West Lancashire Council election, 2002

Elections to West Lancashire Council were held on 2 May, 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The Conservative party took overall control of the council from no overall control.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 30
gain =
loss =
net = +7
seats % = 55.6
votes % = 47.5
votes = 26,397
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 24
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 44.4
votes % = 40.0
votes = 22,256
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -7
seats % = 0
votes % = 11.5
votes = 6,378
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 454
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 93
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Duffy
votes = 728
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donna Duffy
votes = 726
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Rice
votes = 656
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Marie McElhinney
votes = 382
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Patrick McElhinney
votes = 349
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Coomber
votes = 219
percentage =
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party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Lyndsey Shipstone
votes = 93
percentage =
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votes = 3,153
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David O'Toole
votes = 1,085
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Una Atherley
votes = 1,069
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Westley
votes = 985
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Johnson
votes = 780
percentage =
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votes = 3,919
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Grant
votes = 879
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Roberts
votes = 790
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Rankin
votes = 322
percentage =
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votes = 1,991
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Taylor
votes = 440
percentage = 62.2
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Cotterill
votes = 267
percentage = 37.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 173
percentage = 24.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 707
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Pendleton
votes = 410
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Roberts
votes = 320
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Hiley
votes = 165
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Florence Kean
votes = 56
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 951
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Carter
votes = 582
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Florence Westley
votes = 582
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Carter
votes = 580
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Murrin-Bailey
votes = 546
percentage =
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votes = 2,290
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Draper
votes = 732
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cynthia Dereli
votes = 713
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Shepherd
votes = 633
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Rhys Jones
votes = 607
percentage =
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votes = 2,685
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Greenall
votes = 811
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Owens
votes = 750
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Swiffen
votes = 734
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Delaney
votes = 610
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Rafferty
votes = 571
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Anne Doyle
votes = 321
percentage =
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votes = 3,797
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Aldridge
votes = 609
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Maguire
votes = 461
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Givens
votes = 139
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Barron
votes = 85
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,294
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Stephenson
votes = 431
percentage = 73.8
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Rimmer
votes = 153
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 278
percentage = 47.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 584
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Ashcroft
votes = 607
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Forshaw
votes = 592
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gail Hodson
votes = 295
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lesley Standish-Gore
votes = 285
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Jones
votes = 113
percentage =
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votes = 1,892
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Hopley
votes = 1,059
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Lea
votes = 1,010
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Bailey
votes = 913
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Pinnington
votes = 635
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Nolan
votes = 541
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,158
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Carson
votes = 423
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Riley
votes = 415
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Ford
votes = 144
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Karl Taraldsen
votes = 128
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,110
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Vincent
votes = 533
percentage = 72.2
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Citarella
votes = 205
percentage = 27.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 328
percentage = 44.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 738
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Baldock
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Baldock
votes = 548
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Draper
votes = 383
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shan France
votes = 304
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,784
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Waterworth
votes = 935
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = May Blake
votes = 920
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David McKay
votes = 305
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,160
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Colling
votes = 374
percentage = 75.3
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Cheetham
votes = 123
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 251
percentage = 50.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 497
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Cropper
votes = 755
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Edwards
votes = 695
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Gray
votes = 281
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,731
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Gains
votes = 722
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Williams
votes = 710
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cyril Ainscough
votes = 656
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hodson
votes = 636
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Yeates
votes = 587
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Fillis
votes = 463
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Braid
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,961
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Bullen
votes = 514
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane McDermott
votes = 498
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Morrison
votes = 368
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Spears
votes = 301
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,681
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Cavanagh
votes = 754
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Jones
votes = 728
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Saxon
votes = 703
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Britton
votes = 520
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sharon Wright
votes = 329
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Cropper
votes = 140
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Martin Lowe
votes = 133
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,307
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Pendleton
votes = 374
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Roberts
votes = 321
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Gibson
votes = 163
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irene O'Donnell
votes = 129
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 987
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Hodge
votes = 986
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mee
votes = 939
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Evans
votes = 833
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Hodson
votes = 625
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roy Hiscock
votes = 583
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nadine Ashcroft
votes = 569
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Francis
votes = 131
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,666
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Burke
votes = 940
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Skilling
votes = 837
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Rice
votes = 796
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Pollock
votes = 615
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,188
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Gartside
votes = 661
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carolyn Evans
votes = 659
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Thompson
votes = 542
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Phythian
votes = 485
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,347
percentage =
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