Lancashire County Council elections

Lancashire County Council elections are held every four years. Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 84 councillors have been elected from 82 electoral divisions.^[1]

Political control

Lancashire County Council was first created in 1889. Its territory, powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority ahead of the new arrangements coming into effect on 1 April 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1981
	Labour	1981–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
	Labour	1989–2009
	Conservative	2009–2013
	No overall control	2013–2017
	Conservative	2017–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:^[3]

Councillor		From	To
Leonard Broughton	Conservative	1 Apr 1974	May 1981
Louise Ellman	Labour	May 1981	1997
John West	Labour	1997	Jun 2001
Hazel Harding	Labour	Jun 2001	7 Jun 2009
Geoff Driver^[4]	Conservative	Jun 2009	23 May 2013
Jennifer Mein	Labour	23 May 2013	25 May 2017
Geoff Driver	Conservative	25 May 2017	9 May 2021
Phillippa Williamson	Conservative	27 May 2021

Council elections

1973 Lancashire County Council election
1977 Lancashire County Council election
1981 Lancashire County Council election (new division boundaries)^[5]
1985 Lancashire County Council election
1989 Lancashire County Council election
1993 Lancashire County Council election
1997 Lancashire County Council election
2001 Lancashire County Council election
2005 Lancashire County Council election (new division boundaries)^[6]
2009 Lancashire County Council election
2013 Lancashire County Council election
2017 Lancashire County Council election (new division boundaries)^[1]
2021 Lancashire County Council election

County result maps

2005 results map
2009 results map
2013 results map
2017 results map
2021 results map

By-election results

Elections in the 1990s

Hesketh By-Election 13 June 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	2,263	53.1
	Conservative	2,004	46.9
Majority		259	6.2
Turnout		4,267	37.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Marine By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,644	60.4	-5.3
	Conservative	1,076	39.6	+5.3
Majority		568	20.8
Turnout		2,720	31.1
	Labour hold	Swing

South Ribble Central By-Election 16 September 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	751	38.5	-11.2
	Conservative	636	32.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	565	28.9	+13.4
Majority		115	5.9
Turnout		1,952	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Nelson By-Election 2 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,358	48.6	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,296	46.3	+14.7
	Conservative	143	5.1	-8.8
Majority		62	2.3
Turnout		2,797	29.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Elections in the 2000s

South Ribble South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,721	48.5	-4.8
	Labour	1,198	33.8	+3.2
	Conservative	627	17.7	+2.1
Majority		523	14.7
Turnout		3,546	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

West Lancashire South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,242	70.6	+9.2
	Labour	933	29.4	-6.8
Majority		1,309	41.2
Turnout		3,175	30.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

South Ribble North West By-Election 22 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pimblett	1,518	48.8	+13.7
	Conservative	P Wakeling	1,232	39.6	+4.7
	Labour	D Lyon	358	11.5	-18.4
Majority			286	9.2
Turnout			3,108
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Rural West By-Election 1 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkinson	1,781	49.8	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	1,205	33.7	-14.8
	Labour	Jean Al-Serraj	590	16.5	-5.2
Majority			576	16.1
Turnout			3,576	28.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Thornton Cleveleys Central By-Election 7 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lawrenson	1,536	48.3	+7.7
	Labour	Wayne Martin	934	29.4	-6.1
	UKIP	Olive Bergin	489	15.4	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Pitman	220	6.9	-11.1
Majority			602	18.9
Turnout			3,175=9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Burnley Central East by-election, 6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Misfar Hassan	3,157	44.35	+4.75
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	2,279	32.01	-5.95
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	868	12.19	+2.14
	Conservative	Matthew Isherwood	815	11.45	-0.94
Majority			878	12.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wyreside by-election, 28 October 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivien Taylor	2,178	58.00	-7.86
	Labour	Kevin Higginson	877	23.36	+10.30
	UKIP	Simon Noble	361	9.61	N/A
	Green	Susan White	339	9.03	-12.06
Majority			1,301
Turnout			3,762
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster East by-election, 6 May 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lizzi Collinge	1,758	50.85	+5.95
	Green	Tim Hamilton-Cox	1,408	40.73	-0.27
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Long	231	6.68	N/A
	TUSC	Steve Metcalfe	60	1.74	N/A
Majority			350	10.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley Rural North by-election, 21 July 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	1,144	43.76	+2.65
	Labour	Yvonne Hargreaves	1,042	38.37	+0.57
	UKIP	Christopher Stuart	303	11.16	-6.15
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	125	4.60	+0.83
Majority			102	3.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnley Central East by-election, 3 November 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sobia Malik	1,348	68.88	+10.74
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Payne	276	14.10	-1.42
	UKIP	Mark Girven	249	12.72	-6.68
	Green	Laura Fisk	84	4.29	N/A
Majority			1,072
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wyre Rural Central by-election, 11 January 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Salter	1,745	60.03	-6.11
	Labour	Nic Fogg	925	31.82	+11.01
	Green	Susan White	237	8.15	-4.90
Majority			820	59.86
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morecambe North by-election, 15 February 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Morris	1,332	48.95	-14.23
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Severn	809	29.73	+21.58
	Labour	Darren Clifford	580	21.32	-0.71
Majority			523
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1069, retrieved 22 August 2022
^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Council minutes". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Geoff Driver: Lancashire County Council leader to resign". BBC News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/43
^ "The County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2005/170, retrieved 22 August 2022

External links

Lancashire Council

[2016order-1] "The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1069, retrieved 22 August 2022

[2] "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[3] "Council minutes". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[4] "Geoff Driver: Lancashire County Council leader to resign". BBC News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[5] The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/43

[6] "The County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2005/170, retrieved 22 August 2022

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v t e Council elections in Lancashire
Lancashire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes