2019 Lancaster City Council election

Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 2 May 2019 at the same time as other 2019 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.

Main article: Lancaster City Council elections

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:[1]

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31 15 7 2 5
Lab Con G MBI I

The 2015 election returned no overall control, but a series of defections and by-election wins have maintained a majority for the Labour Party afterwards.[2][3] The composition of the Council immediately after the last election was:

[4]

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29 19 9 2 1
Lab Con G MBI I

Following the 2019 election, the council was returned with No Overall Control.

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21 14 12 10 3
Lab MBI Con G LD

Election results
Lancaster City Council election result, 2019 [5]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 60 21 3 11 8 35.0 33.7 27,581
  MB Independent 20 14 12 0 12 23.3 12.9 10,580
  Conservative 60 12 0 7 7 20.0 24.4 19,937
  Green 35 10 2 1 1 16.7 21.8 17,865
  Liberal Democrats 22 3 3 0 3 5.0 6.0 4,914
  Independent 2 0 0 1 1 0.0 1.0 783
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 190

Ward results

Bare
Bare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Tony Anderson 827 32.9 +8.7
MB Independent Sarah Knight 800
Conservative Stephie Barber 721 28.7 +0.3
Conservative Charles Edwards 708
Conservative Stuart Morris 598
MB Independent Paula Ross-Clasper 597
Labour Callum Henry 406 16.2 -1.3
Labour Becca Snow 396
Liberal Democrats Owen Lambert 282 11.2 +3.0
Green Jonathan Buckley 178 7.1 -1.4
Liberal Democrats John Livermore 167
Green Sean Hughes 141
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling 131
Independent Chris Price 97 3.9 New
Turnout 2,171 39.0
MB Independent hold
MB Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Bolton and Slyne
Bolton and Slyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Budden 1,357 55.1 +15.2
Conservative James Thomas 1,234
Conservative John Wild 1,125
Labour Louise Belcher 703 28.5 +12.3
Labour Richard Martin 609
Labour Valerie Rogerson 471
Liberal Democrats Derek Kaye 405 16.4 +8.1
Turnout 2,243 37.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bulk
Bulk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tim Hamilton-Cox 1,199 56.4 +15.1
Green Caroline Jackson 1,196
Green Lucie Carrington 1,055
Labour Andrew Kay 807 38.0 +2.2
Labour Sue Clark 806
Labour Naley Alobari 734
Conservative Jack Downes 119 5.6 -6.7
Conservative Tamsin Richardson 106
Conservative Kai Drury 99
Turnout 2,120 33.0
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead
Carnforth and Millhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Reynolds 680 37.3 +2.2
Conservative Peter Yates 588 32.3 -15.7
Conservative Mel Guilding 499
Conservative Tobias Holbrook 440
Labour Sandi Haythornthwaite 395
Labour Luke Taylor 356
Independent Gregg Beaman 354 19.4 New
Independent Bob Roe 332
Green Kathy Bashford 199 10.9 -6.0
Green Jan Maskell 142
Green Johnny Unger 108
Turnout 1,571 34.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dave Brookes 1,003 64.7 +20.7
Green Paul Stubbins 851
Labour Stefanie Sinclair 445 28.7 +4.3
Labour Peter Curphey 396
Conservative Tommy Shaw 102 6.6 -7.8
Conservative Peter Williamson 99
Turnout 1,519 31.0
Green hold
Green hold

Ellel
Ellel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Whitworth 576 41.7 -17.2
Conservative Richard Austen-Baker 550
Labour Lisa Corkerry 435 31.5 +7.7
Labour Shaun Corkerry 429
Green Mollie Foxall 279 20.2 +2.9
Green Gisela Renolds 245
Liberal Democrats Paul Hindley 90 6.5 New
Liberal Democrats Jade Sullivan 78
Turnout 1,411 40.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halton-with-Aughton
Halton-with-Aughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kevin Frea 484 51.4 +42.0
Conservative Daniel Gibbins 381 40.5 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 76 8.1 New
Turnout 952 47.0
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing

Harbour
Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Hanson 607 44.1 +9.2
Labour David Whitaker 544
Labour Darren Clifford 478
MB Independent Jack Newton 433 31.5 +19.4
MB Independent Marius Balcer 408
MB Independent Mirka Balcer 403
Conservative Alexandra Hailey 169 12.3 -7.6
Conservative Craig Mercer 168
Green Simona Chadwick 166 12.1 +2.2
Conservative Rhiannon Williamson 163
Green Jay-Yahia Mozee 88
Turnout 1,340 25.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Heysham Central
Heysham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Cary Matthews 542 49.9 +15.5
MB Independent Geoff Knight 524
Labour Sarah Hayland 360 33.1 -0.5
Labour Ian Walton 316
Conservative Kenneth Brown 185 17.0 -15.0
Conservative Samuel Donnelly 176
Turnout 1,105 32.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent hold

Heysham North
Heysham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Roger Cleet 429 46.8 +34.5
MB Independent Vicky Boyd-Power 405
Labour Margaret Pattison 391 42.7 +5.4
Labour John Hanson 318
Conservative Joseph Wilson 96 10.5 -12.6
Conservative John Marsden 95
Turnout 901 27.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

Heysham South
Heysham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hartley 548 35.7 +10.3
MB Independent Mike Greenall 540 35.1 +15.4
Labour Alan Biddulph 518
Labour Mandy Wildman 509
MB Independent Steve Matthews 487
Conservative Stuart Bateson 449 29.2 -7.8
MB Independent Wendy Blundell 403
Conservative Eric Hamer 349
Conservative Judith Hamer 348
Turnout 1,476 28.0
Labour hold
MB Independent gain from Conservative
Labour hold

John O'Gaunt
John O'Gaunt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Erica Lewis 840 43.0 +2.0
Labour Faye Penny 827
Labour Alistair Sinclair 772
Green Marianne Waine 701 35.9 +11.6
Green Rebecca Whittle 684
Green Ceri Turner 648
Conservative Janet Walton 227 11.6 -12.9
Conservative Ryan Whittaker 224
Conservative Kevan Walton 209
Liberal Democrats James Harvey 186 9.5 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Phil Dunster 149
Turnout 1,902 32.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kellet
Kellet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Mumford 337 45.3 New
Conservative Andrew Gardiner 331 44.5 -28.9
Labour Diana Martin 76 10.2 -6.0
Turnout 755 43.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Lower Lune Valley
Lower Lune Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard 658 44.5 +19.8
Conservative Joan Jackson 628 42.5 -4.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 597
Conservative Jane Parkinson 564
Labour Co-op Lucy Atkinson 193 13.0 -4.8
Labour Co-op Nathan Burns 177
Turnout 1,484 41.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Marsh
Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gina Dowding 1,174 71.4 +21.5
Green Mandy Bannon 1,109
Labour Pete Cakebread 381 23.2 -0.5
Labour Nicky Snell 348
Conservative Daniel Sims 90 5.5 -7.1
Conservative Ayesha Hilton 88
Turnout 1,636 40.0
Green hold
Green hold

Overton
Overton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Smith 291 45.7 +2.9
Labour Tom Porter 265 41.6 +18.4
Green Pamela White 81 12.7 +7.6
Turnout 652 36.0
Conservative hold Swing

Poulton
Poulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Tricia Heath 363 34.7 +14.2
MB Independent Debbie Jenkins 269
Labour Brandan Hughes 259 24.8 -6.4
Labour Terrir Metcalfe 245
Liberal Democrats Paul Hart 224 21.4 New
Conservative Shirley Gardiner 116 11.1 -7.9
Green Philip Chandler 84 8.0 -1.0
Conservative Joan Yates 74
Green Chloe Buckley 66
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hastings 53
Turnout 946 26.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

Scotforth East
Scotforth East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Whitehead 655 46.7 +8.3
Labour Jason Wood 578
Conservative Cameron Fernie 359 25.6 -8.0
Conservative Rebecca Samuels 339
Green Rosie Mills 264 18.8 +5.4
Green Andrew Lee 243
Liberal Democrats Robin Long 125 8.9 -5.7
Liberal Democrats Graham Pollitt 97
Turnout 1,379 40.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Scotforth West
Scotforth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Abi Mills 1,488 58.5 +24.1
Green Joanna Young 1,319
Green Tim Dant 1,303
Labour Ronnie Kershaw 774 30.4 -5.3
Labour Mohammad Malik 656
Labour Linda Prue 625
Conservative Joe Wrennall 280 11.0 -8.9
Conservative Josh Smith 274
Conservative Oliver Kerry 270
Turnout 2,430 44.0
Green hold
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Silverdale
Silverdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats June Greenwell 501 56.9 +32.4
Conservative Iain Harbison 296 33.6 +3.7
Labour Brenda Rockall 84 9.5 +1.3
Turnout 898 55.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Skerton East
Skerton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Thornberry 627 47.3 +4.2
Labour Robert Redfern 619
Labour Abbott Bryning 607
Green Erik Worsley 321 24.2 +5.0
Green Ceiteag Sinclair 273
UKIP Simon Platt 190 14.3 New
Conservative John Doherty 188 14.2 -15.4
Conservative Margaret Colling 179
Conservative Kathleen Mashiter 163
Turnout 1,207 25.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Skerton West
Skerton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip Black 599 50.4 +13.5
Labour Mandy King 590
Labour Hilda Parr 581
Conservative Colin Hewitt 320 26.9 +1.0
Conservative Matthew Reader 274
Green Melanie Forrest 269 22.6 +13.1
Conservative Thomas Inman 252
Green Daniel Burba 240
Turnout 1,214 23.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Torrisholme
Torrisholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Paul Anderton 705 53.7 +33.7
MB Independent Roger Dennison 634
Conservative Mark Phelps 325 24.8 -4.8
Conservative Jane Cottam 298
Labour Joanne Ainscough 283 21.6 -0.2
Labour Emma Corless 270
Turnout 1,363 38.0
MB Independent gain from Conservative
MB Independent gain from Labour

University and Scotforth Rural
University and Scotforth Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katie Whearty 295 41.0 +5.6
Labour Jack O'Dwyer-Henry 278
Labour Oliver Robinson 267
Green Emily Heath 217 30.2 -2.3
Green Victoria Hatch 175
Green Martin Paley 142
Conservative Guy Watts 119 16.6 -7.1
Conservative Robert Ogden 113
Conservative Luke Brandon 112
Liberal Democrats Tom Sutton 88 12.2 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Dafydd Roberts 83
Liberal Democrats Jake Perkins 72
Turnout 670 18.0
Labour hold
Labour gain from Green
Labour hold

Upper Lune Valley
Upper Lune Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Scothern 419 45.9 -27.1
Liberal Democrats Ross Hunter 402 44.0 New
Labour Joseph Rigby 92 10.1 -4.5
Turnout 937 48.0
Conservative hold Swing

Warton
Warton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Duggan 307 47.2 +3.9
Green Rex Ambler 214 32.9 +18.3
Labour Colette Bain 129 19.8 -2.0
Turnout 658 40.0
Conservative hold Swing

Westgate
Westgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Merv Evans 632 40.9 +23.2
MB Independent Jason Firth 607
MB Independent Jake Goodwin 572
Labour Ian Clift 523 33.8 +1.3
Labour Debbie Hutton 481
Labour Claire Cozler 440
Conservative Clare Ainscow 278 18.0 -7.1
Conservative John Gibbins 224
Conservative Daniel Jones 206
Liberal Democrats Richard Blaikie 113 7.3 New
Turnout 1,514 27.0
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour
MB Independent gain from Labour

References
  1. "Council Structure". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. "Election win gives Labour Party control of Lancaster City Council". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. "Labour retain seats on Lancaster City Council". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. "Council Structure". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. "Lancaster City Council Election Results 2 May 2019". www.lancaster.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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