Lancashire County Council elections

Lancashire County Council elections are held every four years. Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 84 councillors have been elected from 82 electoral divisions.^[1]

Election results

Council composition

The composition of the council immediately following election, and excluding any subsequent by-election changes, has been:

	Overall control		Cons.		Labour		Lib Dems [n 1]		Green		UKIP		BNP		Idle Toad		Independents/Other
2021^[2]	Conservative	48		32		2		2		0		-		-		0
2017^[3]	Conservative	46		30		4		1		1		0		-		2 ^{[n 2]}
2013^[4]	NOC	35		38		6		1		0		0		0		3 ^{[n 3]}
2009^[5]	Conservative	51		16		10		2		0		1		1		3 ^{[n 4]}
2005^[6]	Labour	31		44		6		1		0		0		1		1 ^{[n 5]}
2001^[7]^[8]	Labour	26		44		6		1		-		-		-		1 ^{[n 6]}
1997^[9]	Labour	23		47		7		0		-		-		-		1 ^{[n 7]}
1993	Labour	35		54		10		0		-		-		-		0
1989	Labour	42		50		4		0		-		-		-		3 ^{[n 8]}
1985	Labour	42		48		9		-		-		-		-		0
1981	Labour	38		53		6		-		-		-		-		2 ^{[n 9]}
1977	Conservative	83		12		1		-		-		-		-		0
1973	Conservative	52		33		7		-		-		-		-		4 ^{[n 10]}

Council elections

1973 Lancashire County Council election
1977 Lancashire County Council election
1981 Lancashire County Council election (new division boundaries)^[10]
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 (new division boundaries)^[11]
2009 Lancashire County Council election
2013 Lancashire County Council election
2017 Lancashire County Council election (new division boundaries)^[1]
2021 Lancashire County Council election

County result maps

2005 results map
2009 results map
2013 results map
2017 results map
2021 results map

By-election results

Elections in the 1990s

Hesketh By-Election 13 June 1996
Party		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		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		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	751	38.5	-11.2
	Conservative	636	32.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	565	28.9	+13.4
Majority		115	5.9
Turnout		1,952	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Nelson By-Election 2 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,358	48.6	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	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		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold	Swing

West Lancashire South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		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 Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Rural West By-Election 1 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkinson	1,781	49.8	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		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

Lancaster East by-election, 6 May 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lizzi Collinge	1,758	50.85	+5.95
	Green	Tim Hamilton-Cox	1,408	40.73	-0.27
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Long	231	6.68	N/A
	TUSC	Steve Metcalfe	60	1.74	N/A
Majority			350	10.1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley Rural North by-election, 21 July 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	1,144	43.76	+2.65
	Labour	Yvonne Hargreaves	1,042	38.37	+0.57
	UKIP	Christopher Stuart	303	11.16	-6.15
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	125	4.60	+0.83
Majority			102	3.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnley Central East by-election, 3 November 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sobia Malik	1,348	68.88	+10.74
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Payne	276	14.10	-1.42
	UKIP	Mark Girven	249	12.72	-6.68
	Green	Laura Fisk	84	4.29	N/A
Majority			1,072
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wyre Rural Central by-election, 11 January 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Salter	1,745	60.03	-6.11
	Labour	Nic Fogg	925	31.82	+11.01
	Green	Susan White	237	8.15	-4.90
Majority			820	59.86
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morecambe North by-election, 15 February 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Morris	1,332	48.95	-14.23
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Severn	809	29.73	+21.58
	Labour	Darren Clifford	580	21.32	-0.71
Majority			523
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2020s

Chorley Rural west by-election, 14 September 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	1,642	52.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Val Caunce	1,279	40.6	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Powers	231	7.3	+2.0
Majority			363
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Burnley Central West by-election, 26 October 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Scott Cunliffe	630
	Labour	Charles Briggs	583
	Conservative	Donald Whitaker	574
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Sumner	156
Majority			47
	Green hold

The Burnley Central West by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.^[12]

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