Lancashire County Council election, 2001

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 2001 on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2001. The Labour party held overal control of the council.

Results

Burnley

#E4003B || Burnley Central East || Labour || 1,990 #E4003B || Burnley Central West || Labour || 730 #E4003B || Burnley North East || Labour || 1,816 #E4003B || Burnley Rural || Labour || 651 #E4003B || Burnley South West || Labour || 413 #E4003B || Burnley West || Labour || 518

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Chorley

#E4003B || Chorley East || Labour || 2,574 #0087DC || Chorley North || Conservative || 978 #0087DC || Chorley Rural East || Conservative || 95 #0087DC || Chorley Rural North || Conservative || 440 #E4003B || Chorley Rural West || Labour || 787 #E4003B || Chorley West || Labour || 2,168

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Fylde

#0087DC || Fylde East || Conservative || 1,148 #0087DC || Fylde West || Conservative || 1,761 #0087DC || Lytham|| Conservative || 1,966 #0087DC || St Annes North || Conservative || 873 #0087DC || St Annes South || Conservative || 711

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Hyndburn

Accrington Central - electorate 6,680

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Pollit	2,143
	Conservative	Munsif Dad	1,366
		Spoilt	74
Turnout			3,583	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington South - electorate 9,978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	3,361
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	2,234
		Spoilt	107
Turnout			5,702	57%
	Labour hold		Swing

Church & Accrington North - electorate 11,253

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	4,231
	Conservative	Joan Pilkington	2,350
		Spoilt	114
Turnout			6,695	59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Harwood - electorate 8,181

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	2,390
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	2,296
		Spolit	68
Turnout			6.012	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle - electorate 11,771

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Westell	3,865
	Conservative	Doug Hayes	3,049
		Spoilt	100
Turnout			7,014	60%
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 11,334

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hindley	3,742
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	2,776
		Spolit	97
Turnout			6,651
	Labour hold		Swing

Lancaster

#E4003B || Heysham|| Labour || 1,279 #6AB023 || Lancaster City || Green || 327 #E4003B || Lancaster East || Labour || 1,560 #0087DC || Lancaster Rural Central || Conservative || 1,530 #0087DC || Lancaster Rural North || Conservative || 1,254 #0087DC || Lancaster Rural South || Conservative || 36 #E4003B || MorecambeEast || Labour || 282 #E4003B || Morecambe West || Labour || 1,402 #E4003B || Skerton|| Labour || 2,079

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Pendle

#E4003B || Colne|| Labour || 1,024 #E4003B || Nelson || Labour || 1,069 #FAA61A || Pendle East || Liberal Democrats|| 769 #FAA61A || Pendle North || Liberal Democrats|| 216 #E4003B || Pendle South || Labour || 1,795 #0087DC || Pendle West || Conservative || 2,098

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Preston

#E4003B || Preston Central East || Labour || 1,291 #E4003B || Preston Central West || Labour || 1,283 #E4003B || Preston East || Labour || 1,614 #FAA61A || Preston North || Liberal Democrats || 244 #0087DC || Preston Rural East|| Conservative || 2,189 #0087DC || Preston Rural West || Conservative || 576 #E4003B || Preston South East || Labour || 1,734 #E4003B || Preston South West|| Labour || 1,532 #E4003B || Preston West || Labour || 1,104

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Ribble Valley

#FAA61A || Clitheroe|| Liberal Democrat || 567 #0087DC || Longridge|| Conservative || 935 #0087DC || Ribble Valley North East || Conservative || 1,685 #0087DC || Ribble Valley South West || Conservative || 2,260

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Rossendale

#0087DC || Bacup|| Conservative || 315 #E4003B || Haslingden|| Labour || 430 #E4003B || Rossendale East || Labour || 364 #E4003B || Rossendale West || Labour || 841 #E4003B || Whitworth|| Labour || 283

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

South Ribble

#E4003B || South Ribble Central || Labour || 841 #DCDCDC || South Ribble East || Independent || 424 #E4003B || South Ribble North || Labour || 1,271 #FAA61A || South Ribble North West || Liberal Democrats || 2,677 #E4003B || South Ribble South || Labour || 560 #E4003B || South Ribble South West || Labour || 2,459 #0087DC || South Ribble West || Conservative || 2,007

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

West Lancashire

#E4003B || Ormskirk|| Labour || 633 #E4003B || SkelmersdaleCentral || Labour || 3,395 #E4003B || Skelmersdale East || Labour || 1,521 #E4003B || Skelmersdale West || Labour || 2,658 #0087DC || West Lancashire East || Conservative || 314 #0087DC || West Lancashire North || Conservative || 2,734 #0087DC || West Lancashire South || Conservative || 1,594

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority

Wyre

#0087DC || Amounderness|| Conservative || 311 #0087DC || Cleveleys|| Conservative || 132 #0087DC || Garstang|| Conservative || 1,976 #E4003B || Hesketh || Labour || 1,541 #0087DC || Hillhouse || Conservative || 19 #E4003B || Marine || Labour || 1,588 #0087DC || Poulton-le-Fylde|| Conservative || 1,265 #0087DC || Wyre Side || Conservative || 2,395

	Seat	Winning Party	Majority