
Local elections were held forLancaster City Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the2015 United Kingdom general election and other2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England reviewed the local boundaries of Lancaster council in 2014.[1]
The number of councillors elected to Lancaster will not change although some electoral wards have been redrawn and renamed. The changes are made official by the Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.[2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 29 | +5 | 48.33 | 37 | |||||
| Conservative | 19 | +3 | 31.68 | 29 | |||||
| Green | 9 | +1 | 15.00 | 18 | |||||
| MB Independent | 2 | -6 | 3.33 | 7 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | -3 | 1.66 | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | ±0 | 0.00 | 3 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brett Martin Cooper* | 1288 | 13.58 | −9.77 | |
| Conservative | Charles Edwards* | 1179 | 12.43 | −4.08 | |
| MB Independent | June Irene Ashworth* | 1098 | 11.58 | −20.27 | |
| MB Independent | Shirley Burns | 1021 | 10.76 | +10.76 | |
| MB Independent | Tony Anderson | 932 | 9.83 | −18.45 | |
| Labour | Dilys Mabel Greenhalgh | 794 | 8.37 | +8.37 | |
| Labour | Richard William Martin | 782 | 8.24 | +8.24 | |
| Labour | Valerie Joyce Rogerson | 743 | 7.83 | +7.83 | |
| UKIP | Mark Robert Nelson | 603 | 6.36 | +6.36 | |
| Green | Richard Laurence Moriaty | 384 | 4.05 | +4.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Gradwell | 372 | 3.92 | +3.92 | |
| Green | Julia Frances Norman | 298 | 3.14 | +3.14 | |
| Turnout | 9485 | 68 | |||
| Conservativegain fromNew Seat | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromMB Independent | Swing | ||||
| MB Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sylvia Anne Rogerson* | 2019 | 18.77 | −17.40 | |
| Conservative | James Malcolm Thomas* | 1806 | 16.79 | ||
| Conservative | John Graeme Wild* | 1795 | 16.69 | ||
| Independent | Keith William Budden | 1328 | 12.35 | −36.25 | |
| Labour | John Bouskill | 820 | 7.62 | ||
| Labour | Sharron Gwendoline Hood | 652 | 6.06 | ||
| Labour | Molly Christine Roberts | 583 | 5.42 | ||
| Green | William Ian Birnie | 473 | 4.40 | ||
| Green | Thomas Arnold Birnie | 471 | 4.38 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Philip Armistead | 419 | 4 | ||
| Independent | Sue Lomax | 391 | 3.63 | ||
| Turnout | 10757 | 71 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Tim Hamilton-Cox | 1426 | 15.97 | −0.27 | |
| Green | Caroline St Joan Jackson | 1419 | 15.89 | − | |
| Green | Andrew Martin Kay* | 1272 | 14.25 | −1.54 | |
| Labour | Cathy Jamieson | 1236 | 13.84 | −0.66 | |
| Labour | Miles Nelson Taylor | 1075 | 12.04 | −2.19 | |
| Labour | Peter Leo Rivet | 994 | 11.13 | −0.67 | |
| Conservative | Howard Philip Dodgson | 423 | 4.74 | +0.79 | |
| Conservative | William Anthony Brooks | 375 | 4.20 | +0.27 | |
| UKIP | Matthew Jeremy Atkins | 364 | 4.08 | +4.08 | |
| Conservative | Nickey Jane Russell | 344 | 3.85 | +0.19 | |
| Turnout | 8928 | 61 | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Allan Yates* | 1405 | 19.38 | −3.65 | |
| Conservative | Mel Guilding* | 1238 | 17.07 | +17.07 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Wallace Harold Leadbetter* | 1184 | 16.33 | −2.67 | |
| Labour | Paul Malcolm Gardner* | 1027 | 14.16 | −7.68 | |
| Labour | Bob Roe | 981 | 13.53 | −1.74 | |
| Labour | Fran Hanna | 921 | 12.70 | −5.03 | |
| Green | Kevin Frea | 495 | 6.83 | +6.83 | |
| Turnout | 7251 | 65 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Dave Brookes* | 1229 | 26.04 | +2.73 | |
| Green | Nick Wilkinson* | 959 | 20.32 | +1.51 | |
| Labour | Tom Sweeney | 682 | 14.45 | +5.25 | |
| Labour | Peter James Wilson | 631 | 13.37 | +4.23 | |
| Conservative | Chris Brown | 403 | 8.54 | +2.82 | |
| Conservative | Ryan Martin Cushley-Spendiff | 336 | 7.12 | +3.26 | |
| Independent | Anthony Mark Cutter | 249 | 5.28 | +5.28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Mumford | 142 | 3.01 | +1.18 | |
| TUSC | Eugene Henry Michael Doherty | 89 | 1.89 | +1.89 | |
| Turnout | 4720 | 59 | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Helen Rebecca Helme* | 1433 | 31.06 | +2.52 | |
| Conservative | Susie Charles* | 1305 | 28.28 | −2.24 | |
| Labour | David John Hill | 579 | 12.55 | −3.11 | |
| Labour | Ben Whittingham | 564 | 12.22 | 2.23 | |
| Green | Nicholas Martin Beddoe | 422 | 9 | +2.44 | |
| Green | Andrew Lee | 311 | 6.74 | +6.74 | |
| Turnout | 4614 | 72 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Woodruff* | 577 | 38.36 | −47.31 | |
| Green | Bob Bauld | 423 | 28.13 | +13.8 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Scott Gibbins | 364 | 24.20 | +24.20 | |
| Labour | Catarina Bridget Mary Finnerty | 142 | 9.44 | +9.44 | |
| Majority | 154 | 10.24 | −61.10 | ||
| Turnout | 1504 | 73 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janice Hanson* | 1263 | 20.34 | +0.13 | |
| Labour | Darren Keith Clifford* | 1130 | 18.20 | +1.20 | |
| Labour | David Whittaker* | 1063 | 17.12 | −0.47 | |
| UKIP | Steven Thomas Ogden | 840 | 13.53 | +13.53 | |
| Conservative | Pat Hibbins | 722 | 11.63 | +2.97 | |
| MB Independent | Jason Firth | 439 | 7.07 | −5.68 | |
| MB Independent | Terry Ingle | 394 | 6.34 | −4.48 | |
| Green | Joanne Lindsey Corless | 359 | 5.78 | +2.93 | |
| Turnout | 6210 | 54 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB Independent | Geoff Knight* | 779 | 21.13 | −8.85 | |
| Labour | Carla Dianne Brayshaw | 761 | 20.65 | −1.27 | |
| Labour | David Ivan Brayshaw | 760 | 20.62 | +20.62 | |
| Conservative | Elliot Layfield | 724 | 19.64 | +19.64 | |
| MB Independent | Cary Jane Matthews | 662 | 17.96 | +17.96 | |
| MB Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 3686 | 60 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret Elizabeth Pattison* | 795 | 25.40 | −1.73 | |
| Labour | Ronald Sands* | 705 | 22.52 | −2.45 | |
| Conservative | Adam Martin Towers | 491 | 15.69 | +15.69 | |
| UKIP | Dave Porter | 470 | 15.02 | +15.02 | |
| MB Independent | James Carlton Fletcher | 262 | 8.37 | −10.58 | |
| MB Independent | Geoffrey Wilson | 245 | 7.83 | −6.49 | |
| Green | Ulrike Andrea Hildegard Zeshan | 162 | 5.18 | +1.35 | |
| Turnout | 3130 | 53 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stuart Bateson | 1390 | 22.39 | +5.65 | |
| Labour | Alan Biddulph | 952 | 15.33 | +3.34 | |
| Labour | Colin Hartley | 871 | 14.03 | +2.15 | |
| Conservative | Richard William Rollins | 854 | 13.75 | −0.41 | |
| MB Independent | Mike Greenall | 740 | 11.92 | −4.26 | |
| Labour | Ian Withnell Clift | 729 | 11.74 | +11.74 | |
| UKIP | Mark Knight | 673 | 10.84 | +10.84 | |
| Turnout | 6209 | 62 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromMB Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Eileen Blamire* | 1605 | 16.35 | −1.25 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Scott* | 1466 | 14.93 | −1.95 | |
| Labour | Richard Newman-Thompson* | 1300 | 13.24 | −1.25 | |
| Conservative | Ali Dodgson | 960 | 9.78 | +2.51 | |
| Green | Chris Watkins | 950 | 9.68 | −1.7 | |
| Green | Heather Hilton | 842 | 8.58 | +0.46 | |
| Conservative | Mick Jackson | 800 | 8.15 | +1.82 | |
| Conservative | Luke Joseph Worrall | 792 | 8.07 | +3.35 | |
| Green | Rebecca Kate Whittle | 706 | 7.19 | +0.67 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Dunster | 397 | 4.04 | +0.90 | |
| Turnout | 9818 | 63 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Roger Mace* | 982 | 73.45 | −3.34 | |
| Labour | Jean Taylor | 216 | 16.16 | +0.11 | |
| Green | Mark Miles Westcombe | 139 | 10.40 | +3.24 | |
| Majority | 766 | 57.29 | −3.45 | ||
| Turnout | 1337 | 78 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -4.74 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Parkinson Jackson | 1375 | 27.29 | +2.30 | |
| Conservative | Jane Parkinson | 1270 | 25.20 | +3.68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Pritchard | 718 | 14.25 | −3.04 | |
| Labour | Tamsin Stacey Hartley | 517 | 10.24 | +3.16 | |
| Labour | Ryan Anderson Bartle | 391 | 7.76 | +1.49 | |
| Green | Mike Wright | 300 | 5.95 | +1.62 | |
| Green | Jan Maskell | 247 | 4.90 | +4.90 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marco Ciciriello | 221 | 4.39 | −13.10 | |
| Turnout | 5039 | 76 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jon Barry* | 1323 | 29.36 | ||
| Green | Rebecca Joy Novell* | 941 | 20.88 | ||
| Labour | Andrew James Gierke | 630 | 13.98 | ||
| Labour | Valerie Jean Pearson | 599 | 13.29 | ||
| Conservative | Gus Thomas Rankin | 334 | 7.41 | ||
| Conservative | Holly Elspeth Port Sheppard | 313 | 6.94 | ||
| Independent | Michael Alan Loat | 254 | 5.64 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Warburton | 112 | 2.49 | ||
| Turnout | 4506 | 65 | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Paul Gardiner* | 488 | 42.80 | +42.80 | |
| Independent | Keith Snowden | 329 | 28.86 | −38.31 | |
| Labour | John Bouskill | 329 | 23.24 | −9.11 | |
| Green | Pamela Jill Virgoe White | 58 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
| Majority | 159 | 13.94 | −20.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1140 | 64 | |||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brendan Anthony Hughes | 656 | 20.97 | +8.14 | |
| Labour | Terrie Metcalfe | 594 | 18.98 | +6.72 | |
| MB Independent | Tricia Heath | 431 | 13.77 | +3.13 | |
| UKIP | Godfrey Samuel Danson | 426 | 13.61 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Charles Agnew | 398 | 13.61 | +6.26 | |
| MB Independent | Vicky Boyd-Power | 285 | 9.11 | −0.31 | |
| Green | Clare Mary Long-Summers | 189 | 6.04 | +6.04 | |
| Green | Becky Stevens | 150 | 4.79 | +4.79 | |
| Turnout | 3129 | 52 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Anne Whitehead | 937 | 20.92 | +1.43 | |
| Labour | James Joseph Leyshon | 835 | 18.64 | +1.47 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Charles Orrell Aldred | 820 | 18.30 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Helen Killoran Wilson | 670 | 14.96 | −0.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Eamonn Long | 355 | 7.92 | −4.19 | |
| Green | Frank Ledwith | 326 | 7.28 | +1.71 | |
| Green | Gisela Christine Renolds | 289 | 6.45 | +1.96 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kyran Darnton | 248 | 5.54 | −3.17 | |
| Turnout | 4480 | 70 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sheila Elizabeth Denwood* | 1,639 | 15.55 | −1.3 | |
| Green | Abi Mills | 1,579 | 14.98 | +3.42 | |
| Labour | Ronnie Kershaw | 1127 | 10.69 | −0.79 | |
| Green | Chris Norman | 1091 | 10.01 | −2.84 | |
| Green | Paul Byron Stubbins | 1081 | 7.76 | −3.29 | |
| Labour | John Raymond Whitehead | 993 | 9.50 | −1.66 | |
| Conservative | Val Outram | 912 | 8.73 | +0.41 | |
| Conservative | Janet Suzanne Walton | 794 | 7.60 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Kevan Stuart Walton | 776 | 7.43 | +0.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Long | 229 | 2.19 | −1.15 | |
| TUSC | Steve Metcalfe | 117 | 1.12 | +1.12 | |
| Turnout | 10450 | 70 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nigel Goodrich | 400 | 29.94 | −33.19 | |
| Independent | Sarah Margaret Debonnaire Fishwick | 358 | 26.8 | +26.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | June Greenwell | 327 | 24.48 | +24.48 | |
| Green | Rex Andrew Ambler | 142 | 10.63 | −9.39 | |
| Labour | Brenda Daphne Florence Rockall | 109 | 8.16 | −8.69 | |
| Majority | 42 | 3.14 | −39.97 | ||
| Turnout | 1336 | 79 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Michael Redfern* | 1237 | 18.97 | −4.74 | |
| Labour | Abbott Clifton Bryning* | 1214 | 18.56 | −5.03 | |
| Labour | Janet Tracy Hall* | 1202 | 18.37 | −6.09 | |
| Conservative | Jennifer George | 848 | 13.00 | +1.52 | |
| Green | David Charles Fleet | 550 | 8.41 | +8.41 | |
| Green | Jean Peggy O'Neill | 514 | 7.86 | +7.86 | |
| Green | Stephen Christopher Riley | 455 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Independent | Steven Andrew Swarbrick | 232 | 3.55 | ||
| Turnout | 6252 | 52 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Karen Leytham* | 1481 | 21.34 | −6.7 | |
| Labour | Rob Devey | 1331 | 19.18 | −7.88 | |
| Labour | Roger James Sherlock* | 1241 | 17.88 | −1.18 | |
| Conservative | Graham Charles Agnew | 1037 | 14.94 | +0.02 | |
| UKIP | Niall Semple | 816 | 11.76 | +11.76 | |
| Green | Michael Jonathon Riley | 380 | 5.46 | −5.46 | |
| Green | Harris Kaloudis | 360 | 5.19 | +5.19 | |
| Independent | John Thomas Harrison | 295 | 4.25 | +4.25 | |
| Turnout | 6941 | 60 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Phillippa Williamson | 901 | 21.51 | +9.25 | |
| Labour | Andrew James Warriner | 666 | 15.90 | +5.80 | |
| MB Independent | Roger Thomas Dennison* | 610 | 14.57 | +1.08 | |
| Labour | John Robert Reynolds | 585 | 14.49 | +4.39 | |
| MB Independent | Geoff Marsland* | 554 | 13.23 | +0.75 | |
| UKIP | Robert Wilson Gillespie | 504 | 12.03 | +12.03 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Henry Barney | 192 | 4.58 | −1.28 | |
| Green | Daren Christian Chandisingh | 176 | 4.20 | +0.37 | |
| Turnout | 4188 | 68 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromMB Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lucy Elizabeth Beckett Atkinson | 605 | 13.69 | −13.74 | |
| Green | Sam Armstrong | 555 | 12.56 | −0.08 | |
| Labour | Matt Mann | 500 | 11.31 | −12.04 | |
| Labour | Clare Anne Robinson | 480 | 10.84 | −12.51 | |
| Green | Jo Gadsden | 440 | 9.95 | −1.35 | |
| Green | Jack Benjamin Filmore | 417 | 9.43 | +9.43 | |
| Conservative | Dan Astley | 405 | 9.16 | +0.76 | |
| Conservative | Lee Antony Dickson | 391 | 8.85 | +1.27 | |
| Conservative | Ice Bing Dong | 339 | 7.67 | +7.67 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pippa Jane Hepworth | 143 | 3.24 | −1.74 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Edward Robert Lawson | 79 | 1.79 | −2.52 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Oliver Hartland Mountjoy | 66 | 1.49 | +1.49 | |
| Turnout | 4420 | 74 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Thomas Williamson* | 1103 | 73.00 | −1.95 | |
| Labour | Jack Nelson Hoad | 221 | 14.63 | +14.63 | |
| Green | Catriona Stamp | 187 | 12.38 | −12.67 | |
| Majority | 882 | 58.37 | +8.46 | ||
| Turnout | 1511 | 77 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Gail Sykes | 529 | 43.33 | −7.21 | |
| Labour | Janette Gardner | 266 | 21.79 | −14.62 | |
| Independent | Stuart Langhorn | 248 | 20.31 | +20.31 | |
| Green | Sue Tyldesley | 178 | 14.58 | +1.54 | |
| Majority | 263 | 21.54 | +7.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1121 | 73 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tracy Michelle Brown | 1279 | 20.28 | +4.42 | |
| Labour | David Smith | 1261 | 20.00 | +4.17 | |
| Labour | Claire Emily Cozler | 1115 | 17.68 | +1.85 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Peter Wilson | 985 | 15.62 | +7.16 | |
| UKIP | Michelle Ogden | 970 | 15.38 | +15.38 | |
| MB Independent | Barry Vickers | 696 | 11.04 | −5.2 | |
| Turnout | 6306 | 56 | |||
| Labourgain fromMB Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Ward | Number of councillors |
|---|---|
| Bare | 3 |
| Bolton andSlyne | 3 |
| Bulk | 3 |
| Carnforth and Millhead | 3 |
| Castle | 2 |
| Ellel | 2 |
| Halton-with-Aughton | 1 |
| Harbour | 3 |
| Heysham Central | 2 |
| Heysham North | 2 |
| Heysham South | 3 |
| John O'Gaunt | 3 |
| Kellet | 1 |
| Lower Lune Valley | 2 |
| Marsh | 2 |
| Overton | 1 |
| Poulton | 2 |
| Scotforth East | 2 |
| Scotforth West | 3 |
| Silverdale | 1 |
| Skerton East | 3 |
| Skerton West | 3 |
| Torrisholme | 2 |
| University and Scotforth Rural | 3 |
| Upper Lune Valley | 1 |
| Warton | 1 |
| Westgate | 3 |