1997 Lancashire County Council election
1997 UK local government election
Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 1997 on the same day as the 1997 United Kingdom general election.[1]
Results
Burnley
Seat | Result | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Burnley Central East | Labour | 371 | |
Burnley Central West | Labour | 2,230 | |
Burnley North East | Labour | 3,112 | |
Burnley Rural | Labour | 1,690 | |
Burnley South West | Labour | 2,127 | |
Burnley West | Labour | 2,293 |
Chorley
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Chorley East | Labour | 2,989 | |
Chorley North | Labour | 1,062 | |
Chorley Rural East | Labour | 60 | |
Chorley Rural North | Conservative | 363 | |
Chorley Rural West | Labour | 691 | |
Chorley West | Labour | 2,862 |
Fylde
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Fylde East | Conservative | 1,509 | |
Fylde West | Conservative | 1,633 | |
Lytham | Conservative | 2,367 | |
St Annes North | Conservative | 1,276 | |
St Annes South | Conservative | 52 |
Hyndburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Pollit | 2,880 | |||
Conservative | SG Crook | 1,453 | |||
Turnout | 4,333 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Dwyer | 3,794 | |||
Conservative | Derek Scholes | 2,566 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Whitchelo | 998 | |||
Turnout | 7,358 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Battle | 4,601 | |||
Conservative | AC Barter | 2,405 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Pritchard | 1,312 | |||
Turnout | 8,318 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Slynn | 2,824 | |||
Conservative | Wyn Frankland | 2,112 | |||
Liberal Democrats | M Gradwell | 1,076 | |||
Turnout | 6.012 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Westell | 4,871 | |||
Conservative | Brian Walmsley | 3,854 | |||
Turnout | 8,725 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Ormerod | 4,541 | |||
Conservative | Rennie Pinder | 3,367 | |||
Turnout | 7,908 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lancaster
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Heysham | Labour | 1,600 | |
Lancaster City | Labour | 1,531 | |
Lancaster East | Labour | 3,006 | |
Lancaster Rural Central | Conservative | 1,539 | |
Lancaster Rural North | Conservative | 1,141 | |
Lancaster Rural South | Liberal Democrats | 459 | |
Morecambe East | Labour | 242 | |
Morecambe West | Labour | 2,168 | |
Skerton | Labour | 3,097 |
Pendle
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Colne | Labour | 197 | |
Nelson | Labour | 1,569 | |
Pendle East | Liberal Democrats | 213 | |
Pendle North | Liberal Democrats | 1,083 | |
Pendle South | Labour | 1,900 | |
Pendle West | Conservative | 163 |
Preston
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Preston Central East | Labour | 1,364 | |
Preston Central West | Labour | 621 | |
Preston East | Labour | 1,239 | |
Preston North | Liberal Democrats | 52 | |
Preston Rural East | Conservative | 1,992 | |
Preston Rural West | Liberal Democrats | 697 | |
Preston South East | Labour | 1,404 | |
Preston South West | Labour | 1,095 | |
Preston West | Labour | 440 |
Ribble Valley
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Clitheroe | Liberal Democrat | 1,038 | |
Longridge | Conservative | 1,120 | |
Ribble Valley North East | Conservative | 1,369 | |
Ribble Valley South West | Conservative | 1,296 |
Rossendale
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Bacup | Conservative | 402 | |
Haslingden | Labour | 80 | |
Rossendale East | Labour | 809 | |
Rossendale West | Labour | 545 | |
Whitworth | Labour | 344 |
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
South Ribble Central | Labour | 771 | |
South Ribble East | Labour | 787 | |
South Ribble North | Labour | 377 | |
South Ribble North West | Conservative | 854 | |
South Ribble South | Labour | 560 | |
South Ribble South West | Labour | 2,234 | |
South Ribble West | Conservative | 1,094 |
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Ormskirk | Labour | 77 | |
Skelmersdale Central | Labour | 2,522 | |
Skelmersdale East | Labour | 1,725 | |
Skelmersdale West | Labour | 2,868 | |
West Lancashire East | Conservative | 138 | |
West Lancashire North | Conservative | 1,491 | |
West Lancashire South | Conservative | 877 |
Seat | Winning Party | Majority | |
---|---|---|---|
Amounderness | Conservative | 801 | |
Cleveleys | Labour | 47 | |
Garstang | Conservative | 875 | |
Hesketh | Labour | 668 | |
Hillhouse | Conservative | 271 | |
Marine | Labour | 281 | |
Poulton-le-Fylde | Conservative | 930 | |
Wyre Side | Conservative | 1,166 |
References
- ^ "Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2016.
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