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1997 UK local government election

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 1997 on the same day as the 1997 United Kingdom general election.

Results

Burnley

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Burnley Central East	Labour	371
	Burnley Central West	Labour	2,230
	Burnley North East	Labour	3,112
	Burnley Rural	Labour	1,690
	Burnley South West	Labour	2,127
	Burnley West	Labour	2,293

Chorley

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Chorley East	Labour	2,989
	Chorley North	Labour	1,062
	Chorley Rural East	Labour	60
	Chorley Rural North	Conservative	363
	Chorley Rural West	Labour	691
	Chorley West	Labour	2,862

Fylde

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Fylde East	Conservative	1,509
	Fylde West	Conservative	1,633
	Lytham	Conservative	2,367
	St Annes North	Conservative	1,276
	St Annes South	Conservative	52

Hyndburn

Accrington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,880
	Conservative	SG Crook	1,453
Turnout			4,333
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,794
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,566
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Whitchelo	998
Turnout			7,358
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,601
	Conservative	AC Barter	2,405
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Pritchard	1,312
Turnout			8,318
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,824
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,112
	Liberal Democrats	M Gradwell	1,076
Turnout			6.012
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	4,871
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	3,854
Turnout			8,725
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ormerod	4,541
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	3,367
Turnout			7,908
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Heysham	Labour	1,600
	Lancaster City	Labour	1,531
	Lancaster East	Labour	3,006
	Lancaster Rural Central	Conservative	1,539
	Lancaster Rural North	Conservative	1,141
	Lancaster Rural South	Liberal Democrats	459
	Morecambe East	Labour	242
	Morecambe West	Labour	2,168
	Skerton	Labour	3,097

Pendle

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Colne	Labour	197
	Nelson	Labour	1,569
	Pendle East	Liberal Democrats	213
	Pendle North	Liberal Democrats	1,083
	Pendle South	Labour	1,900
	Pendle West	Conservative	163

Preston

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Preston Central East	Labour	1,364
	Preston Central West	Labour	621
	Preston East	Labour	1,239
	Preston North	Liberal Democrats	52
	Preston Rural East	Conservative	1,992
	Preston Rural West	Liberal Democrats	697
	Preston South East	Labour	1,404
	Preston South West	Labour	1,095
	Preston West	Labour	440

Ribble Valley

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Clitheroe	Liberal Democrat	1,038
	Longridge	Conservative	1,120
	Ribble Valley North East	Conservative	1,369
	Ribble Valley South West	Conservative	1,296

Rossendale

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Bacup	Conservative	402
	Haslingden	Labour	80
	Rossendale East	Labour	809
	Rossendale West	Labour	545
	Whitworth	Labour	344

South Ribble

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	South Ribble Central	Labour	771
	South Ribble East	Labour	787
	South Ribble North	Labour	377
	South Ribble North West	Conservative	854
	South Ribble South	Labour	560
	South Ribble South West	Labour	2,234
	South Ribble West	Conservative	1,094

West Lancashire

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Ormskirk	Labour	77
	Skelmersdale Central	Labour	2,522
	Skelmersdale East	Labour	1,725
	Skelmersdale West	Labour	2,868
	West Lancashire East	Conservative	138
	West Lancashire North	Conservative	1,491
	West Lancashire South	Conservative	877

Wyre

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Amounderness	Conservative	801
	Cleveleys	Labour	47
	Garstang	Conservative	875
	Hesketh	Labour	668
	Hillhouse	Conservative	271
	Marine	Labour	281
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative	930
	Wyre Side	Conservative	1,166

References

"Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2016.

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South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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