Lancashire County Council elections

Elections to Lancashire County Council are elected every four years. All councillors are elected at each election.

Political control

Party		Period
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	1973–1981
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1981–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1989–2009
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	2009–2013
	No overall control	2013

Council elections

• Lancashire County Council election, 1973
• Lancashire County Council election, 1977
• Lancashire County Council election, 1981
• Lancashire County Council election, 1985
• Lancashire County Council election, 1989
• Lancashire County Council election, 1993
• Lancashire County Council election, 1997
• Lancashire County Council election, 2001
• Lancashire County Council election, 2005
• Lancashire County Council election, 2009
• Lancashire County Council election, 2013

By-election results

Elections in the 1990s

Hesketh By-Election 13 June 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,263	53.1
	Conservative		2,004	46.9
Majority			259	6.2
Turnout			4,267	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Marine By-Election 10 June 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,644	60.4	−5.3
	Conservative		1,076	39.6	+5.3
Majority			568	20.8
Turnout			2,720	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing

South Ribble Central By-Election 16 September 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		751	38.5	−11.2
	Conservative		636	32.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats		565	28.9	+13.4
Majority			115	5.9
Turnout			1,952	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Nelson By-Election 2 March 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,358	48.6	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats		1,296	46.3	+14.7
	Conservative		143	5.1	−8.8
Majority			62	2.3
Turnout			2,797	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

South Ribble South By-Election 4 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,721	48.5	−4.8
	Labour		1,198	33.8	+3.2
	Conservative		627	17.7	+2.1
Majority			523	14.7
Turnout			3,546	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Lancashire South By-Election 4 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,242	70.6	+9.2
	Labour		933	29.4	−6.8
Majority			1,309	41.2
Turnout			3,175	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Ribble North West By-Election 22 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pimblett	1,518	48.8	+13.7
	Conservative	P Wakeling	1,232	39.6	+4.7
	Labour	D Lyon	358	11.5	−18.4
Majority			286	9.2
Turnout			3,108
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preston Rural West By-Election 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkinson	1,781	49.8	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	1,205	33.7	−14.8
	Labour	Jean Al-Serraj	590	16.5	−5.2
Majority			576	16.1
Turnout			3,576	28.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Thornton Cleveleys Central By-Election 7 February 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lawrenson	1,536	48.3	+7.7
	Labour	Wayne Martin	934	29.4	−6.1
	UKIP	Olive Bergin	489	15.4	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Pitman	220	6.9	−11.1
Majority			602	18.9
Turnout			3,175=9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Burnley Central East by-election, 6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Misfar Hassan	3,157	44.35	+4.75
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	2,279	32.01	−5.95
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	868	12.19	+2.14
	Conservative	Matthew Isherwood	815	11.45	−0.94
Majority			878	12.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wyreside by-election, 28 October 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivien Taylor	2,178	58.00	−7.86
	Labour	Kevin Higginson	877	23.36	+10.30
	UKIP	Simon Noble	361	9.61	K.A.
	Green	Susan White	339	9.03	−12.06
Majority			1,301
Turnout			3,762
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Lancashire Council