Lancashire County Council election, 2005

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 general election.

Each single-member ward in Lancashire was modified by boundary changes. No elections were held in Blackpool or Blackburn as they are unitary authorities outside of the county boundaries.

Party results

#E4003B || Labour|| 44 #0087DC || Conservative|| 31 #FAA61A || Liberal Democrats|| 6 #6AB023 || Green|| 1 #DCDCDC || Independent|| 1 #DC143C || Idle Toad|| 1

Lancashire Council election, 2005
	Party	Seats

Divisional results

Burnley

Burnley Central East

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Cavangh	3,012	49.24
	Liberal Democrat	William Bennett	2,169	35.46
	Conservative	David Tierney	936	15.30
Majority			843	13.78
Turnout			6,117
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley Central West

**Burnley Central West**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Martin	2,356	37.55
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,477	23.54
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Embra	1,339	21.34
	BNP	John Cave	1,102	17.56
Majority			879	14.01
Turnout			6,274
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley North East

**Burnley North East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terry Burns	2,418	40.43
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	1,949	32.59
	BNP	David Shapcott	838	13.84
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	776	12.97
Majority			469	7.84
Turnout			5,981
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley Rural

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stephen Large	2,410
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	2,103
	Liberal Democrat	Peter McCann	1,829
	BNP	David Thomson	1,204
Majority			307
Turnout			7,546
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnley South West

**Burnley South West**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Maureen Martin	2,411
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Bullas	2,007
	BNP	1,191	Derek Dawson
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	977
Majority			404
Turnout			6,586
	Labour hold		Swing

Padiham and Burnley West

**Padiham and Burnley West**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	2,377
	Liberal Democrat	Mary McCann	1,393
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	1,363
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	1,125
Majority			984
Turnout			6,258
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley

Chorley East

**Chorley East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Don Yates	3,542
	Conservative	Roger Livesey	1,805
Majority			1,737
Turnout			5,347
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Perks	3,279
	Labour	Sharon Woodruff-Gray	2,752
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	1,591
Majority			527
Turnout			7,622
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural East

**Chorley Rural East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Case	3,826
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	3,372
	Green	Matthew Sims	1,035
Majority			454
Turnout			8,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural North

**Chorley Rural North**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Margaret Livesey	2,442
	Labour	James Freeman	2,160
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fenn	1,380
Majority			282
Turnout			5,982
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley Rural West

**Chorley Rural West**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	3,840
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	3,833
Majority			7
Turnout			7,673
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South

**Chorley South**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Wilson	2,972
	Conservative	Lawrence Catterall	1,602
	Liberal Democrat	988
Majority			1,370
Turnout			5,562
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley West

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	3,369
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	2,770
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Ball	2,228
Majority			599
Turnout			8,367
	Labour hold		Swing

Fylde

Fylde East

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Elizabeth Oades	2,309
	Conservative	Peter Sowden	2,051
	Labour	Adrian Hutton	1,207
	Liberal Democrat	Willian Winlow	670
Majority			258
Turnout			6,237
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fylde South

**Fylde South**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bernard Whittle	2,954
	Labour	Michelle Miles	1,430
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Fielding	1,041
Majority			1,524
Turnout			6,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fylde West

**Fylde West**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joyce Stuart	3,426
	Labour	Nicholas Wareing	1,534
	Liberal Democrat	John Graddon	1,273
Majority			1,892
Turnout			6,233
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lytham

**Burnley Central East**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Timothy Ashton	3,647
	Labour	Marjorie Sherwood	1,437
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turner	1,065
Majority			2,210
Turnout			6,249
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Annes North

**St Annes North**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Colin Walton	2,640
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Henshaw	2,152
	Labour
Majority			488
Turnout			6,302
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Annes South

**St Annes South**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Jealous	2,601
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Henshaw	2,096
	Labour	Dennis Davenport	1,384
Majority			505
Turnout			6,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hyndburn

Accrington North

**Accrington North**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jean Battle	3,561
	Conservative	Janet Storey	2,323
Majority			1,238
Turnout			5,884
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South

**Accrington South**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,288
	Conservative	Paul Barton	2,394
Majority			984
Turnout			5,592
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington West

**Accrington West**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Doreen Pollitt	3,201
	Conservative	Mohammed Siddique	1,978
Majority			1,223
Turnout			5,179
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood

**Great Harwood**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	2,241'
	Conservative	Winifred Frankland	2,086
	Liberal Democrat	George Slynn	818
Majority			155
Turnout			5,145
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle

**Oswaldtwistle**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	2,918
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	2,244
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Fisher	1,149
Majority			674
Turnout			6,311
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

**Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors**
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	2,958
	Conservative	Ann Scaife	2,539
	Liberal Democrat	William Greene	970
Majority			419
Turnout			6,467
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

Heysham

**Heysham**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Yates	2,453	39.30
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	2,214	35.48
	Liberal Democrat	William Riley	792	12.69
	Independent	Michael Greenall	607	9.73
	Green	Stephen Dickenson	175	2.80
Majority			239	3.83
Turnout			6,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster Central

**Lancaster Central**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Christopher Coates	2,252	31.43
	Labour	Michael Gibson	2,102	29.33
	Conservative	Helen Helme	1,821	25.41
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Fritz	991	13.83
Majority			150	2.09
Turnout			7,166
	Green hold		Swing

=Lancaster East

**Lancaster East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Scott	2,240	41.60
	Green	Matthew Wottoon	1,482	27.52
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dunster	882	16.38
	Conservative	Joan Jackson	781	14.50
Majority			758	14.08
Turnout			5,385
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster Rural East

**Lancaster Rural East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Charles	3,947	44.55
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Pritchard	2,560	28.89
	Labour	Benjamin Soffa	1,768	19.95
	Green	Abigail Mills	585	6.60
Majority			1,387	15.65
Turnout			8,860
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster Rural North

**Lancaster Rural North**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Fishwick	2,518	36.32
	Labour	Janette Gardner	1,902	27.43
	Liberal Democrat	June Greenwell	1,396	20.14
	Independent	Keith Budden	781	11.26
	Green	Ian McCulloch	336	4.85
Majority			616	8.89
Turnout			6,933
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancaster South East

**Lancaster South East**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Elliott	1,862	37.23
	Conservative	Clare Hilley	1,370	27.39
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Hayes	1,370	27.39
	Green	Susanna Holden	395	7.90
Majority			448	9.76
Turnout			5,001
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Morecambe North

**Morecambe North**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Jones	2,667	44.85
	Labour	Elaine Bush	1,840	30.94
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Clift	18.31
	Green	Pamela White	351	5.90
Majority			827	13.91
Turnout			5,947
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Morecambe South

**Morecambe South**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Thornton	2,554	38.64
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Day	1,927	29.15
	Conservative	Gordon Hagel	1,898	28.71
	Green	Howard Jago	231	3.49
Majority			627	9.49
Turnout			6,610
	Labour hold		Swing

Morecambe West

**Morecambe West**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janice Hanson	2,904	53.32
	Conservative	John Mace	1,331	24.44
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gradwell	983	18.05
	Green	Mark Westcombe	228	4.19
Majority			1,573	28.88
Turnout			5,446
	Labour hold		Swing

Skerton

**Skerton**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicola Penney	3,096	59.93
	Conservative	Anthony Johnson	1,347	26.07
	Green	Ashley Toms	723	14.00
Majority			1,749	33.86
Turnout			5,166
	Labour hold		Swing

#FAA61A || Brierfieldand NelsonNorth || Liberal Democrats || 778 #FAA61A || Nelson South || Liberal Democrats || 52 #E4003B || Pendle Central || Labour || 523 #0087DC || Pendle East || Conservative || 342 #0087DC || Pendle West || Conservative || 1,767 #FAA61A || West Craven || Liberal Democrats || 392

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Preston

#E4003B || Preston Central North || Labour || 391 #E4003B || Preston Central South || Labour || 1,274 #E4003B || Preston City || Labour || 1,157 #E4003B || Preston East || Labour || 1,543 #0087DC || Preston North || Conservative || 849 #0087DC || Preston North East || Conservative || 529 #E4003B || Preston North West || Labour || 675 #0087DC || Preston Rural || Conservative || 2,412 #E4003B || Preston South East || Labour || 1,199 #FAA61A || Preston West || Liberal Democrats || 940

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Ribble Valley

#FAA61A || Clitheroe|| Liberal Democrat || 383 #0087DC || Longridgewith Bowland || Conservative || 1,893 #0087DC || Ribble Valley North East || Conservative || 2,403 #0087DC || Ribble Valley South West || Conservative || 2,481

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Rossendale

#0087DC || Rossendale East || Conservative || 167 #E4003B || Rossendale North || Labour || 43 #0087DC || Rossendale South || Conservative || 34 #E4003B || Rossendale West || Labour || 57 #E4003B || Whitworth || Labour || 309

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

South Ribble

#E4003B || Bamber Bridgeand Walton-le-Dale|| Labour || 601 #E4003B || Farington|| Labour || 531 #E4003B || LeylandCentral || Labour || 1,307 #E4003B || Leyland South West || Labour || 1,427 #FAA61A || PenworthamNorth || Liberal Democrats || 391 #E4003B || Penwortham South || Labour || 923 #DC143C || South Ribble Rural East || Idle Toad || 959 #0087DC || South Ribble Rural West || Conservative || 2,165

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

West Lancashire

#E4003B || OrmskirkWest || Labour || 76 #E4003B || SkelmersdaleCentral || Labour || 2,872 #E4003B || Skelmersdale East || Labour || 1,330 #E4003B || Skelmersdale West || Labour || 3,516 #0087DC || West Lancashire East || Conservative || 1,020 #0087DC || West Lancashire North || Conservative || 2,063 #0087DC || West Lancashire South || Conservative || 1,657 #0087DC || West Lancashire West || Conservative || 259

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Wyre

#0087DC || Amounderness|| Conservative || 857 #E4003B || FleetwoodEast || Labour || 1,555 #E4003B || Fleetwood West || Labour || 974 #0087DC || Garstang|| Conservative || 2,387 #0087DC || Poulton-le-Fylde|| Conservative || 1,542 #0087DC || Thornton-CleveleysCentral^[1]|| Conservative || 341 #E4003B || Thornton-Cleveleys North || Labour || 643 #0087DC || Wyreside || Conservative || 2,236

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Notes

↑ Following the death of the Councillor for Thorton-Cleveleys Central, a by-election was held which saw the Conservatives retain the seat with an increased majority of 602. Source: Lancashire County Council

[1] Following the death of the Councillor for Thorton-Cleveleys Central, a by-election was held which saw the Conservatives retain the seat with an increased majority of 602. Source: Lancashire County Council

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