Lancashire County Council elections

Elections to Lancashire County Council are elected every four years. All councillors are elected at each election.

Political control

Party		Period
	Conservative	1973–1981
	Labour	1981–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
	Labour	1989–2009
	Conservative	2009–2013
	No overall control	2013

Council elections

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

County result maps

2013 results map

By-election results

Elections in the 1990s

Hesketh By-Election 13 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,263	53.1
	Conservative		2,004	46.9
Majority			259	6.2
Turnout			4,267	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Marine By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,644	60.4	-5.3
	Conservative		1,076	39.6	+5.3
Majority			568	20.8
Turnout			2,720	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing

South Ribble Central By-Election 16 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		751	38.5	-11.2
	Conservative		636	32.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat		565	28.9	+13.4
Majority			115	5.9
Turnout			1,952	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson By-Election 2 March 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,358	48.6	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat		1,296	46.3	+14.7
	Conservative		143	5.1	-8.8
Majority			62	2.3
Turnout			2,797	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

South Ribble South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,721	48.5	-4.8
	Labour		1,198	33.8	+3.2
	Conservative		627	17.7	+2.1
Majority			523	14.7
Turnout			3,546	32.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Lancashire South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,242	70.6	+9.2
	Labour		933	29.4	-6.8
Majority			1,309	41.2
Turnout			3,175	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Ribble North West By-Election 22 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pimblett	1,518	48.8	+13.7
	Conservative	P Wakeling	1,232	39.6	+4.7
	Labour	D Lyon	358	11.5	-18.4
Majority			286	9.2
Turnout			3,108
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Preston Rural West By-Election 1 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkinson	1,781	49.8	+20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Henshaw	1,205	33.7	-14.8
	Labour	Jean Al-Serraj	590	16.5	-5.2
Majority			576	16.1
Turnout			3,576	28.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Thornton Cleveleys Central By-Election 7 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lawrenson	1,536	48.3	+7.7
	Labour	Wayne Martin	934	29.4	-6.1
	UKIP	Olive Bergin	489	15.4	+9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Pitman	220	6.9	-11.1
Majority			602	18.9
Turnout			3,175=9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Burnley Central East by-election, 6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Misfar Hassan	3,157	44.35	+4.75
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	2,279	32.01	-5.95
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	868	12.19	+2.14
	Conservative	Matthew Isherwood	815	11.45	-0.94
Majority			878	12.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wyreside by-election, 28 October 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivien Taylor	2,178	58.00	-7.86
	Labour	Kevin Higginson	877	23.36	+10.30
	UKIP	Simon Noble	361	9.61	N/A
	Green	Susan White	339	9.03	-12.06
Majority			1,301
Turnout			3,762
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

Lancashire Council

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

English County Council Elections

Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Worcestershire

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