One third of West Lancashire

West Lancashire

West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....

 Borough

Borough status in the United Kingdom

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 Council in Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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 is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 25 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973–1976
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1976–1986
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1986–1987
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1987–1991
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1991–1994
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1994–2002
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2002–present

Council elections

• West Lancashire Council election, 1998
• West Lancashire Council election, 1999
• West Lancashire Council election, 2000
• West Lancashire Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)
• West Lancashire Council election, 2003
• West Lancashire Council election, 2004
• West Lancashire Council election, 2006
• West Lancashire Council election, 2007
  West Lancashire Council election, 2007
  The 2007 West Lancashire Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council....
  
  
• West Lancashire Council election, 2008
  West Lancashire Council election, 2008
  The 2008 West Lancashire Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council....
  
  
• West Lancashire Council election, 2010
  West Lancashire Council election, 2010
  The 2010 West Lancashire Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council....
  
  

1993-1997

1997-2001

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009-2013