2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election

Local election in Lancashire, England

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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16 of 45 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Yvonne Gagen	David Westley	Ian Rigby
Party	Labour	Conservative	OWL
Seats before	26	15	4
Seats after	26	14	5

Results by ward (including by-election in Tarleton Village)

Leader before election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

Leader after election

Yvonne Gagen
Labour

The 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council. 16 of the 45 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.

The council remained under Labour majority control.

Ward Results

Aughton & Holborn

Aughton & Holborn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry Lloyd	931	40.7	−9.0
	OWL	Gordon Johnson	575	25.1	N/A
	Conservative	Bruce Porteous	540	23.6	−20.0
	Reform UK	Nigel Wilson	126	5.5	N/A
	Green	Paul Hamby	116	5.1	N/A
Turnout			2,288	35
	Labour hold		Swing

Burscough Bridge & Rufford

Burscough Bridge & Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Paul Hesketh	766	36.2	+24.6
	Conservative	Jayne Rear	636	30.0	−17.2
	Labour	Swin Purple	584	27.6	−11.9
	Green	Reese Riding	76	3.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Taylor	55	2.6	N/A
Turnout			2,117	37
	OWL gain from Conservative		Swing

Burscough Town

Burscough Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judy Abbott	960	55.8	+12.6
	OWL	Adi Cotter	387	22.5	−22.2
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	219	12.7	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Pollington	85	4.9	−7.5
	Green	Simon Greenhalgh	70	4.1	N/A
Turnout			1,721	33
	Labour gain from OWL		Swing

North Meols & Hesketh

North Meols & Hesketh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Eccles	768	50.3	−1.3
	Labour	Jan Monaghan	484	31.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Clifton	140	9.2	−4.8
	Green	William Black	134	8.8	−3.8
Turnout			1,526	26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Skelmersdale

Old Skelmersdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna West	1,102	76.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Jason Chapman	177	12.3	+0.2
	Green	Kath Lockie	159	11.1	N/A
Turnout			1,438	23
	Labour hold		Swing

Ormskirk East

Ormskirk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Janet Ingman	957	43.2	+0.3
	Labour	Adam Yates	922	41.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Jason Grice	157	7.1	±0.0
	Reform UK	Simon Evans	96	4.3	N/A
	Green	Richard Taylor	82	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,214	37
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

Ormskirk West

Ormskirk West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Fennell	948	45.8	−3.2
	OWL	Jane Thompson	760	36.7	−4.3
	Conservative	Juliana Gudgeon	133	6.4	−1.9
	Green	Paul French	122	5.9	N/A
	Reform UK	John Bullock	107	5.2	N/A
Turnout			2,070	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Rural North East

Rural North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whittington	1,203	54.7	+13.0
	Labour	Jennie Jackson	781	35.5	−0.8
	Green	Carole Dundas	217	9.9	N/A
Turnout			2,201	36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rural South

Rural South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Adrian Owens	708	48.2	+2.9
	Labour	Paul Dickie	462	31.5	−1.2
	Conservative	Asheem Naraen	222	15.1	−0.3
	Green	Karen Field	76	5.2	N/A
Turnout			1,468	29
	OWL hold		Swing

Rural West

Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Westley	589	33.9	−4.3
	OWL	Mark Brown	520	30.0	−2.4
	Labour	George Oliver	501	28.9	−8.4
	Green	Lisa Smith	126	7.3	N/A
Turnout			1,736	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa Parlour	959	76.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chandler	150	12.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Brake	145	11.6	−1.8
Turnout			1,254	22
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Finch	1,103	90.9	+26.2
	Conservative	Sue Janvier	110	9.1	+1.8
Turnout			1,213	21
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Nixon	925	77.4	+1.2
	Green	Peter Chandler	136	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Brake	134	11.2	−1.6
Turnout			1,195	19
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarleton Village

Tarleton Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mee	985	53.2	−1.0
	Conservative	David Westley	834	45.0	−9.0
	Labour	Michelle Matthews	614	33.1	+1.5
	Labour	Damian Owen	527	28.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Stringfellow	279	15.1	−5.6
	Green	Edwin Black	262	14.1	N/A
Turnout			1,853	33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaynar Owen	1,056	62.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Julie Peel	380	22.4	−3.7
	Green	Charlotte Houltram	258	15.2	N/A
Turnout			1,694	28
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Including one vacant seat in Tarleton Village ward last held by the Conservatives.

"Every candidate running in Lancashire local elections in 2024". Lancashire Telegraph. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
"Elections and voting - West Lancashire Borough Council". www.westlancs.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "West Lancashire local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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