An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 6 May 2021, with counting on 8 May,LCC Elections 2021 Lancashire County Council as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 84 councillors are elected from electoral divisions for a four-year term of office. The system of voting used is first-past-the-post. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities.

Council composition Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Conservative Party: 44 Labour Party: 30 Liberal Democrats: 4 Independent: 4 Green: 1 Vacant: 1

Electoral divisions Boundary revisions by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England meant these elections were fought on new divisions, since 2017.Lancashire County Council boundary proposals Local Government Boundary Commission for England

Summary of candidates

Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre Total 6 8 6 6 10 6 9 4 5 8 8 8 84 6 8 6 6 10 5 9 4 5 8 8 8 83 6 4 5 2 9 6 9 4 0 8 8 8 69 0 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 18 6 8 2 6 10 3 0 4 3 3 2 7 54 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Notes In Hyndburn, one candidate stands for UK Independence Party In Preston, one candidate stands for the Heritage Party In Rossendale, one candidate stands for Community First In South Ribble, one candidate stands for the For Britain Movement In West Lancashire, three candidates stand for Skelmersdale Independents and one for Workers' Party of Britain In Wyre, one candidate stands for the Social Democratic Party

Results summary Party Councillors Votes Of total Net Of total Net Conservative Party 48 +2 147,640 43.9% -1.2% Labour Party 32 -2 117,062 34.8% -0.6% Liberal Democrats 2 -2 30,605 9.1% -0.4% Green 2 +1 21,015 6.3% +2.9% Independent 0 -2 11,475 3.4% +1.0% Our West Lancashire 0 0 2,814 0.8% +0.3% Skelmersdale Independents 0 0 1,617 0.5% +0.5% BAPIP 0 0 1,577 0.5% +0.5% Community First 0 0 980 0.3% +0.3% Reform UK 0 0 978 0.3% +0.3% UKIP 0 -1 154 0.1% -2.9% Heritage Party 0 0 116 0.0% 0% For Britain 0 0 55 0.0% 0% Workers Party of Britain 0 0 49 0.0% 0% SDP 0 0 45 0.0% 0%

Seat summaries by district

+Results summary for divisions in Burnley Seat Result Majority Burnley Central East Labour hold 1,151 Burnley Central West Green GAIN from Labour 251 Burnley North East Labour hold 1,242 Burnley Rural Conservative hold 606 Burnley South West Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrats 5 Padiham & Burnley West Conservative GAIN from UKIP 1,380

+Results summary for divisions in Chorley Seat Result Majority Chorley Central Labour hold 970 Chorley North Labour hold 909 Chorley Rural East Labour hold 2,484 Chorley Rural West Conservative hold 350 Chorley South Labour hold 1,165 Clayton with Whittle Labour GAIN from Conservative 218 Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley Conservative hold 843 Hoghton with Wheelton Conservative hold 404

+Results summary for divisions in Fylde Seat Result Majority Fylde East Conservative GAIN from Independent 150 Fylde South Conservative hold 1,328 Fylde West Conservative GAIN from Independent 1,880 Lytham Conservative hold 181 St Annes North Conservative hold 1,332 St Annes South Conservative hold 1,511

+Results summary for divisions in Hyndburn Seat Result Majority Accrington North Labour hold 589 Accrington SouthConservative GAIN from Labour 213 Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central Labour hold 200 Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division) Labour hold N/A Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors (2-member division) Conservative GAIN from Labour N/A Oswaldtwistle Conservative hold 668

+Results summary for divisions in Lancaster Seat Result Majority Heysham Conservative hold 140 Lancaster Central Green hold 1,676 Lancaster East Labour hold 228 Lancaster Rural East Conservative hold 860 Lancaster Rural North Conservative hold 1,166 Lancaster South East Labour hold 916 Morecambe Central Labour hold 3 Morecambe North Conservative hold 1,187 Morecambe South Conservative hold 376 Skerton Labour hold 478

+Results summary for divisions in Pendle Seat Result Majority Brierfield & Nelson West Labour hold 1,276 Nelson East Labour hold 1,052 Pendle Central Conservative hold 767 Pendle Hill Conservative hold 1,319 Pendle Rural (2-member division) Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrats N/A Pendle Rural (2-member division) Conservative hold N/A

+Results summary for divisions in Preston Seat Result Majority Preston Central East Labour hold 1,971 Preston Central West Labour hold 813 Preston City Labour hold 1,445 Preston East Labour hold 359 Preston North Conservative hold 880 Preston Rural Conservative hold 1,838 Preston South East Labour hold 1,159 Preston South WestLabour hold 394 Preston West Liberal Democrats hold 136

+Results summary for divisions in Ribble Valley Seat Result Majority Clitheroe Conservative hold 12 Longridge with Bowland Conservative hold 1,624 Ribble Valley North East Conservative hold 1,686 Ribble Valley South West Conservative hold 2,241

+Results summary for divisions in Rossendale Seat Result Majority Mid Rossendale Labour GAIN from Conservative 60 Rossendale East Labour GAIN from Conservative 535 Rossendale South Conservative hold 334 Rossendale West Labour GAIN from Conservative 77 Whitworth & Bacup Conservative hold 60

+Results summary for divisions in South Ribble Seat Result Majority Leyland Central Labour hold 583 Leyland South Conservative hold 250 Lostock Hall & Bamber Bridge Conservative hold 274 Moss Side & Farington Conservative hold 1,120 Penwortham East & Walton-le-Dale Conservative hold 390 Penwortham West Liberal Democrats hold 1,092 South Ribble East Conservative hold 1,042 South Ribble West Conservative hold 2,017

+Results summary for divisions in West Lancashire Seat Result Majority Burscough & Rufford Conservative hold 352 OrmskirkLabour hold 602 Skelmersdale Central Labour hold 1,376 Skelmersdale East Labour hold 367 Skelmersdale West Labour hold 1,358 West Lancashire East Conservative hold 431 West Lancashire North Conservative hold 1,788 West Lancashire West Conservative hold 949

+Results summary for divisions in Wyre Seat Result Majority Cleveleys East Conservative hold 1,525 Cleveleys South & Carleton Conservative hold 1,152 Fleetwood East Labour hold 871 Fleetwood West & Cleveleys West Conservative hold 740 Poulton-le-Fylde Conservative hold 2,078 Thornton & Hambleton Conservative hold 1,797 Wyre Rural Central Conservative hold 1,773 Wyre Rural EastConservative hold 2,469

Results by division Burnley

+Burnley district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 3 6,899 30.3 –4.7Conservative 2 1 7,172 31.5 +8.7Green 1 1 3,293 14.5 +9.9Liberal Democrats 0 1 3,809 16.7 –8.2BAPIP 0 1,577 6.9 N/AUKIP 0 1 N/A N/A –8.9Total622,750

Division results

Chorley

+Chorley district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 1 15,883 49.0 +0.9Conservative 3 1 13,089 40.4 –0.4Green 0 2,463 7.6 +6.9Liberal Democrats 0 725 2.2 –2.9Independent 0 274 0.8 +0.1Total832,434

Division results

Fylde

+Fylde district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 2 12,639 55.7 +8.0Independent 0 2 3,984 17.5 –8.4Labour 0 3,464 15.3 +2.2Liberal Democrats 0 1,902 8.4 +0.1Green 0 716 3.2 +0.3Total622,705

Division results

Hyndburn

+Hyndburn district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 2 11,611 44.0 +2.0Labour 3 2 11,513 43.6 –4.6Green 0 1,397 5.3 +3.4Reform UK 0 876 3.3 N/AIndependent 0 646 2.4 N/ALiberal Democrats 0 205 0.8 N/AUKIP 0 154 0.6 –7.4Total626,402

Division results

Lancaster

+Lancaster district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 12,647 33.6 –6.5Labour 4 12,889 34.2 –2.0Green 1 7,167 19.1 +5.6Liberal Democrats 0 3,329 8.8 +1.8Independent 0 1,586 4.2 N/ATotal1037,618

Division results

Pendle

+Pendle district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 16,008 46.4 +0.1Labour 2 9,872 28.6 +3.7Liberal Democrats 0 1 7,397 21.4 –0.3Green 0 1,226 3.6 +1.3Total634,503

Division results

Preston

+Preston district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 6 13,618 44.8 +1.4Conservative 2 10,976 36.1 –0.5Liberal Democrats 1 4,561 15.0 +1.9Independent 0 1,131 3.7 N/AHeritage 0 116 0.4 N/ATotal930,402

Division results

Ribble Valley

+Ribble Valley district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 9,218 53.1 –9.5Labour 0 3,090 17.8 +0.3Liberal Democrats 0 2,192 12.3 –6.3Independent 0 1,694 9.8 N/AGreen 0 1,229 7.1 +5.8Total417,360

Division results

Rossendale

+Rossendale district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 3 3 7,930 42.0 –2.5Conservative 2 3 7,738 41.0 –8.8Independent 0 2,427 12.9 N/AGreen 0 772 4.1 +1.3Total518,867

Division results

South Ribble

+South Ribble district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 15,603 50.4 –4.4Labour 1 10,601 34.2 +3.5Liberal Democrats 1 4,117 13.3 –0.7Green 0 583 1.9 +1.4For Britain 0 55 0.2 N/ATotal830,959

Division results

West Lancashire

+West Lancashire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 4 12,959 41.4 –4.8Conservative 4 11,932 38.2 –3.4OWL 0 2,814 9.0 +3.5Independent 0 1,617 5.2 N/ALiberal Democrats 0 1,487 4.8 +0.4Green 0 460 1.5 –0.3Total831,269

Division results

Wyre

+Wyre district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 7 19,007 61.6 +0.9Labour 1 8,344 27.0 –0.5Green 0 1,709 5.5 +0.7Liberal Democrats 0 944 3.1 N/AIndependent 0 713 2.3 –2.9Reform UK 0 102 0.3 N/ASDP 0 45 0.1 N/ATotal830,864

Division results

By-elections

Chorley Rural West

The Chorley Rural West by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Keith Iddon.

Burnley Central West

The Burnley Central West by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.

Notes and references References

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External links Lancashire County Council - Elections 2021 LCC - Results Reports 2021