vernon 145 18.1% —
Labour Party Paul Dickie 116 14.5% —
Majority395
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast801

Birch Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carl Barry Coughlan Elected 463 58.6% -30.3
Skelmersdale Independent Party Andrew Taylor 277 35.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Houlgrave 50 6.3% -4.8
Majority186
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast790

Labour Party hold

Derby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Gordon Paul Johnson Elected 1,044 64.0% +17.1
Labour Party George Francis Oliver 427 26.2% -11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynne Gray 160 9.8% -1.9
Majority617
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,631

Our West Lancashire hold

Digmoor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julian Finch Elected 432 50.3% -42.2
Skelmersdale Independent Party Brian Hughes 385 44.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ingrid Janvier 41 4.8% -2.7
Majority47
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast858

Labour Party hold

Knowsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Kate Mitchell Elected 804 42.3% +6.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Nikki Hennessy 684 36.0% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Melling 303 15.9% -7.2
Green Party John Watt 110 5.8% —
Majority120
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,901

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour Party

North Meols

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Blane Elected 595 49.3% +4.7
Labour Party Nick Kemp 459 38.1% -17.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stuart John Wilson 152 12.6% —
Majority136
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,206

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Parbold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party May Blake Elected 882 68.7% +3.6
Labour Party Isaac Brewer 402 31.3% -3.6
Majority480
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,284

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Scarisbrick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Blundell Elected 617 65.3% -3.8
Labour Party Timothy Gordon Miles 328 34.7% +3.8
Majority289
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast945

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Scott

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Jane Elizabeth Thompson Elected 945 57.8% +14.0
Labour Party Samantha Jones 562 34.4% -11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party George Ernest Pratt 128 7.8% -2.9
Majority383
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,635

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour Party

Skelmersdale North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jennifer Forshaw Elected 486 55.5% -34.2
Skelmersdale Independent Party Maria Dumbell 320 36.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Malcolm Barron 70 8.0% -2.3
Majority166
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast876

Labour Party hold

Skelmersdale South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nicola Pryce Roberts Elected 719 56.1% -25.1
Our West Lancashire Blair Piggin 439 34.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jayne Louise Rear 123 9.6% -9.2
Majority280
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,281

Labour Party hold

Tanhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maureen Nixon Elected 468 55.6% -16.7
Skelmersdale Independent Party Aaron Body 277 32.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Alexandra Helen Westley 50 5.9% -1.7
Independent Alan Langdon 47 5.6% -14.5
Majority191
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast842

Labour Party hold

Tarleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Sutton Elected 1,369 75.6% +6.6
Labour Party Peter Langley 443 24.4% -6.6
Majority926
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,812

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Up Holland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Richard O'Neill Elected 919 58.1% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Gilmore 662 41.9% -2.9
Majority257
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,581

Labour Party hold

Wrightington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Baybutt Elected 627 50.2% -3.4
Labour Party Bernie Green 341 27.3% -7.3
Green Party John Richard Puddifer 282 22.6% +10.7
Majority286
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,250

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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