West Lancashire Borough Council election, 2012
The 2012 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election, with results compared to the corresponding vote in West Lancashire Council election, 2008.[1]
West Lancashire Local Election Result 2012 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
7 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
38.9 |
35.64 |
7991 |
-18.56 |
|
Labour |
11 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
61.1 |
56.04 |
12566 |
+19.24 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
131 |
N/A |
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.41 |
91 |
N/A |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.11 |
921 |
+1.01 |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.07 |
241 |
-0.53 |
Ward results
Ashurst
Ashurst
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Gail Hodson |
1046 |
77.2% |
|
|
Conservative |
Stacey Griffiths |
171 |
12.6% |
|
|
Green |
Elizabeth Boorman |
138 |
10.2% |
|
Majority |
871 |
64.0% |
|
Turnout |
1362 |
28.1% |
|
Aughton and Downholland
Aughton and Downholland
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Una Atherley |
913 |
59.8% |
|
|
Labour |
Paul Hennessy |
613 |
40.2% |
|
Majority |
300 |
19.4% |
|
Turnout |
1543 |
34.1% |
|
Birch Green
Birch Green
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Lucy Hodson |
686 |
86.7% |
|
|
Conservative |
Jane Marshall |
60 |
7.6% |
|
|
Green |
Peter Cranie |
45 |
5.7% |
|
Majority |
626 |
78.6% |
|
Turnout |
796 |
25.5% |
|
Burscough East
Burscough East
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Roger Bell |
461 |
42.0% |
|
|
Conservative |
George Pratt |
396 |
36.1% |
|
|
Independent |
Brian Bailey |
241 |
21.9% |
|
Majority |
65 |
5.8% |
|
Turnout |
1116 |
34.1% |
|
Burscough West
Burscough West
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Cynthia Dereli |
960 |
67.8% |
|
|
Conservative |
Jason Grice |
455 |
32.2% |
|
Majority |
505 |
35.4% |
|
Turnout |
1423 |
36.3% |
|
Derby
Derby
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Adrian Owens |
883 |
51.7% |
|
|
Labour |
Gareth Dowling |
575 |
33.6% |
|
|
Green |
Anne Doyle |
160 |
9.4% |
|
|
UKIP |
Thomas Roughley |
91 |
5.3% |
|
Majority |
308 |
18.0% |
|
Turnout |
1712 |
31.1% |
|
Digmoor
Halsall
Halsall
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Doreen Stephenson |
331 |
52.3% |
|
|
Labour |
Raymond Brookfield |
302 |
47.7% |
|
Majority |
29 |
4.5% |
|
Turnout |
648 |
37.5% |
|
Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Martin Forshaw |
544 |
64.5% |
|
|
Labour |
Joan Draper |
300 |
35.5% |
|
Majority |
244 |
28.6% |
|
Turnout |
853 |
27.1% |
|
Knowsley
Knowsley
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
George Oliver |
918 |
51.3% |
|
|
Conservative |
David Meadows |
711 |
39.7% |
|
|
Green |
John Watt |
161 |
9.0% |
|
Majority |
207 |
11.5% |
|
Turnout |
1802 |
40.4% |
|
Moorside
Moorside
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Terence Aldridge |
753 |
90.4% |
|
|
Conservative |
Cindy Miller |
80 |
9.6% |
|
Majority |
673 |
80.0% |
|
Turnout |
841 |
30.2% |
|
Rufford
Rufford
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Jane Houlgrave |
333 |
45.2% |
|
|
Independent |
John Gordon |
293 |
39.8% |
|
|
Labour |
Simon Perkins |
111 |
15.1% |
|
Majority |
40 |
5.3% |
|
Turnout |
741 |
43.9% |
|
Scott
Scott
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Kevin Wright |
923 |
54.2 |
+23.0 |
|
Conservative |
Edward McCarthy |
516 |
30.3 |
-25.4 |
|
Green |
Maurice George |
151 |
8.9 |
-4.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Banks |
112 |
6.6 |
N/A |
Majority |
407 |
23.8 |
-0.7 |
Turnout |
1707 |
37.5 |
+2.7 |
Skelmersdale North
Skelmersdale North
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Neil Furey |
945 |
89.7% |
|
|
Conservative |
Amanda Shaw |
109 |
10.3% |
|
Majority |
836 |
78.4% |
|
Turnout |
1066 |
34.7% |
|
Skelmersdale South
Skelmersdale South
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Donna West |
1165 |
82.4% |
|
|
Conservative |
David Gallagher |
134 |
9.5% |
|
|
Green |
Martin Lowe |
114 |
8.1% |
|
Majority |
1031 |
72.4% |
|
Turnout |
1424 |
28.4% |
|
Tarleton
Tarleton
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Rosie Evans |
1076 |
73.3% |
|
|
Labour |
Margaret Blake |
391 |
26.7% |
|
Majority |
685 |
45.9% |
|
Turnout |
1491 |
33.0% |
|
Up Holland
Up Holland
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Gaynar Owen |
1124 |
64.4% |
|
|
Conservative |
Ruth Pollock |
622 |
35.6% |
|
Majority |
502 |
28.4% |
|
Turnout |
1762 |
35.6% |
|
Wrightington
Wrightington
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Carolyn Evans |
589 |
49.4% |
|
|
Labour |
Jennifer Patterson |
451 |
37.8% |
|
|
Green |
Julie Hotchkiss |
152 |
12.8% |
|
Majority |
138 |
11.5% |
|
Turnout |
1197 |
35.75 |
|
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