2025 Lancashire County Council election

2025 Lancashire County Council election
← 2021 1 May 2025
All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2025 Lancashire County Council election.
	Composition of the Lancashire County Council after the election.
Leader before election; Philippa Williamson; Conservative	Leader after election ; Stephen Atkinson; Reform

The 2025 Lancashire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Lancashire County Council in Lancashire, England.^[1] All 84 seats were elected. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. At the election, Reform UK won a majority of the seats on the council.

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After 2021 election			Before 2025 election^[3]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	48		Conservative	46
	Labour	32		Labour	26
	Liberal Democrats	2		Liberal Democrats	2
	Green	2		Green	2
	Reform	0		Reform	2
	Independent	0		Independent	5
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	1

Division	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Ref.
Chorley Rural West	14 September 2023		Keith Iddon		Alan Whittaker	Death	^[4]^[5]
Burnley Central West	26 October 2023		Andy Fewings		Scott Cunliffe	Resignation	^[6]^[7]

	Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
Conservative	6	8	6	6	10	6	9	4	5	8	8	8	84
Labour	6	8	6	6	10	6	9	4	5	8	8	8	84
Green	6	8	6	6	10	6	9	4	5	8	8	8	84
Reform	6	8	6	6	10	6	9	4	5	8	8	8	84
Liberal Democrats	3	6	3	0	10	6	9	4	1	8	5	7	62
Independent	4	1	5	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	0	2	23
TUSC	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8
OWL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Workers Party	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2025 Lancashire County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Reform	84	53	53	0	53	63.1	35.7	117,707	+35.4
	Conservative	84	8	0	40	40	9.5	21.1	69,748	–22.8
	Independent	23	7	7	0	7	8.3	5.5	18,024	+2.1
	Labour	84	5	0	27	27	6.0	18.9	62,414	–15.9
	Liberal Democrats	62	5	3	0	3	6.0	9.0	29,726	–0.1
	Green	84	4	3	1	2	4.8	8.4	27,629	+2.1
	OWL	4	2	2	0	2	2.4	1.2	4,066	+0.4
	TUSC	8	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	370	N/A
	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK)	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	71	N/A
	Workers Party	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	39	±0.0
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	18	–0.1

Seat	Result	Majority
Burnley Central East	Independent GAIN from Labour	268
Burnley Central West	Reform GAIN from Green	617
Burnley North East	Independent GAIN from Labour	1,527
Burnley Rural	Reform GAIN from Conservative	952
Burnley South West	Reform GAIN from Labour	1,071
Padiham & Burnley West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	332

2025 Lancashire County Council election

Previous council composition

Changes 2021–2025

Summary

Candidates

Election result

Candidates by district

District summaries

Division results by district

Burnley

Chorley

Fylde

Hyndburn

Lancaster

Pendle

Preston

Ribble Valley

Rossendale

South Ribble

West Lancashire

Wyre

References

See also

Related Articles

Seat	Result	Majority
Chorley Central	Labour HOLD	7
Chorley North	Reform GAIN from Labour	156
Chorley Rural East	Labour HOLD	404
Chorley Rural West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	365
Chorley South	Reform GAIN from Labour	463
Clayton with Whittle	Labour HOLD	91
Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley	Conservative HOLD	30
Hoghton with Wheelton	Reform GAIN from Conservative	248

Seat	Result	Majority
Fylde East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	494
Fylde South	Reform GAIN from Conservative	184
Fylde West	Conservative HOLD	182
Lytham	Conservative HOLD	352
St Annes North	Conservative HOLD	1
St Annes South	Conservative HOLD	171

Seat	Result	Majority
Accrington North	Reform GAIN from Labour	932
Accrington South	Reform GAIN from Conservative	297
Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central	Green GAIN from Labour	133
Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Reform GAIN from Labour	N/A
Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Reform GAIN from Conservative	N/A
Oswaldtwistle	Reform GAIN from Conservative	8

Seat	Result	Majority
Heysham	Reform GAIN from Conservative	727
Lancaster Central	Green HOLD	1,329
Lancaster East	Green GAIN from Labour	972
Lancaster Rural East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	31
Lancaster Rural North	Reform GAIN from Conservative	29
Lancaster South East	Green GAIN from Labour	910
Morecambe Central	Reform GAIN from Labour	185
Morecambe North	Reform GAIN from Conservative	861
Morecambe South	Reform GAIN from Conservative	788
Skerton	Reform GAIN from Labour	328

Seat	Result	Majority
Brierfield & Nelson West	Independent GAIN from Labour	2,396
Nelson East	Independent GAIN from Labour	874
Pendle Central	Reform GAIN from Conservative	549
Pendle Hill	Conservative HOLD	247
Pendle Rural (2-member division)	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	N/A
Pendle Rural (2-member division)	Reform GAIN from Conservative	N/A

Seat	Result	Majority
Preston Central East	Independent GAIN from Labour	898
Preston Central West	Labour HOLD	86
Preston City	Independent GAIN from Labour	96
Preston East	Reform GAIN from Labour	433
Preston North	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	663
Preston Rural	Reform GAIN from Conservative	380
Preston South East	Independent GAIN from Labour	36
Preston South West	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour	266
Preston West	Liberal Democrat HOLD	502

Seat	Result	Majority
Clitheroe	Reform GAIN from Conservative	417
Longridge with Bowland	Reform GAIN from Conservative	514
Ribble Valley North East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	674
Ribble Valley South West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	1,032

Seat	Result	Majority
Mid Rossendale	Reform GAIN from Labour	603
Rossendale East	Reform GAIN from Labour	1,164
Rossendale South	Reform GAIN from Conservative	490
Rossendale West	Labour HOLD	30
Whitworth & Bacup	Reform GAIN from Conservative	241

Seat	Result	Majority
Leyland Central	Reform GAIN from Labour	440
Leyland South	Reform GAIN from Conservative	497
Lostock Hall & Bamber Bridge	Reform GAIN from Conservative	242
Moss Side & Farington	Reform GAIN from Conservative	175
Penwortham East & Walton-le-Dale	Reform GAIN from Conservative	167
Penwortham West	Liberal Democrat HOLD	1,052
South Ribble East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	578
South Ribble West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	436

Seat	Result	Majority
Burscough & Rufford	Reform GAIN from Conservative	390
Ormskirk	OWL GAIN from Labour	536
Skelmersdale Central	Reform GAIN from Labour	441
Skelmersdale East	Reform GAIN from Labour	590
Skelmersdale West	Reform GAIN from Labour	560
West Lancashire East	OWL GAIN from Conservative	574
West Lancashire North	Conservative HOLD	362
West Lancashire West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	342

Burnley district summary
Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	4	4	8,319	37.9	N/A
	Independent	2	2	3,896	17.8	N/A
	Conservative	0	2	3,769	17.2	–14.3
	Labour	0	3	2,496	11.4	–18.9
	Green	0	1	1,842	8.4	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,564	7.1	–9.6
	Workers Party	0		39	0.2	N/A
Total		6		21,925	32.5
Registered electors				67,435	–

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Maheen Kamran	1,357	37.9	*N/A*
	Reform	Gavin Theaker	1,089	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Hannah Till	485	13.5	–35.9
	Green	Alex Hall	292	8.1	–7.3
	Conservative	Simon Bonney	255	7.1	–11.6
	Independent	Javad Mokhammad	68	1.9	N/A
	Workers Party	Rayyan Fiass	39	1.1	N/A
Majority			268	7.5	N/A
Turnout			3,585	30.2
Registered electors			11,882
	Independent gain from Labour

Burnley Central West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Liam Thomson	1,387	43.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Don Whitaker	770	24.1	+0.3
	Green	Martyn Hurt	516	16.1	–14.9
	Labour	Dylan Manning	375	11.7	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bartram	153	4.8	–6.3
Majority			617	19.2	N/A
Turnout			3,201	30.0
Registered electors			10,655
	Reform gain from Green

Burnley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Usman Arif*	2,430	59.1	*N/A*
	Reform	Jim Halstead	903	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Cheryl Semple	372	9.0	–40.8
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	242	5.9	–15.4
	Green	Julie Hurt	168	4.1	–2.3
Majority			1,527	37.2	N/A
Turnout			4,115	37.1
Registered electors			11,085
	Independent gain from Labour

Seat	Result	Majority
Cleveleys East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	529
Cleveleys South & Carleton	Reform GAIN from Conservative	823
Fleetwood East	Reform GAIN from Labour	982
Fleetwood West & Cleveleys West	Reform GAIN from Conservative	1,222
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative HOLD	634
Thornton & Hambleton	Reform GAIN from Conservative	807
Wyre Rural Central	Reform GAIN from Conservative	179
Wyre Rural East	Reform GAIN from Conservative	370

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Mark Poulton	1,798	42.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley*	846	20.2	–18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Birtwistle	823	19.6	+0.9
	Green	Jack Launer	447	10.7	–13.4
	Labour	Gemma Haigh	281	6.7	–6.6
Majority			952	22.7	N/A
Turnout			4,195	36.9
Registered electors			11,357
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Eddie Kutavicius	1,659	48.2	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Sumner	588	17.1	–7.3
	Conservative	Neil Mottershead	505	14.7	–8.2
	Labour	Daniel Tierney	494	14.4	–10.2
	Green	Jane Curran	194	5.6	+1.0
Majority			1,071	31.1	N/A
Turnout			3,440	29.0
Registered electors			11,844
	Reform gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Thomas Pickup	1,483	43.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Alan Hosker*	1,151	34.0	–27.5
	Labour	Daniel Armitage	489	14.4	–10.2
	Green	Janet Hall	225	6.6	+1.5
	Independent	Melissa Semmens	41	1.2	N/A
Majority			332	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3,389	31.9
Registered electors			10,612
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	4	4	10,863	36.5	N/A
	Labour	3	2	9,639	32.4	–16.6
	Conservative	1	2	5,290	17.8	–22.6
	Green	0		2,658	8.9	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		988	3.3	+1.1
	TUSC	0		271	0.9	N/A
	Independent	0		23	0.1	–0.7
Total		8		29,732	33.8
Registered electors				87,914	–

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Snow	1,307	35.5	–21.2
	Reform	Michaela Cmorej	1,300	35.3	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	594	16.1	–17.6
	Green	Debbie Brotherton	383	10.4	+1.7
	TUSC	Jennifer Hurley	96	2.6	N/A
Majority			7	0.2	–22.8
Turnout			3,680	32.2
Registered electors			11,434
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Martin Topp	1,140	41.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Hasina Khan*	984	35.4	–23.9
	Conservative	Sam Chapman	306	11.0	–17.3
	Green	Anne Calderbank	251	9.0	–2.4
	TUSC	Aamir Khansaheb	72	2.6	N/A
	Independent	Moira Crawford	23	0.8	N/A
Majority			156	5.7	N/A
Turnout			2,776	27.9
Registered electors			9,937
	Reform gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kim Snape*	1,667	45.8	–15.0
	Reform	Greg Heath	1,263	34.7	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Baines	414	11.4	–21.8
	Green	Simon Cash	179	4.9	–0.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Golden	118	3.2	N/A
Majority			404	11.1	–16.5
Turnout			3,641	36.6
Registered electors			9,944
	Labour Co-op hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Mark Wade	1,614	38.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	1,249	29.5	–11.3
	Conservative	Braeden Irvine	931	22.0	–26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Power	252	6.0	+0.7
	Green	Sef Churchill	182	4.3	–0.9
Majority			365	8.7	N/A
Turnout			4,228	39.0
Registered electors			10,832
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Lee Hutchinson	1,472	40.8	*N/A*
	Green	Olga Cash	1,009	28.0	+15.7
	Labour Co-op	Julia Berry*	825	22.9	–36.7
	Conservative	Christine Turner	206	5.7	–21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Curtis	98	2.7	N/A
Majority			463	12.8	N/A
Turnout			3,610	30.8
Registered electors			11,883
	Reform gain from Labour Co-op

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Clifford*	1,411	37.2	–10.6
	Reform	George Ikin	1,320	34.8	N/A
	Conservative	Greg Morgan	653	17.2	–25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Ormston	198	5.2	+1.1
	Green	Amy Coxley	187	4.9	+0.2
	TUSC	Carole Sasaki	22	0.6	N/A
Majority			91	2.4	–2.7
Turnout			3,791	33.8
Registered electors			11,219
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aidy Riggott*	1,507	33.0	–19.2
	Reform	Jonathan Close	1,477	32.3	N/A
	Labour	Frances Sharples	1,167	25.5	–9.2
	Green	Pauline Summers	240	5.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Frost	147	3.2	+1.2
	TUSC	Jacob Neal	30	0.7	N/A
Majority			30	0.7	N/A
Turnout			4,568	35.4
Registered electors			12,921
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Clemson	1,277	37.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Mike Graham	1,029	29.9	–6.8
	Conservative	Alan Cullens*	679	19.7	–27.1
	Green	Jon Royle	227	6.6	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	175	5.1	±0.0
	TUSC	Penelope Dawber	51	1.5	N/A
Majority			248	7.2	N/A
Turnout			3,439	35.3
Registered electors			9,744
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	2	7,923	34.2	–21.5
	Reform UK	2	2	7,160	30.9	N/A
	Independent	0		3,358	14.5	–3.0
	Labour	0		2,390	10.3	–5.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,208	5.2	–3.2
	Green	0		1,054	4.6	+1.4
	ADF	0		71	0.3	N/A
Total		6		23,164	35.5
Registered electors				65,336	–

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Joshua Roberts	1,314	34.3	*N/A*
	Independent	Peter Collins	820	21.4	–15.0
	Conservative	Tony Wellings	767	20.0	–20.5
	Independent	Edward Oldfield	455	11.9	N/A
	Labour	Phil Glaysher	325	8.5	–8.3
	Green	Brenden Wilkinson	148	3.9	N/A
Majority			494	12.9	N/A
Turnout			3,829	32.4
Registered electors			11,836
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Dwyer	1,310	36.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sandra Pitman	1,126	31.8	–29.2
	Independent	Noreen Griffiths	477	13.5	N/A
	Labour	Jed Sullivan	327	9.2	–2.0
	Green	Jayne Walsh	306	8.6	–0.1
Majority			184	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,546	33.7
Registered electors			10,532
	Reform gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Singleton*	1,563	42.7	–26.3
	Reform	Mark Qualter	1,381	37.7	N/A
	Labour	Natalya Stone	447	12.2	–6.6
	Green	Peter Walsh	272	7.4	N/A
Majority			182	5.0	–45.2
Turnout			3,663	34.3
Registered electors			10,693
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Ashton*	1,868	40.1	–6.0
	Independent	Mark Bamforth	1,516	32.5	–9.7
	Reform	David Green	728	15.6	N/A
	Labour	Alan Norris	262	5.6	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Marshall	115	2.5	–0.6
	Independent	Carole Harrison	90	1.9	N/A
	Green	Robin Darling	84	1.8	N/A
Majority			352	7.6	+3.7
Turnout			4,663	45.4
Registered electors			10,264
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Buckley*	1,224	33.98	–24.7
	Reform	Debra Challinor	1,223	33.95	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Gardner	618	17.2	–6.6
	Labour	Peter Tavernor	411	11.4	–5.6
	Green	Peter Cranie	97	2.7	N/A
	ADF	Valerie Lewis-Williams	29	0.8	N/A
Majority			1	0.03	–34.9
Turnout			3,602	33.4
Registered electors			10,781
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Rigby*	1,375	35.6	–32.9
	Reform	Gus Scott	1,204	31.2	N/A
	Labour	Viki Miller	618	16.0	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Phillips	475	12.3	+4.3
	Green	Maria Deery	147	3.8	–7.8
	ADF	Cheryl Morrison	42	1.1	N/A
Majority			171	4.4	–35.0
Turnout			3,861	34.4
Registered electors			11,230
	Conservative hold