2005_Lancashire_County_Council_election

2005 Lancashire County Council election
All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	2005 local election results in Lancashire
	Council control after election ; Labour Party;

2005 Lancashire County Council election

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Elections to Lancashire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 general election.

Quick Facts All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council 43 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Each single-member ward in Lancashire was modified by boundary changes. No elections were held in Blackpool or Blackburn as they are unitary authorities outside of the county boundaries.

Ward results

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	44	52.38	37.62	197,061
Conservative	31	36.91	37.33	195,517
Liberal Democrats	6	7.14	19.04	99,710
Green	1	1.19	1.60	8,350
Independent	1	1.19	1.42	7,417
Idle Toad	1	1.19	0.32	1,680
BNP	0	0.00	1.85	9,702
Respect	0	0.00	0.53	2,795
UKIP	0	0.00	0.29	1,531

44	31	6	1	1	1
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	G	I	IT

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Cavangh	3,012	49.24
	Liberal Democrats	William Bennett	2,169	35.46
	Conservative	David Tierney	936	15.30
Majority			843	13.78
Turnout			6,117	53.58
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Martin	2,356	37.55
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,477	23.54
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Embra	1,339	21.34
	BNP	John Cave	1,102	17.57
Majority			879	14.01
Turnout			6,274	58.73
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terry Burns	2,418	40.43
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	1,949	32.59
	BNP	David Shapcott	838	14.01
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	776	12.97
Majority			469	7.84
Turnout			5,981	59.89
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Large	2,410	31.94
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	2,103	27.87
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McCann	1,829	24.24
	BNP	David Thomson	1,204	15.95
Majority			307	4.07
Turnout			7,546	66.17
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Martin	2,411	36.61
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bullas	2,007	30.47
	BNP	Derek Dawson	1,191	18.08
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	977	14.84
Majority			404	6.14
Turnout			6,586	58.56
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	2,377	37.98
	Liberal Democrats	Mary McCann	1,393	22.26
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	1,363	21.78
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	1,125	17.98
Majority			984	15.72
Turnout			6,258	60.42
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Yates	3,542	66.24
	Conservative	Roger Livesey	1,805	33.76
Majority			1,737	32.48
Turnout			5,347	54.67
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Perks	3,279	43.02
	Labour	Sharon Woodruff-Gray	2,752	36.11
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	1,591	20.87
Majority			527	6.91
Turnout			7,622	65.77
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Case	3,826	46.47
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	3,372	40.96
	Green	Matthew Sims	1,035	12.57
Majority			454	5.51
Turnout			8,233	67.57
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Livesey	2,442	40.82
	Labour	James Freeman	2,160	36.11
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	1,380	23.07
Majority			282	4.71
Turnout			5,982	57.85
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	3,840	50.05
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	3,833	49.95
Majority			7	0.10
Turnout			7,673	67.98
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Wilson	2,972	53.44
	Conservative	Lawrence Catterall	1,602	28.80
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	988	17.76
Majority			1,370	24.64
Turnout			5,562	56.20
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	3,369	40.26
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	2,770	33.11
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ball	2,228	26.63
Majority			599	7.15
Turnout			8,367	63.64
	Labour win (new seat)

**Fylde East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Oades	2,309	37.02
	Conservative	Peter Sowden	2,051	32.89
	Labour	Adrian Hutton	1,207	19.35
	Liberal Democrats	Willian Winlow	670	10.74
Majority			258	4.13
Turnout			6,237	60.67
	Independent win (new seat)

**Fylde South**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Whittle	2,954	54.45
	Labour	Michelle Miles	1,430	26.36
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Fielding	1,041	19.19
Majority			1,524	28.09
Turnout			6,233	60.46
	Conservative win (new seat)

**Fylde West**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joyce Stuart	3,426	54.97
	Labour	Nicholas Wareing	1,534	24.61
	Liberal Democrats	John Graddon	1,273	20.42
Majority			1,892	30.36
Turnout			6,233	63.30
	Conservative win (new seat)

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Ashton	3,647	59.31
	Labour	Marjorie Sherwood	1,437	23.37
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	1,065	17.32
Majority			2,210	35.94
Turnout			6,149	61.24
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Walton	2,640	41.89
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	2,152	34.15
	Labour	William Taylor	1,510	23.96
Majority			488	7.74
Turnout			6,302	59.98
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Jealous	2,601	42.77
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	2,096	34.47
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	1,384	22.76
Majority			505	8.30
Turnout			6,081	56.62
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Battle	3,561	60.52
	Conservative	Janet Storey	2,323	39.48
Majority			1,238	21.04
Turnout			5,884	61.06
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,288	58.80
	Conservative	Paul Barton	2,394	41.20
Majority			984	17.60
Turnout			5,592	59.06
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Doreen Pollitt	3,201	61.81
	Conservative	Mohammed Siddique	1,978	38.19
Majority			1,223	23.62
Turnout			5,179	52.27
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	2,241	43.56
	Conservative	Winifred Frankland	2,086	40.54
	Liberal Democrats	George Slynn	818	15.90
Majority			155	3.02
Turnout			5,145	62.52
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	2,918	46.24
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,244	35.56
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Fisher	1,149	18.20
Majority			674	10.68
Turnout			6,311	60.71
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	2,958	45.74
	Conservative	Ann Scaife	2,539	39.26
	Liberal Democrats	William Greene	970	15.00
Majority			419	6.48
Turnout			6,467	61.29
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Yates	2,453	39.30
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	2,214	35.48
	Liberal Democrats	William Riley	792	12.69
	Independent	Michael Greenall	607	9.73
	Green	Stephen Dickenson	175	2.80
Majority			239	3.82
Turnout			6,241	59.32
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Christopher Coates	2,252	31.43
	Labour	Michael Gibson	2,102	29.33
	Conservative	Helen Helme	1,821	25.41
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Fritz	991	13.83
Majority			150	2.10
Turnout			7,166	63.67
	Green win (new seat)

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Result

Council composition

Ward results

Burnley Central East

Burnley Central West

Burnley North East

Burnley Rural

Burnley South West

Padiham and Burnley West

Chorley East

Chorley North

Chorley Rural East

Chorley Rural North

Chorley Rural West

Chorley South

Chorley West

Fylde East

Fylde South

Fylde West

Lytham

St Annes North

St Annes South

Accrington North

Accrington South

Accrington West

Great Harwood

Oswaldtwistle

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

Heysham

Lancaster Central

Lancaster East

Lancaster Rural East

Lancaster Rural North

Lancaster South East

Morecambe North

Morecambe South

Morecambe West

Skerton

Brierfield and Nelson North

Nelson South

Pendle Central

Pendle East

Pendle West

West Craven

Preston Central North

Preston Central South

Preston City

Preston East

Preston North

Preston North East

Preston North West

Preston Rural

Preston South East

Preston West

Clitheroe

Longridge with Bowland

Ribble Valley North East

Ribble Valley South West

Rossendale East

Rossendale North

Rossendale South

Rossendale West

Whitworth

Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale

Faringdon

Leyland Central

Leyland South West

Penwortham North

Penwortham South

South Ribble Rural East

South Ribble Rural West

Ormskirk West

Skelmersdale Central

Skelmersdale East

Skelmersdale West

West Lancashire East

West Lancashire North

West Lancashire South

West Lancashire West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Scott	2,240	41.60
	Green	Matthew Wottoon	1,482	27.52
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Dunster	882	16.38
	Conservative	Joan Jackson	781	14.50
Majority			758	14.08
Turnout			5,385	56.30
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Charles	3,947	44.55
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Pritchard	2,560	28.89
	Labour	Benjamin Soffa	1,768	19.95
	Green	Abigail Mills	585	6.60
Majority			1,387	15.66
Turnout			8,860	68.75
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Fishwick	2,518	36.32
	Labour	Janette Gardner	1,902	27.43
	Liberal Democrats	June Greenwell	1,396	20.14
	Independent	Keith Budden	781	11.26
	Green	Ian McCulloch	336	4.85
Majority			616	8.89
Turnout			6,933	65.87
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Elliott	1,862	37.23
	Conservative	Clare Hilley	1,370	27.39
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hayes	1,370	27.39
	Green	Susanna Holden	395	7.90
Majority			448	9.76
Turnout			5,001	52.28
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Jones	2,667	44.85
	Labour	Elaine Bush	1,840	30.94
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clift	1,089	18.31
	Green	Pamela White	351	5.90
Majority			827	13.91
Turnout			5,947	73.19
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Thornton	2,554	38.64
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Day	1,927	29.15
	Conservative	Gordon Hagel	1,898	28.71
	Green	Howard Jago	231	3.49
Majority			627	9.49
Turnout			6,610	60.89
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janice Hanson	2,904	53.32
	Conservative	John Mace	1,331	24.44
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gradwell	983	18.05
	Green	Mark Westcombe	228	4.19
Majority			1,573	28.88
Turnout			5,446	51.02
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicola Penney	3,096	59.93
	Conservative	Anthony Johnson	1,347	26.07
	Green	Ashley Toms	723	14.00
Majority			1,749	33.86
Turnout			5,166	54.16
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nawaz Ahmed	2,913	45.70
	Labour	Colin Waite	2,135	33.50
	Conservative	Tonia Barton	876	13.74
	BNP	Anthony Locke	450	7.06
Majority			778	12.20
Turnout			6,374	61.78
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Robinson	2,133	35.73
	Labour	Dorothy Ormrod	2,081	34.86
	Conservative	Ann Jackson	1,025	17.17
	BNP	Trevor Dawson	731	12.24
Majority			52	0.87
Turnout			5,970	59.91
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)