West Lancashire council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 15 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats

Labour and Co-operative Party

Seats contested

across 15 wards

Turnout

—

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	8	-18	12,859	46.5%	-7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	5	-10	7,232	26.2%	-6.1
Our West Lancashire	3	+2	4,673	16.9%	+6.2
Green Party	0	+0	1,834	6.6%	+6.3
Liberal Democrats	0	+0	709	2.6%	+0.0
Reform UK	0	+0	329	1.2%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party	16
Labour and Co-operative Party	16
Green Party	13
Our West Lancashire	7
Liberal Democrats	5
Reform UK	3

A party standing a full slate could field 16 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.

Aughton & Holborn

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Kerry Anne Lloyd Elected	931	40.7%	-13.9
Our West Lancashire	Gordon Paul Johnson	575	25.1%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Bruce Porteous	540	23.6%	-23.5
Reform UK	Nigel Leith Wilson	126	5.5%	—
Green Party	Paul Hamby	116	5.1%	—
Majority		356
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,288

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Our West Lancashire	Paul David Hesketh Elected	766	36.2%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jayne Louise Rear	636	30.0%	-27.2
Labour and Co-operative Party	Swin Purple	584	27.6%	-15.6
Green Party	Reese Riding	76	3.6%	—
Liberal Democrats	Karen Jayne Taylor	55	2.6%	-10.1
Majority		130
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,117

Our West Lancashire gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Burscough Town

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Judy Abbott Elected	960	55.8%	-4.5
Our West Lancashire	Adi Cotter	387	22.5%	-30.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ruth Melling	219	12.7%	-16.0
Liberal Democrats	Neil Pollington	85	4.9%	-9.7
Green Party	Simon Greenhalgh	70	4.1%	—
Majority		573
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,721

Labour Party hold

North Meols & Hesketh Bank

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ian Eccles Elected	768	50.3%	-15.4
Labour Party	Jan Monaghan	484	31.7%	+0.1
Liberal Democrats	Sarah Clifton	140	9.2%	-6.7
Green Party	William Edward Black	134	8.8%	-5.4
Majority		284
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,526

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Old Skelmersdale

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Donna West Elected	1,102	76.6%	-17.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jason Chapman	177	12.3%	-1.8
Green Party	Kath Lockie	159	11.1%	—
Majority		925
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,438

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Ormskirk East

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Our West Lancashire	Janet Ingman Elected	957	43.2%	-1.9
Labour and Co-operative Party	Adam Yates	922	41.6%	-12.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jason Grice	157	7.1%	-0.4
Reform UK	Simon Evans	96	4.3%	—
Green Party	Richard Simon Taylor	82	3.7%	—
Majority		35
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,214

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Ormskirk West

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Anne Mary Fennell Elected	948	45.8%	-6.1
Our West Lancashire	Jane Elizabeth Thompson	760	36.7%	-6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Juliana Gudgeon	133	6.4%	-2.2
Green Party	Paul French	122	5.9%	—
Reform UK	John Derek Bullock	107	5.2%	—
Majority		188
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,070

Labour Party hold

Rural North East

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Whittington Elected	1,203	54.7%	+2.8
Labour Party	Jennie Jackson	781	35.5%	-3.6
Green Party	Carole Jeanette Dundas	217	9.9%	—
Majority		422
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,201

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rural South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Our West Lancashire	Adrian Edward Owens Elected	708	48.2%	+0.2
Labour Party	Paul Dickie	462	31.5%	-1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Asheem Naraen	222	15.1%	-1.3
Green Party	Karen Anne Field	76	5.2%	—
Majority		246
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,468

Rural West

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Marilyn May Westley Elected	589	33.9%	-16.4
Our West Lancashire	Mark Brown	520	30.0%	-7.5
Labour and Co-operative Party	George Francis Oliver	501	28.9%	-14.2
Green Party	Lisa Marie Smith	126	7.3%	—
Majority		69
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,736

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Skelmersdale North

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Melissa Parlour Elected	959	76.5%	-13.3
Liberal Democrats	Peter John Chandler	150	12.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Susan Carole Brake	145	11.6%	-3.5
Majority		809
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,254

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Skelmersdale South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Julian Finch Elected	1,103	90.9%	+0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Susan Ingrid Janvier	110	9.1%	+0.4
Majority		993
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,213

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Maureen Nixon Elected	925	77.4%	-10.2
Green Party	Brian Martin McElhinney	136	11.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Richard Patrick Ainsworth	134	11.2%	-3.1
Majority		789
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,195

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Tarleton Village 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	John Mee Elected	985	56.3%	-8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Alexander Westley Elected	834	47.7%	—
Labour Party	Michelle Matthews	614	35.1%	+0.7
Labour Party	Damian John Owen	527	30.1%	—
Liberal Democrats	Tina Stringfellow	279	15.9%	-6.6
Green Party	Edwin G Black	262	15.0%	—
Majority		220
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,750

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Up Holland

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Gaynar Owen Elected	1,056	62.3%	-11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Julie Peel	380	22.4%	-7.8
Green Party	Charlotte M Houltram	258	15.2%	—
Majority		676
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,694

Labour Party hold

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