Wyre shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Wyre Borough Council elections are held every four years. Wyre Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Wyre in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 50 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.[1]

Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour UKIP Lib Dems Independent
2023 Conservative 30 17 - - 3
2019 Conservative 37 9 4 - -
2015 Conservative 36 14 - - -
2011 Conservative 40 15 - - -
2007 Conservative 45 9 - 1 -
2003 Conservative 33 21 - 1 -

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Rossall By-Election 13 June 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 771 52.7
Conservative 605 41.3
Liberal Democrats 88 6.0
Majority 166 11.4
Turnout 1,464 40.4
Labour hold Swing
Pharos By-Election 14 August 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 525 59.7 +5.1
Conservative 354 40.3 +19.2
Majority 171 19.4
Turnout 879 34.5
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Warren By-Election 10 June 1999 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 838 20.25
Labour 821 19.84
Labour 726 17.54
Conservative 602 14.54
Conservative 596 14.40
Conservative 556 13.43
Turnout 42.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Norcross By-Election 28 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 510 55.4 -3.4
Labour 410 44.6 +3.4
Majority 100 10.8
Turnout 920 27.0
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Warren By-Election 5 May 2005[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Ratcliffe 1,414 54.9 -5.7
Conservative Carole Bonham 943 36.6 -2.8
UKIP James Orange 219 8.5 +8.5
Majority 471 18.3
Turnout 2,576
Labour hold Swing
Park By-Election 18 May 2006[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Birkett 560 55.1 +27.2
Labour Julie Grunshaw 456 44.9 -27.2
Majority 104 10.2
Turnout 1,016 32.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2007-2011

Victoria By-Election 7 February 2008[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patsy Ormrod 769 51.9 -10.1
Labour Billy Glasgow 339 22.9 +1.1
BNP James Clayton 222 15.0 +15.0
UKIP Roy Hopwood 151 10.2 -6.0
Majority 430 29.0
Turnout 1,481
Conservative hold Swing
Great Eccleston By-Election 19 June 2008[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Catterall 778 67.8 -32.2
Independent Jim Proctor 309 26.9 +26.9
Liberal Democrats Chandos Elletson 60 5.2 +5.2
Majority 469 40.9
Turnout 1,481 39.9
Conservative hold Swing
Jubilee By-Election 22 October 2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Walmsley 492 38.3 +4.2
UKIP Roy Hopwood 345 26.9 -4.8
Labour Wayne Martin 331 25.8 +0.7
BNP James Clayton 116 9.0 +9.0
Majority 147 11.4
Turnout 1,284 37.0
Conservative hold Swing
Tithebarn By-Election 7 October 2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Ann McKay 847 73.4 +0.6
Labour Alan Morgan 307 26.6 -0.6
Majority 540 46.79
Turnout 1154 34.91%
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Park By-Election 2 May 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Stephenson 502 64.5 +6.5
Conservative James McConnachie 276 35.5 -6.5
Majority 226 29.0
Turnout 778
Labour hold Swing
Pharos By-Election 2 May 2013[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Evelyn Stephenson 618 64.6 -6.9
Conservative Dave Shaw 339 35.4 +6.9
Majority 279 29.2
Turnout 957
Labour hold Swing
Staina By-Election 2 May 2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kerry Jones 974 64.8 -3.2
Labour Eddie Rawlings 528 35.2 +3.2
Majority 446 29.7
Turnout 1,502
Conservative hold Swing
Hardhorn By-Election 22 May 2014[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colette Birch 828 68.0 -5.1
Labour Christopher Frist 390 32.0 +5.1
Majority 438 36.0
Turnout 1,218
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Bourne By-Election 4 May 2017[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Ellison 788 52.9 +18.3
Labour Joanne Cooper 621 41.7 +10.7
Green Barbara Mead-Mason 81 5.4 -5.6
Majority 167 11.2
Turnout 1,490
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bourne By-Election 12 October 2017[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Raynor 610 50.1 +11.6
Conservative Maggie Pattinson 427 35.1 +5.0
Independent Brian Crawford 180 14.8 +14.8
Majority 183 15.0
Turnout 1,217
Labour hold Swing
Preesall By-Election 11 January 2018[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Cartridge 930 55.3 -9.7
Labour Nic Fogg 753 44.7 +9.7
Majority 177 10.5
Turnout 1,683
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2022

Cleveleys Park By-Election 30 June 2022[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Rendell 721 53.7 -9.0
Labour Wayne Martin 621 46.3 +9.0
Majority 100 7.5
Turnout 1,342
Conservative hold Swing
Preesall By-Election 18 August 2022[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Collette Rushforth 595 39.5 +39.5
Conservative Steven Taylor-Royston 495 32.8 -29.9
Labour William Jackson 315 20.9 -16.4
Independent Garry Wright 102 6.8 +6.8
Majority 100 6.6
Turnout 1,507
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "The Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/1187, retrieved 23 August 2022
  2. ^ The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Warren Ward Borough Elections, 2005". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Park Ward Borough Elections, 2006". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Tories hold on to seats in by-election". Blackpool Gazette. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Conservatives win Great Eccleston by-election". The Garstang Courier. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Conservative sweep to by election triumph". Blackpool Gazette. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  10. ^ [1][dead link]
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pharos Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staina Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  14. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hardhorn Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  15. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  16. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Preesall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  18. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cleveleys Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  19. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Preesall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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