Lancashire County Council election, 2005

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

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.

Party results

Lancashire Council election, 2005
	Party	Seats
	Labour	44
	Conservative	31
	Liberal Democrats	6
	Green	1
	Independent	1
	Idle Toad	1

Divisional results

Burnley

Burnley Central East

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cavangh	3,012	49.24
	Liberal Democrat	William Bennett	2,169	35.46
	Conservative	David Tierney	936	15.30
Majority			843	13.78
Turnout			6,117
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley Central West

Burnley Central West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Martin	2,356	37.55
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,477	23.54
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Embra	1,339	21.34
	BNP	John Cave	1,102	17.56
Majority			879	14.01
Turnout			6,274
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley North East

Burnley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Burns	2,418	40.43
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	1,949	32.59
	BNP	David Shapcott	838	13.84
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	776	12.97
Majority			469	7.84
Turnout			5,981
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley Rural

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Large	2,410
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	2,103
	Liberal Democrat	Peter McCann	1,829
	BNP	David Thomson	1,204
Majority			307
Turnout			7,546
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley South West

Burnley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Martin	2,411
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Bullas	2,007
	BNP	1,191	Derek Dawson
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	977
Majority			404
Turnout			6,586
	Labour hold		Swing

Padiham and Burnley West

Padiham and Burnley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	2,377
	Liberal Democrat	Mary McCann	1,393
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	1,363
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	1,125
Majority			984
Turnout			6,258
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Don Yates	3,542
	Conservative	Roger Livesey	1,805
Majority			1,737
Turnout			5,347
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Perks	3,279
	Labour	Sharon Woodruff-Gray	2,752
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	1,591
Majority			527
Turnout			7,622
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural East

Chorley Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Case	3,826
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	3,372
	Green	Matthew Sims	1,035
Majority			454
Turnout			8,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural North

Chorley Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Livesey	2,442
	Labour	James Freeman	2,160
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fenn	1,380
Majority			282
Turnout			5,982
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural West

Chorley Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	3,840
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	3,833
Majority			7
Turnout			7,673
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South

Chorley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wilson	2,972
	Conservative	Lawrence Catterall	1,602
	Liberal Democrat	988
Majority			1,370
Turnout			5,562
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley West

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	3,369
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	2,770
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Ball	2,228
Majority			599
Turnout			8,367
	Labour hold		Swing

Fylde

Fylde East

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Oades	2,309
	Conservative	Peter Sowden	2,051
	Labour	Adrian Hutton	1,207
	Liberal Democrat	Willian Winlow	670
Majority			258
Turnout			6,237
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fylde South

Fylde South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Whittle	2,954
	Labour	Michelle Miles	1,430
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Fielding	1,041
Majority			1,524
Turnout			6,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fylde West

Fylde West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Stuart	3,426
	Labour	Nicholas Wareing	1,534
	Liberal Democrat	John Graddon	1,273
Majority			1,892
Turnout			6,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lytham

Burnley Central East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Ashton	3,647
	Labour	Marjorie Sherwood	1,437
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turner	1,065
Majority			2,210
Turnout			6,249
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Annes North

St Annes North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Walton	2,640
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Henshaw	2,152
	Labour
Majority			488
Turnout			6,302
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Annes South

St Annes South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Jealous	2,601
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Henshaw	2,096
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	1,384
Majority			505
Turnout			6,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hyndburn

Accrington North

Accrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	3,561
	Conservative	Janet Storey	2,323
Majority			1,238
Turnout			5,884
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South

Accrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,288
	Conservative	Paul Barton	2,394
Majority			984
Turnout			5,592
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington West

Accrington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollitt	3,201
	Conservative	Mohammed Siddique	1,978
Majority			1,223
Turnout			5,179
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood

Great Harwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	2,241'
	Conservative	Winifred Frankland	2,086
	Liberal Democrat	George Slynn	818
Majority			155
Turnout			5,145
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	2,918
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,244
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Fisher	1,149
Majority			674
Turnout			6,311
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	2,958
	Conservative	Ann Scaife	2,539
	Liberal Democrat	William Greene	970
Majority			419
Turnout			6,467
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Heysham

Heysham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Yates	2,453	39.30
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	2,214	35.48
	Liberal Democrat	William Riley	792	12.69
	Independent	Michael Greenall	607	9.73
	Green	Stephen Dickenson	175	2.80
Majority			239	3.83
Turnout			6,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster Central

Lancaster Central
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 Democrat	Catherine Fritz	991	13.83
Majority			150	2.09
Turnout			7,166
	Green hold		Swing

=Lancaster East

Lancaster East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Scott	2,240	41.60
	Green	Matthew Wottoon	1,482	27.52
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dunster	882	16.38
	Conservative	Joan Jackson	781	14.50
Majority			758	14.08
Turnout			5,385
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster Rural East

Lancaster Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Charles	3,947	44.55
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Pritchard	2,560	28.89
	Labour	Benjamin Soffa	1,768	19.95
	Green	Abigail Mills	585	6.60
Majority			1,387	15.65
Turnout			8,860
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster Rural North

Lancaster Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Fishwick	2,518	36.32
	Labour	Janette Gardner	1,902	27.43
	Liberal Democrat	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster South East

Lancaster South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Elliott	1,862	37.23
	Conservative	Clare Hilley	1,370	27.39
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Hayes	1,370	27.39
	Green	Susanna Holden	395	7.90
Majority			448	9.76
Turnout			5,001
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Morecambe North

Morecambe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Jones	2,667	44.85
	Labour	Elaine Bush	1,840	30.94
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Clift	18.31
	Green	Pamela White	351	5.90
Majority			827	13.91
Turnout			5,947
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Morecambe South

Morecambe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Thornton	2,554	38.64
	Liberal Democrat	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
	Labour hold		Swing

Morecambe West

Morecambe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hanson	2,904	53.32
	Conservative	John Mace	1,331	24.44
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gradwell	983	18.05
	Green	Mark Westcombe	228	4.19
Majority			1,573	28.88
Turnout			5,446
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton

Skerton
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
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendle

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Brierfield and Nelson North	Liberal Democrats	778
Nelson South	Liberal Democrats	52
Pendle Central	Labour	523
Pendle East	Conservative	342
Pendle West	Conservative	1,767
West Craven	Liberal Democrats	392

Preston

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Preston Central North	Labour	391
Preston Central South	Labour	1,274
Preston City	Labour	1,157
Preston East	Labour	1,543
Preston North	Conservative	849
Preston North East	Conservative	529
Preston North West	Labour	675
Preston Rural	Conservative	2,412
Preston South East	Labour	1,199
Preston West	Liberal Democrats	940

Ribble Valley

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Clitheroe	Liberal Democrat	383
Longridge with Bowland	Conservative	1,893
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative	2,403
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative	2,481

Rossendale

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Rossendale East	Conservative	167
Rossendale North	Labour	43
Rossendale South	Conservative	34
Rossendale West	Labour	57
Whitworth	Labour	309

South Ribble

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale	Labour	601
Farington	Labour	531
Leyland Central	Labour	1,307
Leyland South West	Labour	1,427
Penwortham North	Liberal Democrats	391
Penwortham South	Labour	923
South Ribble Rural East	Idle Toad	959
South Ribble Rural West	Conservative	2,165

West Lancashire

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Ormskirk West	Labour	76
Skelmersdale Central	Labour	2,872
Skelmersdale East	Labour	1,330
Skelmersdale West	Labour	3,516
West Lancashire East	Conservative	1,020
West Lancashire North	Conservative	2,063
West Lancashire South	Conservative	1,657
West Lancashire West	Conservative	259

Wyre

Seat	Winning Party	Majority
Amounderness	Conservative	857
Fleetwood East	Labour	1,555
Fleetwood West	Labour	974
Garstang	Conservative	2,387
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative	1,542
Thornton-Cleveleys Central^[1]	Conservative	341
Thornton-Cleveleys North	Labour	643
Wyreside	Conservative	2,236

Notes

↑ Following the death of the Councillor for Thorton-Cleveleys Central, a by-election was held which saw the Conservatives retain the seat with an increased majority of 602. Source: Lancashire County Council

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