West Lancashire council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 15 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
7
Reform UK
Seats contested
15
across 15 wards
Turnout
41.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 7 +7 11,650 32.0% +30.8
Our West Lancashire 5 +2 6,800 18.7% +1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 -2 6,289 17.3% -8.9
Labour Party 0 -8 6,304 17.3% -29.2
Green Party 0 +0 4,150 11.4% +4.8
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 737 2.0% -0.5
Your Party 0 +0 450 1.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 15
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Green Party 15
Labour Party 15
Reform UK 15
Our West Lancashire 8
Liberal Democrats 7
Your Party 2

A party standing a full slate could field 15 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 +/−
Our West Lancashire Anne Marie Hughes Elected 1,162 39.4% +3.9
Reform UK Geoff Courtney 713 24.2% +0.1
Labour Party Paul Hennessy 427 14.5% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Bruce Porteous 397 13.5% -1.4
Green Party Simon T. Cockburn 247 8.4% +4.4
Majority449
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors6,552
Ballots cast2,946

Our West Lancashire hold

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Alison Jones Elected 827 28.8% —
Our West Lancashire Richard Luke Bradshaw 758 26.4% -9.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Eddie Pope 627 21.8% -8.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Swin Purple 399 13.9% -13.7
Green Party Conor Robert Lyth Edwards 214 7.5% +3.9
Liberal Democrats Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu 47 1.6% -1.0
Majority69
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors5,870
Ballots cast2,872

Reform UK gain from Our West Lancashire

Burscough Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Jess Riding Elected 938 40.3% +17.8
Reform UK Gareth Fairclough 629 27.0% —
Labour Party Andy Fowler 407 17.5% -38.3
Green Party Richard S. Taylor 195 8.4% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe De Freitas 159 6.8% -5.9
Majority309
Turnout40.7%
Registered electors5,727
Ballots cast2,328

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour Party

North Meols & Hesketh Bank

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Andrew De Freitas Elected 1,304 51.8% +1.5
Reform UK Nigel Swales 733 29.1% —
Labour Party Noel Delaney 207 8.2% -23.5
Green Party Clare E Edwards 163 6.5% -2.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Taylor 110 4.4% -4.8
Majority571
Turnout42.9%
Registered electors5,868
Ballots cast2,518

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Old Skelmersdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Ella Worthington Elected 883 42.8% —
Labour Party Karl Taraldsen 549 26.6% -50.0
Green Party Freya E J Matthews 523 25.4% +14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Patrick Ainsworth 106 5.1% -7.2
Majority334
Turnout33.1%
Registered electors6,267
Ballots cast2,061

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Ormskirk East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Michael John Crompton Elected 1,151 43.0% -0.3
Reform UK Simon Evans 531 19.8% +15.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Julie Gibson 524 19.6% -22.1
Green Party Paul Hamby 320 11.9% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Archie Thomas Fitzgerald 153 5.7% -1.4
Majority620
Turnout45.9%
Registered electors5,840
Ballots cast2,679

Our West Lancashire hold

Ormskirk West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Charles Robert Berry Elected 1,105 42.5% +5.8
Reform UK Graham Gilbert 585 22.5% +17.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Gareth Dowling 480 18.5% -27.3
Green Party Paul French 311 12.0% +6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Melling 120 4.6% -1.8
Majority520
Turnout44.5%
Registered electors5,847
Ballots cast2,601

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour Party

Rural North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Katie Juckes Elected 1,093 35.8% -18.9
Reform UK Nicola Crawford 1,001 32.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party George Francis Oliver 539 17.7% -17.8
Green Party Adriana P. Dent 420 13.8% +3.9
Majority92
Turnout50.1%
Registered electors6,116
Ballots cast3,053

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rural South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Our West Lancashire Linda Marjorie Webster Elected 842 40.6% -7.6
Reform UK Michael Sharples 580 28.0% —
Labour Party Paul Anthony Rochford 259 12.5% -19.0
Green Party Caitlyn Madden 238 11.5% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Vincent Turpin 154 7.4% -7.7
Majority262
Turnout42.8%
Registered electors4,854
Ballots cast2,074

Our West Lancashire hold

Rural West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Gareth Oakes Elected 1,191 46.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Margaret Marshall 527 20.7% -13.3
Labour Party Mike Cooper 405 15.9% -13.0
Green Party Charlotte M Houltram 297 11.6% +4.4
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Christie 131 5.1% —
Majority664
Turnout44.3%
Registered electors5,758
Ballots cast2,551

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Skelmersdale North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lizzie Urquhart Elected 780 38.7% —
Labour Party Tom Phillips 533 26.5% -50.0
Green Party Jay D Lowe 329 16.3% —
Liberal Democrats Peter John Chandler 146 7.3% -4.7
Your Party Paul Hogan 145 7.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ingrid Janvier 79 3.9% -7.6
Majority247
Turnout34.2%
Registered electors5,899
Ballots cast2,013

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Skelmersdale South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Nigel Hudson Elected 581 34.1% —
Our West Lancashire Dave Beeston 455 26.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Vickie Cummins 364 21.3% -69.6
Green Party Connor Patrick Scott Rudge 202 11.8% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Brown 57 3.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Carole Brake 46 2.7% -6.4
Majority126
Turnout29.7%
Registered electors5,751
Ballots cast1,705

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Aaron Body Elected 713 41.9% —
Labour Party Terry Devine 348 20.4% -57.0
Your Party Ron Cooper 305 17.9% —
Green Party Neil D Jackson 225 13.2% +1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Peel 63 3.7% -7.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Nicholas Gorrod 49 2.9% —
Majority365
Turnout27.2%
Registered electors6,281
Ballots cast1,703

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Tarleton Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Norma Marjorie Goodier Elected 1,236 45.6% -10.7
Reform UK Karl Hunter 875 32.3% —
Labour Party Kate Anderson 266 9.8% -25.3
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow 197 7.3% -8.7
Green Party Suzanne J Smith 138 5.1% -9.9
Majority361
Turnout47.1%
Registered electors5,775
Ballots cast2,712

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Up Holland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Richard Lee Elected 1,028 40.0% —
Labour Party Suresh Patel 597 23.3% -39.1
Our West Lancashire Neil Ronald Pye 389 15.2% —
Green Party Peter Andrew Cranie 328 12.8% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jayne Louise Rear 225 8.8% -13.7
Majority431
Turnout42.5%
Registered electors6,044
Ballots cast2,567

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

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