2017 Lancashire County Council election

2017 Lancashire County Council election
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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; No overall control;	Council control after election ; 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]}

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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.

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	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

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

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

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

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

2017 Lancashire County Council election

Electoral divisions

Summary

District seat summaries

Burnley borough

Chorley borough

Fylde borough

Hyndburn borough

Lancaster city

Pendle borough

Preston city

Ribble Valley borough

Rossendale borough

South Ribble borough

West Lancashire borough

Wyre borough

Division results by district

Burnley

Chorley

Fylde

Hyndburn

Lancaster

Pendle

Preston

Ribble Valley

Rossendale

South Ribble

West Lancashire

Wyre

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sobia Malik	1,820	60.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Ellen Sunter	605	20.1	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Payne	403	13.4	–2.1
	Green	Laura Fisk	185	6.1	N/A
Majority			1,215	40.3
Turnout			3,033	27.8
Registered electors			10,906
	Labour hold		Swing	6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Martin*	927	28.8	–8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Mottershead	904	28.1	–8.7
	Conservative	Andrew Newhouse	685	21.3	+6.2
	Green	Andy Fewings	327	10.2	N/A
	UKIP	Tom Commins	237	7.4	N/A
	Independent	David Roper	140	4.3	N/A
Majority			23	0.7
Turnout			3,228	30.2
Registered electors			10,706
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Burnley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Burns*	1,715	48.6	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Birtwistle	1,243	35.2	+20.4
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	487	13.8	+6.0
	Green	Jai Redman	83	2.4	N/A
Majority			472	13.4
Turnout			3,543	34.0
Registered electors			10,416
	Labour hold		Swing	14.2

Burnley Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley	1,420	38.7	+22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Kennedy	891	24.3	–10.4
	Labour	Lugna Khan	552	15.0	–14.1
	Independent	Margaret Brindle*	380	10.4	N/A
	UKIP	Alison Williams	313	8.5	–10.0
	Green	Barbara Baldwin	113	3.1	N/A
Majority			529	14.4
Turnout			3,677	32.7
Registered electors			11,250
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.4

Burnley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Sumner*	1,195	37.5	+2.8
	Labour	Lian Pate	981	30.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Dale Ferrier	655	20.6	+4.3
	Independent	Bill Brindle	213	6.7	N/A
	Green	Ceri Carmichael	140	4.4	N/A
Majority			214	6.7
Turnout			3,199	28.2
Registered electors			11,352
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Padiham & Burnley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Hosker	1,234	36.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone*	1,006	29.8	–24.6
	Conservative	Ivor Emo	714	21.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Payne	335	9.9	–3.6
	Green	Anne Whittles	63	1.9	N/A
	TUSC	Gavin Hartley	27	0.8	N/A
Majority			228	6.7
Turnout			3,381	32.6
Registered electors			10,369
	UKIP gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Holgate*	2,393	52.7
	Conservative	Mick Muncaster	1,440	31.7
	UKIP	Shaun Jones	269	5.9
	Independent	William Carpenter	237	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	206	4.5
Majority			953	21.0
Turnout			4,553	41.7
Registered electors			10,916
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hasina Khan	2,032	59.5	+19.8
	Conservative	Greg Morgan	918	26.9	–16.6
	UKIP	Tommy Shorrock	278	8.1	–8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Wilson	188	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,114	32.6
Turnout			3,421	34.5
Registered electors			9,917
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	18.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Snape*	2,503	59.3	+12.5
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	1,380	32.7	–2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Pilling	128	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Hayden Suart	118	2.8	–15.2
	Green	Andrew Whitson	93	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,123	26.6
Turnout			4,232	44.7
Registered electors			9,465
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Iddon*	2,364	51.6	+5.2
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	1,679	36.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Wright	347	7.6	N/A
	UKIP	Julia Smith	195	4.3	–13.8
Majority			685	15.0
Turnout			4,591	42.9
Registered electors			10,696
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Berry	2,048	53.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Phil Loynes	1,039	26.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Thomson	581	15.0	+12.4
	UKIP	Mark Smith	197	5.1	–13.2
Majority			1,009	26.1
Turnout			3,871	33.7
Registered electors			11,489
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Perks*	2,056	53.5
	Labour	Mark Clifford	1,566	40.8
	UKIP	Christopher Suart	218	5.7
Majority			490	12.7
Turnout			3,851	37.6
Registered electors			10,230
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aidy Riggott	2,506	52.6
	Labour	Matthew Lynch	2,008	42.2
	UKIP	Jeffery Mallinson	247	5.2
Majority			498	10.4
Turnout			4,773	41.6
Registered electors			11,466
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	1,925	46.5
	Labour	Margaret France	1,830	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	242	5.8
	Green	Gillian Hargreaves	140	3.4
Majority			95	2.3
Turnout			4,143	42.1
Registered electors			9,851
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liz Oades*	1,889	52.0	–6.4
	Conservative	Steve Rigby	993	27.3	+11.2
	Labour	Jayne Boardman	519	14.3	+3.3
	UKIP	Noel Matthews	230	6.3	–6.6
Majority			896	24.7
Turnout			3,640	34.3
Registered electors			10,604
	Independent hold		Swing	8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Rigby*	1,779	55.7	+13.4
	Independent	Julie Brickles	763	23.9	+2.1
	Labour	Steven McGuinness	499	15.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Fielding	151	4.7	N/A
Majority			1,016	31.8
Turnout			3,202	36.3
Registered electors			8,823
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Hayhurst*	1,837	44.5	+5.4
	Conservative	Sandra Pitman	1,688	40.9	+13.6
	Labour	Guy Cooper	372	9.0	±0.0
	UKIP	Brook Wimbury	121	2.9	–18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Harrison	106	2.6	N/A
Majority			149	3.6
Turnout			4,128	41.2
Registered electors			10,030
	Independent hold		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Ashton*	1,901	45.9	–2.2
	Ratepayers	Roger Lloyd	1,375	33.2	N/A
	Labour	Gareth Nash	380	9.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Marshall	238	5.7	–12.5
	UKIP	Tim Wood	128	3.1	–18.5
	Green	Duncan Royle	109	2.6	–2.9
	TUSC	Joshua Kelly	15	0.4	N/A
Majority			526	12.7
Turnout			4,155	40.1
Registered electors			10,373
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Buckley*	2,205	56.7	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	950	24.4	–4.4
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	539	13.8	–0.9
	Green	Christine Toothill	198	5.1	+1.6
Majority			1,255	32.3
Turnout			3,902	38.4
Registered electors			10,174
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Nash	2,244	61.1	+21.2
	Labour	Ruth Hurley	651	17.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Holland	432	11.8	–4.5
	Green	Ian Roberts	343	9.3	+3.7
Majority			1,593	43.4
Turnout			3,680	35.4
Registered electors			10,393
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Loraine Cox	1,976	63.4	+24.0
	Conservative	Josh Allen	1,142	36.6	+13.4
Majority			834	26.8
Turnout			3,134	29.2
Registered electors			10,736
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Dawson*	1,689	47.1	+6.1
	Conservative	Kath Pratt	1,599	44.6	+8.9
	UKIP	Stewart Scott	296	8.3	–11.0
Majority			90	2.5
Turnout			3,597	34.2
Registered electors			10,523
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Munsif Dad*	2,466	66.7
	Conservative	Judith Addison	1,002	27.1
	UKIP	Kenneth Smith	227	6.1
Majority			1,464	39.6
Turnout			3,711	34.2
Registered electors			10,868
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson*	2,926	45.6
	Labour	Jenny Molineux	2,850	44.4
	Conservative	Patrick McGinley	2,824	44.0
	Conservative	Ann Scaife	2,686	41.9
	UKIP	Bret Matthew	591	9.2
	Green	Joan West	512	8.0
	UKIP	John Taylor	435	6.8
Turnout			6,726	32.5
Registered electors			20,714
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe*	1,935	56.2	+14.6
	Labour	Colette McCormack	936	27.2	–2.7
	UKIP	Janet Brown	571	16.6	–12.0
Majority			999	29.0
Turnout			3,453	33.9
Registered electors			10,173
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gardiner	1,758	51.8	+15.4
	Labour	Paul Gardner	1,146	33.8	–1.1
	UKIP	Robert Gillespie	255	7.5	–14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mumford	144	4.2	N/A
	Green	Connor Dowding	88	2.6	±0.0
Majority			612	18.0
Turnout			3,398	31.2
Registered electors			10,905
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3