# 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election

The 2016 West Lancashire Borough Council election take place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. Following the 2015 local elections Labour Party (UK) took control of the council. A third of the seats were being polled during this election. Summary post election-
Political Composition after election: Conservative (Leader Councillor David Westley) 22 seats; Labour (Leader Councillor Ian Moran) 31 seats and Our West Lancashire 1 seat.

## By ward
### Ashurst

Ashurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gail Pamela Hodson | 1011 | 72.3% |
| | Green | William Mason Rowan Gilmour | 220 | 15.7% |
| | Conservative | David Jonathan Griffiths | 168 | 12.0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 791 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1416 | 30.3% |

### Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sam Currie | 952 | 58.1% |
| | Labour | Thomas George Phillips | 686 | 41.9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1657 | 36.1% |

### Birch Green

Birch Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Claire Louise Cooper | 662 | 88.9% |
| | Conservative | William John Weingart | 83 | 11.1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 751 | 25.7% |

### Burscough East

Burscough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Evans | 760 | 58.4% |
| | Conservative | Robert Bailey | 541 | 41.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1322 | 38.7% |

### Burscough West

Burscough West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew John Pritchard | 912 | 62.7% |
| | Conservative | Leon Graham | 542 | 37.3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1466 | 38.5% |

### Derby

Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Our West Lancashire | Adrian Edward Owens | 806 | 41.8% |
| | Labour | Liam David Blacklock | 710 | 36.8% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Burton | 339 | 17.6% |
| | Green | Heather Doyle | 72 | 3.7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1936 | 38.4% |

### Digmoor

Digmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin William Henry Wilkie | 784 | 92.6% |
| | Conservative | Richard Henry Shepherd | 63 | 7.4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 721 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 870 | 29.1% |

### Halsall

Halsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Kathleen Patricia Mills | 313 | 43.5% |
| | Conservative | Doreen Joan Stephenson | 289 | 40.1% |
| | UKIP | John Stewart Simpson Stewart | 118 | 16.4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 725 | 42.3% |

### Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Moon | 578 | 63.4% |
| | Labour | Sally Josephine Hodson | 333 | 36.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 930 | 29.1% |

### Knowsley

Knowsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Adam Gerard Yates | 1063 | 51.5% |
| | Conservative | Edward James McCarthy | 744 | 36.0% |
| | Our West Lancashire | Peter Banks | 174 | 8.4% |
| | Green | Gaynor Anne Pickering | 85 | 4.1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2074 | 45.7% |

### Moorside

Moorside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Terence Aldridge | 725 | 91.2% |
| | Conservative | George Ernest Pratt | 70 | 8.8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 655 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 802 | 30.8% |

### Rufford

Rufford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Ian Gordon | 472 | 71.5% |
| | Labour | Natalie June McCulloch | 188 | 28.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 671 | 40.4% |

### Scott

Scott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin John Wright | 770 | 43.0% |
| | Our West Lancashire | Jane Thompson | 640 | 35.7% |
| | Conservative | David John Meadows | 300 | 16.7% |
| | Green | Maurice Henry George | 82 | 4.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1797 | 41.9% |

### Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Neil Stuart Furey | 856 | 89.7% |
| | Conservative | Susan Ingrid Janvier | 98 | 10.3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 758 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 963 | 32.6% |

### Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Donna Marie Eileen West | 1099 | 81.3% |
| | Conservative | Jenni Mayer | 138 | 10.2% |
| | Green | Martin John Lowe | 115 | 8.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 961 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1360 | 28.6% |

### Tarleton

Tarleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Philip Cairns | 1077 | 67.4% |
| | Labour | Frederick Andrew Hodson | 522 | 32.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1632 | 35.7% |

### Up Holland

Up Holland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gaynar Owen | 1113 | 67.8% |
| | Conservative | Jane Houlgrave | 529 | 32.2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1655 | 33.6% |

### Wrightington

Wrightington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Evans | 668 | 53.5% |
| | Labour | Bernadette Green | 432 | 34.6% |
| | Green | Julie Hotchkiss | 148 | 11.9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1256 | 37.9% |