Lancashire County Council election, 1997

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 1997 on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 1997.

Results

Burnley

Seat	Result	Majority
Burnley Central East	Labour	371
Burnley Central West	Labour	2,230
Burnley North East	Labour	3,112
Burnley Rural	Labour	1,690
Burnley South West	Labour	2,127
Burnley West	Labour	2,293

Chorley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Chorley East	Labour	2,989
Chorley North	Labour	1,062
Chorley Rural East	Labour	60
Chorley Rural North	Conservative	363
Chorley Rural West	Labour	691
Chorley West	Labour	2,862

Fylde

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Fylde East	Conservative	1,509
Fylde West	Conservative	1,633
Lytham	Conservative	2,367
St Annes North	Conservative	1,276
St Annes South	Conservative	52

Hyndburn

Accrington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,880
	Conservative	SG Crook	1,453
Turnout			4,333
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,794
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,566
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Whitchelo	998
Turnout			7,358
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,601
	Conservative	AC Barter	2,405
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Pritchard	1,312
Turnout			8,318
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,824
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,112
	Liberal Democrat	M Gradwell	1,076
Turnout			6.012
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	4,871
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	3,854
Turnout			8,725
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ormerod	4,541
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	3,367
Turnout			7,908
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Heysham	Labour	1,600
Lancaster City	Labour	1,531
Lancaster East	Labour	3,006
Lancaster Rural Central	Conservative	1,539
Lancaster Rural North	Conservative	1,141
Lancaster Rural South	Liberal Democrats	459
Morecambe East	Labour	242
Morecambe West	Labour	2,168
Skerton	Labour	3,097

Pendle

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Colne	Labour	197
Nelson	Labour	1,569
Pendle East	Liberal Democrats	213
Pendle North	Liberal Democrats	1,083
Pendle South	Labour	1,900
Pendle West	Conservative	163

Preston

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Preston Central East	Labour	1,364
Preston Central West	Labour	621
Preston East	Labour	1,239
Preston North	Liberal Democrats	52
Preston Rural East	Conservative	1,992
Preston Rural West	Liberal Democrats	697
Preston South East	Labour	1,404
Preston South West	Labour	1,095
Preston West	Labour	440

Ribble Valley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Clitheroe	Liberal Democrat	1,038
Longridge	Conservative	1,120
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative	1,369
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative	1,296

Rossendale

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Bacup	Conservative	402
Haslingden	Labour	80
Rossendale East	Labour	809
Rossendale West	Labour	545
Whitworth	Labour	344

South Ribble

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
South Ribble Central	Labour	771
South Ribble East	Labour	787
South Ribble North	Labour	377
South Ribble North West	Conservative	854
South Ribble South	Labour	560
South Ribble South West	Labour	2,234
South Ribble West	Conservative	1,094

West Lancashire

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Ormskirk	Labour	77
Skelmersdale Central	Labour	2,522
Skelmersdale East	Labour	1,725
Skelmersdale West	Labour	2,868
West Lancashire East	Conservative	138
West Lancashire North	Conservative	1,491
West Lancashire South	Conservative	877

Wyre

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Amounderness	Conservative	801
Cleveleys	Labour	47
Garstang	Conservative	875
Hesketh	Labour	668
Hillhouse	Conservative	271
Marine	Labour	281
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative	930
Wyre Side	Conservative	1,166

References

(1996 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1997 (→ 1998)

County council elections	Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Wiltshire Worcestershire

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bracknell Forest Bristol Halton Herefordshire Hull Medway Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Reading Slough Southend-on-Sea Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham

District councils (England)	Malvern Hills

District councils (Northern Ireland)	Northern Irish District councils Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane

Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

Referendums	Scottish devolution Welsh devolution

See also: UK General election

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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