Lancashire County Council election, 2013

2 May 2013

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

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election		51
Seats won	39	35
Seat change	23	16

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Green
Last election	10	0
Seats won	6	1
Seat change	4	1

Map showing the results of the 2013 Lancashire County Council election.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No Overall Control

An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 84 councillors were elected from single-member electoral divisions by first-past-the-post for a four-year term of office. Electoral divisions were the same as those at the previous election in 2009. Elections were 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. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council, instead overtaken in number of seats by the Labour Party, without any absolute majority.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 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,^[1] 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.^[2]

Summary

	Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
Labour	4	4	0	5	5	2	6	0	3	3	5	2	39
Conservative	0	3	4	1	4	2	3	4	2	4	3	5	35
Liberal Democrat	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1
Independent	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Results

Burnley

Seat	Result	Majority
Burnley Central East	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	1,347
Burnley Central West	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	7
Burnley North East	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	1,029
Burnley Rural	Liberal Democrat hold	206
Burnley South West	Liberal Democrat hold	136
Padiham and Burnley West	Labour GAIN from British National Party	954

Chorley

Seat	Result	Majority
Chorley East	Labour hold	1,127
Chorley North	Conservative hold	184
Chorley Rural East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	556
Chorley Rural North	Conservative hold	123
Chorley Rural West	Conservative hold	438
Chorley South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	947
Chorley West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	609

Fylde

Seat	Result	Majority
Fylde East	Independent hold	1,353
Fylde South	Conservative hold	522
Fylde West	Independent hold	415
Lytham	Conservative hold	873
St Annes North	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat	207
St Annes South	Conservative hold	541

Hyndburn

Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 10,692
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	1,866	17.45
	Conservative	Warren Melia	758	7.09
	UKIP	Craig Ramplee	650	6.08
		Spoilt	13	0.12
Turnout			3,287	30.74%
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South - electorate 9,627
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Dawson	1,231	12.79
	Conservative	Kath Pratt	1,073	11.15
	UKIP	Christopher Mathew	579	6.01
	Independent	Alexander Ross	63	0.65
	Green	Kasia Jewell	57	0.59
		Spoilt	8	0.08
Turnout			3,011	31.28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood - electorate 8,215
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Molineux	1,279	15.57
	Independent	Ian Robinson	889	10.82
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	569	6.93
		Spoilt	22	0.27
Turnout			2,759	33.58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington West - electorate 10,450
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad	2,492	23.85
	Conservative	Mohammed Younis	1,573	15.05
	UKIP	Bobby Anwar	528	5.05
		Spoilt	51	0.49
Turnout			4,644	44.44%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oswaldtwistle - electorate 10,744
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	1,566	14.58
	Labour	Colette McCormack	1,125	10.47
	UKIP	Paul Thompson	1,076	10.01
		Spoilt	22	0.20
Turnout			3,789	35.27%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Accrington North - electorate 10,180
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Pritchard	1,168	11.47
	Independent	Malcolm Pritchard	925	9.07
	Conservative	Nick Whittaker	690	6.78
	Green	Kerry Gormley	185	1.82
		Spoilt	25	0.25
Turnout			2,993	29.40%
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Lancaster

Seat	Result	Majority
Heysham	Conservative hold	52
Lancaster Central	Green hold	340
Lancaster East	Labour GAIN from Green	115
Lancaster Rural East	Conservative hold	995
Lancaster Rural North	Conservative hold	527
Lancaster South East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	247
Morecambe North	Conservative hold	561
Morecambe South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	84
Morecambe West	Labour hold	65
Skerton	Labour hold	678

Pendle

Seat	Result	Majority
Brierfield and Nelson North	Labour hold	1,560
Nelson South	Labour hold	1,113
Pendle Central	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	191
Pendle East	Conservative hold	944
Pendle West	Conservative hold	619
West Craven	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	179

Preston

Seat	Result	Majority
Preston Central North	Labour hold	1,795
Preston Central South	Labour hold	1,187
Preston City	Labour hold	1,265
Preston East	Labour hold	947
Preston North	Conservative hold	957
Preston North East	Conservative hold	161
Preston North West	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	449
Preston Rural	Conservative hold	1,295
Preston South East	Labour hold	1,346
Preston West	Liberal Democrat hold	184

Ribble Valley

Seat	Result	Majority
Clitheroe	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat	45
Longridge with Bowland	Conservative hold	1,306
Ribble Valley North East	Conservative hold	1,125
Ribble Valley South West	Conservative hold	1,564

Rossendale

Seat	Result	Majority
Rossendale East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	133
Rossendale North	Labour GAIN from Conservative	254
Rossendale South	Conservative hold	162
Rossendale West	Conservative hold	32
Whitworth	Labour GAIN from Conservative	407

South Ribble

Seat	Result	Majority
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale	Labour GAIN from Conservative	31
Farington	Conservative hold	22
Leyland Central	Labour GAIN from Conservative	341
Leyland South West	Conservative hold	212
Penwortham North	Liberal Democrat hold	459
Penwortham South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	187
South Ribble Rural East	Conservative GAIN from Idle Toad	672
South Ribble Rural West	Conservative hold	957

West Lancashire

Seat	Result	Majority
Ormskirk West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	318
Skelmersdale Central	Labour hold	1,553
Skelmersdale East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	648
Skelmersdale West	Labour hold	1,809
West Lancashire East	Conservative hold	630
West Lancashire North	Conservative hold	1,019
West Lancashire South	Conservative hold	594
West Lancashire West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	292

Wyre

Seat	Result	Majority
Amounderness	Conservative hold	664
Fleetwood East	Labour hold	760
Fleetwood West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	459
Garstang	Independent GAIN from Conservative	61
Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative hold	1,091
Thornton-Cleveleys Central	Conservative hold	312
Thornton-Cleveleys North	Conservative hold	310
Wyreside	Conservative hold	1,869

References

↑ "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.

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

(2012 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2013 (→ 2014)

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