2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election

2021 UK local government election

Main article: West Lancashire Borough Council elections

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19 out of 54 seats on West Lancashire Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	9	7
Seats after	26	20
Seat change	3	1
Popular vote	10,383	8,387

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	OWL	Independent
Seats won	2	1
Seats after	7	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	2,154	—

The 2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England.

This election was postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Results summary

2021 West Lancashire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	3	47.4	17	26	48.1	10,383	42.9	+4.1
	Conservative	7	1	36.8	13	20	37.0	8,387	35.1	+2.0
	OWL	2	1	10.5	5	7	13.0	2,154	8.9	-7.7
	Independent	1	1	5.3	0	1	1.9	1,321	5.5	+5.2
	Skelmersdale Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	921	3.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	745	3.1	New
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	173	0.7	-2.9
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	25	0.1	New

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Upton	1,162	60.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Margaret Blake	608	31.6	−40.7
	Conservative	Rachel Bland	98	5.1	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chandler	56	2.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Turpin	839	46.2	−11.9
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	601	33.1	−8.8
	OWL	David Gallagher	215	11.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Thomas	137	7.5	N/A
	Reform UK	Nigel Wilson	25	1.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birch Green

Birch Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Gregson	509	66.7	−22.2
	Skelmersdale Independents	Mark Jones	170	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Janvier	84	11.0	−0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Burscough East

Burscough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Evans	681	48.5	−9.9
	Conservative	Julie Baxter	623	44.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Pollington	101	7.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Burscough West

Burscough West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	George Clandon	649	43.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Andrew Pritchard	507	33.6	−29.1
	Conservative	Leon Graham	327	21.7	−15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ruxandra-Mihaela Trandafoiu	27	1.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	OWL gain from Labour		Swing

Derby

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Adrian Owens	840	48.1	+6.3
	Labour	Kevin Wright	617	35.4	−1.4
	Conservative	Lynne Gray	247	14.2	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Clark	41	2.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	OWL hold		Swing

Digmoor

Digmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Wilkie	635	67.3	−25.3
	Skelmersdale Independents	Irene Hughes	219	23.2	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Brake	89	9.4	+2.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Halsall

Halsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Hirrell	322	52.4	+12.3
	Labour	David Heywood	149	24.3	−19.2
	Independent	Neil Campbell	124	20.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Rekers	19	3.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Witter	706	64.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Ian Eccles	589	54.0	−9.4
	Labour	Jane Catterall	232	21.3	−15.3
	Labour	Nicholas Kemp	230	21.1	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Taylor	103	9.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Knowsley

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Yates	881	44.1	−7.4
	OWL	Neil Pye	640	32.0	+23.6
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	404	20.2	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hunter	74	3.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorside

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Aldridge	448	62.2	−29.0
	Skelmersdale Independents	Aaron Body	157	21.8	N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Holcroft	80	11.1	+2.3
	Independent	John Carroll	35	4.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rufford

Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gordon	597	72.7	+1.2
	Labour	Jude Abbott	224	27.3	−1.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scott

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Fennell	737	42.8	−0.2
	OWL	Blair Piggin	650	37.8	+2.1
	Conservative	George Pratt	288	16.7	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dermot O'Hara	46	2.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Furey	703	72.8	−16.9
	Skelmersdale Independents	Trina Dunn	135	14.0	N/A
	Conservative	Julie Peel	127	13.2	+2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna West	828	64.1	−17.2
	Skelmersdale Independents	Leonie Goldson	240	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	Carolyn Evans	224	17.3	+7.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Daniels	1,385	72.4	+5.0
	Labour	Damien Owen	386	20.2	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Stringfellow	141	7.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaynar Owen	982	59.2	−8.6
	Conservative	George Rear	678	40.8	+8.6
Majority			304	18.4
Turnout			1,660
	Labour hold		Swing

Wrightington

Wrightington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katie Juckles	780	56.7	+3.2
	Labour	Catherine West-McGrath	422	30.7	−3.9
	Green	John Puddifer	173	12.6	+0.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

North Meols

North Meols: 4 November 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Howard	634	64.9	+15.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Savage	343	35.1	−3.0
Majority			291	29.8
Turnout			980	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

References

"Official election and referendum notices". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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