2017 Lancashire County Council election

2017 Lancashire County Council election
All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2017 Lancashire County Council election.
Council control before election; Labour Minority; Labour	Council control after election ; Conservative Majority; Conservative

An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections across the UK. All 84 councillors were elected for single-member and dual-member divisions for a four-year term of office. The system of voting used is first-past-the-post. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities.^{[n 1]}

Conservative councillors won an overall majority in the council and formed a majority administration, Labour councillors form the second-largest grouping and UKIP's win of a seat was its single gain nationally in the 2017 local election cycle which saw all 145 of its other candidates standing in the election lose their seats.

Electoral divisions

Boundary revisions by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England meant these elections were fought on new divisions.^[1]^[2]

Summary

	Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
Conservative	1	4	4	1	5	3	2	4	5	6	4	7	46
Labour	3	4	0	5	4	2	6	0	0	1	4	1	30
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Independent	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UKIP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Results by borough

Burnley borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Burnley Central East	Labour hold	1,215
Burnley Central West	Labour hold	23
Burnley North East	Labour hold	472
Burnley Rural	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat	529
Burnley South West	Liberal Democrat hold	214
Padiham and Burnley West	UK Independence Party GAIN from Labour	228

Chorley borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Chorley Central	Labour hold	963
Chorley North	Labour hold	1,114
Chorley Rural East	Labour hold	1,123
Chorley Rural West	Conservative hold	685
Chorley South	Labour hold	1,009
Clayton with Whittle	Conservative GAIN from Labour	490
Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley	Conservative GAIN from Labour	498
Hoghton with Wheelton	Conservative GAIN from Labour	95

Fylde borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Fylde East	Independent hold	896
Fylde South	Conservative hold	1,016
Fylde West	Independent hold	149
Lytham	Conservative hold	526
St Annes North	Conservative hold	1,255
St Annes South	Conservative hold	1,593

Hyndburn borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Accrington North	Labour hold	834
Accrington South	Labour hold	90
Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central	Labour hold	1,464
Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Labour hold	N/A
Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Labour hold	N/A
Oswaldtwistle	Conservative hold	999

Lancaster city

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Seat	Result	Majority
Heysham	Conservative hold	612
Lancaster Central	Green hold	1,085
Lancaster East	Labour hold	767
Lancaster Rural East	Conservative hold	1,369
Lancaster Rural North	Conservative hold	1,124
Lancaster South East	Labour hold	664
Morecambe Central	Labour hold	486
Morecambe North	Conservative hold	1,566
Morecambe South	Conservative GAIN from Labour	284
Skerton	Labour hold	543

Pendle borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Brierfield & Nelson West	Labour hold	716
Nelson East	Labour hold	1,159
Pendle Central	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrats	353
Pendle Hill	Conservative Win	2,265
Pendle Rural	Conservative Win	N/A
Pendle Rural	Liberal Democrat Win	N/A

Preston city

Seat	Result	Majority
Preston Central East	Labour hold	1,992
Preston Central West	Labour hold	971
Preston City	Labour hold	1,669
Preston East	Labour hold	337
Preston North	Conservative hold	1,645
Preston Rural	Conservative hold	2,150
Preston South East	Labour hold	1,672
Preston South West	Labour Win	120
Preston West	Liberal Democrat hold	271

Ribble Valley borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Clitheroe	Conservative hold	5
Longridge with Bowland	Conservative hold	1,685
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative hold	2,208
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative hold	2,081

Rossendale borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Mid Rossendale	Conservative GAIN from Labour	8
Rossendale East	Conservative GAIN from Labour	89
Rossendale South	Conservative hold	327
Rossendale West	Conservative hold	517
Whitworth & Bacup	Conservative GAIN from Labour	17

South Ribble borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Leyland Central	Labour hold	183
Leyland South	Conservative hold	296
Lostock Hall & Bamber Bridge	Conservative hold	322
Moss Side & Farington	Conservative hold	1,511
Penwortham East & Walton-le-Dale	Conservative hold	561
Penwortham West	Liberal Democrat hold	449
South Ribble East	Conservative hold	1,383
South Ribble West	Conservative hold	2,381

West Lancashire borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Burscough & Rufford	Conservative hold	195
Ormskirk	Labour hold	661
Skelmersdale Central	Labour hold	2,224
Skelmersdale East	Labour hold	629
Skelmersdale West	Labour hold	1,646
West Lancashire East	Conservative hold	913
West Lancashire North	Conservative hold	989
West Lancashire West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	883

Wyre borough

Seat	Result	Majority
Cleveleys East	Conservative hold	1,214
Cleveleys South & Carleton	Conservative hold	1,590
Fleetwood East	Labour hold	727
Fleetwood West & Cleveleys West	Conservative hold	565
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative hold	2,132
Thorton & Hambleton	Conservative hold	1,543
Wyre Rural Central	Conservative hold	2,030
Wyre Rural East	Conservative hold	1,025

Notes and references

References

^ Lancashire County Council boundary proposals Local Government Boundary Commission for England
^ "The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ Full election results by division Lancaster City Council

Notes

^ All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over may 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) are also entitled to vote in the local elections.

[2] Lancashire County Council boundary proposals Local Government Boundary Commission for England

[3] "The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[4] Full election results by division Lancaster City Council

[1] All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over may 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) are also entitled to vote in the local elections.

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