Lancashire County Council election, 1997

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 1997 on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 1997.

Results

Burnley

#E4003B || Burnley Central East || Labour || 371 #E4003B || Burnley Central West || Labour || 2,230 #E4003B || Burnley North East || Labour || 3,112 #E4003B || Burnley Rural || Labour || 1,690 #E4003B || Burnley South West || Labour || 2,127 #E4003B || Burnley West || Labour || 2,293

	Seat	Result	Majority

Chorley

#E4003B || Chorley East || Labour || 2,989 #E4003B || Chorley North || Labour || 1,062 #E4003B || Chorley Rural East || Labour || 60 #0087DC || Chorley Rural North || Conservative || 363 #E4003B || Chorley Rural West || Labour || 691 #E4003B || Chorley West || Labour || 2,862

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Fylde

#0087DC || Fylde East || Conservative || 1,509 #0087DC || Fylde West || Conservative || 1,633 #0087DC || Lytham|| Conservative || 2,367 #0087DC || St Annes North || Conservative || 1,276 #0087DC || St Annes South || Conservative || 52

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Hyndburn

Accrington Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,880
	Conservative	SG Crook	1,453
Turnout			4,333
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,794
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,566
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Whitchelo	998
Turnout			7,358
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,601
	Conservative	AC Barter	2,405
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Pritchard	1,312
Turnout			8,318
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,824
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,112
	Liberal Democrat	M Gradwell	1,076
Turnout			6.012
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	4,871
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	3,854
Turnout			8,725
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ormerod	4,541
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	3,367
Turnout			7,908
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

#E4003B || Heysham|| Labour || 1,600 #FF0000 || Lancaster City || Labour || 1,531 #E4003B || Lancaster East || Labour || 3,006 #0087DC || Lancaster Rural Central || Conservative || 1,539 #0087DC || Lancaster Rural North || Conservative || 1,141 #FAA61A || Lancaster Rural South || Liberal Democrats || 459 #E4003B || MorecambeEast || Labour || 242 #E4003B || Morecambe West || Labour || 2,168 #E4003B || Skerton|| Labour || 3,097

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Pendle

#E4003B || Colne|| Labour || 197 #E4003B || Nelson || Labour || 1,569 #FAA61A || Pendle East || Liberal Democrats|| 213 #FAA61A || Pendle North || Liberal Democrats|| 1,083 #E4003B || Pendle South || Labour || 1,900 #0087DC || Pendle West || Conservative || 163

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Preston

#E4003B || Preston Central East || Labour || 1,364 #E4003B || Preston Central West || Labour || 621 #E4003B || Preston East || Labour || 1,239 #FAA61A || Preston North || Liberal Democrats || 52 #0087DC || Preston Rural East|| Conservative || 1,992 #FAA61A || Preston Rural West || Liberal Democrats || 697 #E4003B || Preston South East || Labour || 1,404 #E4003B || Preston South West|| Labour || 1,095 #E4003B || Preston West || Labour || 440

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Ribble Valley

#FAA61A || Clitheroe|| Liberal Democrat || 1,038 #0087DC || Longridge|| Conservative || 1,120 #0087DC || Ribble Valley North East || Conservative || 1,369 #0087DC || Ribble Valley South West || Conservative || 1,296

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Rossendale

#0087DC || Bacup|| Conservative || 402 #E4003B || Haslingden|| Labour || 80 #E4003B || Rossendale East || Labour || 809 #E4003B || Rossendale West || Labour || 545 #E4003B || Whitworth|| Labour || 344

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

South Ribble

#E4003B || South Ribble Central || Labour || 771 #E4003B || South Ribble East || Labour || 787 #E4003B || South Ribble North || Labour || 377 #0087DC || South Ribble North West || Conservative || 854 #E4003B || South Ribble South || Labour || 560 #E4003B || South Ribble South West || Labour || 2,234 #0087DC || South Ribble West || Conservative || 1,094

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

West Lancashire

#E4003B || Ormskirk|| Labour || 77 #E4003B || SkelmersdaleCentral || Labour || 2,522 #E4003B || Skelmersdale East || Labour || 1,725 #E4003B || Skelmersdale West || Labour || 2,868 #0087DC || West Lancashire East || Conservative || 138 #0087DC || West Lancashire North || Conservative || 1,491 #0087DC || West Lancashire South || Conservative || 877

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Wyre

#0087DC || Amounderness|| Conservative || 801 #E4003B || Cleveleys|| Labour || 47 #0087DC || Garstang|| Conservative || 875 #E4003B || Hesketh || Labour || 668 #0087DC || Hillhouse || Conservative || 271 #E4003B || Marine || Labour || 281 #0087DC || Poulton-le-Fylde|| Conservative || 930 #0087DC || Wyre Side || Conservative || 1,166

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority