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The 2015 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council participated in the election. The UK general election was also on 7 May 2015.[1]

Results

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Ashurst

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Ashurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Savage 2,211 71.9% −5.4%
UKIP Barry Critchley 472 15.4 +15.4%
Conservative George Pratt 391 12.7 −10.0%
Majority 1,739
Turnout 3,104 68.2

Aughton and Downholland

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Aughton and Downholland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Westley 1,554 46.4 −13.5%
Labour Charles Gains 1,071 32.0 −9.1%
UKIP Jim Bevan 497 14.8 +14.8%
Green Hannah James 229 6.8 +6.8%
Majority 483
Turnout 3,366 74.4%

Aughton Park

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Aughton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marilyn Westley 1,116 48.4 −21.3%
Labour Paul Hennessy 818 35.5 +5.2%
UKIP David Gallagher 373 16.2 +16.2%
Majority 298
Turnout 2,319 73.1

Bickerstaffe

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Bickerstaffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Cotterill 511 41.4 −2.5%
Conservative David Griffiths 458 37.1 −19.0%
UKIP Ken Tyms 150 12.2 +12.2%
Our West Lancashire Gordon Johnson 115 9.3 +9.3%
Majority 53 4.3
Turnout 1,234 75.2

Birch Green

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Birch Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank McKenna 1,255 75.5 −12.8%
UKIP Damon Noone 272 16.4 +16.4%
Conservative David Meadows 135 8.1 −3.6%
Majority 983
Turnout 1662 58.2

Derby

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Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phill Hudson 1,177 35.5 −0.1%
Conservative Edward McCarthy 1,055 31.8 −21.1%
Our West Lancashire Ian Davis 460 13.9 +13.9%
Green Heather Doyle 323 9.7 −1.9%
UKIP Ray Brookfield 302 9.1 +9.1%
Majority 122 3.7
Turnout 3,323 69

Digmoor

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Digmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Wynn 1,512 83.5 −1.7%
Conservative Richard Shepherd 151 8.3 −1.9%
Green William Hite 148 8.2 +8.2%
Majority 1,361
Turnout 1,820 61.2

Knowsley

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Knowsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nikki Hennessy 1,512 45.4 +4.3%
Conservative Rob Murrin-Bailey 1,125 33.8 −14.5%
UKIP Tony Green 316 9.5 +9.5%
Green Gaynor Pickering 188 5.7 −4.8%
Our West Lancashire Peter Banks 186 5.6 +5.6%
Majority 387 11.6
Turnout 3,345 73.7

North Meols

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North Meols
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Blane 1,026 50.5 −14.5%
Labour Andrew Pritchard 586 28.8 −6.2%
UKIP Richard Smith 420 20.7 +20.7%
Majority 440
Turnout 2,052 65.0

Parbold

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Parbold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative May Blake 1,412 60.5 −7.4%
Labour Clare Gillard 761 32.6 +0.5%
Green Jai Brierley 162 6.9 +6.9%
Majority 651
Turnout 2,347 77.8

Scarisbrick

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Scarisbrick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Marshall 1,190 55.1 −11.7%
Labour Margaret Blake 525 24.3 −8.9%
UKIP David Massam 345 16.0 +16.0%
Green John Watt 100 4.6 +4.6%
Majority 665
Turnout 2,167 72.1

Scott

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Scott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hodson 1,189 39.5 −6.6%
Conservative William Weingart 732 24.3 −14.1%
Our West Lancashire Jane Thompson 578 19.2 +19.2%
UKIP Tom Shannon 298 9.9 +9.9%
Green Maurice George 212 7.0 −1.4%
Majority 457
Turnout 3,020 68.6

Skelmersdale North

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Skelmersdale North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Patterson 1,623 84.7 −0.3%
Conservative Susan Janvier 293 15.3 +0.3%
Majority 1,330
Turnout 1,947 67.3

Skelmersdale South

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Skelmersdale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola Pryce-Roberts 2,240 71.3 +0.1%
Conservative Jennifer Mayer 451 14.4 −7.1%
Our West Lancashire Gerry Latham 243 7.7 +7.7%
Green Martin Lowe 207 6.6 −0.7%
Majority 1,789
Turnout 3,160 67.8

Tanhouse

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Tanhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Nixon 1,644 83.9 +4.4%
Conservative Amanda Shaw 316 16.1 −4.4%
Majority 1,328
Turnout 1,988 58.0

Tarleton

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Tarleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Kay 1,738 54.6 −14.1%
Labour Neil Pye 544 17.1 −14.2%
UKIP Barry Gannaway-Jones 482 15.1 +25.1%
Independent Jim Doran 422 13.2 +13.2%
Majority 1,194
Turnout 3,197 70.5

Up Holland

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Up Holland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bullock 1,743 50.9 −5.8%
Conservative Ruth Pollock 1,020 29.8 −7.6%
UKIP John Stewart 661 19.3 +19.3%
Majority 723
Turnout 3,445 70.7

Wrightington

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Wrightington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pam Baybutt 1,334 55.3 −9.8%
Green Julie Hotchkiss 744 30.8 +30.8%
Labour Sophia Hennessy 335 13.6 −21.3%
Majority 590
Turnout 2,428 73.1

References

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  1. ^ [1] WLBC Election summary
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