West Lancashire Borough Council elections

West Lancashire Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. West Lancashire Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of West Lancashire in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 45 councillors representing 15 wards, with each ward electing three councillors.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	435	90.6	+2.7
	Conservative	45	9.4	+0.4
Majority		390	81.2
Turnout		480	13.6
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	585	50.0	−7.4
	Conservative	533	45.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	45	3.8	+3.8
	Natural Law	7	0.6	−1.4
Majority		52	4.4
Turnout		1,170
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,385	50.4	−8.7
	Labour	1,363	49.6	+12.1
Majority		22	0.8
Turnout		2,748
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	929	58.5	+1.1
	Conservative	660	41.5	+3.1
Majority		269	17.0
Turnout		1,589
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	571	63.4	+10.0
	Labour	330	36.6	−6.0
Majority		241	26.8
Turnout		901	14.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	220	81.8	+9.5
	Conservative	49	18.2	−9.5
Majority		179	63.8
Turnout		269	8.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	608	59.8	+11.8
	Conservative	408	40.2	+4.7
Majority		200	19.6
Turnout		1,016	20.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Coyle	515	59.8	−16.7
	UKIP	Helen Daniels	236	27.4	+27.4
	Conservative	Sarah Ainscough	110	12.8	−10.7
Majority			279	32.4
Turnout			861	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Pryce Roberts	644	73.9	+0.6
	Conservative	Sarah Ainscough	122	14.0	−4.2
	UKIP	Michael Brennan	105	12.1	+12.1
Majority			522	59.9
Turnout			871	17.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fillis	749	51.2	−6.9
	Conservative	David Sudworth	597	40.8	−1.2
	UKIP	Gary McNulty	118	8.1	+8.1
Majority			152	10.4
Turnout			1,464	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Wynn	685	86.8	−3.8
	Green	Peter Cranie	57	7.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Edward McCarthy	47	6.0	−1.3
Majority			628	79.6
Turnout			789
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whittington	554	49.6	−18.3
	Labour	Clare Gillard	461	41.2	+9.1
	UKIP	Damon Noone	103	9.2	+9.2
Majority			93	8.3
Turnout			1,118
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Patterson	591	87.9	−1.8
	Conservative	David Meadows	81	12.1	+1.8
Majority			510	75.9
Turnout			672
	Labour hold		Swing

Aughton Park By-Election 8 June 2017^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Stephenson	1,381	55.8	+7.4
	Labour	Bernie Green	1,095	44.2	+8.7
Majority			286	11.6
Turnout			2,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derby by-election 29 June 2017^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Ian Davis	705	42.4	+0.6
	Labour	George Oliver	596	35.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	362	21.8	+4.2
Majority			109	6.6
Turnout			1,667
	OWL gain from Conservative		Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall by-election 19 July 2018^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Witter	510	41.2	−18.6
	Labour	Nick Kemp	432	34.9	+4.0
	Independent	Steve Kirby	295	23.8	+23.8
Majority			78	6.3
Turnout			1,237
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knowsley by-election 26 July 2018^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Dowling	641	40.8	−10.1
	OWL	Kate Mitchell	567	36.1	+20.7
	Conservative	Jeffrey Vernon	364	23.2	−10.6
Majority			74	4.7
Turnout			1,572
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Cooper	464	72.3	−12.8
	Independent	Aaron Body	129	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Alexander Blundell	49	7.6	−7.3
Majority			335	52.2
Turnout			642
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Gregson	390	60.8	+2.2
	Skelmersdale Independent Party	Andrew Taylor	191	29.8	−5.3
	Conservative	George Rear	60	9.4	+3.1
Majority			199	31.0
Turnout			641
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Howard	634	64.9
	Labour	Liz Savage	343	35.1
Majority			291	29.8
Turnout			977
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Gordon Johnson	704	35.5	+10.4
	Reform	Aaron Body	478	24.1	+18.6
	Labour	Karl Taraldsen	385	19.4	−21.3
	Conservative	Bruce Porteous	295	14.9	−8.7
	Green	Charlotte Houltram	78	3.9	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chandler	42	2.1	+2.1
Majority			226	11.4
Turnout			1,982
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing