2009 Lancashire County Council election

2009 Lancashire County Council election
All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	2009 local election results in Lancashire
Council control before election; Labour Party;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

A whole-council election to Lancashire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The United Kingdom government department Department for Communities and Local Government consulted on the issue of moving the elections to the same date as the 2009 European Parliament election, which resulted in the council elections being postponed to June to coincide. 84 councillors were elected for 84 divisions by first-past-the-post' for a four-year term of office. Wards were the same as those at the previous election in 2005. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities in a similar way to Greater Manchester and most of Merseyside.^[1]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 June 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[2] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[3]

Results

Lancashire County Council Election Result 2009
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	51	22	2	+20	60.71	41.65	140,053	+4.32%
Labour	16	2	30	-28	19.05	23.74	79,810	-13.88%
Liberal Democrats	10	7	3	+4	14.55	11.91	48,939	-4.49%
Independent	3	2	-	+2	3.57	3.64	12,228	+2.22%
Green	2	1	-	+1	2.38	3.95	13,295	+2.35%
BNP	1	1	-	+1	1.19	3.50	11,778	+1.65%
Idle Toad	1	-	-	0	1.19	0.59	1,986	+0.27%
UKIP	0	-	-	0	0.00	6.91	23,244	+6.62%
MB Independent	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.63	2,119	+0.63%
Community First	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.21	704	+0.21%
English Democrat	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.20	661	+0.20%
England First	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.18	599	+0.18%
No description	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.17	567	+0.17%
New Party	0	-	-	0	0.00	0.08	278	+0.08%

The overall turnout was 37.99% with a total of 336,261 valid votes cast. A total of 3,311 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the last election in 2005, the composition of the council was:

↓
44	31	6	1	1	1
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	G	I	IT

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
51	16	10	3	2	1	1
Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	I	G	B	IT

G - Green Party
I - Independent
IT - Idle Toad
B - BNP

Ward results

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent seeking re-election.

Burnley

Burnley Central East

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Bennett	1,748	39.59	+4.13
	Labour	Muhammad Baig	1,676	37.96	−11.28
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	547	12.39
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley	444	10.06	−5.24
Majority			72	1.63	−12.15
Turnout			4,415	38.02	−15.56
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Burnley Central West

Burnley Central West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Briggs	1,436	39.05	+17.71
	Conservative	Brent Whittam	850	23.12	−0.42
	Labour	Tony Martin*	715	19.45	−18.10
	BNP	David Shapcott	676	18.38	+0.81
Majority			586	15.93	1.92
Turnout			3,677	33.87	−24.86
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Burnley North East

Burnley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McCann	1,490	39.93	+7.34
	Labour	Terry Burns*	1,175	31.48	−8.95
	BNP	Peter John Rowe	566	15.17	+1.16
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	501	13.42	+0.45
Majority			315	8.45	+0.61
Turnout			3,732	37.06	−22.83
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Burnley Rural

Burnley Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Brindle	1,552	35.89	+11.65
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	1,212	28.02	+0.15
	BNP	David Thomson	842	19.47	+3.52
	Labour	Stephen Large*	719	16.62	−15.32
Majority			340	7.87	+3.80
Turnout			4,325	38.05	−28.12
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Burnley South West

Burnley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Sumner	1,896	47.06	+16.59
	BNP	John Cave	855	21.22	+3.14
	Labour	Maureen Martin*	689	17.10	−19.51
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	589	14.62	−0.22
Majority			1,041	25.84	+19.70
Turnout			4,029	34.69	−23.87
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Padiham and Burnley West

Padiham and Burnley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	1,155	30.70	8.92
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	954	25.36	−12.62
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Hurt	927	24.64	+2.38
	Conservative	Alan Marsden	726	19.30	+1.32
Majority			201	5.34	−10.38
Turnout			3,762	35.05	−25.37
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Chorley

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Brown	1,701	48.16	−18.08
	Conservative	Lawrence Catterall	1,005	28.45	−5.31
	UKIP	Nick Hogan	548	15.52
	New Party	Colin Denby	278	7.87
Majority			696	19.71	−12.77
Turnout			3,532	36.35	−18.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North

Chorley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Perks*	2,534	51.74	+8.72
	Labour	Mark Jarnell	942	19.23	−16.88
	UKIP	Hilda Freeman	749	15.29
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	673	13.74	−7.13
Majority			1,592	32.51	+25.60
Turnout			4,898	40.16	−25.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural East

Chorley Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Case	2,619	48.97	+2.50
	Labour	Christopher France	1,857	34.73	−6.23
	UKIP	Denise Hogan	872	16.30
Majority			762	14.24	+8.73
Turnout			5,348	43.90	−23.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural North

Chorley Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Devaney	1,849	49.57	+8.75
	Labour	Dave Rogerson	950	25.47	−10.64
	UKIP	Mark Rhodes	931	24.96
Majority			899	24.10	+19.39
Turnout			3,730	37.11	−20.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural West

Chorley Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	3,042	63.57	+13.62
	Labour	Alan Whittaker*	1,743	36.43	−13.62
Majority			1,299	27.14	+27.04
Turnout			4,785	42.99	−24.99
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chorley South

Chorley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Chapman	1,400	38.11	+9.31
	Labour	Hasina Khan	1,343	36.55	−16.89
	UKIP	David Hamer	931	25.34
Majority			57	1.56	−23.08
Turnout			3,674	35.46	−20.74
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chorley West

Chorley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	2,981	58.76	+25.65
	Labour	Edward Forshaw*	2,092	41.24	+0.98
Majority			889	17.52	+10.37
Turnout			5,073	40.75	−22.89
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fylde

Fylde East

Fylde East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liz Oades*	2,594	57.41	+20.39
	Conservative	Simon Renwick	1,607	35.57	+2.68
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	317	7.02	−12.33
Majority			987	21.84	+17.71
Turnout			4,518	42.95	−17.72
	Independent hold		Swing

Fylde South

Fylde South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Rigby	1,452	41.25	−13.20
	Independent	Louis Rigby	909	25.82
	Independent	Kiran Mulholland	665	18.89
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Fielding	266	7.56	−11.63
	Labour	Bill Taylor	228	6.48	−19.88
Majority			543	15.43	−12.66
Turnout			3,520	39.66	−20.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flyde West

Flyde West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Hayhurst	1,761	41.37
	Conservative	Janet Wardell	1,738	40.83	−14.14
	Liberal Democrats	John Graddon	463	10.87	−9.55
	Labour	Anthony Lambert	295	6.93	−17.68
Majority			23	0.54	−29.82
Turnout			4,257	42.63	−20.67
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Lytham

Lytham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Ashton	2,092	49.42	−9.89
	Independent	Ken Hopwood	1,196	28.26
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Armer	528	12.47	−4.85
	Labour	Janet Sherwood	417	9.85	−13.52
Majority			896	21.16	−14.78
Turnout			4,233	41.15	−20.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Annes North

St Annes North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	2,049	45.93	+11.78
	Conservative	Karen Buckley	1,502	33.67	−8.22
	UKIP	Bill Whitehead	614	13.76
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	296	6.64	−17.32
Majority			547	12.26	+4.52
Turnout			4,461	42.36	−17.62
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Annes South

St Annes South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fabian Craig-Wilson	1,618	40.63	−2.14
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	1,353	33.98	−0.49
	UKIP	Richard Whitehead	539	13.54
	Labour	Brenda Lambert	297	7.46	−15.30
	BNP	Frederick Booth	175	4.39
Majority			265	6.65	−1.65
Turnout			3,982	37.34	−19.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hyndburn

Accrington North

Accrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Pritchard	1,771	50.98
	Labour	Jean Battle*	1,136	32.70	−27.82
	No description	Brendan Shiel	567	16.32
Majority			635	18.28	−2.76
Turnout			3,474	35.80	−25.26
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Accrington South

Accrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Jones	1,640	46.49	−12.31
	Conservative	Paul Barton	1,161	32.91	−8.29
	Independent	Tony Hindley	440	12.47
	Green	Kerry Gormley	287	8.13
Majority			479	13.58	−4.02
Turnout			3,528	38.17	−20.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington West

Accrington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Younis	2,043	50.27	+12.08
	Labour	Doreen Pollitt*	2,021	49.73	−12.08
Majority			22	0.54	−23.08
Turnout			4,064	42.58	−9.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Harwood

Great Harwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ciaran Wells	1,316	39.99	−3.57
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	1,096	33.30	−7.24
	Independent	David Mason	879	26.71
Majority			220	6.69	+3.67
Turnout			3,291	41.62	−20.90
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,189	59.63	+24.07
	Labour	Dorothy Westell*	1,482	40.37	−5.87
Majority			707	19.26	+8.58
Turnout			3,671	36.15	−24.56
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson*	2,016	50.88	+5.14
	Conservative	Stan Horne	1,946	49.12	+9.86
Majority			70	1.76	−4.72
Turnout			3,962	38.63	−22.66
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Heysham

Heysham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Brown	1,592	45.57	+10.09
	Labour	Jean Yates*	818	23.42	−15.88
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Geoff Knight	797	22.82
	Green	Gisela Renolds	286	8.19	+5.39
Majority			774	22.15	+18.33
Turnout			3,493	32.90	−26.42
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lancaster Central

Lancaster Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Christopher Coates*	1,993	40.10	+8.67
	Conservative	Tom Currie	1,581	31.81	+6.40
	Labour	Richard Newman-Thompson	859	17.28	−12.05
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Barney	537	10.81	−3.02
Majority			412	8.29	+6.19
Turnout			4,970	44.44	−19.23
	Green hold		Swing

Lancaster East

Lancaster East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sam Riches	1,502	44.06	+16.54
	Labour	Elizabeth Scott*	999	29.31	−12.29
	Conservative	Miles Bennington	535	15.69	+1.19
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Nicholson	373	10.94	−5.44
Majority			503	14.75	+0.67
Turnout			3,409	35.04	−21.26
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Lancaster Rural East

Lancaster Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susie Charles*	2,498	42.91	−1.64
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Pritchard	1,292	22.19	−6.70
	UKIP	Fred McGlade	933	16.02
	Labour	Fraser Welsh	557	9.57	−10.38
	Green	Daniel Tierney	542	9.31	+2.71
Majority			1,206	20.72	+5.06
Turnout			5,822	43.36	−25.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster Rural North

Lancaster Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Fishwick*	2,085	50.79	+14.47
	Labour	John Reynolds	716	17.44	−9.99
	UKIP	John Whittaker	686	16.71
	Green	Michael Woodbridge	618	15.06	+10.21
Majority			1,369	33.35	+24.46
Turnout			4,105	39.25	−26.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster South East

Lancaster South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Jackson	1,081	29.61	+2.22
	Labour	Eileen Blamire	925	25.33	−11.90
	Green	Jane Fletcher	826	22.62	+14.72
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Dunster	603	16.52	−10.87
	UKIP	Bill Potts	216	5.92
Majority			156	4.28	−5.48
Turnout			3,651	35.78	−16.50
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Morecambe North

Morecambe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Jones*	1,972	56.86	+12.01
	Labour	Ian Pattison	837	24.14	−6.80
	Green	Adrienne Wallman	659	19.00	+13.10
Majority			1,135	32.72	18.81
Turnout			3,468	36.46	−36.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morecambe South

Morecambe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Thornton	1,157	31.88	+3.17
	Morecambe Bay Independent	David Kerr	861	23.73
	Labour	Martyn Jowett	698	19.23	−19.41
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clift	688	18.96	−10.19
	Green	Matthew Wootton	225	6.20	+2.71
Majority			296	8.15	−1.34
Turnout			3,629	34.00	−26.89
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Morecambe West

Morecambe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hanson*	684	25.89	−27.43
	UKIP	Nigel Brown	544	20.59
	Conservative	Pat Hibbins	516	19.53	−4.91
	Morecambe Bay Independent	Geoff Walker	461	17.45
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gradwell	263	9.95	−8.10
	Green	Simon Lewis	174	6.59	+2.40
Majority			140	5.30	−23.58
Turnout			2,642	24.94	−26.08
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton

Skerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niki Penney*	786	29.89	−30.04
	Conservative	Richard Rollins	706	26.84	+0.77
	Green	Ian Chamberlain	503	19.13	+5.13
	Independent	Roger Dennison	374	14.22
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Dearnley	261	9.92
Majority			80	3.05	−30.81
Turnout			2,630	27.03	−27.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendle

Brierfield and Nelson North

Brierfield and Nelson North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	2,253	39.20	+5.70
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Ahmed	1,974	34.34	−11.36
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdullah	940	16.35	+2.61
	BNP	Lee Karmer	581	10.11	+3.05
Majority			279	4.86	−7.34
Turnout			5,748	54.73	−7.05
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Nelson South

Nelson South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Adam	1,652	36.90	+2.04
	Conservative	Shakil Rehman	1,123	25.08	+7.91
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Robinson*	849	18.96	−16.77
	BNP	Helen Mulligan	507	11.33	−0.91
	UKIP	John Banks	346	7.73
Majority			529	11.82	+10.95
Turnout			4,477	42.14	−17.77
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pendle Central

Pendle Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Askew	1,275	31.00	+11.93
	Liberal Democrats	Dot Lord	1,207	29.34	+0.23
	BNP	Brian Parker	978	23.78	+9.95
	Labour	David Whalley	653	15.88	−22.11
Majority			68	1.66	−7.22
Turnout			4,113	39.25	−18.54
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pendle East

Pendle East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Calvert*	2,295	50.24	+14.11
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Thomas	651	14.25	−17.02
	BNP	Veronica Cullen	579	12.68	+2.12
	UKIP	Graham Cannon	546	11.95
	Labour	David Foat	497	10.88	−11.16
Majority			1,644	35.99	31.13
Turnout			4,568	41.71	−24.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pendle West

Pendle West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Derwent*	2,821	58.06	+10.85
	Labour	Bob Allen	816	16.79	−4.74
	Liberal Democrats	James Wood	648	13.34	−9.96
	BNP	Ronald Bradbury	574	11.81	+3.85
Majority			2,005	41.27	+17.36
Turnout			4,859	45.20	−24.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Craven

West Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bailey	2,431	41.83	+10.93
	Liberal Democrats	David Whipp*	1,996	34.34	−1.29
	BNP	James Jackman	897	15.43	+7.25
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	488	8.40	−13.90
Majority			435	7.49	+2.76
Turnout			5,812	44.10	−22.13
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Preston

Preston Central North

Preston Central North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank De Molfetta*	1,547	35.05	+4.19
	Independent	Terry Cartwright	1,207	27.34	+12.37
	Conservative	Sharon Riley	937	21.23	−2.42
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Finch	305	6.91	−11.29
	UKIP	Liz Mahon	266	6.03
	Green	Jonathan Sear	152	3.44
Majority			340	7.71	+0.50
Turnout			4,414	41.73	−18.33
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston Central South

Preston Central South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Crompton	1,136	36.42	−13.30
	Liberal Democrats	John Potter	724	23.21	+3.53
	Conservative	Collette Nuttall	584	18.73	−2.43
	Independent	Vali Patel	432	13.85
	UKIP	Abdullah Turgut	243	7.79
Majority			412	13.21	−15.35
Turnout			3,119	28.59	−23.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston City

Preston City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yousuf Motala	1,589	48.02	+1.58
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Pennington	666	20.13	+2.41
	Conservative	Hussain Mulla	647	19.55	+3.87
	Green	Mark Westcombe	407	12.30
Majority			923	27.89	+1.61
Turnout			3,309	33.11	−21.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston East

Preston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Ellard*	1,004	37.45	−20.47
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	707	26.37	+2.20
	England First	Mark Cotterill	599	22.34
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Gallagher	371	13.84	+0.08
Majority			297	11.08	−22.67
Turnout			2,681	24.27	−23.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston North

Preston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Driver*	2,460	59.26	+11.39
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Wilkinson	1,199	28.89	−4.73
	Labour	John Young	492	11.85	−6.66
Majority			1,261	30.37	+16.12
Turnout			4,151	46.56	−21.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston North East

Preston North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh*	1,793	44.76	+4.88
	UKIP	Richard Muirhead	774	19.32
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Wren	766	19.12	−10.29
	Labour	Bert Williams	673	16.80	−13.91
Majority			1,019	25.44	+16.27
Turnout			4,006	38.00	−21.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston North West

Preston North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	1,380	44.66	+14.53
	Labour	Tom Burns*	996	32.23	−12.32
	Conservative	Alun Roberts	714	23.11	−0.16
Majority			384	12.43	−1.99
Turnout			3,090	34.90	−22.69
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Preston Rural

Preston Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Wilkins*	2,672	68.69	+5.22
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Richardson	540	13.88	−6.32
	Green	Louise Ashcroft	428	11.00
	Labour	Jack Davenport	250	6.43	−9.90
Majority			2,132	54.81	+11.54
Turnout			3,890	43.43	−23.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Preston South East

Preston South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Mein	1,601	60.97	+8.42
	Conservative	Julian Sedgewick	557	21.21	+6.89
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Buxton	468	17.82	+3.16
Majority			1,044	39.76	+5.68
Turnout			2,626	29.55	−20.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston West

Preston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Winlow	1,590	44.00	−1.06
	Conservative	Julie Buttle	1,552	42.94	+15.49
	Labour	Drew Gale	472	13.06	−14.43
Majority			38	1.06	−16.51
Turnout			3,614	34.97	−21.72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ribble Valley

Clitheroe

Clitheroe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Knox	1,864	45.23	3.50
	Conservative	John Hill	1,841	44.67	+8.38
	Labour	Tomas Thurogood-Hyde	416	10.10	−11.88
Majority			23	0.56	−4.88
Turnout			4,121	36.03	−25.18
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longridge with Bowland

Longridge with Bowland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	2,820	69.82	+13.99
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Entwistle	806	19.95	−8.46
	Labour	Niall Macfarlane	413	10.23	−5.53
Majority			2,014	49.87	+22.45
Turnout			4,039	37.50	−27.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ribble Valley North East

Ribble Valley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Atkinson*	3,273	61.97	+5.42
	Liberal Democrats	David Berryman	1,252	23.70	−3.69
	UKIP	Bernard Hough	757	14.33
Majority			2,021	38.27	+9.11
Turnout			5,282	45.06	−26.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ribble Valley South West

Ribble Valley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Holtom*	2,788	63.84	+4.88
	Liberal Democrats	John Theakstone	946	21.66	−2.57
	UKIP	Rosemary Wickenden	633	14.50
Majority			1,842	42.18	+7.45
Turnout			4,367	41.91	−27.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rossendale

Rossendale East

Rossendale East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jimmy Eaton*	1,449	37.51	−4.14
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Sheffield	863	22.34	+3.19
	Labour	Dale Connearn	732	18.95	−20.25
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	526	13.62
	Green	Helen Jackson	293	7.58
Majority			586	15.17	+12.72
Turnout			3,863	33.28	−26.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rossendale North

Rossendale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Winder	1,894	45.60	+1.89
	Labour	Hazel Harding*	1,343	32.33	−12.04
	English Democrat	Tony Justice	482	11.60
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Adamson	435	10.47	−1.45
Majority			551	13.27	+12.61
Turnout			4,154	40.87	−23.90
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rosendale South

Rosendale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darryl Smith	2,368	56.22	+18.92
	Labour	Nick Pilling	1,052	24.98	−11.84
	Liberal Democrats	Sadaqut Amin	792	18.80	−2.35
Majority			1,316	31.24	+30.76
Turnout			4,212	37.46	−25.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rosendale West

Rosendale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	1,288	37.73	−11.72
	Labour	Bob Wilkinson*	872	25.54	−25.01
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Pilling	684	20.03
	UKIP	David Duthie	570	16.70
Majority			416	12.19	+11.09
Turnout			3,414	38.24	−21.33
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Whitworth

Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Steen	941	28.17	−0.46
	Labour	Sean Serridge	904	27.06	−7.35
	Community First	Alan Neal	704	21.07
	BNP	Michael Crossley	543	16.25
	Liberal Democrats	Hetty Crawshaw	249	7.45	−6.32
Majority			37	1.11	−4.67
Turnout			3,341	34.60	−22.68
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

South Ribble

Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale

Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Mullineaux	1,455	47.10	+15.83
	Labour	David Watts	909	29.43	−12.76
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cassell	725	23.47	+10.40
Majority			546	17.67	+6.75
Turnout			3,089	31.71	−26.66
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Farington

Farington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Otter	1,482	50.65	+19.79
	Labour	Fred Heyworth*	724	24.74	−16.29
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stringfellow	720	24.61	−3.50
Majority			758	25.91	+15.74
Turnout			2,926	34.36	−25.74
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Leyland Central

Leyland Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike France	1,942	42.32	+19.80
	Labour	Matthew Tomlinson*	1,531	33.36	−14.46
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Forrest	1,116	24.32	−5.34
Majority			411	8.96	−9.20
Turnout			4,589	37.10	−25.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Leyland South West

Leyland South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Green	2,038	51.83	+22.02
	Labour	Anne Brown*	1,228	31.23	−20.12
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Armstrong	666	16.94	−1.90
Majority			810	20.60	−0.94
Turnout			3,932	34.59	−22.83
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Penwortham North

Penwortham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Pimblett*	2,124	46.06	+6.98
	Conservative	Mary Robinson	2,033	44.09	+10.96
	Labour	David Bretherton	454	9.85	−9.76
Majority			91	1.97	−3.98
Turnout			4,611	49.13	−20.87
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Penwortham South

Penwortham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Renee Blow	2,048	52.27	+18.34
	Labour	Cheryl Ledward-Lee	976	24.91	−22.53
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Garratt	894	22.82	+4.19
Majority			1,072	27.36	+13.85
Turnout			3,918	34.26	−26.04
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

South Ribble Rural East

South Ribble Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Idle Toad	Tom Sharratt*	1,986	56.13	+11.84
	Conservative	Barrie Yates	1,552	43.87	+16.23
Majority			434	12.26	−3.96
Turnout			3,538	37.31	−23.21
	Idle Toad hold		Swing

South Ribble Rural West

South Ribble Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Young*	2,765	56.94	+3.05
	UKIP	Ann Wilkins	708	14.58
	Labour	Diane Maier	581	11.96	−13.95
	Liberal Democrats	David Moore	501	10.32	−9.88
	Green	Kevin Moore	301	6.20
Majority			2,057	42.36	+14.38
Turnout			4,856	42.65	−25.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Lancashire

Ormskirk West

Ormskirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bailey	1,465	42.45	+0.19
	Labour	Steve Hanlon	968	28.05	−15.57
	UKIP	Pat Franklin-Braid	427	12.37
	Green	Maurice George	412	11.94	+3.12
	English Democrat	Ken Walters	179	5.19
Majority			497	14.40	+13.04
Turnout			3,451	38.38	−22.20
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Skelmersdale Central

Skelmersdale Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Aldridge*	1,465	55.24	−18.58
	UKIP	Mike Brennan	768	28.96
	Conservative	Paul Greenall	419	15.80	+4.72
Majority			697	26.28	−32.45
Turnout			2,652	23.45	−19.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale East

Skelmersdale East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Evans	1,678	41.17	+1.57
	Labour	Bob Pendleton*	1,513	37.12	−23.28
	UKIP	Margaret Radcliffe	885	21.71
Majority			165	4.05	−16.75
Turnout			4,076	36.85	−20.14
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Skelmersdale West

Skelmersdale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Skilling	1,369	44.15	−35.99
	UKIP	Helen Daniels	893	28.80
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	507	16.35	−3.51
	Green	Anne Doyle	332	10.70
Majority			476	15.35	−44.93
Turnout			3,101	26.97	−24.21
	Labour hold		Swing

West Lancashire East

West Lancashire East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Westley	1,984	58.37	+10.47
	Labour	Jacqueline Citarella	736	21.65	−9.84
	Green	John Watt	679	19.98
Majority			1,248	36.72	+20.31
Turnout			3,399	36.96	−23.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Lancashire North

West Lancashire North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Barron*	2,514	66.54	+12.41
	UKIP	Alan Robinson	732	19.38
	Labour	Alan Bullen	532	14.09	−9.00
Majority			1,782	47.16	+16.11
Turnout			3,778	34.82	−24.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Lancashire South

West Lancashire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David O'Toole*	2,339	55.53	−0.69
	UKIP	Jim Bevan	995	23.62
	Labour	Paul Cotterill	878	20.85	−12.32
Majority			1,344	31.91	+8.86
Turnout			4,212	37.83	−25.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Lancashire West

West Lancashire West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Cropper*	2,226	50.76	−1.05
	Labour	Cynthia Dereli	1,012	23.08	−25.11
	UKIP	John Roughley	742	16.92
	Green	Martin Lowe	405	9.24
Majority			1,214	27.68	+24.06
Turnout			4,385	36.34	−23.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyre

Amounderness

Amounderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shedwick*	2,153	59.34	+1.92
	Labour	Alan Morgan	669	18.44	−24.14
	UKIP	Les Holt	601	16.57
	BNP	Julie Blain	205	5.65
Majority			1,484	40.90	+26.06
Turnout			3,628	41.15	−23.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleetwood East

Fleetwood East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw*	1,296	36.98	−20.67
	Conservative	Rosemary Timmerman	989	28.22	−0.44
	UKIP	Vicki Hopwood	562	16.03
	BNP	Ian Starks	380	10.84
	Green	Rachel Normington	278	7.93
Majority			307	8.76	−20.23
Turnout			3,505	34.44	−16.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Fleetwood West

Fleetwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stan Leadbetter	1,356	36.61	+4.53
	Labour	Marge Anderton	1,067	28.81	−22.23
	UKIP	David Gerrard	632	17.06	+11.22
	BNP	Barry Carr	403	10.88
	Green	John Harrison	246	6.64
Majority			289	7.80	−11.16
Turnout			3,704	39.34	−15.55
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Garstang

Garstang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Wilson*	3,036	58.96	+5.22
	UKIP	Joe Relton	971	18.86
	Green	Chris Hart	602	11.69
	Labour	Billy Glasgow	540	10.49	−11.49
Majority			2,065	40.10	+10.64
Turnout			5,149	42.35	−24.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poulton-le-Fylde

Poulton-le-Fylde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Roper*	2,550	55.03	+1.63
	UKIP	David Jay	800	17.26
	Labour	Sean Hazlewood	714	15.41	−16.05
	Liberal Democrats	Kevan Benfold	570	12.30	−2.84
Majority			1,750	37.77	+15.83
Turnout			4,634	42.08	−21.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thornton Cleveleys Central

Thornton Cleveleys Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lawrenson	2,111	47.60	+6.96
	UKIP	Roy Hopwood	1,051	23.70	+17.82
	Labour	Wayne Martin	915	20.63	−14.89
	BNP	Neville Brydon	358	8.07
Majority			1,060	23.90	+18.78
Turnout			4,435	40.01	−19.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thornton Cleveleys North

Thornton Cleveleys North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Kay	1,740	41.17	+1.76
	Labour	Penny Martin*	1,276	30.20	−20.25
	UKIP	Edward Barnes	779	18.43	+8.29
	BNP	James Clayton	431	10.20
Majority			464	10.97	−0.07
Turnout			4,226	42.83	−16.03
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wyreside

Wyreside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Mutch*	3,582	65.86	+1.64
	Green	Alan Schofield	1,147	21.09
	Labour	Andy Meredith	710	13.05	−22.73
Majority			2,435	44.77	+16.33
Turnout			5,439	43.38	−20.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Lancashire County Council: Local Elections". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
^ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[elections-1] "Lancashire County Council: Local Elections". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 24 August 2008.

[2] "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[3] "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

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