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 | 1999–2017 |
Labour | 2017-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]
Changes between elections
1995-1999
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 boundaries
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
2015-2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Reynolds | 702 | 43.1 | 8.0 | |
Conservative | John Bassinder | 671 | 41.2 | -6.8 | |
UKIP | Robert Wilson Gillespie | 134 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Phil Dunster | 74 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Green | Cait Sinclair | 49 | 3.0 | -13.9 | |
Majority | 31 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 695 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Clift | 443 | 41.6 | 9.1 | |
Morecambe Bay Independent | Roger Dennison | 193 | 18.1 | 0.4 | |
UKIP | Michelle Ogden | 183 | 17.2 | -7.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gibbins | 178 | 16.7 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Louise Stansfield | 41 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
Green | Richard Moriarty | 26 | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 250 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 695 | 23.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nathan Burns | 98 | 34.9 | -0.5 | |
Green | Xeina Aveyard | 79 | 28.1 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Luke Brandon | 68 | 24.2 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pippa Hepworth | 36 | 12.8 | 4.4 | |
Majority | 19 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 282 | 7.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Green Cllr Andrew Kay (Bulk) defected to the Labour Party in July 2017.[22]
Labour Cllr Karen Leytham (Skerton West) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilda Jean Parr | 512 | 61 | ||
Conservative | Andy Kay | 288 | 35 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Derek John Kaye | 33 | 4 | ||
Turnout | 833 | 16 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff (Halton-with-Aughton) resigned in July 2017.[24] A by-election was held:[25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Frea | 247 | 27 | |||
Green | Jan Maskell | 245 | 27 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Scott Gibbins | 236 | 26 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Pilling | 174 | 19 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 43 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | ||||||
Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock (Skerton West) died in November 2017.[26] A by-election was held:[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Rivet | 587 | 57.8 | +20.8 | |
Conservative | Andy Kay | 279 | 27.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek John Kaye | 95 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Green | Cait Sinclair | 59 | 5.8 | -3.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1020 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong (elected Green) and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018.[28] A double by-election was held.[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amara Betts-Patel | 518 | 25.37 | |||
Labour | Oliver Robinson | 423 | 20.72 | |||
Green | Martin Paley | 264 | 12.93 | |||
Green | Jan Maskell | 235 | 11.51 | |||
Conservative | Callum Furner | 184 | 9.01 | |||
Conservative | Guy F.P Watts | 184 | 9.01 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jade Sullivan | 120 | 5.88 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Iain Emberry | 114 | 5.58 | |||
Turnout | 1033 | 27.01 | +19.89 | |||
Labour gain from Green | ||||||
Labour hold | ||||||
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.
- 1 2 https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/news/2016/may/election-results
- ↑ "No problem for Maria in Elgin | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Election results for Skerton West Ward, 7 September 2017". 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Dorset Tories Noc it out of the park | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Election results for Halton-with-Aughton Ward, 28 September 2017". 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ↑ "Moon River, wider than a mile | LocalCouncils.co.uk". localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- 1 2 "Electoral vacancies and notices". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
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