Lancaster City Council elections

Lancaster City Council in Lancashire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 60 councillors have been elected from 28 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973–1987
No overall control	1987–1995
Labour	1995–1999
No overall control	1999–present

Council elections

Lancaster City Council election, 1973
Lancaster City Council election, 1976
Lancaster City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Lancaster City Council election, 1983
Lancaster City Council election, 1987
Lancaster City Council election, 1991 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Lancaster City Council election, 1995
Lancaster City Council election, 1999
Lancaster City Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]
Lancaster City Council election, 2007
Lancaster City Council election, 2011
Lancaster City Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[6]

By-election results

1995-1999

Torrisholme By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		538	34.7
	Conservative		460	29.6
	Liberal Democrat		348	22.4
	Morecambe Bay Independents		206	13.3
Majority			78	5.1
Turnout			1,552	42.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ellel By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		366	38.6	+0.8
	Independent		321	33.9	+33.9
	Conservative		261	27.5	-15.0
Majority			45	4.7
Turnout			948	27.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Alexandra By-Election 9 October 1997^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robinson	389	48.4	-25.3
	Conservative		161	20.0	+20.0
	Morecambe Bay Independent		142	17.7	+17.7
	Independent		77	9.6	+9.6
	Independent		30	3.7	-22.6
	Green		5	0.6	+0.6
Majority			228	28.4
Turnout			804
	Labour hold		Swing

Arkholme By-Election 9 October 1997^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Irey	421	81.0	+15.0
	Labour		99	19.0	+19.0
Majority			322	62.0
Turnout			520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skerton West By-Election 9 October 1997^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Harrison	427	46.9	-26.8
	Morecambe Bay Independents		285	31.1	+31.3
	Conservative		198	21.8	-4.5
Majority			142	15.8
Turnout			910
	Labour hold		Swing

Hornby By-Election 30 April 1998^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Lamb	451	53.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Humphreys	261	31.0	-0.8
	Labour	Kevin Dixon	80	9.5	-10.0
	Independent	John Greathead	50	5.9	+5.9
Majority			190	22.6
Turnout			842	54.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parks By-Election 30 April 1998^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fretwell	845	65.6	+40.7
	Conservative	David Le Bas	274	21.3	-12.9
	Labour	Leslie Houghton	106	8.2	-13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Majorie Buck	64	4.9	-14.3
Majority			571	44.3
Turnout			1,289	36.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

1999-2003

John O'Gaunt By-Election 28 September 2000^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Scott	424	25.5	+5.2
	Labour	Richard Newman-Thompson	395	23.8	-14.6
	Independent	Sheila Kavanagh	340	20.5	+12.0
	Conservative	Chris Reich	291	17.5	+0.4
	Green	Peter Gordon	212	12.8	-2.9
Majority			29	1.7
Turnout			1,662	27.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Overton By-Election 7 August 2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Garry Baxter	269	37.2	+9.9
	Independent	Susan Ayrey	197	27.2	+27.2
	Morecambe Bay Independents	Barbara Williams	120	16.6	-24.7
	Labour	Darren Clifford	69	9.5	+9.5
	Conservative	John Battersby-Hill	55	7.6	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Taylor	14	1.9	+1.9
Majority			72	10.0
Turnout			724	38.0
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Heysham South By-Election 26 February 2004^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	499	36.1	+36.1
	Labour	Darren Clifford	493	35.6	-0.1
	England First Party	Paul Bamford	191	13.8	+13.8
	Morecambe Bay Independents	Christopher Greenall	143	10.3	-39.5
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Taylor	37	2.7	+2.7
	Green	Ashley Toms	20	1.4	-13.0
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,383	27.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Carnforth By-Election 11 March 2004^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Newton	353	48.5	+14.9
	Conservative	David Wood	207	28.4	+11.4
	Independent	Robert Roe	168	23.1	-3.2
Majority			146	20.1
Turnout			728	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

John O'Gaunt By-Election 5 May 2005^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Chadwick	1,282	40.7	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dunster	1,115	35.4	+18.0
	Conservative	Sheila Parkinson	750	23.8	+0.0
Majority			167	5.3
Turnout			3,147
	Labour hold		Swing

John O'Gaunt By-Election 8 December 2005^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Blakely	466	38.0	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dunster	287	23.4	-12.0
	Green	Matthew Wootton	247	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	William Hill	226	18.4	-5.4
Majority			179	14.6
Turnout			1,226	23.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton West By-Election 22 June 2006^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Smith	826	59.8	+16.8
	Conservative	Debbie Buck	336	24.3	+4.9
	BNP	Christopher Hill	220	15.9	+15.9
Majority			490	35.5
Turnout			1,382	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton West By-Election 14 December 2006^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Leytham	493	59.1	+16.1
	Conservative	John Airey	172	20.6	+1.2
	BNP	Christopher Hill	93	11.2	+11.2
	Independent	Norman Gardner	76	9.1	-8.2
Majority			321	38.5
Turnout			834	17.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2007-2011

Castle By-Election 4 June 2009^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Melanie Forrest	1,191	53.5	-4.9
	Conservative	Billy Hill	442	19.9	+5.9
	Labour	Richard Newman-Thompson	369	16.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rebecca Parris	223	10.0	+2.2
Majority			749	33.6
Turnout			2,225
	Green hold		Swing

John O'Gaunt By-Election 1 April 2010^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Scott	603	35.2	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Arrmistead	389	22.7	+22.7
	Green	Ian Chamberlain	339	19.8	-17.5
	Conservative	Billy Hill	301	17.6	-5.1
	UKIP	Fred McGlade	83	4.8	+4.8
Majority			214	12.5
Turnout			1,715	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2011-2015

Scotforth West By-Election 22 May 2014^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Abi Mills	823	36.24	'
	Labour	Colin Hartley	802	35.31
	Conservative	Janet Walton	339	22.77
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dunster	80	3.52
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Steve Metcalfe	49	2.25
Majority			21	12.5
Turnout
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

University By-Election 22 May 2014^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jack Filmore	273	39.28	'
	Labour	James Leyshon	237	34.10
	Conservative	Daniel Aldred	128	18.42
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Mountjoy	33	4.75
	Independent	Stuart Langhorn	24	3.45
Majority			46	6.62
Turnout			695
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Lancaster". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
↑ The City of Lancaster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria and Lancashire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
1 2 3 "As you were! - low turnout is triumph of apathy over responsibility". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 1997-10-23. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
1 2 "Independent's day!". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 1998-05-07. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Widow splits vote". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 2000-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Results of the Overton Ward By-Election held on Thursday 7th August 2003". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for Heysham South Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for Carnforth Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for John O'Gaunt Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for John O'Gaunt Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "Election results for Skerton West Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for Skerton West Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "Election results for Castle Ward". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ "John O'Gaunt by-election results". Lancaster City Council. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
↑ "Scotforth West by-election results". Lancaster City Council. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
↑ "University by-election results". Lancaster City Council. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Lancashire

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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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