Lancaster City Council elections are held every four years. Lancaster City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 61 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.
Council elections 1973 Lancaster City Council election 1976 Lancaster City Council election 1979 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)The City of Lancaster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 1983 Lancaster City Council election 1987 Lancaster City Council election 1991 Lancaster City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria and Lancashire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. 1995 Lancaster City Council election 1999 Lancaster City Council election 2003 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk - The City of Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2007 Lancaster City Council election 2011 Lancaster City Council election 2015 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries) 2019 Lancaster City Council election 2023 Lancaster City Council election (New ward boundaries)
Election results Overall control Labour Conservative Liberal/Lib Dems Green Independent Other 2023 NOC 24 5 3 21 7 1 2019 NOC 21 12 14 10 3 - 2015 NOC 29 19 2 9 - 1 2011 NOC 24 16 8 8 - 4 2007 NOC 15 12 11 12 5 5 2003 NOC 20 10 11 7 8 41999 NOC178225631995 Labour551310 -4 -1991 NOC24157-14-1987 NOC21289-2-1983 NOC15376-111979 Conservative143736--1976 Conservative114315--1973 Conservative17341-43
Results maps
By-elections 1995–1999
1999–2003
2003–2007
2007–2011
2015–2019
Labour Cllr Karen Leytham (Skerton West) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held: Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff (Halton-with-Aughton) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock (Skerton West) died in November 2017. A by-election was held:
University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong (elected Green) and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018. A double by-election was held.
2019–2023 Conservative councillor Michael Smith (Overton), who is partially deaf resigned in November 2019 because he was "struggling to hear" in meetings. A by-election was held the next month, on the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
In June 2020, Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Mumford (Kellet) died. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no council by-elections will take place in the UK until May 2021 at the earliest.
Jack O'Dwyer-Henry, Eco-Socialist Independent (elected Labour) councillor for the University and Scotforth Rural ward, resigned from the council, triggering a by-election in the ward.
2023–2027 Green Party councillor Shelagh McGregor (Castle) resigned in January 2024.
Labour councillor Paul Gardner (Carnforth and Millhead) died in December 2023.
Labour councillor Erin Hall (University) resigned in May 2024.
Green Party councillor Grace Russell (John O'Gaunt) resigned in March 2025.
Green Party councillor Izzy Metcalf-Riener (Castle) resigned in April 2026.
References
By-election results
External links Lancaster City Council