West Lancashire council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 18 wards · 19 seats contested

Most seats
9
Labour Party
Seats contested
19
across 18 wards
Turnout
41.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 9 +2 10,380 41.4% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +0 8,487 33.9% +0.8
Our West Lancashire 2 -2 2,994 12.0% -4.6
Independent 1 +1 1,321 5.3% +5.1
Skelmersdale Independent Party 0 +0 921 3.7% -3.4
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 745 3.0% —
Green Party 0 +0 173 0.7% -2.9
Reform UK 0 +0 25 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 19
Conservative and Unionist Party 19
Labour Party 19
Liberal Democrats 10
Our West Lancashire 5
Skelmersdale Independent Party 5
Independent 3
Green Party 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 19 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 +/−
Independent James Phillip Upjohn Elected 1,162 60.4% —
Labour Party Margaret Blake 608 31.6% -23.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel Elizabeth Bland 98 5.1% -2.8
Liberal Democrats Peter John Chandler 56 2.9% —
Majority554
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,924

Independent gain from Labour Party

Aughton and Downholland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Vincent Turpin Elected 839 46.2% -6.9
Labour Party Paul Hennessy 601 33.1% +3.5
Our West Lancashire David Gallagher 215 11.8% —
Liberal Democrats David Alexander Thomas 137 7.5% —
Reform UK Nigel Leith Wilson 25 1.4% —
Majority238
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,817

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Birch Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sue Gregson Elected 509 66.7% +5.9
Skelmersdale Independent Party Mark Jones 170 22.3% -7.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ingrid Janvier 84 11.0% +1.6
Majority339
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast763

Labour Party hold

Burscough East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party David Evans Elected 681 48.5% -2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Baxter 623 44.3% -4.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington 101 7.2% —
Majority58
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,405

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Burscough West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire George Edward Clandon Elected 649 43.0% —
Labour Party Andrew John Pritchard 507 33.6% -32.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Leon David James Joseph Graham 327 21.7% -12.6
Liberal Democrats Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu 27 1.8% —
Majority142
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,509

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Derby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Adrian Edward Owens Elected 840 48.1% -15.9
Labour Party Kevin John Wright 617 35.4% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynne Gray 247 14.2% +4.3
Liberal Democrats Callum Francis Clark 41 2.3% —
Majority223
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,745

Our West Lancashire hold

Digmoor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Wilkie Elected 635 67.3% +17.0
Skelmersdale Independent Party Brian Hughes 219 23.2% -21.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Carole Brake 89 9.4% +4.7
Majority416
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast943

Labour Party hold

Halsall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Denise Hirrell Elected 322 52.4% +12.3
Labour Party David John Lawrence Heywood 149 24.3% -19.2
Independent Neil Campbell 124 20.2% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Rekers 19 3.1% —
Majority173
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast614

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Hesketh-with-Becconsall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Witter Elected 706 64.7% +23.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Eccles Elected 589 54.0% —
Labour Party Nick Kemp 232 21.3% -13.6
Labour Party Jane Vivien Catterall 230 21.1% —
Liberal Democrats Karen Jayne Taylor 103 9.4% —
Majority357
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,091

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Knowsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adam Yates Elected 881 44.1% +8.1
Our West Lancashire Neil Ronald Pye 640 32.0% -10.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Melling 404 20.2% +4.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Leslie Hunter 74 3.7% —
Majority241
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,999

Labour Party gain from Our West Lancashire

Moorside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terence Aldridge Elected 448 62.2% -26.6
Skelmersdale Independent Party Aaron Body 157 21.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Holcroft 80 11.1% -0.1
Independent John Carroll 35 4.9% —
Majority291
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast720

Labour Party hold

Rufford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Gordon Elected 597 72.7% +1.2
Labour Party Judy Abbott 224 27.3% -1.2
Majority373
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast821

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Scott

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anne Mary Fennell Elected 737 42.8% +8.5
Our West Lancashire Blair Piggin 650 37.8% -20.0
Conservative and Unionist Party George Ernest Pratt 288 16.7% +8.9
Liberal Democrats Dermot Patrick O'Hara 46 2.7% —
Majority87
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,721

Labour Party gain from Our West Lancashire

Skelmersdale North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Neil Stuart Furey Elected 703 72.8% +17.4
Skelmersdale Independent Party Trina Dunn 135 14.0% -22.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Peel 127 13.2% +5.2
Majority568
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast965

Labour Party hold

Skelmersdale South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Donna West Elected 828 64.1% +8.0
Skelmersdale Independent Party Leonie Goldson 240 18.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Evans 224 17.3% +7.7
Majority588
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,292

Labour Party hold

Tarleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Darren Daniels Elected 1,385 72.4% -3.1
Labour Party Damian John Owen 386 20.2% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow 141 7.4% —
Majority999
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,912

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Up Holland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gaynar Owen Elected 982 59.2% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party George Rear 678 40.8% -1.0
Majority304
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,660

Labour Party hold

Wrightington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Katie Juckes Elected 780 56.7% +6.6
Labour Party Catherine Elizabeth West-McGrath 422 30.7% +3.4
Green Party John Richard Puddifer 173 12.6% -10.0
Majority358
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors3,339
Ballots cast1,375

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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