West Lancashire Council election, 2004

Elections to West Lancashire Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 29
*Labour 25

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 55.6
votes % = 47.4
votes = 13,309
plus/minus = +1.3%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 44.4
votes % = 36.9
votes = 10,346
plus/minus = -3.0%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 11.7
votes = 3,277
plus/minus = +0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.3
votes = 937
plus/minus = +0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 190
plus/minus = +0.7%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donna Duffy
votes = 911
percentage = 57.4
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Patrick McElhinney
votes = 347
percentage = 21.9
change = -7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Meadows
votes = 330
percentage = 20.8
change = +3.4Election box majority
votes = 564
percentage = 35.5
change = +11.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,588
percentage = 33.4
change = +14.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Una Atherley
votes = 1,725
percentage = 77.4
change = +16.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David McKay
votes = 503
percentage = 22.6
change = -16.7Election box majority
votes = 1,222
percentage = 54.8
change = +33.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,228
percentage = 49.4
change = +15.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Pendleton
votes = 676
percentage = 81.0
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Cropper
votes = 159
percentage = 19.0
change = +3.6Election box majority
votes = 517
percentage = 62.0
change = -7.2Election box turnout
votes = 835
percentage = 27.8
change = +14.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Florence Westley
votes = 900
percentage = 60.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Carter
votes = 584
percentage = 39.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 316
percentage = 21.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,484
percentage = 49.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cynthia Dereli
votes = 832
percentage = 52.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Jones
votes = 763
percentage = 47.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 69
percentage = 4.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,595
percentage = 41.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Owens
votes = 987
percentage = 45.5
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Williams
votes = 550
percentage = 25.3
change = -16.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Heslegrave
votes = 298
percentage = 13.7
change = +13.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julian Reid
votes = 190
percentage = 8.8
change = +8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Anne Doyle
votes = 146
percentage = 6.7
change = -4.1Election box majority
votes = 437
percentage = 20.2
change = +14.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,171
percentage = 47.0
change = +18.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Aldridge
votes = 710
percentage = 72.9
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Spears
votes = 147
percentage = 15.1
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irene O'Donnell
votes = 117
percentage = 12.0
change = +1.7Election box majority
votes = 563
percentage = 57.8
change = -3.5Election box turnout
votes = 974
percentage = 31.0
change = +14.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Stephenson
votes = 459
percentage = 55.4
change = -18.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Raymond Brookfield
votes = 370
percentage = 44.6
change = +44.6Election box majority
votes = 89
percentage = 10.8
change = -36.8Election box turnout
votes = 829
percentage = 47.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Forshaw
votes = 820
percentage = 63.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nadine Ashcroft
votes = 466
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 354
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,286
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Lea
votes = 1,360
percentage = 61.4
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Williams
votes = 652
percentage = 29.4
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = John Watt
votes = 204
percentage = 9.2
change = -2.0Election box majority
votes = 708
percentage = 32.0
change = +7.6Election box turnout
votes = 2,216
percentage = 49.2
change = +20.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Hanlon
votes = 664
percentage = 82.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Barron
votes = 143
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 521
percentage = 64.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 807
percentage = 29.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Colling
votes = 609
percentage = 77.7
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shan Annis
votes = 175
percentage = 22.3
change = -2.4Election box majority
votes = 434
percentage = 55.4
change = +4.8Election box turnout
votes = 784
percentage = 47.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cyril Ainscough
votes = 1,044
percentage = 48.1
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Delaney
votes = 820
percentage = 37.8
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Maurice George
votes = 305
percentage = 14.1
change = +4.6Election box majority
votes = 224
percentage = 10.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,169
percentage = 47.0
change = +14.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Bullen
votes = 531
percentage = 45.7
change = -15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Morrison
votes = 473
percentage = 40.7
change = +14.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Witter
votes = 157
percentage = 13.5
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 58
percentage = 5.0
change = -29.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,161
percentage = 37.4
change = +13.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Jones
votes = 1,077
percentage = 63.6
change = -10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Shepperd
votes = 334
percentage = 19.7
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Martin Lowe
votes = 282
percentage = 16.7
change = +4.7Election box majority
votes = 743
percentage = 43.9
change = -15.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,693
percentage = 33.9
change = +15.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mee
votes = 1,431
percentage = 63.9
change = +4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Hodson
votes = 810
percentage = 36.1
change = -4.6Election box majority
votes = 621
percentage = 27.8
change = +9.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,241
percentage = 50.5
change = +13.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Skilling
votes = 1,066
percentage = 48.0
change = -7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Pollock
votes = 787
percentage = 35.5
change = -9.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Karen Horrocks
votes = 366
percentage = 16.5
change = +16.5Election box majority
votes = 279
percentage = 12.5
change = +2.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,219
percentage = 45.2
change = +14.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Gartside
votes = 1,184
percentage = 66.6
change = +17.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Bailey
votes = 595
percentage = 33.4
change = -17.4Election box majority
votes = 589
percentage = 33.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,779
percentage = 52.7
change = +15.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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