Wyre Borough Council elections
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Wyre Borough Council elections are held every four years. Wyre Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Wyre in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 50 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.[1]
Council elections
[edit]- 1973 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1976 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1979 Wyre Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
- 1983 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1987 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1991 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1995 Wyre Borough Council election
- 1999 Wyre Borough Council election
- 2003 Wyre Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)[3][4]
- 2007 Wyre Borough Council election
- 2011 Wyre Borough Council election
- 2015 Wyre Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
- 2019 Wyre Borough Council election
- 2023 Wyre Borough Council election
Election results
[edit]Overall control | Conservative | Labour | UKIP | Lib Dems | Independent | ||||||
2023 | Conservative | 30 | 17 | - | - | 3 | |||||
2019 | Conservative | 37 | 9 | 4 | - | - | |||||
2015 | Conservative | 36 | 14 | - | - | - | |||||
2011 | Conservative | 40 | 15 | - | - | - | |||||
2007 | Conservative | 45 | 9 | - | 1 | - | |||||
2003 | Conservative | 33 | 21 | - | 1 | - |
Borough result maps
[edit]-
2007 results map
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2011 results map
By-election results
[edit]1995-1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 771 | 52.7 | |||
Conservative | 605 | 41.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 88 | 6.0 | |||
Majority | 166 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,464 | 40.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 525 | 59.7 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative | 354 | 40.3 | +19.2 | ||
Majority | 171 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 879 | 34.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
1999-2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 838 | 20.25 | |||
Labour | 821 | 19.84 | |||
Labour | 726 | 17.54 | |||
Conservative | 602 | 14.54 | |||
Conservative | 596 | 14.40 | |||
Conservative | 556 | 13.43 | |||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 510 | 55.4 | −3.4 | ||
Labour | 410 | 44.6 | +3.4 | ||
Majority | 100 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 920 | 27.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003-2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Ratcliffe | 1,414 | 54.9 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Carole Bonham | 943 | 36.6 | −2.8 | |
UKIP | James Orange | 219 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 471 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,576 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Birkett | 560 | 55.1 | +27.2 | |
Labour | Julie Grunshaw | 456 | 44.9 | −27.2 | |
Majority | 104 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,016 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
2007-2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patsy Ormrod | 769 | 51.9 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Billy Glasgow | 339 | 22.9 | +1.1 | |
BNP | James Clayton | 222 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
UKIP | Roy Hopwood | 151 | 10.2 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 430 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,481 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Catterall | 778 | 67.8 | −32.2 | |
Independent | Jim Proctor | 309 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chandos Elletson | 60 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 469 | 40.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,481 | 39.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walmsley | 492 | 38.3 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Roy Hopwood | 345 | 26.9 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Wayne Martin | 331 | 25.8 | +0.7 | |
BNP | James Clayton | 116 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 147 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,284 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Ann McKay | 847 | 73.4 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Alan Morgan | 307 | 26.6 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 540 | 46.79 | |||
Turnout | 1154 | 34.91% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2011-2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Stephenson | 502 | 64.5 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | James McConnachie | 276 | 35.5 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 226 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 778 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evelyn Stephenson | 618 | 64.6 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Dave Shaw | 339 | 35.4 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 279 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 957 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kerry Jones | 974 | 64.8 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Eddie Rawlings | 528 | 35.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 446 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,502 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colette Birch | 828 | 68.0 | −5.1 | |
Labour | Christopher Frist | 390 | 32.0 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 438 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,218 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2015-2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Emma Ellison | 788 | 52.9 | +18.3 | |
Labour | Joanne Cooper | 621 | 41.7 | +10.7 | |
Green | Barbara Mead-Mason | 81 | 5.4 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 167 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,490 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cheryl Raynor | 610 | 50.1 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Maggie Pattinson | 427 | 35.1 | +5.0 | |
Independent | Brian Crawford | 180 | 14.8 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 183 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,217 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Cartridge | 930 | 55.3 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Nic Fogg | 753 | 44.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 177 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,683 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2019-2022
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Rendell | 721 | 53.7 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Wayne Martin | 621 | 46.3 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 100 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,342 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Collette Rushforth | 595 | 39.5 | +39.5 | |
Conservative | Steven Taylor-Royston | 495 | 32.8 | −29.9 | |
Labour | William Jackson | 315 | 20.9 | −16.4 | |
Independent | Garry Wright | 102 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 100 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,507 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/1187, retrieved 23 August 2022
- ^ The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Warren Ward Borough Elections, 2005". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ "Park Ward Borough Elections, 2006". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ "Tories hold on to seats in by-election". Blackpool Gazette. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ "Conservatives win Great Eccleston by-election". The Garstang Courier. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ "Conservative sweep to by election triumph". Blackpool Gazette. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pharos Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staina Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hardhorn Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Preesall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cleveleys Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Preesall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.