# 2001 Lancashire County Council election

Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in June 2001 on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election. The Labour party held overall control of the council.

## Results
### Burnley

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Burnley Central East | Labour | 1,990 |
| Burnley Central West | Labour | 730 |
| Burnley North East | Labour | 1,816 |
| Burnley Rural | Labour | 651 |
| Burnley South West | Labour | 413 |
| Burnley West | Labour | 518 |

### Chorley

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Chorley East | Labour | 2,574 |
| Chorley North | Conservative | 978 |
| Chorley Rural East | Conservative | 95 |
| Chorley Rural North | Conservative | 440 |
| Chorley Rural West | Labour | 787 |
| Chorley West | Labour | 2,168 |

### Fylde

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Fylde East | Conservative | 1,148 |
| Fylde West | Conservative | 1,761 |
| Lytham | Conservative | 1,966 |
| St Annes North | Conservative | 873 |
| St Annes South | Conservative | 711 |

### Hyndburn

Accrington Central - electorate 6,680 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Doreen Pollit | 2,143 | |
| | Conservative | Munsif Dad | 1,366 | |
| | | Spoilt | 74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,583 | 54% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Accrington South - electorate 9,978 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Wendy Dwyer | 3,361 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Scholes | 2,234 | |
| | | Spoilt | 107 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,702 | 57% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Church & Accrington North - electorate 11,253 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Battle | 4,231 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Pilkington | 2,350 | |
| | | Spoilt | 114 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,695 | 59% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Great Harwood - electorate 8,181 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Slynn | 2,390 | |
| | Conservative | Wyn Frankland | 2,296 | |
| | | Spolit | 68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6.012 | 58% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Oswaldtwistle - electorate 11,771 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dorothy Westell | 3,865 | |
| | Conservative | Doug Hayes | 3,049 | |
| | | Spoilt | 100 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,014 | 60% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Rishton, Clayton & Altham -electorate 11,334 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Hindley | 3,742 |
| | Conservative | Rennie Pinder | 2,776 |
| | | Spolit | 97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,651 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Lancaster

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Heysham | Labour | 1,279 |
| Lancaster City | Green | 327 |
| Lancaster East | Labour | 1,560 |
| Lancaster Rural Central | Conservative | 1,530 |
| Lancaster Rural North | Conservative | 1,254 |
| Lancaster Rural South | Conservative | 36 |
| Morecambe East | Labour | 282 |
| Morecambe West | Labour | 1,402 |
| Skerton | Labour | 2,079 |

### Pendle

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Colne | Labour | 1,024 |
| Nelson | Labour | 1,069 |
| Pendle East | Liberal Democrats | 769 |
| Pendle North | Liberal Democrats | 216 |
| Pendle South | Labour | 1,795 |
| Pendle West | Conservative | 2,098 |

### Preston

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Preston Central East | Labour | 1,291 |
| Preston Central West | Labour | 1,283 |
| Preston East | Labour | 1,614 |
| Preston North | Liberal Democrats | 244 |
| Preston Rural East | Conservative | 2,189 |
| Preston Rural West | Conservative | 576 |
| Preston South East | Labour | 1,734 |
| Preston South West | Labour | 1,532 |
| Preston West | Labour | 1,104 |

### Ribble Valley

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Clitheroe | Liberal Democrat | 567 |
| Longridge | Conservative | 935 |
| Ribble Valley North East | Conservative | 1,685 |
| Ribble Valley South West | Conservative | 2,260 |

### Rossendale

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Bacup | Conservative | 315 |
| Haslingden | Labour | 430 |
| Rossendale East | Labour | 364 |
| Rossendale West | Labour | 841 |
| Whitworth | Labour | 283 |

### South Ribble

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| South Ribble Central | Labour | 841 |
| South Ribble East | Independent | 424 |
| South Ribble North | Labour | 1,271 |
| South Ribble North West | Liberal Democrats | 2,677 |
| South Ribble South | Labour | 560 |
| South Ribble South West | Labour | 2,459 |
| South Ribble West | Conservative | 2,007 |

### West Lancashire

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Ormskirk | Labour | 633 |
| Skelmersdale Central | Labour | 3,395 |
| Skelmersdale East | Labour | 1,521 |
| Skelmersdale West | Labour | 2,658 |
| West Lancashire East | Conservative | 314 |
| West Lancashire North | Conservative | 2,734 |
| West Lancashire South | Conservative | 1,594 |

### Wyre

| Seat | Winning Party | Majority |
| Amounderness | Conservative | 311 |
| Cleveleys | Conservative | 132 |
| Garstang | Conservative | 1,976 |
| Hesketh | Labour | 1,541 |
| Hillhouse | Conservative | 19 |
| Marine | Labour | 1,588 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | Conservative | 1,265 |
| Wyre Side | Conservative | 2,395 |