Lancashire County Council was first created in 1889. Its territory, powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority ahead of the new arrangements coming into effect on 1 April 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
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Lancashire County Council elections are held every four years Lancashire County Council is the upper tier authority for the non metropolitan county of Lancashire in England Since the last boundary changes in 2017 84 councillors have been elected from 82 electoral divisions 1 Contents 1 Political control 1 1 Leadership 2 Council elections 3 County result maps 4 By election results 4 1 Elections in the 1990s 4 2 Elections in the 2000s 4 3 Elections in the 2010s 4 4 Elections in the 2020s 5 References 6 External linksPolitical control editLancashire County Council was first created in 1889 Its territory powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972 with a new council elected in 1973 initially acting as a shadow authority ahead of the new arrangements coming into effect on 1 April 1974 Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties 2 Party in control YearsConservative 1973 1981Labour 1981 1985No overall control 1985 1989Labour 1989 2009Conservative 2009 2013No overall control 2013 2017Conservative 2017 presentLeadership edit The leaders of the council since 1974 have been 3 Councillor Party From ToLeonard Broughton Conservative 1 Apr 1974 May 1981Louise Ellman Labour May 1981 1997John West Labour 1997 Jun 2001Hazel Harding Labour Jun 2001 7 Jun 2009Geoff Driver 4 Conservative Jun 2009 23 May 2013Jennifer Mein Labour 23 May 2013 25 May 2017Geoff Driver Conservative 25 May 2017 9 May 2021Phillippa Williamson Conservative 27 May 2021Council elections edit1973 Lancashire County Council election 1977 Lancashire County Council election 1981 Lancashire County Council election new division boundaries 5 1985 Lancashire County Council election 1989 Lancashire County Council election 1993 Lancashire County Council election 1997 Lancashire County Council election 2001 Lancashire County Council election 2005 Lancashire County Council election new division boundaries 6 2009 Lancashire County Council election 2013 Lancashire County Council election 2017 Lancashire County Council election new division boundaries 1 2021 Lancashire County Council electionCounty result maps edit nbsp 2005 results map nbsp 2009 results map nbsp 2013 results map nbsp 2017 results map nbsp 2021 results mapBy election results editElections in the 1990s edit Hesketh By Election 13 June 1996 Party Candidate Votes Labour 2 263 53 1Conservative 2 004 46 9Majority 259 6 2Turnout 4 267 37 9Labour hold SwingMarine By Election 10 June 1999 Party Candidate Votes Labour 1 644 60 4 5 3Conservative 1 076 39 6 5 3Majority 568 20 8Turnout 2 720 31 1Labour hold SwingSouth Ribble Central By Election 16 September 1999 Party Candidate Votes Labour 751 38 5 11 2Conservative 636 32 6 2 2Liberal Democrats 565 28 9 13 4Majority 115 5 9Turnout 1 952 17 9Labour hold SwingNelson By Election 2 March 2000 Party Candidate Votes Labour 1 358 48 6 5 8Liberal Democrats 1 296 46 3 14 7Conservative 143 5 1 8 8Majority 62 2 3Turnout 2 797 29 0Labour hold SwingElections in the 2000s edit South Ribble South By Election 4 May 2000 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats 1 721 48 5 4 8Labour 1 198 33 8 3 2Conservative 627 17 7 2 1Majority 523 14 7Turnout 3 546 32 0Liberal Democrats hold SwingWest Lancashire South By Election 4 May 2000 Party Candidate Votes Conservative 2 242 70 6 9 2Labour 933 29 4 6 8Majority 1 309 41 2Turnout 3 175 30 4Conservative hold SwingSouth Ribble North West By Election 22 November 2001 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Anthony Pimblett 1 518 48 8 13 7Conservative P Wakeling 1 232 39 6 4 7Labour D Lyon 358 11 5 18 4Majority 286 9 2Turnout 3 108Liberal Democrats hold SwingPreston Rural West By Election 1 May 2003 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Parkinson 1 781 49 8 20 1Liberal Democrats Howard Henshaw 1 205 33 7 14 8Labour Jean Al Serraj 590 16 5 5 2Majority 576 16 1Turnout 3 576 28 2Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingThornton Cleveleys Central By Election 7 February 2008 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jim Lawrenson 1 536 48 3 7 7Labour Wayne Martin 934 29 4 6 1UKIP Olive Bergin 489 15 4 9 5Liberal Democrats Philip Pitman 220 6 9 11 1Majority 602 18 9Turnout 3 175 9Conservative hold SwingElections in the 2010s edit Burnley Central East by election 6 May 2010 Party Candidate Votes Labour Misfar Hassan 3 157 44 35 4 75Liberal Democrats Martin Smith 2 279 32 01 5 95BNP Paul McDevitt 868 12 19 2 14Conservative Matthew Isherwood 815 11 45 0 94Majority 878 12 3TurnoutLabour gain from Liberal Democrats SwingWyreside by election 28 October 2011 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Vivien Taylor 2 178 58 00 7 86Labour Kevin Higginson 877 23 36 10 30UKIP Simon Noble 361 9 61 N AGreen Susan White 339 9 03 12 06Majority 1 301Turnout 3 762Conservative hold SwingLancaster East by election 6 May 2016 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lizzi Collinge 1 758 50 85 5 95Green Tim Hamilton Cox 1 408 40 73 0 27Liberal Democrats Robin Long 231 6 68 N ATUSC Steve Metcalfe 60 1 74 N AMajority 350 10 1TurnoutLabour hold SwingChorley Rural North by election 21 July 2016 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alan Cullens 1 144 43 76 2 65Labour Yvonne Hargreaves 1 042 38 37 0 57UKIP Christopher Stuart 303 11 16 6 15Liberal Democrats Stephen Fenn 125 4 60 0 83Majority 102 3 9TurnoutConservative hold SwingBurnley Central East by election 3 November 2016 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sobia Malik 1 348 68 88 10 74Liberal Democrats Emma Payne 276 14 10 1 42UKIP Mark Girven 249 12 72 6 68Green Laura Fisk 84 4 29 N AMajority 1 072TurnoutLabour hold SwingWyre Rural Central by election 11 January 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Matthew Salter 1 745 60 03 6 11Labour Nic Fogg 925 31 82 11 01Green Susan White 237 8 15 4 90Majority 820 59 86TurnoutConservative hold SwingMorecambe North by election 15 February 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stuart Morris 1 332 48 95 14 23Liberal Democrats Andrew Severn 809 29 73 21 58Labour Darren Clifford 580 21 32 0 71Majority 523Conservative hold SwingElections in the 2020s edit Chorley Rural west by election 14th September 2023 Party Candidate Votes Labour Alan Whittaker 1 642 52 1 11 1Conservative Val Caunce 1 279 40 6 7 9Liberal Democrats Rowan Powers 231 7 3 2 0Majority 363TurnoutLabour gain from Conservative SwingReferences edit a b The Lancashire Electoral Changes Order 2016 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 2016 1069 retrieved 22 August 2022 Compositions calculator The Elections Centre Retrieved 10 August 2022 Council minutes Lancashire County Council Retrieved 22 August 2022 Geoff Driver Lancashire County Council leader to resign BBC News 12 February 2021 Retrieved 22 August 2022 The County of Lancashire Electoral Arrangements Order 1981 S I 1981 43 The County of Lancashire Electoral Changes Order 2005 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 2005 170 retrieved 22 August 2022External links editLancashire Council Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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