Lancashire County Council elections

Lancashire County Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Labour 1981 - 1985

Labour 1989 - present

Marine By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		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		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		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

South Ribble South By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		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		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