South Ribble Borough Council elections

South Ribble Borough Council elections are held every four years. South Ribble Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of South Ribble in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 50 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.^[1] The next borough council elections are due to take place in 2027 as part of the wider 2027 United Kingdom local elections.^[2]

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

Council elections

• 1973 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 1976 South Ribble Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• 1979 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 1983 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 1987 South Ribble Borough Council election (New ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)^[4][5]
• 1991 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 1995 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 1999 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 2003 South Ribble Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[6][7][8]
• 2007 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 2011 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 2015 South Ribble Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2019 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 2023 South Ribble Borough Council election
• 2027 South Ribble Borough Council election

Election results

South Ribble Borough Council election results

Council composition

	Overall control		Conservative		Labour		Lib Dems [a]		Idle Toad		Independents
2023	Labour	16		29		5		-		-
2019	NOC	23		22		5		-		0
2015	Conservative	29		19		2		-		-
2011	Conservative	33		21		1		-		-
2007	Conservative	44		8		1		2		0
2003	NOC	19		17		15		4		0
1999	NOC	18		21		12		-		3
1995	Labour	16		29		9		-		-
1991	Conservative	33		15		6		-		0
1987	Conservative	37		11		6		-		0
1983	Conservative	39		11		4		-		0
1979	Conservative	42		10		1		-		1
1976	Conservative	45		8		0		-		1
1973	Conservative	30		16		2		-		1

Borough result maps

• 
  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Farington By-Election 1 May 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,600	45.2	−0.1
	Conservative		1,334	37.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats		608	17.2	−2.4
Majority			266	7.5
Turnout			3,542
	Labour hold		Swing

Longton Central and West By-Election 4 December 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		507	57.5	+15.8
	Labour		260	29.5	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats		115	13.0	−10.5
Majority			247	28.0
Turnout			882	22.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bamber Bridge South By-Election 19 March 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		398	47.6	−17.3'
	Conservative		267	31.9	+7.0
	Idle Toad		98	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats		74	8.8	−1.4
Majority			131	15.7
Turnout			837	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Priory By-Election 22 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		356	42.2	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats		323	38.3	+20.2
	Labour		165	19.5	−9.9
Majority			33	3.9
Turnout			844
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farington By-Election 22 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		347	65.7	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats		121	22.9	+22.9
	Conservative		60	11.4	−10.6
Majority			226	42.8
Turnout			528
	Labour hold		Swing

Leyland St Mary's By-Election 17 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		823	70.6	+30.2
	Labour		342	29.4	−7.8
Majority			481	41.2
Turnout			1,165	24.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Walton Le Dale By-Election 30 October 2003^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Leeming	316	41.1	+41.1
	Conservative	John Cannon	283	36.8	−26.1
	Labour	Graham Davies	92	12.0	−25.1
	Idle Toad	Michael Nathan	78	10.1	+10.1
Majority			33	4.3
Turnout			769	25.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leyland St Ambrose By-Election 29 April 2004^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Leeming	406	49.4	−18.7
	Conservative	Frances Thompson	264	32.1	+22.8
	Labour	Donald Smith	152	18.5	−4.1
Majority			142	17.3
Turnout			822	32.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leyland St Mary's By-Election 29 April 2004^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael McNulty	594	51.5	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bridge	431	37.4	−6.4
	Labour	Michaek Titherington	128	11.1	−5.1
Majority			163	14.1
Turnout			1,153	40.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Coupe Green & Gregson Lane By-Election 14 October 2004^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Idle Toad	James Marsh	364	44.0	−16.4
	Conservative	Frances Walker	349	42.1	+10.1
	Labour	Houston Lowe	91	11.0	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Cairns	24	2.9	+2.9
Majority			15	1.9
Turnout			828	28.6
	Idle Toad hold		Swing

Golden Hill By-Election 5 May 2005^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Titherington	1,051	61.2	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bridge	342	20.0	−7.7
	Conservative	John Otter	323	18.8	+0.1
Majority			709	41.2
Turnout			1,716
	Labour hold		Swing

2007-2011

Leyland Central By-Election 4 June 2009^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caleb Tomlinson	371	34.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Phillip Hamman	355	33.0	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Forrest	350	32.5	+6.5
Majority			16	1.5
Turnout			1,076
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Walton-le-dale By-election 4 June 2009^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Nelson	531	54.3	−21.7
	Labour	Daniel McDermott	241	24.6	+24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cassell	206	21.1	−3.0
Majority			290	29.7
Turnout			978
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leyland St Mary's By-election 15 October 2009^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hamman	709	'74.9	+6.3
	Labour	Peter Holker	237	25.1	+6.1
Majority			472	49.8
Turnout			946
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Bamber Bridge East By-election 13 October 2011^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Higgins	481	55.0	−2.4
	Conservative	Barbara Nathan	393	45.0	+2.4
Majority			88	10.1
Turnout			874	23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Howick and Priory By-election 2 May 2013^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Howarth	469	39.0	+7.2
	Conservative	Angela Turner	390	32.4	−12.8
	Labour	Robert Taylor	185	15.4	−7.6
	UKIP	David Duxbury	159	13.2	+13.2
Majority			79	6.6
Turnout			1,203
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leyland St Ambrose By-election 2 May 2013^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Jones	534	48.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Paul Wharton	440	39.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Armstrong	129	11.7	+3.0
Majority			94	8.5
Turnout			1,103
	Labour hold		Swing

Leyland St Mary's By-election 2 May 2013^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Ogilvie	744	60.0	−6.8
	Labour	Carole Titherington	401	32.3	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Ashworth	95	7.7	+7.7
Majority			343	27.7
Turnout			1,240
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Seven Stars By-election 5 May 2016^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Donoghue	625	55.2	−3.0
	Conservative	Anthony Green	405	35.8	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Pattison	102	9.0	+9.0
Majority			220	19.4
Turnout			1,132
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton-le-Dale East By-election 16 March 2017^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Chisholm	359	49.4	−5.1
	Labour	Alex Watson	262	36.0	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hesketh-Holt	106	14.6	+14.6
Majority			97	13.3
Turnout			727
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Coupe Green and Gregson Lane By-election 24 October 2019^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Watson	437	49.1	−0.8
	Independent	Graham Dixon	343	38.5	+38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Portersmith	110	12.4	+12.4
Majority			94	10.6
Turnout			890
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longton and Hutton West By-election 6 May 2021^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Buttery	1,301	67.2	+15.4
	Labour	Amy Dwyer	353	18.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Carter	151	7.8	−10.2
	Reform UK	Jonathan Kay	70	3.6	+3.6
	Green	Heike McMurray	61	3.2	+3.2
Majority			948	49.0
Turnout			1,936
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Ambrose By-election 6 May 2021^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath Unsworth	517	44.4	−16.8
	Conservative	Andrew Ashton	398	34.2	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Valentine	249	21.4	+4.4
Majority			119	10.2
Turnout			1,164
	Labour hold		Swing

Bamber Bridge East By-election 18 November 2021^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hunter	376	53.7	+7.1
	Conservative	Matthew Forshaw	275	39.3	+9.5
	Green	Rachel Knowles	49	7.0	+7.0
Majority			101	14.4
Turnout			700
	Labour hold		Swing

Earnshaw Bridge By-election 5 May 2022^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lou Jackson	626	53.4	+8.9
	Conservative	Craige Southern	460	39.2	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Thomson	86	7.3	−7.0
Majority			166	14.2
Turnout			1,172
	Labour hold		Swing

2023-2027

Bamber Bridge West By-election 10 October 2024^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bollenberg	253	44.8
	Conservative	Stephen Bridge	186	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Valentine	126	22.3
Majority			67	11.9
Turnout			565
	Labour hold		Swing

Middleforth By-election 24 October 2024^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Burrows	517	46.3
	Labour	Laura Crawford-Lane	362	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Burton-Johnson	173	15.5
	Green	Ann Moorby	64	5.7
Majority			155	13.9
Turnout			1,116
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

1. Includes Alliance and Liberal Party.