Lancashire County Council election, 2001

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 2001 on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2001.^[1] The Labour party held overal control of the council.^[2]

Results

Burnley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Burnley Central East	Labour	1,990
Burnley Central West	Labour	730
Burnley North East	Labour	1,816
Burnley Rural	Labour	651
Burnley South West	Labour	413
Burnley West	Labour	518

Chorley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Chorley East	Labour	2,574
Chorley North	Conservative	978
Chorley Rural East	Conservative	95
Chorley Rural North	Conservative	440
Chorley Rural West	Labour	787
Chorley West	Labour	2,168

Fylde

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Fylde East	Conservative	1,148
Fylde West	Conservative	1,761
Lytham	Conservative	1,966
St Annes North	Conservative	873
St Annes South	Conservative	711

Hyndburn

Accrington Central - electorate 6,680
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,143
	Conservative	Munsif Dad	1,366
		Spoilt	74
Turnout			3,583	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South - electorate 9,978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,361
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,234
		Spoilt	107
Turnout			5,702	57%
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North - electorate 11,253
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,231
	Conservative	Joan Pilkington	2,350
		Spoilt	114
Turnout			6,695	59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood - electorate 8,181
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,390
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,296
		Spolit	68
Turnout			6.012	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle - electorate 11,771
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	3,865
	Conservative	Doug Hayes	3,049
		Spoilt	100
Turnout			7,014	60%
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 11,334
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hindley	3,742
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	2,776
		Spolit	97
Turnout			6,651
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Heysham	Labour	1,279
Lancaster City	Green	327
Lancaster East	Labour	1,560
Lancaster Rural Central	Conservative	1,530
Lancaster Rural North	Conservative	1,254
Lancaster Rural South	Conservative	36
Morecambe East	Labour	282
Morecambe West	Labour	1,402
Skerton	Labour	2,079

Pendle

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Colne	Labour	1,024
Nelson	Labour	1,069
Pendle East	Liberal Democrats	769
Pendle North	Liberal Democrats	216
Pendle South	Labour	1,795
Pendle West	Conservative	2,098

Preston

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Preston Central East	Labour	1,291
Preston Central West	Labour	1,283
Preston East	Labour	1,614
Preston North	Liberal Democrats	244
Preston Rural East	Conservative	2,189
Preston Rural West	Conservative	576
Preston South East	Labour	1,734
Preston South West	Labour	1,532
Preston West	Labour	1,104

Ribble Valley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Clitheroe	Liberal Democrat	567
Longridge	Conservative	935
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative	1,685
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative	2,260

Rossendale

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Bacup	Conservative	315
Haslingden	Labour	430
Rossendale East	Labour	364
Rossendale West	Labour	841
Whitworth	Labour	283

South Ribble

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
South Ribble Central	Labour	841
South Ribble East	Independent	424
South Ribble North	Labour	1,271
South Ribble North West	Liberal Democrats	2,677
South Ribble South	Labour	560
South Ribble South West	Labour	2,459
South Ribble West	Conservative	2,007

West Lancashire

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Ormskirk	Labour	633
Skelmersdale Central	Labour	3,395
Skelmersdale East	Labour	1,521
Skelmersdale West	Labour	2,658
West Lancashire East	Conservative	314
West Lancashire North	Conservative	2,734
West Lancashire South	Conservative	1,594

Wyre

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Amounderness	Conservative	311
Cleveleys	Conservative	132
Garstang	Conservative	1,976
Hesketh	Labour	1,541
Hillhouse	Conservative	19
Marine	Labour	1,588
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative	1,265
Wyre Side	Conservative	2,395

References

↑ Results Lancashire County Council
↑ "Lancashire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

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

(2000 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2001 (→ 2002)

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Halton Isle of Wight Peterborough Reading Slough Southend-on-Sea Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

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

Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

See also: UK General election

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