2013 Lancashire County Council election

An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 84 councillors were elected from single-member electoral divisions by first-past-the-post for a four-year term of office. Electoral divisions were the same as those at the previous election in 2009. Elections were held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities in a similar way to Greater Manchester and most of Merseyside. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council, instead overtaken in number of seats by the Labour Party, without any absolute majority.

Lancashire County Council election, 2013

2 May 2013
All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council 43 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 51 10 Seats won 39 35 6 Seat change 23 16 4
Map showing the results of the 2013 Lancashire County Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.[2]

Summary

Summary of results		Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
	Labour	4	4	0	5	5	2	6	0	3	3	5	2	39
	Conservative	0	3	4	1	4	2	3	4	2	4	3	5	35
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
	Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Results

Burnley

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Burnley Central East	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	1,347
	Burnley Central West	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	7
	Burnley North East	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	1,029
	Burnley Rural	Liberal Democrat hold	206
	Burnley South West	Liberal Democrat hold	136
	Padiham and Burnley West || Labour GAIN from British National Party || 954

Chorley

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Chorley East	Labour hold	1,127
	Chorley North	Conservative hold	184
	Chorley Rural East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	556
	Chorley Rural North	Conservative hold	123
	Chorley Rural West	Conservative hold	438
	Chorley South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	947
	Chorley West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	609

Fylde

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Fylde East	Independent hold	1,353
	Fylde South	Conservative hold	522
	Fylde West	Independent hold	415
	Lytham || Conservative hold || 873
	St Annes North	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat	207
	St Annes South	Conservative hold	541

Hyndburn

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Accrington North || Labour GAIN from Independent || 243
	Accrington South	Labour hold	158
	Accrington West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	919
	Great Harwood	Labour hold	390
	Oswaldtwistle || Conservative hold || 441
	Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors	Labour hold	1,108

Lancaster

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Heysham || Conservative hold || 52
	Lancaster Central	Green hold	340
	Lancaster East	Labour GAIN from Green	115
	Lancaster Rural East	Conservative hold	995
	Lancaster Rural North	Conservative hold	527
	Lancaster South East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	247
	Morecambe North || Conservative hold || 561
	Morecambe South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	84
	Morecambe West	Labour hold	65
	Skerton	Labour hold	678

Pendle

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Brierfield and Nelson North || Labour hold || 1,560
	Nelson South	Labour hold	1,113
	Pendle Central	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	191
	Pendle East	Conservative hold	944
	Pendle West	Conservative hold	619
	West Craven	Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative	179

Preston

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Preston Central North	Labour hold	1,795
	Preston Central South	Labour hold	1,187
	Preston City	Labour hold	1,265
	Preston East	Labour hold	947
	Preston North	Conservative hold	957
	Preston North East	Conservative hold	161
	Preston North West	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat	449
	Preston Rural	Conservative hold	1,295
	Preston South East	Labour hold	1,346
	Preston West	Liberal Democrat hold	184

Ribble Valley

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Clitheroe || Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat || 45
	Longridge with Bowland || Conservative hold || 1,306
	Ribble Valley North East	Conservative hold	1,125
	Ribble Valley South West	Conservative hold	1,564

Rossendale

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Rossendale East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	133
	Rossendale North	Labour GAIN from Conservative	254
	Rossendale South	Conservative hold	162
	Rossendale West	Conservative hold	32
	Whitworth	Labour GAIN from Conservative	407

South Ribble

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale || Labour GAIN from Conservative || 31
	Farington || Conservative hold || 22
	Leyland Central || Labour GAIN from Conservative || 341
	Leyland South West	Conservative hold	212
	Penwortham North || Liberal Democrat hold || 459
	Penwortham South	Labour GAIN from Conservative	187
	South Ribble Rural East	Conservative GAIN from Idle Toad	672
	South Ribble Rural West	Conservative hold	957

West Lancashire

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Ormskirk West || Labour GAIN from Conservative || 318
	Skelmersdale Central || Labour hold || 1,553
	Skelmersdale East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	648
	Skelmersdale West	Labour hold	1,809
	West Lancashire East	Conservative hold	630
	West Lancashire North	Conservative hold	1,019
	West Lancashire South	Conservative hold	594
	West Lancashire West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	292

Wyre

	Seat	Result	Majority
	Amounderness || Conservative hold || 664
	Fleetwood East || Labour hold || 760
	Fleetwood West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	459
	Garstang || Independent GAIN from Conservative || 61
	Poulton-le-Fylde || Conservative hold || 1,091
	Thornton-Cleveleys Central || Conservative hold || 312
	Thornton-Cleveleys North	Conservative hold	310
	Wyreside	Conservative hold	1,869

References

1. "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.