2019 Lancaster City Council election

Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 2 May 2019 at the same time as other 2019 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.

2019 Lancaster City Council election

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All 60 seats to Lancaster City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour MB Independent Conservative Last election 29 seats, 36.7% 2 seats, 6.6% 19 seats, 28.7% Seats won 21 14 12 Seat change 8 12 7 Popular vote 27,581 10,580 19,937 Percentage 33.7% 12.9% 24.4% Swing 3.0% 6.3% 4.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Liberal Democrats Last election 9 seats, 17.8% 0 seats, 3.0% Seats won 10 3 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 17,865 4,914 Percentage 21.8% 6.0% Swing 4.0% 3.0%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Lancaster City Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Main article: Lancaster City Council elections

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:^[1]

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31	15	7	2	5
Lab	Con	G	MBI	I

The 2015 election returned no overall control, but a series of defections and by-election wins have maintained a majority for the Labour Party afterwards.^[2][3] The composition of the Council immediately after the last election was:

^[4]

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29	19	9	2	1
Lab	Con	G	MBI	I

Following the 2019 election, the council was returned with No Overall Control.

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21	14	12	10	3
Lab	MBI	Con	G	LD

Election results

Lancaster City Council election result, 2019 [5]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	60	21	3	11	8	35.0	33.7	27,581	–3.0
	MB Independent	20	14	12	0	12	23.3	12.9	10,580	+6.3
	Conservative	60	12	0	7	7	20.0	24.4	19,937	–4.3
	Green	35	10	2	1	1	16.7	21.8	17,865	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	22	3	3	0	3	5.0	6.0	4,914	+3.0
	Independent	2	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.0	783	–2.1
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	190	–3.9

Ward results

Bare

Bare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Tony Anderson	827	38.2
	MB Independent	Sarah Knight	800	37.0
	Conservative	Stephie Barber	721	33.3
	Conservative	Charles Edwards	708	32.7
	Conservative	Stuart Morris	598	27.6
	MB Independent	Paula Ross-Clasper	597	27.6
	Labour	Callum Henry	406	18.8
	Labour	Becca Snow	396	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Lambert	282	13.0
	Green	Jonathan Buckley	178	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	167	7.7
	Green	Sean Hughes	141	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Pilling	131	6.1
	Independent	Chris Price	97	4.5	New
Turnout			2,171	39.0
	MB Independent hold
	MB Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Bolton and Slyne

Bolton and Slyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Budden	1,357	61.3
	Conservative	James Thomas	1,234	55.8
	Conservative	John Wild	1,125	50.8
	Labour	Louise Belcher	703	31.8
	Labour	Richard Martin	609	27.5
	Labour	Valerie Rogerson	471	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Kaye	405	18.3
Turnout			2,243	37.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bulk

Bulk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Hamilton-Cox	1,199	57.0
	Green	Caroline Jackson	1,196	56.9
	Green	Lucie Carrington	1,055	50.2
	Labour	Andrew Kay	807	38.4
	Labour	Sue Clark	806	38.3
	Labour	Naley Alobari	734	34.9
	Conservative	Jack Downes	119	5.7
	Conservative	Tamsin Richardson	106	5.0
	Conservative	Kai Drury	99	4.7
Turnout			2,120	33.0
	Green hold
	Green hold
	Green hold

Carnforth and Millhead

Carnforth and Millhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Reynolds	680	43.8
	Conservative	Peter Yates	588	37.9
	Conservative	Mel Guilding	499	32.1
	Conservative	Tobias Holbrook	440	28.3
	Labour	Sandi Haythornthwaite	395	25.4
	Labour	Luke Taylor	356	22.9
	Independent	Gregg Beaman	354	22.8
	Independent	Bob Roe	332	21.4
	Green	Kathy Bashford	199	12.8
	Green	Jan Maskell	142	9.1
	Green	Johnny Unger	108	7.0
Turnout			1,571	34.0
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dave Brookes	1,003	66.7
	Green	Paul Stubbins	851	56.6
	Labour	Stefanie Sinclair	445	29.6
	Labour	Peter Curphey	396	26.3
	Conservative	Tommy Shaw	102	6.8
	Conservative	Peter Williamson	99	6.6
Turnout			1,519	31.0
	Green hold
	Green hold

Ellel

Ellel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whitworth	576	41.2
	Conservative	Richard Austen-Baker	550	39.4
	Labour	Lisa Corkerry	435	31.1
	Labour	Shaun Corkerry	429	30.7
	Green	Mollie Foxall	279	20.0
	Green	Gisela Renolds	245	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hindley	90	6.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Sullivan	78	5.6	New
Turnout			1,411	40.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Halton-with-Aughton

Halton-with-Aughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kevin Frea	484	51.4	+42.0
	Conservative	Daniel Gibbins	381	40.5	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Pilling	76	8.1	New
Turnout			952	47.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Independent		Swing

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hanson	607	46.2
	Labour	David Whitaker	544	41.4
	Labour	Darren Clifford	478	36.4
	MB Independent	Jack Newton	433	33.0
	MB Independent	Marius Balcer	408	31.1
	MB Independent	Mirka Balcer	403	30.7
	Conservative	Alexandra Hailey	169	12.9
	Conservative	Craig Mercer	168	12.8
	Green	Simona Chadwick	166	12.6
	Conservative	Rhiannon Williamson	163	12.4
	Green	Jay-Yahia Mozee	88	6.7
Turnout			1,340	25.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Heysham Central

Heysham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Cary Matthews	542	49.4
	MB Independent	Geoff Knight	524	47.8
	Labour	Sarah Hayland	360	32.8
	Labour	Ian Walton	316	28.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	185	16.9
	Conservative	Samuel Donnelly	176	16.0
Turnout			1,105	32.0
	MB Independent gain from Labour
	MB Independent hold

Heysham North

Heysham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Roger Cleet	429	48.3
	MB Independent	Vicky Boyd-Power	405	45.6
	Labour	Margaret Pattison	391	44.0
	Labour	John Hanson	318	35.8
	Conservative	Joseph Wilson	96	10.8
	Conservative	John Marsden	95	10.7
Turnout			901	27.0
	MB Independent gain from Labour
	MB Independent gain from Labour

Heysham South

Heysham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Hartley	548	37.4
	MB Independent	Mike Greenall	540	36.8
	Labour	Alan Biddulph	518	35.3
	Labour	Mandy Wildman	509	34.7
	MB Independent	Steve Matthews	487	33.2
	Conservative	Stuart Bateson	449	30.6
	MB Independent	Wendy Blundell	403	27.5
	Conservative	Eric Hamer	349	23.8
	Conservative	Judith Hamer	348	23.7
Turnout			1,476	28.0
	Labour hold
	MB Independent gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Erica Lewis	840	44.7
	Labour	Faye Penny	827	44.0
	Labour	Alistair Sinclair	772	41.0
	Green	Marianne Waine	701	37.3
	Green	Rebecca Whittle	684	36.4
	Green	Ceri Turner	648	34.4
	Conservative	Janet Walton	227	12.1
	Conservative	Ryan Whittaker	224	11.9
	Conservative	Kevan Walton	209	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Harvey	186	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Dunster	149	7.9
Turnout			1,902	32.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kellet

Kellet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mumford	337	45.3	New
	Conservative	Andrew Gardiner	331	44.5	−28.9
	Labour	Diana Martin	76	10.2	−6.0
Turnout			755	43.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lower Lune Valley

Lower Lune Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Pritchard	658	45.2
	Conservative	Joan Jackson	628	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jackson	597	41.0
	Conservative	Jane Parkinson	564	38.7
	Labour Co-op	Lucy Atkinson	193	13.2
	Labour Co-op	Nathan Burns	177	12.1
Turnout			1,484	41.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Marsh

Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gina Dowding	1,174	72.5
	Green	Mandy Bannon	1,109	68.7
	Labour	Pete Cakebread	381	23.6
	Labour	Nicky Snell	348	21.5
	Conservative	Daniel Sims	90	5.6
	Conservative	Ayesha Hilton	88	5.4
Turnout			1,636	40.0
	Green hold
	Green hold

Overton

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Smith	291	45.7	+2.9
	Labour	Tom Porter	265	41.6	+18.4
	Green	Pamela White	81	12.7	+7.6
Turnout			652	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Poulton

Poulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Tricia Heath	363	38.4
	MB Independent	Debbie Jenkins	269	28.4
	Labour	Brandan Hughes	259	27.4
	Labour	Terrie Metcalfe	245	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hart	224	23.7	New
	Conservative	Shirley Gardiner	116	12.3
	Green	Philip Chandler	84	8.9
	Conservative	Joan Yates	74	7.8
	Green	Chloe Buckley	66	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hastings	53	5.6
Turnout			946	26.0
	MB Independent gain from Labour
	MB Independent gain from Labour

Scotforth East

Scotforth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Whitehead	655	48.1
	Labour	Jason Wood	578	42.4
	Conservative	Cameron Fernie	359	26.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Samuels	339	24.9
	Green	Rosie Mills	264	19.4
	Green	Andrew Lee	243	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Long	125	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pollitt	97	7.1
Turnout			1,379	40.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Scotforth West

Scotforth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Abi Mills	1,488	61.8
	Green	Joanna Young	1,319	54.8
	Green	Tim Dant	1,303	54.1
	Labour	Ronnie Kershaw	774	32.1
	Labour	Mohammad Malik	656	27.2
	Labour	Linda Prue	625	25.9
	Conservative	Joe Wrennall	280	11.6
	Conservative	Josh Smith	274	11.4
	Conservative	Oliver Kerry	270	11.2
Turnout			2,430	44.0
	Green hold
	Green gain from Labour
	Green gain from Labour

Silverdale

Silverdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Greenwell	501	56.9	+32.4
	Conservative	Iain Harbison	296	33.6	+3.7
	Labour	Brenda Rockall	84	9.5	+1.3
Turnout			898	55.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Skerton East

Skerton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Thornberry	627	52.3
	Labour	Robert Redfern	619	51.6
	Labour	Abbott Bryning	607	50.6
	Green	Erik Worsley	321	26.8
	Green	Ceiteag Sinclair	273	22.8
	UKIP	Simon Platt	190	15.8	New
	Conservative	John Doherty	188	15.7	−15.4
	Conservative	Margaret Colling	179	14.9
	Conservative	Kathleen Mashiter	163	13.6
Turnout			1,207	25.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Skerton West

Skerton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Black	599	50.7
	Labour	Mandy King	590	49.9
	Labour	Hilda Parr	581	49.2
	Conservative	Colin Hewitt	320	27.1
	Conservative	Matthew Reader	274	23.2
	Green	Melanie Forrest	269	22.8
	Conservative	Thomas Inman	252	21.3
	Green	Daniel Burba	240	20.3
Turnout			1,214	23.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Torrisholme

Torrisholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Paul Anderton	705	52.7
	MB Independent	Roger Dennison	634	47.4
	Conservative	Mark Phelps	325	24.3
	Conservative	Jane Cottam	298	22.2
	Labour	Joanne Ainscough	283	21.2
	Labour	Emma Corless	270	20.2
Turnout			1,363	38.0
	MB Independent gain from Conservative
	MB Independent gain from Labour

University and Scotforth Rural

University and Scotforth Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katie Whearty	295	44.6
	Labour	Jack O'Dwyer-Henry	278	42.1
	Labour	Oliver Robinson	267	40.4
	Green	Emily Heath	217	32.8
	Green	Victoria Hatch	175	26.5
	Green	Martin Paley	142	21.5
	Conservative	Guy Watts	119	18.0
	Conservative	Robert Ogden	113	17.1
	Conservative	Luke Brandon	112	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sutton	88	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dafydd Roberts	83	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Perkins	72	10.9
Turnout			670	18.0
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Green
	Labour hold

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stewart Scothern	419	45.9	−27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Hunter	402	44.0	New
	Labour	Joseph Rigby	92	10.1	−4.5
Turnout			937	48.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warton

Warton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Duggan	307	47.2	+3.9
	Green	Rex Ambler	214	32.9	+18.3
	Labour	Colette Bain	129	19.8	−2.0
Turnout			658	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MB Independent	Merv Evans	632	42.4
	MB Independent	Jason Firth	607	40.7
	MB Independent	Jake Goodwin	572	38.4
	Labour	Ian Clift	523	35.1
	Labour	Debbie Hutton	481	32.3
	Labour	Claire Cozler	440	29.5
	Conservative	Clare Ainscow	278	18.7
	Conservative	John Gibbins	224	15.0
	Conservative	Daniel Jones	206	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Blaikie	113	7.6	New
Turnout			1,514	27.0
	MB Independent gain from Labour
	MB Independent gain from Labour
	MB Independent gain from Labour

By-elections

Overton

Overton: 12 December 2019^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gardiner	650	52.3	+6.6
	Labour	Tom Porter	527	42.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Stanning	65	5.2	N/A
Majority			123	9.9
Turnout			1242
	Conservative hold

Bulk

Bulk: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jack Lenox	1,283	54.3	+4.1
	Labour	Anna Lee	824	34.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Matthew Maxwell-Scott	209	8.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Katia Adimora	45	1.9	N/A
Majority			23	4.9
Turnout			459	19.4
	Green hold		Swing

Kellet

Kellet: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Morris	447	50.9	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Hunter	271	30.8	−14.5
	Independent	Kathryn Atkins	161	18.3	N/A
Majority			176	20.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

University & Scotforth Rural

University & Scotforth Rural: 11 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sayeda Askari	216	46.1	+4.0
	Green	Jamie Payne	193	41.2	+8.4
	Conservative	Matthew Maxwell-Scott	44	9.4	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Zanna Ashton	16	3.4	−9.9
Majority			23	4.9
Turnout			469
	Labour hold		Swing

Carnforth & Millhead

Carnforth & Millhead: 25 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Taylor	538	57.7	+13.9
	Conservative	Stuart Bateson	315	33.8	+5.5
	Green	Padruig McMurray	54	5.8	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Saville	25	2.7	N/A
Majority			223	23.9
Turnout			937	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Bare

Bare: 2 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Blaikie	428	33.1	+20.1
	Green	James Sommerville	301	23.3	+15.1
	MB Independent	June Ashworth	243	18.8	−8.8
	Conservative	Jane Cottam	215	16.6	−16.7
	Labour	Valerie Rogerson	107	8.3	−10.5
Majority			127	9.8
Turnout			1,299	23.49
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.5

Upper Lune Valley

Upper Lune Valley: 2 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Hunter	390	63.1	+19.1
	Conservative	Iain Harbison	183	29.6	−16.3
	Green	Nicky Sharkey	24	3.9	N/A
	Labour	Faith Kenrick	21	3.4	−6.7
Majority			207	33.5
Turnout			620	31.70
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	17.7

Ellel

Ellel: 19 May 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sally Maddocks	547	39.7	+19.5
	Labour	Lisa Corkerry	418	30.4	−1.2
	Conservative	Janet Walton	377	27.4	−14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Fildes	35	2.5	−4.0
Majority			129	9.3
Turnout			1,381	37.8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	10.4

Harbour

Harbour: 21 July 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Pattison	555	47.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Perkins	479	41.4	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Hewitt	124	10.7	−2.2
Turnout			1,158
	Labour hold

Warton

Warton: 8 September 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Tyldesley	452	65.7	+32.8
	Conservative	Iain Harbison	169	24.6	−22.7
	Labour	Faith Kenrick	44	6.4	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Parsons	23	3.3	N/A
Majority			283	41.1
Turnout			688	40.5
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing