2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England.[1]

2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

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19 out of 54 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 9 7
Seats after 26 20
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 10,383 8,387

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party OWL Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 7 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,154
Map showing the results of the 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

This election was postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Results summary

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2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9   3 47.4 17 26 48.1 10,383 42.9 +4.1
  Conservative 7   1 36.8 13 20 37.0 8,387 35.1 +2.0
  OWL 2   1 10.5 5 7 13.0 2,154 8.9 -7.7
  Independent 1   1 5.3 0 1 1.9 1,321 5.5 +5.2
  Skelmersdale Independents 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 921 3.8 New
  Liberal Democrats 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 745 3.1 New
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 173 0.7 -2.9
  Reform UK 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 25 0.1 New

Ward results

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Ashurst

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Ashurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Upton 1,162 60.4 N/A
Labour Margaret Blake 608 31.6 −40.7
Conservative Rachel Bland 98 5.1 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Chandler 56 2.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Aughton and Downholland

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Aughton and Downholland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Turpin 839 46.2 −11.9
Labour Paul Hennessy 601 33.1 −8.8
OWL David Gallagher 215 11.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Thomas 137 7.5 N/A
Reform UK Nigel Wilson 25 1.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Birch Green

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Birch Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Gregson 509 66.7 −22.2
Skelmersdale Independents Mark Jones 170 22.3 N/A
Conservative Susan Janvier 84 11.0 −0.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Burscough East

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Burscough East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op David Evans 681 48.5 −9.9
Conservative Julie Baxter 623 44.3 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Neil Pollington 101 7.2 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Burscough West

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Burscough West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OWL George Clandon 649 43.0 N/A
Labour Andrew Pritchard 507 33.6 −29.1
Conservative Leon Graham 327 21.7 −15.6
Liberal Democrats Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu 27 1.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout
OWL gain from Labour Swing

Derby

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Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OWL Adrian Owens 840 48.1 +6.3
Labour Kevin Wright 617 35.4 −1.4
Conservative Lynne Gray 247 14.2 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Callum Clark 41 2.3 N/A
Majority
Turnout
OWL hold Swing

Digmoor

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Digmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Wilkie 635 67.3 −25.3
Skelmersdale Independents Irene Hughes 219 23.2 N/A
Conservative Susan Brake 89 9.4 +2.0
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Halsall

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Halsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Hirrell 322 52.4 +12.3
Labour David Heywood 149 24.3 −19.2
Independent Neil Campbell 124 20.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick Rekers 19 3.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

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Hesketh-with-Becconsall (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Witter 706 64.7 +1.3
Conservative Ian Eccles 589 54.0 −9.4
Labour Jane Catterall 232 21.3 −15.3
Labour Nicholas Kemp 230 21.1 −15.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Taylor 103 9.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Knowsley

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Knowsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Yates 881 44.1 −7.4
OWL Neil Pye 640 32.0 +23.6
Conservative Ruth Melling 404 20.2 −15.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hunter 74 3.7 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Moorside

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Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Aldridge 448 62.2 −29.0
Skelmersdale Independents Aaron Body 157 21.8 N/A
Conservative Alexander Holcroft 80 11.1 +2.3
Independent John Carroll 35 4.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Rufford

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Rufford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gordon 597 72.7 +1.2
Labour Jude Abbott 224 27.3 −1.2
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Scott

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Scott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Fennell 737 42.8 −0.2
OWL Blair Piggin 650 37.8 +2.1
Conservative George Pratt 288 16.7 0.0
Liberal Democrats Dermot O'Hara 46 2.7 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale North

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Skelmersdale North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Furey 703 72.8 −16.9
Skelmersdale Independents Trina Dunn 135 14.0 N/A
Conservative Julie Peel 127 13.2 +2.9
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Skelmersdale South

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Skelmersdale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna West 828 64.1 −17.2
Skelmersdale Independents Leonie Goldson 240 18.6 N/A
Conservative Carolyn Evans 224 17.3 +7.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Tarleton

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Tarleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darren Daniels 1,385 72.4 +5.0
Labour Damien Owen 386 20.2 −12.4
Liberal Democrats Tina Stringfellow 141 7.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Up Holland

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Up Holland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gaynar Owen 982 59.2 −8.6
Conservative George Rear 678 40.8 +8.6
Majority 304 18.4
Turnout 1,660
Labour hold Swing

Wrightington

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Wrightington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Katie Juckles 780 56.7 +3.2
Labour Catherine West-McGrath 422 30.7 −3.9
Green John Puddifer 173 12.6 +0.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

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North Meols

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North Meols: 4 November 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Howard 634 64.9 +15.6
Labour Elizabeth Savage 343 35.1 −3.0
Majority 291 29.8
Turnout 980 27.1
Conservative hold Swing  9.3

References

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  1. ^ "Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2021.