Lancashire County Council election, 2009

4 June 2009

All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council 43 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	51	16	10
Seat change	20	28	4

The county of Lancashire within England

Council control before election

Labour Party

Council control after election

Conservative

A whole-council election to Lancashire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009. The United Kingdom government department Department for Communities and Local Government consulted on the issue of moving the elections to the same date as the European Parliament election, 2009, which resulted in the council elections being postponed to June to coincide. 84 councillors were elected for 84 divisions by first-past-the-post' for a four-year term of office. Wards were the same as those at the previous election in 2005. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities in a similar way to Greater Manchester and most of Merseyside.^[1]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 June 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[2] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[3]

Summary

The election saw the Labour Party lose overall control of the council to the Conservative Party, who achieved an absolute majority. The Labour Party group became the council's official opposition.

Summary of Results

Elections were held in 2005 across Lancashire.

Summary of results 2005
	Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
Labour	6	4	0	6	6	1	6	0	3	5	4	3	44
Conservative	0	3	5	0	3	2	3	3	2	1	4	5	31
Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Idle Toad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Independent	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Summary of results 2009
	Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
Labour	0	1	0	3	2	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	16
Conservative	0	6	3	2	6	4	3	3	5	6	6	7	51
Liberal Democrat	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	10
Green	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Idle Toad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Independent	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
BNP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Party results


Party	Defending Seats	Results	Change
Conservative	31	51	+20
Labour	44	16	-28
Liberal Democrats	6	10	+4
Independent	1	3	+2
Green	1	2	+1
Idle Toad	1	1	0
British National Party	0	1	+1

Divisional results

Burnley

Seat	Result	Majority
Burnley Central East	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour*	72
Burnley Central West	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour	586
Burnley North East	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour	315
Burnley Rural	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour	340
Burnley South West	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour	1,041
Padiham and Burnley West	British National Party GAIN from Labour	201

(* On Thursday, 6 May 2010, a by-election was held to fill the vacancy in Burnley Central East following the death of the sitting member. The result was a Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat, majority 878.^[4]

Chorley

Seat	Result	Majority
Chorley East	Labour hold	696
Chorley North	Conservative Hold	1,592
Chorley Rural East	Conservative Hold	762
Chorley Rural North	Conservative Hold	899
Chorley Rural West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	1,299
Chorley South	Conservative GAIN from Labour	57
Chorley West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	889

Fylde

Seat	Result	Majority
Fylde East	Independent Hold	987
Fylde South	Conservative Hold	543
Fylde West	Independent GAIN from Conservative	23
Lytham	Conservative Hold	896
St Annes North	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	547
St Annes South	Conservative Hold	265

Hyndburn

Accrington West - electorate 9,850
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Younis	2,043
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,021
		Spoilt	130
Turnout			4,194	42.58%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Oswaldtwistle - electorate 10,504
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,189
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	1,482
		Spoilt	126
Turnout			3,797	36.15%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Accrington North - electorate 9,962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Pritchard	1,771
	Labour	Jean Battle	1,136
		Spoilt	92
Turnout			3,566	35.08%
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Accrington South - electorate 9,288
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Jones	1,640
	Conservative	Paul Barton	1,161
	Independent	Tony Hindley	440
	Green	Kerry Gormley	287
		Spoilt	17
Turnout			3,545	38.17%
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood - electorate 7,981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ciaran Wells	1,316
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	1,096
	Independent	David Mason	879
		Spolit	31
Turnout			3,322	41.62%
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 10,650
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	2,016
	Conservative	Stan Horne	1,946
		Spolit	99
Turnout			4,061	38.63%
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Seat	Result	Majority
Heysham	Conservative GAIN from Labour	774
Lancaster Central	Green Party Hold	412
Lancaster East	Green Party GAIN from Labour	503
Lancaster Rural East	Conservative Hold	1,206
Lancaster Rural North	Conservative Hold	1,369
Lancaster South East	Conservative GAIN from Labour	156
Morecambe North	Conservative hold	1,135
Morecambe South	Conservative GAIN from Labour	296
Morecambe West	Labour Hold	140
Skerton	Labour Hold	80

Pendle

Seat	Result	Majority
Brierfield and Nelson North	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrats	279
Nelson South	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrats	529
Pendle Central	Conservative GAIN from Labour	68
Pendle East	Conservative Hold	1,644
Pendle West	Conservative Hold	2,005
West Craven	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrats	435

Preston

Seat	Result	Majority
Preston Central North	Labour Hold	340
Preston Central South	Labour Hold	412
Preston City	Labour Hold	923
Preston East	Labour Hold	297
Preston North	Conservative Hold	1,261
Preston North East	Conservative Hold	1,019
Preston North West	Liberal Democrats GAIN from Labour	384
Preston Rural	Conservative Hold	2,132
Preston South East	Labour Hold	1,044
Preston West	Liberal Democrats Hold	38

Ribble Valley

Seat	Result	Majority
Clitheroe	Liberal Democrats Hold	23
Longridge with Bowland	Conservative Hold	2,014
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative Hold	2,021
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative Hold	1,842

Rossendale

Seat	Result	Majority
Rossendale East	Conservative Hold	586
Rossendale North	Conservative GAIN from Labour	551
Rossendale South	Conservative Hold	1,316
Rossendale West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	416
Whitworth	Conservative GAIN from Labour	37

South Ribble

Seat	Result	Majority
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale	Conservative GAIN from Labour	546
Farington	Conservative GAIN from Labour	758
Leyland Central	Conservative GAIN from Labour	411
Leyland South West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	810
Penwortham North	Liberal Democrats Hold	91
Penwortham South	Conservative GAIN from Labour	1,072
South Ribble Rural East	Idle Toad Hold	434
South Ribble Rural West	Conservative Hold	2,057

West Lancashire

Seat	Result	Majority
Ormskirk West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	497
Skelmersdale Central	Labour Hold	697
Skelmersdale East	Conservative GAIN from Labour	165
Skelmersdale West	Labour hold	476
West Lancashire East	Conservative Hold	1,248
West Lancashire North	Conservative Hold	1,782
West Lancashire South	Conservative Hold	1,344
West Lancashire West	Conservative Hold	1,214

Wyre

Seat	Result	Majority
Amounderness	Conservative Hold	1,484
Fleetwood East	Labour Hold	307
Fleetwood West	Conservative GAIN from Labour	289
Garstang	Conservative Hold	2,065
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative Hold	1,750
Thornton-Cleveleys Central	Conservative Hold	1,060
Thornton-Cleveleys North	Conservative GAIN from Labour	464
Wyreside	Conservative Hold^†	2,435

^†Wyreside fell vacant in August 2011 following the death of its councillor.^[5] The subsequent by-election was held in October 2011 and was a Conservative hold^[6]

References

↑ "Lancashire County Council: Local Elections". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
↑ By-elections and Changes Lancashire County Council
↑ County Councillors lead tributes to colleague ClickLancashire
↑ Declaration of Result of Poll Wyre Borough Council

Council elections in Lancashire

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South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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