West Lancashire Council election, 2008
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Elections to West Lancashire Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.
[edit] Election result
| West Lancashire Local Election Result 2008 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
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| UK Independence | |||||||||
| Independent | |||||||||
[edit] Wards
| Ashurst | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Coomber | ||||
| UK Independence | Roy Green | ||||
| Labour | Geoff Roberts | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Aughton & Downholland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Una Atherley | ||||
| UK Independence | Jim Bevan | ||||
| Labour | Julie Gibson | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Birch Green | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Pendleton | ||||
| Conservative | Malcolm Barron | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Burscough East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kate Anderson | ||||
| Conservative | George Pratt | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Burscough West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Cynthia Dereli | ||||
| Conservative | Jason Grice | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Derby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Green | Anne Doyle | ||||
| Labour | Alexander Gilmore | ||||
| Conservative | Adrian Owens | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Digmoor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Aldridge | ||||
| Conservative | Graham Jones | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Halsall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | David Corfield | ||||
| Conservative | Susan Jones | ||||
| Labour | Doreen Stephenson | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Hesketh-with-Becconsall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Martin Forshaw | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Knowsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Lea | ||||
| Labour | Ann Rice | ||||
| Green | John Watt | ||||
| Majority | 708 | 32.0 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,216 | 49.2 | +20.8 | ||
| Moorside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christopher Mawdsley | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Shepherd | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rufford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Citarella | ||||
| Conservative | Joan Colling | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Scott | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Cyril Ainscough | ||||
| Labour | Noel Delaney | ||||
| Green | Maurice George | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Skelmersdale North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Neil Furey | ||||
| Independent | Joan Morrison | ||||
| Conservative | Dave Rydings | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Skelmersdale South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sydney Jones | ||||
| Conservative | Joanne Rushton | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Tanhouse | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Nikki Hennessy | ||||
| Conservative | Cindy Miller | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Tarleton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Hanlon | ||||
| Conservative | John Mee | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Up Holland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ruth Pollock | ||||
| UK Independence | Marie Settle | ||||
| Labour | Margaret Skilling | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Wrightington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Pauline Bailey | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Gartside | ||||
| UK Independence | Iain Routh | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Preceded by West Lancashire Council election, 2007 |
West Lancashire local elections | Succeeded by West Lancashire Council election, 2010 |
