Local Election Results 2008
West Lancashire
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Aughton Park, Bickerstaffe, Newburgh, North Meols, Parbold or Scarisbrick. One Conservative councillor was elected unopposed. The election in Tanhouse this year was a by-election.
Other results for West Lancashire:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
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
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
11101 |
54.2% |
12 |
| Labour |
7543 |
36.8% |
7 |
| UK Independence Party |
857 |
4.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
638 |
3.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
336 |
1.6% |
0 |
| Geoff Roberts |
Lab |
533 |
51.2% |
| James Coomber |
C |
302 |
29.0% |
| Roy Green |
UKIP |
207 |
19.9% |
| Una Atherley |
C |
1073 |
65.0% |
| Julie Gibson |
Lab |
302 |
18.3% |
| Jim Bevan |
UKIP |
276 |
16.7% |
| Mary Pendleton |
Lab |
394 |
75.9% |
| Malcolm Barron |
C |
125 |
24.1% |
| George Pratt |
C |
737 |
65.6% |
| Kate Anderson |
Lab |
386 |
34.4% |
| Jason Grice |
C |
853 |
58.6% |
| Cynthia Dereli |
Lab |
602 |
41.4% |
| Adrian Owens |
C |
904 |
61.8% |
| Alexander Gilmore |
Lab |
336 |
23.0% |
| Anne Doyle |
Grn |
223 |
15.2% |
| Terence Aldridge |
Lab |
515 |
76.5% |
| Graham Jones |
C |
158 |
23.5% |
| Doreen Stephenson |
C |
395 |
64.4% |
| David Corfield |
Ind |
152 |
24.8% |
| Susan Jones |
Lab |
66 |
10.8% |
| Peter Lea |
C |
1003 |
63.8% |
| Ann Rice |
Lab |
357 |
22.7% |
| John Watt |
Grn |
211 |
13.4% |
| Christopher Mawdsley |
Lab |
478 |
74.5% |
| Richard Shepherd |
C |
164 |
25.5% |
| Joan Colling |
C |
524 |
84.8% |
| Jacqueline Citarella |
Lab |
94 |
15.2% |
| Cyril Ainscough |
C |
861 |
55.7% |
| Noel Delaney |
Lab |
482 |
31.2% |
| Maurice George |
Grn |
204 |
13.2% |
| Neil Furey |
Lab |
563 |
62.9% |
| Joan Morrison |
Ind |
184 |
20.6% |
| Dave Rydings |
C |
148 |
16.5% |
| Sydney Jones |
Lab |
778 |
66.7% |
| Joanne Rushton |
C |
389 |
33.3% |
| Nikki Hennessy |
Lab |
402 |
52.2% |
| Cindy Miller |
C |
368 |
47.8% |
| John Mee |
C |
1526 |
87.7% |
| Stephen Hanlon |
Lab |
215 |
12.3% |
| Ruth Pollock |
C |
728 |
43.1% |
| Maggie Skilling |
Lab |
725 |
42.9% |
| Marie Settle |
UKIP |
238 |
14.1% |
| Peter Gartside |
C |
843 |
65.1% |
| Pauline Bailey |
Lab |
315 |
24.3% |
| Iain Routh |
UKIP |
136 |
10.5% |
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