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2021 Lancashire County Council election
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All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Geoff Driver Azhar Ali
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 46 30
Seats before 44 30
Seats won 48 32
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 147,640 117,062
Percentage 43.92 34.82
Swing Decrease1.2% Decrease0.57%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 4 1
Seats before 4 1
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase1
Popular vote 30,605 21,015
Percentage 9.10 6.25
Swing Decrease0.37% Increase2.85%

Map showing the results of the 2021 Lancashire County Council election.

Council control before election

Conservative Majority
Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative Majority
Conservative

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.[n 1]

Council composition

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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Electoral divisions

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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

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Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre Total
Conservative 6 8 6 6 10 6 9 4 5 8 8 8 84
Labour 6 8 6 6 10 5 9 4 5 8 8 8 83
Liberal Democrats 6 4 5 2 9 6 9 4 0 8 8 8 69
Independent 0 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 18
Green 6 8 2 6 10 3 0 4 3 3 2 7 54
Reform UK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
BAPIP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
OWL 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

Party Councillors Votes
Of total Net Of total Net
Conservative Party 48 57.1% +2

48 / 84

 147,640 43.9% -1.2%
Labour Party 32 38.1% -2

32 / 84

 117,062 34.8% -0.6%
Liberal Democrats 2 2.4% -2

2 / 84

 30,605 9.1% -0.4%
Green 2 2.4% +1

2 / 84

 21,015 6.3% +2.9%
Independent 0 0.0% -2

0 / 84

 11,475 3.4% +1.0%
Our West Lancashire 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 2,814 0.8% +0.3%
Skelmersdale Independents 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 1,617 0.5% +0.5%
BAPIP 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 1,577 0.5% +0.5%
Community First 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 980 0.3% +0.3%
Reform UK 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 978 0.3% +0.3%
UKIP 0 0.0% -1

0 / 84

 154 0.1% -2.9%
Heritage Party 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 116 0.0% 0%
For Britain 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 55 0.0% 0%
Workers Party of Britain 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 49 0.0% 0%
SDP 0 0.0% 0

0 / 84

 45 0.0% 0%

Results by district

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Results summary for divisions in Burnley
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
Results summary for divisions in Chorley
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
Results summary for divisions in Fylde
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
Results summary for divisions in Hyndburn
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
Results summary for divisions in Lancaster
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
Results summary for divisions in Pendle
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
Results summary for divisions in Preston
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
Results summary for divisions in Ribble Valley
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
Results summary for divisions in Rossendale
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
Results summary for divisions in South Ribble
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
Results summary for divisions in West Lancashire
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
Results summary for divisions in Wyre
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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The Chorley Rural West by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Keith Iddon.

Burnley Central West

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The Burnley Central West by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.[17]

Notes and references

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References
  1. ^ LCC Elections 2021 Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Lancashire County Council
  2. ^ Lancashire County Council boundary proposals Local Government Boundary Commission for England
  3. ^ "The Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Lancashire County Council election results 2021". Lancashire County Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Burnley.gov. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Statement of Persons Nominated - Lancashire County Council" (PDF). Chorley.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Statement of Persons Nominated". Fylde.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Lancashire County Council Election". Hyndburn.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Electoral vacancies and notices". Lancaster.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Notices and Statements - County Council Elections". Pendle.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Preston.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d "Elections 6 May 2021". RibbleValley.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Statement of Persons Nominated LCC". Rossendale.gov. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). SouthRibble.gov. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Notice of Poll" (PDF). WestLancashire.gov. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Notice of Elections - 2021". Wyre.gov. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  17. ^ Longworth, Laura (27 October 2023). "Burnley Green Party successfully defends seats on Burnley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council". Burnley Express. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
Notes
  1. ^ All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over may vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) are also entitled to vote in the local elections.