2018 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2018 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect West Lancashire Borough Council members in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained control of the council, while gaining two seats from the Conservatives, with localist party Our West Lancashire gaining one seat in Derby from the Conservatives.

Election result

West Lancashire Local Election Result 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	10	2	0	2	55.6	50.5	12,436	7.5
Conservative	7	0	3	3	38.9	40.1	9,890	2.5
OWL	1	1	0	1	5.6	8.2	2,010	New
Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	203	2.6
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	97	0.1

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Gagen	1,041	74.7	11.2
	Conservative	Jane Houlgrave	221	15.9	6.3
	Green	William Gilmour	132	9.5	New
Majority			820	58.8	22.2
Turnout			1,397	30.0	1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David O'Toole	919	55.7	13.0
	Labour	Stephen Kirrelly	730	44.3	13.0
Majority			189	11.4
Turnout			1,663	36.8	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aughton Park

Aughton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Stephenson	752	62.9	22.8
	Labour	Bernie Green	443	37.1	7.8
Majority			309	25.8	16.3
Turnout			1,199	37.7	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burscough East

Burscough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Evans	710	51.1	15.4
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	679	48.9	3.1
Majority			31	2.2	N/A
Turnout			1,396	39.8	2.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Burscough West

Burscough West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cynthia Dereli	965	65.7	15.3
	Conservative	Gillian Taylor	503	34.3	6.1
Majority			462	31.4	9.2
Turnout			1,473	38.1	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Derby

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	OWL	Ian Davis	884	46.9	*New*
	Labour	Gareth Dowling	710	37.6	2.4
	Conservative	Lynne Gray	221	11.7	38.4
	Green	Heather Doyle	71	3.8	10.9
Majority			174	9.3	N/A
Turnout			1,891	34.7	6.1
	OWL gain from Conservative		Swing

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Ashcroft	622	59.8	7.7
	Labour	Nick Kemp	322	30.9	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Stringfellow	97	9.3	New
Majority			300	28.9	6.1
Turnout			1,046	32.0	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knowsley

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Aldridge	1,014	50.9	5.7
	Conservative	Jeffrey Vernon	673	33.8	10.0
	OWL	Kate Mitchell	306	15.4	New
Majority			341	17.1	15.7
Turnout			1,998	43.5	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorside

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Devine	668	88.8	1.7
	Conservative	Sarah Westley	84	11.2	1.7
Majority			584	77.6	3.4
Turnout			757	28.6	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Newburgh

Newburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Pope	476	74.6	14.9
	Labour	Julian Finch	162	25.4	1.7
Majority			314	49.2	13.2
Turnout			643	39.2	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Meols

North Meols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Lockie	625	55.4	29.8
	Conservative	George Rear	503	44.6	4.0
Majority			122	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,132	32.1	0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Parbold

Parbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whittington	861	65.1	11.2
	Labour	Clare Gillard	461	34.9	5.8
Majority			400	30.2	5.4
Turnout			1,333	43.8	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Marshall	793	69.1	2.8
	Labour	Claire Bowen	354	30.9	2.8
Majority			439	38.2	5.6
Turnout			1,151	38.2	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scott

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Delaney	850	45.4	6.0
	OWL	Jane Thompson	820	43.8	New
	Conservative	George Pratt	201	10.7	21.0
Majority			30	1.6	18.1
Turnout			1,876	42.3	4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vickie Cummins	1,126	81.2	18.9
	Conservative	Valerie Marsh	260	18.8	11.3
Majority			866	62.4	24.4
Turnout			1,390	29.0	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse

Tanhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Pendleton	714	85.1	5.5
	Conservative	Susan Janvier	125	14.9	7.1
Majority			589	70.2	3.3
Turnout			844	24.6	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarleton

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mee	1,179	68.9	15.2
	Labour	Freddie Hodson	531	31.1	13.8
Majority			648	37.8	N/A
Turnout			1,727	36.4	1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Moran	1,010	55.3	2.5
	Conservative	David Marsh	818	44.7	22.2
Majority			192	10.6	17.5
Turnout			1,841	36.7	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local - West Lancashire Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[1] "Local - West Lancashire Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". West Lancashire Borough Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

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