2023 Wyre Borough Council election
4 May 2023
All 50 seats on Wyre Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Michael Vincent[1] Rob Fail
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader's seat Carleton Jubilee
Seats before 37 8 5[lower-alpha 1]
Seats after 30 17 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 9 Decrease 1
Leader before election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

 Leader after election

Michael Vincent
Conservative

The 2023 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023,[3] alongside other local elections across England. All 50 seats on the Wyre Borough Council were up for election.[4] The election in Warren ward took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[5][6]

Background

Council Composition Pre-Election

Pre-Election Council Composition

Party Seats
Conservative Party 37
Labour Party 8
Independents 4
Vacant 1

Post-Election Council Composition

Party Seats
Conservative Party 30
Labour Party 17
Independents 3
Vacant 0
Composition of the Council after the election

Candidates and Results

The following is a list of candidates[7][8] and results[9] sorted alphabetically by ward:[10]

Bourne

Bourne[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Wells 604
Labour Harry Swatton 582
Labour Kevin Higginson 581
Conservative Howard Ballard 500
Conservative Jack Eccles 461
Conservative Thomas Wyers-Roebuck 453
Turnout 25.08%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Breck

Breck[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter le Marinel 471
Labour Thomas Calver 418
Labour Sean Hazlewood 404
Independent Peter Gibson 259
Majority
Turnout 32.67%
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Labour gain from Conservative Swing {{{swing}}}

Brock with Caterall

Brock with Caterall[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Bolton 696
Conservative David Swift 595
Labour Olivia Bonsor 544
Majority
Turnout 32.82%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Calder

Calder[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ibison 386
Labour Michelle Heaton-Bentley 320
Majority
Turnout 36%
Conservative hold Swing

Carleton

Carleton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Walker 725
Labour Stuart Fielding 696
Conservative Christina Townsend 608
Conservative Andrew Lyons-Walker 538
ADF Adele Eaves 99
Majority
Turnout 39.85%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Amos 705
Conservative Richard Rendell 699
Labour Carol Audley 567
Labour Marge Anderton 500
Liberal Democrats Craig Hinchcliffe 109
ADF Cate McNeal 77
Majority
Turnout 38.66%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garstang

Garstang[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dulcie Atkins 1,065
Conservative Elizabeth Collinson 1,050
Conservative Robert Atkins 923
Labour David Gale 787
Labour John Moore 732
Green Luke Meeks 702
Majority
Turnout 36.78%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Catterall 758
Conservative Peter Cartridge 711
Green Dianne Hogarth 372
Labour Patrick Haley 361
Majority
Turnout 34.32%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall

Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Robinson 693
Conservative Lynne Bowen 629
Labour Helen Fielding 374
Green Barbara Mead-Mason 265
Independent John Bell-Fairclough 203
Majority
Turnout 32.73%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hardhorn with High Cross

Hardhorn with High Cross[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bridge 1,097
Conservative Roger Berry 1,028
Conservative Steve Nicholls 886
Labour Melanie Calver 767
ADF Jackie Lang 307
Majority
Turnout 35.86%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Jubilee

Jubilee[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Fail 598
Labour Wayne Martin 544
Conservative Scott Faulkner 537
Conservative Scott Porter 486
Majority
Turnout 32.80%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marsh Mill

Marsh Mill[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Ellison 900
Conservative David Higgs 902
Conservative Henry Jackson 805
Labour Peter Smith 659
Labour William Jackson 616
Labour Jason Taylor 594
Majority
Turnout 33.65%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mount

Mount[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Stephenson 555
Labour Mary Stirzaker 488
Conservative Sadie Smith 273
Conservative Timothy Ashton 263
Majority
Turnout 22.45%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Beavers 504
Labour Christine Smith 451
Conservative Geraldine Northwood 275
Conservative Susan Hunt 188
Majority
Turnout 23.53%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pharos

Pharos[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Duffy 444
Labour Michelle Moliner 376
Conservative David Shaw 200
Conservative Matthew Vincent 173
Green Michael Pickton 108
Majority
Turnout 21.35%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Pheasant's Wood

Pheasant's Wood[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Kay 437
Labour Joy Stephenson 218
Majority
Turnout 38.10%
Conservative hold Swing

Pilling

Pilling[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Leigh 318
Independent Bob Rushforth 277
Labour Rachel Beavers 147
Majority 35.72%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Preesall

Preesall[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Claire Rimmer 1,010
Independent Collette Rushforth 938
Independent Ashley Sorensen 636
Conservative Philip Orme 590
Conservative Steven Taylor-Royston 544
Conservative Paul Moon 537
Labour Ron Shewan 318
Majority
Turnout 39.80%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Rossall

Rossall[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Raynor 523
Conservative Bernice Meekins 493
Conservative Frances Thewlis 481
Labour Evelyn Stephenson 460
Labour Robbie Raynor 455
Conservative Huw Williams 445
Independent David Gerrard 250
Majority
Turnout 27.87%
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stanah

Stanah[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Livesey 774
Conservative Kenneth Minto 671
Labour Eddie Rawlings 548
Majority 33%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tithebarn

Tithebarn[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colette Birch 601
Conservative Lesley McKay 577
Labour Richard Gratrix 503
Majority
Turnout 33.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Victoria and Norcross

Victoria and Norcross[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Callum Baxter 693
Conservative Michael Vincent 634
Labour Lauren Harrison 504
Labour Dawn McCord 465
Majority
Turnout 33.51%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warren

This election took place on 22 June 2023, due to the death of a candidate.[6][33]

Warren[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Blair 552
Labour Brian Stephenson 503
Conservative John Fitzgerald 311
Conservative David Meekins 307
Majority
Turnout 26.48
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Wyresdale

Wyresdale[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Walker 396
Conservative Jonny Leech 275
Majority
Turnout 36.14%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Of the 4 independent councillors before the election, 2 formed the "Wyre Residents' Group", 1 formed the "Wyre Alliance" and 1 was described as "Independent". There was also a vacant independent seat previously held by Collette Fairbanks who had been elected for UKIP in 2019 but later sat as an independent in the Wyre Alliance group.[2]
  1. ↑ "Your councillors". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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  5. ↑ McGuffie, Hayley. "Wyre Borough Election 2023 - Warren". Wyre Council. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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