2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election

2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election
20 out of 54 seats to West Lancashire Borough Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England.^[1]

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2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11		55.0	15	26	48.1	13,310	50.9	+8.0
	Conservative	8		40.0	12	20	37.0	9,215	35.2	+0.1
	OWL	1		5.0	6	7	13.0	3,164	12.1	+3.2
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.9	N/A	N/A	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	475	1.8	-1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Gagen	1,121	81
	Conservative	George Rear	166	12
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chandler	98	7
Majority				69
Turnout				27
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David O'Toole	825	48	+1.8
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	763	44	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dermot O'Hara	131	8	+0.5
Majority			62	4	−9.1
Turnout				38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Rob Molloy	596	51
	Conservative	Doreen Stephenson	577	49
Majority			19	2
Turnout				37
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Burnside	695	53
	Labour	Damian Owen	632	49
	Conservative	Julie Baxter	495	38
	Conservative	Jason Grice	476	37
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Pollington	125	10
Majority
Turnout				36.93
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election

Ward results

Ashurst

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton Park

Burscough East

Burscough West

Derby

Hesketh with Becconsall

Knowsley

Moorside

Newburgh

North Meols

Parbold

Scarisbrick

Scott

Skelmersdale South

Tanhouse

Tarleton

Up Holland

Wrightington

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Fowler	664	46
	OWL	Alexander William Dow	538	37
	Conservative	George Ernest Pratt	251	17
Majority				9
Turnout			1453	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	OWL	Ian Davis	803	46
	Labour Co-op	Nikki Hennessy	739	42
	Conservative	Gillian Taylor	145	8
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Clark	62	4
Majority			64	4
Turnout				32
	OWL hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Eccles	618	59
	Labour	Melissa Parlour	431	41
Majority				18
Turnout				32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Gareth Dowling	970	50
	OWL	Janet Ingman	747	39
	Conservative	Julie Peel	204	11
Majority
Turnout				41
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Fillis	536	87
	Conservative	Susan Brake	81	13
Majority
Turnout				24
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eddie Pope	490	69
	Labour	John Tribe	218	31
Majority
Turnout				44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Gresty	680	59
	Labour	Tony Lockie	408	36
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Taylor	59	5
Majority
Turnout				32
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Whittington	760	60
	Labour	Margaret Blake	504	40
Majority				20
Turnout				42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Marshall	663	62
	Labour Co-op	George Oliver	404	38
Majority				24
Turnout				35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Anderson	896	51
	OWL	Neil Pye	689	39
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	183	10
Majority			207	12
Turnout				37
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Vickie Cummins	867	73
	OWL	Joy Balan	191	16
	Conservative	Jayne Rear	137	11
Majority
Turnout				25
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Hogan	649	86
	Conservative	Susan Janvier	108	14
Majority
Turnout				22
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mee	1,096	58
	Labour	Chris Houlihan	584	31
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Maria Stringfellow	196	10
Majority
Turnout				39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Suresh Patel	1,032	64
	Conservative	Alexander Holcroft	573	36
Majority
Turnout				32
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Bailey	687	53
	Labour	Catherine West-McGrath	601	47
Majority			86	6
Turnout				39
	Conservative hold		Swing

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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