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Local Election Results 2003

West Lancashire

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Burscough East, Burscough West, Halsall, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Moorside, Newburgh or Rufford.

Other results for West Lancashire: 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for West Lancashire (may be incomplete): 13th October 2005 (Up Holland) — 4th June 2009 (Digmoor) — 2nd September 2010 (Skelmersdale S.; Up Holland) — 2nd May 2013 (Digmoor) — 10th October 2013 (Parbold) — 11th December 2014 (Skelmersdale N.) — 8th June 2017 (Aughton Park) — 29th June 2017 (Derby) — 19th July 2018 (Hesketh-with-Becconsall) — 26th July 2018 (Knowsley) — 11th October 2018 (Tanhouse) — 21st November 2019 (Birch Green) — 4th November 2021 (North Meols)
Results for Lancashire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — West Lancashire 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 8497 46.1% 9
Labour 7361 39.9% 9
Independent 2043 11.1% 0
Green Party 541 2.9% 0

Ashurst

Ann Rice Lab 483 53.1%
Patrick McElhinney Ind 268 29.5%
Paul Boulton C 158 17.4%

Aughton and Downholland

David Westley C 954 60.7%
Andrew Johnson Lab 618 39.3%

Aughton Park

Geoffrey Roberts C 682 78.0%
Stephen Hanlon Lab 192 22.0%

Bickerstaffe

Patricia Taylor C 402 53.7%
Paul Cotterill Lab 347 46.3%

Birch Green

Jane Roberts Lab 323 84.6%
Timothy Edwards C 59 15.4%

Derby

David Swiffen C 618 47.5%
Noel Delaney Lab 541 41.6%
Anne Doyle Grn 141 10.8%

Digmoor

Ann-Marie Maguire Lab 394 75.5%
Alan Spears Ind 74 14.2%
Richard Shepherd C 54 10.3%

Knowsley

Robert Bailey C 730 56.6%
Margaret Pinnington Lab 415 32.2%
John Watt Grn 145 11.2%

North Meols

Jill Baldock C 386 48.9%
Joan Draper Ind 286 36.2%
Jane McDermott Lab 117 14.8%

Parbold

May Blake C 749 58.8%
Rosalind Wess Ind 341 26.8%
Clare Gillard Lab 183 14.4%

Scarisbrick

Margaret Edwards C 560 72.0%
David Evans Lab 218 28.0%

Scott [Lab gain from C]

Allison Sinton Lab 580 38.2%
Cyril Ainscough C 574 37.8%
John Fillis Ind 221 14.5%
Maurice George Grn 144 9.5%

Skelmersdale North

Richard Nolan Lab 450 61.1%
Joan Morrison Ind 195 26.5%
Graham Jones C 92 12.5%

Skelmersdale South

Doreen Saxon Lab 682 73.8%
Susan Cropper C 131 14.2%
Martin Lowe Grn 111 12.0%

Tanhouse

William Roberts Lab 368 76.3%
Irene O'Donnell C 114 23.7%

Tarleton

Rosemary Evans C 957 59.3%
John Hodson Ind 658 40.7%

Up Holland

Anthony Rice Lab 812 55.2%
Ruth Pollock C 659 44.8%

Wrightington [Lab gain from C]

Derek Thompson Lab 638 50.8%
Carolyn Evans C 618 49.2%

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