West Lancashire council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 19 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
11
Labour Party
Seats contested
20
across 19 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 11 +2 13,310 50.9% +9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 8 +1 9,215 35.2% +1.3
Our West Lancashire 1 -1 2,968 11.3% -0.6
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 671 2.6% -0.4
Independent 0 -1 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 20
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Labour Party 20
Liberal Democrats 6
Our West Lancashire 5

A party standing a full slate could field 20 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 Yvonne Gagen Elected 1,121 80.9% +49.3
Conservative and Unionist Party George Rear 166 12.0% +6.9
Liberal Democrats Peter John Chandler 98 7.1% +4.2
Majority955
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,386

Labour Party gain from Independent

Aughton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Rob Molloy Elected 596 50.8% +18.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Doreen Joan Stephenson 577 49.2% -18.7
Majority19
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,173

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Aughton and Downholland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael O'Toole Elected 825 48.0% +1.8
Labour Party Paul Hennessy 763 44.4% +11.3
Liberal Democrats Dermot Patrick O'Hara 131 7.6% +0.1
Majority62
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,720

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Burscough East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Patricia Clare Burnside Elected 695 53.4% +4.9
Labour Party Damian John Owen Elected 632 48.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Baxter 495 38.0% -6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Grice 476 36.6% —
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington 125 9.6% +2.4
Majority137
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,302

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Burscough West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Fowler Elected 664 45.7% +12.1
Our West Lancashire Alexander William Dow 538 37.0% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party George Ernest Pratt 251 17.3% -4.4
Majority126
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,453

Labour Party gain from Our West Lancashire

Derby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Ian Davis Elected 803 45.9% -2.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Nikki Hennessy 739 42.3% +6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Marguerite Taylor 145 8.3% -5.9
Liberal Democrats Callum Francis Clark 62 3.5% +1.2
Majority64
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,749

Our West Lancashire hold

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Eccles Elected 618 58.9% -5.8
Labour Party Melissa Parlour 431 41.1% +19.8
Majority187
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,049

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Knowsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Gareth Dowling Elected 970 50.5% +6.4
Our West Lancashire Janet Ingman 747 38.9% +6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Peel 204 10.6% -9.6
Majority223
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,921

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Moorside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Fillis Elected 536 86.9% +24.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Carole Brake 81 13.1% +2.0
Majority455
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast617

Labour Party hold

Newburgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Eddie Pope Elected 490 69.1% -5.5
Labour Party John Tribe 218 30.7% +5.4
Majority272
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast709

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Meols

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Margaret Gresty Elected 680 59.3% -5.5
Labour Party Tony Lockie 408 35.6% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Jayne Taylor 59 5.1% —
Majority272
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,147

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Parbold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Whittington Elected 760 60.1% -8.6
Labour Party Margaret Blake 504 39.9% +8.6
Majority256
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,264

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Scarisbrick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Margaret Marshall Elected 663 62.1% -3.2
Labour and Co-operative Party George Francis Oliver 404 37.9% +3.2
Majority259
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,067

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Scott

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark R Anderson Elected 896 50.7% +7.9
Our West Lancashire Neil Ronald Pye 689 39.0% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Melling 183 10.4% -6.4
Majority207
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,768

Labour Party hold

Skelmersdale South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Vickie Cummins Elected 867 72.6% +8.5
Our West Lancashire Joy Balan 191 16.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jayne Louise Rear 137 11.5% -5.9
Majority676
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,195

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Tanhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Hogan Elected 649 85.7% +30.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ingrid Janvier 108 14.3% +8.3
Majority541
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast757

Labour Party hold

Tarleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Mee Elected 1,096 58.4% -14.0
Labour Party Chris Houlihan 584 31.1% +10.9
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow 196 10.4% +3.1
Majority512
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,876

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Up Holland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Suresh Patel Elected 1,032 64.3% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Holcroft 573 35.7% -5.1
Majority459
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,605

Labour Party hold

Wrightington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Murrin Bailey Elected 687 53.3% -3.4
Labour Party Catherine Elizabeth West-McGrath 601 46.7% +16.0
Majority86
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,288

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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