2021 Lancashire County Council election explained

Election Name:	2021 Lancashire County Council election
Country:	Lancashire
Type:	Parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	yes
Previous Election:	2017 Lancashire County Council election
Previous Year:	2017
Seats For Election:	All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council
Majority Seats:	43
Election Date:	6 May 2021
Leader1:	Geoff Driver
Party1:	Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:	46
Seats Before1:	44
Seats1:	48
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	147,640
Percentage1:	43.92
Swing1:	1.2%
Leader2:	Azhar Ali
Party2:	Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:	30
Seats Before2:	30
Seats2:	32
Seat Change2:	2
Popular Vote2:	117,062
Percentage2:	34.82
Swing2:	0.57%
Party4:	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election4:	4
Seats Before4:	4
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Popular Vote4:	30,605
Percentage4:	9.10
Swing4:	0.37%
Party5:	Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election5:	1
Seats Before5:	1
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Popular Vote5:	21,015
Percentage5:	6.25
Swing5:	2.85%
Map Size:	350px
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election
Before Election:	Conservative Majority
Before Party:	Conservative Party (UK)
After Election:	Conservative Majority
After Party:	Conservative Party (UK)

An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 6 May 2021, with counting on 8 May,^[1] as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 84 councillors are elected from electoral divisions for a four-year term of office. The system of voting used is first-past-the-post. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities.

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

• Conservative Party

44

• Labour Party

30

• Liberal Democrats

4

• Independent

4

• Green

1

• Vacant

1

Electoral divisions

Boundary revisions by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England meant these elections were fought on new divisions, since 2017.^{[2] [3]}

Summary of candidates

		Burnley	Chorley	Fylde	Hyndburn	Lancaster	Pendle	Preston	Ribble Valley	Rossendale	South Ribble	West Lancashire	Wyre	Total
	6	8	6	6	10	6	9	4	5	8	8	8	84
	6	8	6	6	10	5	9	4	5	8	8	8	83
	6	4	5	2	9	6	9	4	0	8	8	8	69
	0	1	4	1	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	18
	6	8	2	6	10	3	0	4	3	3	2	7	54
	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

Notes

• In Hyndburn, one candidate stands for UK Independence Party
• In Preston, one candidate stands for the Heritage Party
• In Rossendale, one candidate stands for Community First
• In South Ribble, one candidate stands for the For Britain Movement
• In West Lancashire, three candidates stand for Skelmersdale Independents and one for Workers' Party of Britain
• In Wyre, one candidate stands for the Social Democratic Party

Results summary

Party		Councillors				Votes
			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	48		+2	data-sort-value=""		147,640	43.9%	-1.2%
	Labour Party	32		-2	data-sort-value=""		117,062	34.8%	-0.6%
	Liberal Democrats	2		-2	data-sort-value=""		30,605	9.1%	-0.4%
	Green	2		+1	data-sort-value=""		21,015	6.3%	+2.9%
	Independent	0		-2	data-sort-value=""		11,475	3.4%	+1.0%
	Our West Lancashire	0		0	data-sort-value=""		2,814	0.8%	+0.3%
	Skelmersdale Independents	0		0	data-sort-value=""		1,617	0.5%	+0.5%
	BAPIP	0		0	data-sort-value=""		1,577	0.5%	+0.5%
	Community First	0		0	data-sort-value=""		980	0.3%	+0.3%
	Reform UK	0		0	data-sort-value=""		978	0.3%	+0.3%
	UKIP	0		-1	data-sort-value=""		154	0.1%	-2.9%
	Heritage Party	0		0	data-sort-value=""		116	0.0%	0%
	For Britain	0		0	data-sort-value=""		55	0.0%	0%
	Workers Party of Britain	0		0	data-sort-value=""		49	0.0%	0%
	SDP	0		0	data-sort-value=""		45	0.0%	0%

Results by district

Seat	Result	Majority
	Burnley Central East	Labour hold	1,151
	Burnley Central West	Green GAIN from Labour	251
	Burnley North East	Labour hold	1,242
	Burnley Rural	Conservative hold	606
	Burnley South West	Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrats	5
	Padiham & Burnley West	Conservative GAIN from UKIP	1,380

Seat	Result	Majority
	Chorley Central	Labour hold	970
	Chorley North	Labour hold	909
	Chorley Rural East	Labour hold	2,484
	Chorley Rural West	Conservative hold	350
	Chorley South	Labour hold	1,165
	Clayton with Whittle	Labour GAIN from Conservative	218
	Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley	Conservative hold	843
	Hoghton with Wheelton	Conservative hold	404

Seat	Result	Majority
	Fylde East	Conservative GAIN from Independent	150
	Fylde South	Conservative hold	1,328
	Fylde West	Conservative GAIN from Independent	1,880
	Lytham	Conservative hold	181
	St Annes North	Conservative hold	1,332
	St Annes South	Conservative hold	1,511

Seat	Result	Majority
	Accrington North	Labour hold	589
	Accrington South	Conservative GAIN from Labour	213
	Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central	Labour hold	200
	Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Labour hold	N/A
	Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division)	Conservative GAIN from Labour	N/A
	Oswaldtwistle	Conservative hold	668

Seat	Result	Majority
	Heysham	Conservative hold	140
	Lancaster Central	Green hold	1,676
	Lancaster East	Labour hold	228
	Lancaster Rural East	Conservative hold	860
	Lancaster Rural North	Conservative hold	1,166
	Lancaster South East	Labour hold	916
	Morecambe Central	Labour hold	3
	Morecambe North	Conservative hold	1,187
	Morecambe South	Conservative hold	376
	Skerton	Labour hold	478

Seat	Result	Majority
	Brierfield & Nelson West	Labour hold	1,276
	Nelson East	Labour hold	1,052
	Pendle Central	Conservative hold	767
	Pendle Hill	Conservative hold	1,319
	Pendle Rural (2-member division)	Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrats	N/A
	Pendle Rural (2-member division)	Conservative hold	N/A

Seat	Result	Majority
	Preston Central East	Labour hold	1,971
	Preston Central West	Labour hold	813
	Preston City	Labour hold	1,445
	Preston East	Labour hold	359
	Preston North	Conservative hold	880
	Preston Rural	Conservative hold	1,838
	Preston South East	Labour hold	1,159
	Preston South West	Labour hold	394
	Preston West	Liberal Democrats hold	136

Seat	Result	Majority
	Clitheroe	Conservative hold	12
	Longridge with Bowland	Conservative hold	1,624
	Ribble Valley North East	Conservative hold	1,686
	Ribble Valley South West	Conservative hold	2,241

Seat	Result	Majority
	Mid Rossendale	Labour GAIN from Conservative	60
	Rossendale East	Labour GAIN from Conservative	535
	Rossendale South	Conservative hold	334
	Rossendale West	Labour GAIN from Conservative	77
	Whitworth & Bacup	Conservative hold	60

Seat	Result	Majority
	Leyland Central	Labour hold	583
	Leyland South	Conservative hold	250
	Lostock Hall & Bamber Bridge	Conservative hold	274
	Moss Side & Farington	Conservative hold	1,120
	Penwortham East & Walton-le-Dale	Conservative hold	390
	Penwortham West	Liberal Democrats hold	1,092
	South Ribble East	Conservative hold	1,042
	South Ribble West	Conservative hold	2,017

Seat	Result	Majority
	Burscough & Rufford	Conservative hold	352
	Ormskirk	Labour hold	602
	Skelmersdale Central	Labour hold	1,376
	Skelmersdale East	Labour hold	367
	Skelmersdale West	Labour hold	1,358
	West Lancashire East	Conservative hold	431
	West Lancashire North	Conservative hold	1,788
	West Lancashire West	Conservative hold	949

Seat	Result	Majority
	Cleveleys East	Conservative hold	1,525
	Cleveleys South & Carleton	Conservative hold	1,152
	Fleetwood East	Labour hold	871
	Fleetwood West & Cleveleys West	Conservative hold	740
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Conservative hold	2,078
	Thornton & Hambleton	Conservative hold	1,797
	Wyre Rural Central	Conservative hold	1,773
	Wyre Rural East	Conservative hold	2,469

Results by division

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West Lancashire

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Wyre

By-elections

Chorley Rural West

The Chorley Rural West by-election was triggered by the death of conservative councillor Keith Iddon.

Burnley Central West

The Burnley Central West by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.^[4]

Notes and references

References

Notes

External links

• Lancashire County Council - Elections 2021
• LCC - Results Reports 2021

Notes and References

1. https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/elections/elections-2021/ LCC Elections 2021
2. http://www.lgbce.org.uk/current-reviews/north-west/lancashire/lancashire-county-council Lancashire County Council boundary proposals
3. Web site: The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Legislation.gov.uk. 10 November 2016.
4. News: Longworth . Laura . Burnley Green Party successfully defends seats on Burnley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council . 27 October 2023 . Burnley Express . 27 October 2023.