Chapter 10  North Western Unitaries

There were no elections this year in Blackburn with Darwen, Halton or Warrington. New ward boundaries are to be introduced next year in these boroughs.

10.1  Blackpool

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Anchorsholme (2)

Jonathon Bamborough  LD  1,360
Steven Bate  LD  1,196
Donald MacNaughton  C  886
Bryan Anandappa  C  852
Alan Haynes  Lab  759
Alice Lilley  Lab  700

Bispham (2)

Donald Clapham  C  1,553
Henry Mitchell  C  1,505
John Boughton  Lab  805
Christopher Ryan  Lab  739
Morry Hart  LD  399

Bloomfield (2)

Mary Smith  Lab  822
Simon Blackburn  Lab  793
Doreen Holt  LD  779
Barrie Hall  C  675
Ian Coleman  LD  662
Michael Chappell  C  657

Brunswick (2)

Maureen Cresswell  Lab  1,233
Barry Cresswell  Lab  1,214
Philip Cartwright  C  538
Brian Hartley Turnbull  C  502
Nicholas Grainger  LD  320
Robert McDowell  UKIP  200

Claremont (2)

Ivan Taylor  Lab  1,245
Sylvia Taylor  Lab  1,177
Linda Cole  C  744
Stephen Houghton  C  703
Lesley Owens  LD  290
John Porter  Ind  161

Clifton (2)

Joan Greenhalgh  Lab  1,268
Michael Carr  Lab  1,120
Christopher Perry  C  796
John McIntosh  C  680
Stuart Mackie  LD  356

Greenlands (2)

Kathryn Benson  Lab  1,209
Robert Harrison  Lab  1,146
Ian Dodd  C  1,012
Molly Laye  C  1,008
Barbara Bamborough  LD  445

Hawes Side (2)

Norman Hardy  Lab  1,352
Valerie Haynes  Lab  1,274
Linda Richman  C  831
Graham Baker  C  815
Wendy Smalley  LD  432

Highfield (2)

Lily Henderson  C  1,230
Susan Fowler  C  1,200
Pamela Jackson  Lab  989
Gary Coleman  Lab  936
Alan Watkins  LD  673

Ingthorpe (2)

Kathleen Rowson  Lab  1,459
Michael Bradley-Wilcox  Lab  1,251
Steven James  C  825
Kenneth Dyke  C  767
Carole Bate  LD  454

Layton (2)

Susan Wright  Lab  1,423
Roy Fisher  Lab  1,375
Stephen Flanigan  C  628
Marlene McGuirk  C  598
Terence Woodings  Ind  482
Alma Rollinson  LD  323

Marton (2)

Bill Burgess  C  1,357
James Houldsworth  C  1,263
James Elmes  Lab  1,010
James Sorah  Lab  854
Hazel Williams  LD  331

Norbreck (2)

Peter Callow  C  1,835
Maxine Callow  C  1,804
Roger Cooke  Lab  851
Barbara Wright  Lab  726
Donna Bamborough  LD  378

Park (2)

Brian Doherty  Lab  1,071
Leslie Kersh  Lab  1,055
Margaret Gough  C  573
Roger Jones  C  536
Tania Dundavan  LD  411
Tam Johnston  Ind  275

Squires Gate (2)

Robert Wynne  LD  1,413
Douglas Green  LD  1,158
Geoffrey Price  C  793
Frank Harris  C  676
Gillian Campbell  Lab  647
Nicholas Gradwell  Lab  526

Stanley (2)

Peter Evans  C  1,215
Granville Heap  C  1,128
John Finlay  Ind  821
Carol Gradwell  Lab  747
Gaynor Wynne  LD  665
Beverley Harvey  Lab  570

Talbot (2)

Philip Dunne  Lab  1,004
Raymond Hutchinson  Lab  936
Patricia Mancini  C  699
Peter Watson  C  670
Alan Duxbury-Campbell  LD  482
Mark Sponder  LD  424

Tyldesley (2)

Allan Matthews  Lab  1,387
Edward Collett  Lab  1,294
Aubrey Horne  C  872
Mohamed Hameed  C  740
Rod Holt  LD  435

Victoria (2)

Frederick Jackson  Lab  1,100
David Owen  Lab  998
Jacqueline Jackson  LD  732
Peter Wood  LD  652
Joan Horne  C  549
Jean Kenrick  C  522

Warbreck (2)

Joyce Delves  C  1,210
David Brown  C  1,166
Desmond Harvey  Lab  848
Paul Waugh  Lab  813
Anne Heyworth  LD  477
Kevan Benfold  LD  450

Waterloo (2)

Ian Fowler  C  1,027
Carol Radcliffe  Lab  1,011
Ronald Bell  C  895
Susan Rigby  Lab  887
Michael Hodkinson  LD  592
Justin Allitt  LD  545

Consolidated Results — Blackpool

Labour              22,240  39.9%  25 councillors
Conservative        19,761  35.5%  13 councillors
Liberal Democrat    11,747  21.1%   4 councillors
Independents         1,739   3.1%
UK Independence Party  200   0.4%