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Local Election Results 2009

Lancashire

Whole council up for election.

Other results for Lancashire: 2005 2013 2017 2021
By-elections for Lancashire (may be incomplete): 7th February 2008 (Thornton Cleveleys C.) — 6th May 2010 (Burnley C.E.) — 27th October 2011 (Wyreside) — 5th May 2016 (Lancaster E.) — 21st July 2016 (Chorley Rural N.) — 3rd November 2016 (Burnley C.E.) — 11th January 2018 (Wyre Rural C.) — 15th February 2018 (Morecambe N.) — 14th September 2023 (Chorley Rural W.) — 26th October 2023 (Burnley C.W.)
Results for district councils — Burnley 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Chorley 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Fylde 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Hyndburn 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Lancaster 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Pendle 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Preston 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Ribble Valley 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Rossendale 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — South Ribble 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — West Lancashire 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Wyre 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

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Consolidated results — Lancashire 2009

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 140053 41.7% 51
Labour 79810 23.7% 16
Liberal Democrat 48939 14.6% 10
UK Independence Party 23244 6.9% 0
Green Party 13295 4.0% 2
Independent 12795 3.8% 3
British National Party 11778 3.5% 1
Morecambe Bay Independents 2119 0.6% 0
The Idle Toad 1986 0.6% 1
Community First 704 0.2% 0
English Democrats Party 661 0.2% 0
England First Party 599 0.2% 0
New Party 278 0.1% 0

Accrington North [Ind gain from Lab]

Malcolm Pritchard Ind 1771 51.0%
Jean Battle Lab 1136 32.7%
Brendan Shiel Ind 567 16.3%

Accrington South

Graham Jones Lab 1640 46.5%
Paul Barton C 1161 32.9%
Tony Hindley Ind 440 12.5%
Kerry Gormley Grn 287 8.1%

Accrington West [C gain from Lab]

Mohammed Younis C 2043 50.3%
Doreen Pollitt Lab 2021 49.7%

Amounderness

John Shedwick C 2153 59.3%
Alan Morgan Lab 669 18.4%
Les Holt UKIP 601 16.6%
Julie Blain BNP 205 5.7%

Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale [C gain from Lab]

Peter Mullineaux C 1455 47.1%
David Watts Lab 909 29.4%
Martin Cassell LD 725 23.5%

Brierfield and Nelson North [Lab gain from LD]

Mohammed Iqbal Lab 2253 39.2%
Shazad Ahmed LD 1974 34.3%
Mohammed Abdullah C 940 16.4%
Lee Karmer BNP 581 10.1%

Burnley Central East [LD gain from Lab]

Bill Bennett LD 1748 39.6%
Muhammad Baig Lab 1676 38.0%
Paul McDevitt BNP 547 12.4%
Cosima Towneley C 444 10.1%

Burnley Central West [LD gain from Lab]

Charlie Briggs LD 1436 39.1%
Brent Whittam C 850 23.1%
Tony Martin Lab 715 19.4%
David Shapcott BNP 676 18.4%

Burnley North East [LD gain from Lab]

Peter McCann LD 1490 39.9%
Terry Burns Lab 1175 31.5%
Peter Rowe BNP 566 15.2%
David Heginbotham C 501 13.4%

Burnley Rural [LD gain from Lab]

Margaret Brindle LD 1552 35.9%
Susan Nutter C 1212 28.0%
David Thomson BNP 842 19.5%
Stephen Large Lab 719 16.6%

Burnley South West [LD gain from Lab]

Jeff Sumner LD 1896 47.1%
John Cave BNP 855 21.2%
Maureen Martin Lab 689 17.1%
Ida Carmichael C 589 14.6%

Chorley East

Terry Brown Lab 1701 48.2%
Lawrence Catterall C 1005 28.5%
Nick Hogan UKIP 548 15.5%
Colin Denby New 278 7.9%

Chorley North

Mark Perks C 2534 51.7%
Mark Jarnell Lab 942 19.2%
Hilda Freeman UKIP 749 15.3%
Stephen Fenn LD 673 13.7%

Chorley Rural East

Pat Case C 2619 49.0%
Christopher France Lab 1857 34.7%
Denise Hogan UKIP 872 16.3%

Chorley Rural North

Mike Devaney C 1849 49.6%
Dave Rogerson Lab 950 25.5%
Mark Rhodes UKIP 931 25.0%

Chorley Rural West [C gain from Lab]

Keith Iddon C 3042 63.6%
Alan Whittaker Lab 1743 36.4%

Chorley South [C gain from Lab]

Samuel Chapman C 1400 38.1%
Hasina Khan Lab 1343 36.6%
David Hamer UKIP 931 25.3%

Chorley West [C gain from Lab]

Peter Malpas C 2981 58.8%
Edward Forshaw Lab 2092 41.2%

Clitheroe

Allan Knox LD 1864 45.2%
John Hill C 1841 44.7%
Tomas Thurogood-Hyde Lab 416 10.1%

Farington [C gain from Lab]

Mike Otter C 1482 50.6%
Fred Heyworth Lab 724 24.7%
Peter Stringfellow LD 720 24.6%

Fleetwood East

Clive Grunshaw Lab 1296 37.0%
Rosemary Timmerman C 989 28.2%
Vicki Hopwood UKIP 562 16.0%
Ian Starks BNP 380 10.8%
Rachel Normington Grn 276 7.9%

Fleetwood West [C gain from Lab]

Stan Leadbetter C 1356 36.6%
Marge Anderton Lab 1067 28.8%
David Gerrard UKIP 632 17.1%
Barry Carr BNP 403 10.9%
John Harrison Grn 246 6.6%

Fylde East

Liz Oades Ind 2594 57.4%
Simon Renwick C 1607 35.6%
Dennis Davenport Lab 317 7.0%

Fylde South

Paul Rigby C 1452 41.3%
Louis Rigby Ind 909 25.8%
Kiran Mulholland Ind 665 18.9%
Anne Fielding LD 266 7.6%
Bill Taylor Lab 228 6.5%

Fylde West [Ind gain from C]

Paul Hayhurst Ind 1761 41.4%
Janet Wardell C 1738 40.8%
John Graddon LD 463 10.9%
Anthony Lambert Lab 295 6.9%

Garstang

Valerie Wilson C 3036 59.0%
Joe Relton UKIP 971 18.9%
Chris Hart Grn 602 11.7%
Billy Glasgow Lab 540 10.5%

Great Harwood

Ciaran Wells Lab 1316 40.0%
Peter Clarke C 1096 33.3%
David Mason Ind 879 26.7%

Heysham [C gain from Lab]

Ken Brown C 1592 45.6%
Jean Yates Lab 818 23.4%
Geoff Knight MBI 797 22.8%
Gisela Renolds Grn 286 8.2%

Lancaster Central

Christopher Coates Grn 1993 40.1%
Tom Currie C 1581 31.8%
Richard Newman-Thompson Lab 859 17.3%
Tom Barney LD 537 10.8%

Lancaster East [Grn gain from Lab]

Sam Riches Grn 1502 44.1%
Elizabeth Scott Lab 999 29.3%
Miles Bennington C 535 15.7%
Michael Nicholson LD 373 10.9%

Lancaster Rural East

Susie Charles C 2498 42.9%
Joyce Pritchard LD 1292 22.2%
Fred McGlade UKIP 933 16.0%
Fraser Welsh Lab 557 9.6%
Daniel Tierney Grn 542 9.3%

Lancaster Rural North

Sarah Fishwick C 2085 50.8%
John Reynolds Lab 716 17.4%
John Whittaker UKIP 686 16.7%
Michael Woodbridge Grn 618 15.1%

Lancaster South East [C gain from Lab]

Joan Jackson C 1081 29.6%
Eileen Blamire Lab 925 25.3%
Jane Fletcher Grn 826 22.6%
Phil Dunster LD 603 16.5%
Bill Potts UKIP 216 5.9%

Leyland Central [C gain from Lab]

Mike France C 1942 42.3%
Matthew Tomlinson Lab 1531 33.4%
Derek Forrest LD 1116 24.3%

Leyland South West [C gain from Lab]

Michael Green C 2038 51.8%
Anne Brown Lab 1228 31.2%
Gareth Armstrong LD 666 16.9%

Longridge with Bowland

David Smith C 2820 69.8%
Simon Entwistle LD 806 20.0%
Niall Macfarlane Lab 413 10.2%

Lytham

Tim Ashton C 2092 49.4%
Ken Hopwood Ind 1196 28.3%
Tom Armer LD 528 12.5%
Janet Sherwood Lab 417 9.9%

Morecambe North

Tony Jones C 1972 56.9%
Ian Pattison Lab 837 24.1%
Adrienne Wallman Grn 659 19.0%

Morecambe South [C gain from Lab]

Albert Thornton C 1157 31.9%
David Kerr MBI 861 23.7%
Martyn Jowett Lab 698 19.2%
Ian Clift LD 688 19.0%
Matthew Wootton Grn 225 6.2%

Morecambe West

Janice Hanson Lab 684 25.9%
Nigel Brown UKIP 544 20.6%
Pat Hibbins C 516 19.5%
Geoff Walker MBI 461 17.4%
Michael Gradwell LD 263 10.0%
Simon Lewis Grn 174 6.6%

Nelson South [Lab gain from LD]

George Adam Lab 1652 36.9%
Shakil Rehmann C 1123 25.1%
Sonia Robinson LD 849 19.0%
Helen Mulligan BNP 507 11.3%
John Banks UKIP 346 7.7%

Ormskirk West [C gain from Lab]

Robert Bailey C 1465 42.5%
Steve Hanlon Lab 968 28.0%
Pat Franklin-Braid UKIP 427 12.4%
Maurice George Grn 412 11.9%
Ken Walters EDP 179 5.2%

Oswaldtwistle [C gain from Lab]

Peter Britcliffe C 2189 59.6%
Dorothy Westell Lab 1482 40.4%

Padiham and Burnley West [BNP gain from Lab]

Sharon Wilkinson BNP 1155 30.7%
Marcus Johnstone Lab 954 25.4%
Martyn Hunt LD 927 24.6%
Alan Marsden C 726 19.3%

Pendle Central [C gain from Lab]

George Askew C 1275 31.0%
Dorothy Lord LD 1207 29.3%
Brian Parker BNP 978 23.8%
David Whalley Lab 653 15.9%

Pendle East

Michael Calvert C 2295 50.2%
Adam Thomas LD 651 14.3%
Veronica Cullen BNP 579 12.7%
Graham Cannon UKIP 546 12.0%
David Foat Lab 497 10.9%

Pendle West

Shelagh Derwent C 2821 58.1%
Bob Allen Lab 816 16.8%
James Wood LD 648 13.3%
Ronald Bradbury BNP 574 11.8%

Penwortham North

Tony Pimblett LD 2124 46.1%
Mary Robinson C 2033 44.1%
David Bretherton Lab 454 9.8%

Penwortham South [C gain from Lab]

Renee Blow C 2048 52.3%
Cheryl Ledward-Lee Lab 976 24.9%
Geoffrey Garratt LD 894 22.8%

Poulton-le-Fylde

Geoffrey Roper C 2550 55.0%
David Jay UKIP 800 17.3%
Sean Hazlewood Lab 714 15.4%
Kevan Benfold LD 570 12.3%

Preston Central North

Frank de Molfetta Lab 1547 35.0%
Terry Cartwright Ind 1207 27.3%
Sharon Riley C 937 21.2%
Rebecca Finch LD 305 6.9%
Liz Mahon UKIP 266 6.0%
Jonathan Sear Grn 152 3.4%

Preston Central South

Carl Crompton Lab 1136 36.4%
John Potter LD 724 23.2%
Collette Nuttall C 584 18.7%
Vali Patel Ind 432 13.9%
Abdullah Turgut UKIP 243 7.8%

Preston City

Yousuf Motala Lab 1589 48.0%
Liam Pennington LD 666 20.1%
Hussain Mulla C 647 19.6%
Mark Westcombe Grn 407 12.3%

Preston East

Kevin Ellard Lab 1004 37.4%
Paul Balshaw C 707 26.4%
Mark Cotterill EFP 599 22.3%
Danny Gallagher LD 371 13.8%

Preston North

Geoffrey Driver C 2460 59.3%
Stephen Wilkinson LD 1199 28.9%
John Young Lab 492 11.9%

Preston North East

Michael Welsh C 1793 44.8%
Richard Muirhead UKIP 774 19.3%
Fiona Wren LD 766 19.1%
Bert Williams Lab 673 16.8%

Preston North West [LD gain from Lab]

Mark Jewell LD 1380 44.7%
Tom Burns Lab 996 32.2%
Alun Roberts C 714 23.1%

Preston Rural

George Wilkins C 2672 68.7%
Elizabeth Richardson LD 540 13.9%
Louise Ashcroft Grn 428 11.0%
Jack Davenport Lab 250 6.4%

Preston South East

Jennifer Mein Lab 1601 61.0%
Julian Sedgewick C 557 21.2%
Jenny Buxton LD 468 17.8%

Preston West

Bill Winlow LD 1590 44.0%
Julie Buttle C 1552 42.9%
Drew Gale Lab 472 13.1%

Ribble Valley North East

Albert Atkinson C 3273 62.0%
David Berryman LD 1252 23.7%
Bernard Hough UKIP 757 14.3%

Ribble Valley South West

Chris Holtom C 2788 63.8%
John Theakstone LD 946 21.7%
Rosemary Wickenden UKIP 633 14.5%

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

Miles Parkinson Lab 2016 50.9%
Stan Horne C 1946 49.1%

Rossendale East

Jimmy Eaton C 1449 37.5%
Bob Sheffield LD 863 22.3%
Dale Connearn Lab 732 18.9%
Kevin Bryan BNP 526 13.6%
Helen Jackson Grn 293 7.6%

Rossendale North [C gain from Lab]

Tony Winder C 1894 45.6%
Hazel Harding Lab 1343 32.3%
Tony Justice EDP 482 11.6%
Clifford Adamson LD 435 10.5%

Rossendale South

Darryl Smith C 2368 56.2%
Nick Pilling Lab 1052 25.0%
Sadaqut Amin LD 792 18.8%

Rossendale West [C gain from Lab]

Peter Evans C 1288 37.7%
Bob Wilkinson Lab 872 25.5%
Catherine Pilling LD 684 20.0%
David Duthie UKIP 570 16.7%

St Annes North [LD gain from C]

Howard Henshaw LD 2049 45.9%
Karen Buckley C 1502 33.7%
Bill Whitehead UKIP 614 13.8%
Peter Stephenson Lab 296 6.6%

St Annes South

Fabian Craig-Wilson C 1618 40.6%
Karen Henshaw LD 1353 34.0%
Richard Whitehead UKIP 539 13.5%
Brenda Lambert Lab 297 7.5%
Frederick Booth BNP 175 4.4%

Skelmersdale Central

Terence Aldridge Lab 1465 55.2%
Mike Brennan UKIP 768 29.0%
Paul Greenall C 419 15.8%

Skelmersdale East [C gain from Lab]

Carolyn Evans C 1678 41.2%
Bob Pendleton Lab 1513 37.1%
Margaret Radcliffe UKIP 885 21.7%

Skelmersdale West

Maggie Skilling Lab 1369 44.1%
Helen Daniels UKIP 893 28.8%
Jane Houlgrave C 507 16.3%
Anne Doyle Grn 332 10.7%

Skerton

Niki Penney Lab 786 29.9%
Richard Rollins C 706 26.8%
Ian Chamberlain Grn 503 19.1%
Roger Dennison Ind 374 14.2%
Barbara Dearnley LD 261 9.9%

South Ribble Rural East

Tom Sharratt IdleToad 1986 56.1%
Barrie Yates C 1552 43.9%

South Ribble Rural West

Keith Young C 2765 56.9%
Ann Wilkins UKIP 708 14.6%
Diane Maier Lab 581 12.0%
David Moore LD 501 10.3%
Kevin Moore Grn 301 6.2%

Thornton Cleveleys Central

Jim Lawrenson C 2111 47.6%
Roy Hopwood UKIP 1051 23.7%
Wayne Martin Lab 915 20.6%
Neville Brydon BNP 358 8.1%

Thornton Cleveleys North [C gain from Lab]

Andrea Kay C 1740 41.2%
Penny Martin Lab 1276 30.2%
Edward Barnes UKIP 779 18.4%
James Clayton BNP 431 10.2%

West Craven [C gain from LD]

Keith Bailey C 2431 41.8%
David Whipp LD 1996 34.3%
James Jackman BNP 897 15.4%
Ian Tweedie Lab 488 8.4%

West Lancashire East

David Westley C 1984 58.4%
Jacqueline Citarella Lab 736 21.7%
John Watt Grn 679 20.0%

West Lancashire North

Malcolm Barron C 2514 66.5%
Alan Robinson UKIP 732 19.4%
Alan Bullen Lab 532 14.1%

West Lancashire South

David O'Toole C 2339 55.5%
Jim Bevan UKIP 995 23.6%
Paul Cotterill Lab 878 20.8%

West Lancashire West

William Cropper C 2226 50.8%
Cynthia Dereli Lab 1012 23.1%
John Roughley UKIP 742 16.9%
Martin Lowe Grn 405 9.2%

Whitworth [C gain from Lab]

Peter Steen C 941 28.2%
Sean Serridge Lab 904 27.1%
Alan Neal CFirst 704 21.1%
Michael Crossley BNP 543 16.3%
Hetty Crawshaw LD 249 7.5%

Wyreside

Bob Mutch C 3582 65.9%
Alan Schofield Grn 1147 21.1%
Andy Meredith Lab 710 13.1%

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