2014 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2014 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections and with the United Kingdom component of the 2014 European Parliament election on the same day. One third of the council is up for election.^[1]

Results

The council became No Overall Control.

West Lancashire Local Election Result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	27	0	1	-1	50%	39.5	10,457
Labour	27	1	0	+1	50%	42.0	11,110
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	66
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	12.9	3,243
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	855
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	567

Voters-70,195 Turnout-26478 Percentage-37.72%

By ward

Ashurst

Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Gagen	945	63.5
	UKIP	Johnathan^[2] Celis	400	26.9
	Conservative	Amanda Kay	143	9.6
Majority			545	36.6
Turnout			1,488	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David O'Toole	761	42.7
	Labour	Paul Hennessy	557	31.3
	UKIP	Jim Bevan	464	26.0
Majority			204
Turnout			1.782	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aughton Park

Aughton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Bailey	478	40.1
	Labour	Charles Gains	350	29.3
	UKIP	Tony Green	365	30.6
Majority			113
Turnout			1193	37.1%

Burscough East

Burscough East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ruth Melling	645	45.8%
	Labour	Jennifer Patterson	502	35.7%
	UKIP	John Stewart	261	18.5%
Majority			143
Turnout			1408	42.2%

Burscough West

Burscough West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Grice	445	28.2%
	Labour	John Davis	794	50.4%
	UKIP	Chris McIntosh	337	21.4%
Majority			349
Turnout			1576	40.2%

Derby

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Cotterill	585	35.2%
	Green	Heather Doyle	245	14.7%
	Conservative	Paul Greenall	832	50.1%
Majority			247
Turnout			1662	28.5%

Hesketh with Becconsall

Hesketh with Becconsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sally Hodson	358	32.5%
	Conservative	Iain Ashcroft	743	67.5%
Majority			385
Turnout			1101	34.4%

Knowsley

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gareth Dowling	913	45.2%
	Conservative	Edward McCarthy	885	43.8%
	Green	John Watt	224	11.1%
Majority			28
Turnout			2022	44.2%

Moorside

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence Devine	715	90.5%
	Conservative	Amanda Shaw	75	9.5%
Majority			640
Turnout			790	28.4%

Newburgh

Newburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eddie Pope	411	59.7%
	Labour	Jacky Citarella	163	23.7%
	UKIP	Ken Tyms	114	16.6%
Majority			248
Turnout			688	41.8%

North Meols

North Meols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Draper	277	25.6%
	Conservative	Malcolm Barron	439	40.6%
	UKIP	Stuart Wilson	364	33.7%
Majority			75
Turnout			1080	32.9%

Parbold

Parbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Joseph Farley	156	12.1%
	Conservative	David Whittington	696	53.9%
	Labour	Clare Gillard	376	29.1%
	Green	Julie Hotchkiss	64	5.0%
Majority			320
Turnout			1292	41.5%

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Allison Sinton	385	33.7%
	Conservative	Jane Marshall	758	66.3%
Majority			373
Turnout			1143	37.4%

Scott

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Meadows	551	31.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Banks	66	3.8%
	Labour	Noel Delaney	894	51.4%
	Green	Maurice George	227	13.1%
Majority			343
Turnout			1738	37.5%

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David McKay	995	62.3%
	UKIP	Mike Brennan	388	24.3%
	Conservative	James Trafford	119	7.5%
	Green	Martin Lowe	95	5.9%
Majority			607
Turnout			1597	32.1%

Tanhouse

Tanhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Pendleton	759	79.6%
	Conservative	Bill Weingart	74	7.8%
	UKIP	Damon Noone	121	12.7%
Majority			638
Turnout			954	26.3%

Tarleton (2 Seats)

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mee	1054	33.7
	Conservative	James Kay	936	29.9%
	Independent	Jim Doran	567	18.1%
	Labour	Julie Higson	340	10.9%
	Labour	Matthew Waller	234	7.5%
Majority			487
Turnout			3131	68.8%

Up Holland

Up Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Gallagher	412	22.5%
	UKIP	Colin Wilkinson	453	24.7%
	Labour	Ian Moran	968	52.8%
Majority			515
Turnout			1833	36.5%

References

^ Nominations West Lancashire Council
^ UKIP West Lancs Official site

[1] Nominations West Lancashire Council

[2] UKIP West Lancs Official site

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