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2001 UK local government election

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in June 2001 on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election. The Labour party held overall control of the council.

Results

Burnley

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Burnley Central East	Labour	1,990
	Burnley Central West	Labour	730
	Burnley North East	Labour	1,816
	Burnley Rural	Labour	651
	Burnley South West	Labour	413
	Burnley West	Labour	518

Chorley

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Chorley East	Labour	2,574
	Chorley North	Conservative	978
	Chorley Rural East	Conservative	95
	Chorley Rural North	Conservative	440
	Chorley Rural West	Labour	787
	Chorley West	Labour	2,168

Fylde

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Fylde East	Conservative	1,148
	Fylde West	Conservative	1,761
	Lytham	Conservative	1,966
	St Annes North	Conservative	873
	St Annes South	Conservative	711

Hyndburn

Accrington Central - electorate 6,680
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,143
	Conservative	Munsif Dad	1,366
		Spoilt	74
Turnout			3,583	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South - electorate 9,978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,361
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,234
		Spoilt	107
Turnout			5,702	57%
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North - electorate 11,253
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,231
	Conservative	Joan Pilkington	2,350
		Spoilt	114
Turnout			6,695	59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood - electorate 8,181
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,390
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,296
		Spolit	68
Turnout			6.012	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle - electorate 11,771
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	3,865
	Conservative	Doug Hayes	3,049
		Spoilt	100
Turnout			7,014	60%
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 11,334
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hindley	3,742
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	2,776
		Spolit	97
Turnout			6,651
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Heysham	Labour	1,279
	Lancaster City	Green	327
	Lancaster East	Labour	1,560
	Lancaster Rural Central	Conservative	1,530
	Lancaster Rural North	Conservative	1,254
	Lancaster Rural South	Conservative	36
	Morecambe East	Labour	282
	Morecambe West	Labour	1,402
	Skerton	Labour	2,079

Pendle

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Colne	Labour	1,024
	Nelson	Labour	1,069
	Pendle East	Liberal Democrats	769
	Pendle North	Liberal Democrats	216
	Pendle South	Labour	1,795
	Pendle West	Conservative	2,098

Preston

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Preston Central East	Labour	1,291
	Preston Central West	Labour	1,283
	Preston East	Labour	1,614
	Preston North	Liberal Democrats	244
	Preston Rural East	Conservative	2,189
	Preston Rural West	Conservative	576
	Preston South East	Labour	1,734
	Preston South West	Labour	1,532
	Preston West	Labour	1,104

Ribble Valley

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Clitheroe	Liberal Democrat	567
	Longridge	Conservative	935
	Ribble Valley North East	Conservative	1,685
	Ribble Valley South West	Conservative	2,260

Rossendale

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Bacup	Conservative	315
	Haslingden	Labour	430
	Rossendale East	Labour	364
	Rossendale West	Labour	841
	Whitworth	Labour	283

South Ribble

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	South Ribble Central	Labour	841
	South Ribble East	Independent	424
	South Ribble North	Labour	1,271
	South Ribble North West	Liberal Democrats	2,677
	South Ribble South	Labour	560
	South Ribble South West	Labour	2,459
	South Ribble West	Conservative	2,007

West Lancashire

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Ormskirk	Labour	633
	Skelmersdale Central	Labour	3,395
	Skelmersdale East	Labour	1,521
	Skelmersdale West	Labour	2,658
	West Lancashire East	Conservative	314
	West Lancashire North	Conservative	2,734
	West Lancashire South	Conservative	1,594

Wyre

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority
	Amounderness	Conservative	311
	Cleveleys	Conservative	132
	Garstang	Conservative	1,976
	Hesketh	Labour	1,541
	Hillhouse	Conservative	19
	Marine	Labour	1,588
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative	1,265
	Wyre Side	Conservative	2,395

References

Results Archived 29 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Lancashire County Council
"Lancashire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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Sui generis	Isles of Scilly
See also: UK General election