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2005 Lancashire County Council election
2005 UK local government election
2005 UK local government election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2005 Lancashire County Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 2001 Lancashire County Council election |
| previous_year | 2001 |
| next_election | 2009 Lancashire County Council election |
| next_year | 2009 |
| seats_for_election | All 84 seats to Lancashire County Council |
| majority_seats | 43 |
| election_date | 5 May 2005 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 44 |
| popular_vote1 | 197,061 |
| percentage1 | 37.62% |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 31 |
| popular_vote2 | 195,517 |
| percentage2 | 37.33% |
| party3 | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| seats3 | 6 |
| popular_vote3 | 99,710 |
| percentage3 | 19.04% |
| party4 | Green Party of England and Wales |
| seats4 | 1 |
| popular_vote4 | 8,350 |
| percentage4 | 1.60% |
| party5 | Independent (politician) |
| seats5 | 1 |
| popular_vote5 | 7,417 |
| percentage5 | 1.42% |
| party6 | Idle Toad |
| seats6 | 1 |
| popular_vote6 | 1,680 |
| percentage6 | 0.32 |
| map_image | Lancashire wards 2005.svg |
| map_caption | 2005 local election results in Lancashire |
| title | Council control |
| posttitle | Council control after election |
| after_election | Labour Party |
Elections to Lancashire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 general election.
Each single-member ward in Lancashire was modified by boundary changes. No elections were held in Blackpool or Blackburn as they are unitary authorities outside of the county boundaries.
Result
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The overall turnout was 60.48% with a total of 523,763 valid votes cast. A total of 4,385 ballots were rejected.
Council composition
Following the election, the composition of the council was:
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | G | I | IT |
|---|
G – Green Party
I – Independent
IT – Idle Toad
Ward results
[[Burnley (borough)|Burnley]]
Burnley Central East
Burnley Central West
Burnley North East
Burnley Rural
Burnley South West
Padiham and Burnley West
[[Chorley (borough)|Chorley]]
Chorley East
Chorley North
Chorley Rural East
Chorley Rural North
Chorley Rural West
Chorley South
Chorley West
[[Fylde (borough)|Fylde]]
Fylde East
Fylde South
Fylde West
Lytham
St Annes North
St Annes South
[[Hyndburn]]
Accrington North
Accrington South
Accrington West
Great Harwood
Oswaldtwistle
Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors
[[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]]
Heysham
Lancaster Central
Lancaster East
Lancaster Rural East
Lancaster Rural North
Lancaster South East
Morecambe North
Morecambe South
Morecambe West
Skerton
[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]]
Brierfield and Nelson North
Nelson South
Pendle Central
Pendle East
Pendle West
West Craven
[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
Preston Central North
Preston Central South
Preston City
Preston East
Preston North
Preston North East
Preston North West
Preston Rural
Preston South East
Preston West
[[Ribble Valley]]
Clitheroe
Longridge with Bowland
Ribble Valley North East
Ribble Valley South West
[[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]
Rossendale East
Rossendale North
Rossendale South
Rossendale West
Whitworth
[[South Ribble]]
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale
Faringdon
Leyland Central
Leyland South West
Penwortham North
Penwortham South
South Ribble Rural East
South Ribble Rural West
[[West Lancashire]]
Ormskirk West
Skelmersdale Central
Skelmersdale East
Skelmersdale West
West Lancashire East
West Lancashire North
West Lancashire South
West Lancashire West
[[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]]
Amounderness
Fleetwood East
Fleetwood West
Garstang
Poulton-le-Fylde
Thornton Cleveleys Central
Thornton Cleveleys North
Wyreside
References
References
- Council, Lancashire County. (5 May 2005). "Declared result for election held on 05 May 2005". Lancashire County Council.
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