Lancashire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 81 races · 83 seats 84.3% below quota
- 2021 82 races · 84 seats 33.3% below quota
- 2017 82 races · 84 seats 28.6% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
84 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 83 seats were up across 81 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 83 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 116,567 | 35.6% | 52 | 62.7% | 30 | 36.1% | +22 |
| Conservative Party | 69,442 | 21.2% | 8 | 9.6% | 18 | 21.7% | -10 |
| Labour Party | 61,430 | 18.8% | 5 | 6.0% | 16 | 19.3% | -11 |
| Liberal Democrats | 29,726 | 9.1% | 5 | 6.0% | 7 | 8.4% | -2 |
| Green Party | 27,399 | 8.4% | 4 | 4.8% | 7 | 8.4% | -3 |
| Independent | 18,001 | 5.5% | 7 | 8.4% | 4 | 4.8% | +3 |
| Our West Lancashire | 4,066 | 1.2% | 2 | 2.4% | 1 | 1.2% | +1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 297 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 71 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Workers Party of Britain | 39 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 18 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 327,056 | 100.0% | 83 | 100.0% | 83 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington North | 63% | 54% | 52% |
| Accrington South | 47% | 50% | 36% |
| Accrington West and Oswaldtwistle Central | 67% | 49% | 31% |
| Brierfield and Nelson West | 53% | 56% | 66% |
| Burnley Central East | 60% | 50% | 38% |
| Burnley Central West | 29% | 31% | 43% |
| Burnley North East | 49% | 50% | 59% |
| Burnley Rural | 39% | 39% | 43% |
| Burnley South West | 38% | 25% | 48% |
| Burscough and Rufford | 52% | 51% | 35% |
| Chorley Central | 53% | 57% | 36% |
| Chorley North | 59% | ||
| Chorley North East | 60% | ||
| Chorley Rural East | 59% | 61% | 46% |
| Chorley Rural West | 52% | 48% | 38% |
| Chorley South | 53% | 60% | 41% |
| Clayton with Whittle | 54% | 48% | 37% |
| Cleveleys East | 66% | 69% | 47% |
| Cleveleys South and Carleton | 67% | 59% | 46% |
| Clitheroe | 42% | 30% | 31% |
| Euxton Buckshaw and Astley | 53% | ||
| Euxton, Buckshaw and Astley | 53% | 33% | |
| Fleetwood East | 57% | 54% | 54% |
| Fleetwood West and Cleveleys West | 50% | 53% | 55% |
| Fylde East | 52% | 41% | 34% |
| Fylde South | 56% | 61% | 37% |
| Fylde West | 45% | 69% | 43% |
| Great Harwood Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors | 45% | ||
| Great Harwood, Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors | 46% | 47% | |
| Heysham | 52% | 38% | 49% |
| Hoghton with Wheelton | 47% | 47% | 37% |
| Lancaster Central | 52% | 60% | 57% |
| Lancaster East | 53% | 47% | 54% |
| Lancaster Rural East | 54% | 44% | 26% |
| Lancaster Rural North | 55% | 56% | 30% |
| Lancaster South East | 46% | 49% | 50% |
| Leyland Central | 50% | 55% | 46% |
| Leyland South | 48% | 48% | 40% |
| Longridge with Bowland | 70% | 64% | 34% |
| Lostock Hall and Bamber Bridge | 52% | 52% | 37% |
| Lytham | 46% | 46% | 40% |
| Mid Rossendale | 51% | ||
| Mid-Rossendale | 50% | 44% | |
| Morecambe Central | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| Morecambe North | 63% | 58% | 42% |
| Morecambe South | 49% | 45% | 46% |
| Moss Side and Farington | 68% | 61% | 37% |
| Nelson East | 57% | 57% | 45% |
| Ormskirk | 47% | 47% | 40% |
| Oswaldtwistle | 56% | 55% | 42% |
| Padiham and Burnley West | 37% | 62% | 44% |
| Pendle Central | 42% | 53% | 42% |
| Pendle Hill | 69% | 56% | 38% |
| Pendle Rural | 50% | 51% | 37% |
| Penwortham East and Walton-le-Dale | 54% | 52% | 36% |
| Penwortham West | 47% | 50% | 50% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 72% | 70% | 45% |
| Preston Central East | 74% | 76% | 48% |
| Preston Central West | 56% | 55% | 31% |
| Preston City | 71% | 68% | 34% |
| Preston East | 46% | 53% | 43% |
| Preston North | 59% | 50% | 39% |
| Preston Rural | 71% | 67% | 35% |
| Preston South East | 74% | 68% | 29% |
| Preston South West | 37% | 38% | 40% |
| Preston West | 43% | 43% | 43% |
| Ribble Valley North East | 70% | 53% | 38% |
| Ribble Valley South West | 69% | 67% | 47% |
| Rossendale East | 47% | 41% | 51% |
| Rossendale South | 52% | 50% | 41% |
| Rossendale West | 54% | 44% | 38% |
| Skelmersdale Central | 88% | 65% | 47% |
| Skelmersdale East | 58% | 45% | 42% |
| Skelmersdale West | 71% | 59% | 42% |
| Skerton | 53% | 48% | 39% |
| South Ribble East | 66% | 61% | 40% |
| South Ribble West | 73% | 69% | 40% |
| St Annes North | 57% | ||
| St Annes South | 61% | ||
| St. Annes North | 59% | 34% | |
| St. Annes South | 60% | 36% | |
| Thornton and Hambleton | 72% | 73% | 48% |
| West Lancashire East | 47% | 42% | 37% |
| West Lancashire North | 56% | 69% | 43% |
| West Lancashire West | 62% | 58% | 38% |
| Whitworth and Bacup | 45% | 33% | 44% |
| Wyre Rural Central | 71% | 67% | 41% |
| Wyre Rural East | 51% | 68% | 40% |