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    1978 handbook

    West Lancashire: 1978 local elections

    18 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 34 · Labour 15 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1978) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 33 · Labour 18 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Aughton Town Green1 seat · turnout 37.5%
    R. WardleConservative1,218
    J. PickthallLabour190
    Birch Green1 seat · turnout 23.9%
    E. BasseyLabour486
    A. EvansConservative413
    P. AdlenCOMM36
    Burscough1 seat · turnout 44.6%
    D MorrisLabour857
    S. AshtonConservative755
    Burscough East1 seat · turnout 56.1%
    M. GibbonsConservative726
    A. StewartLabour381
    F. DobsonIndependent373
    Derby1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    O'Toole D.Conservative1,246
    A. WilliamsLabour638
    Downholland1 seat · turnout 40.5%
    R. KirbyConservative315
    B. SwiftLabour73
    Knowsley1 seat · turnout 36.9%
    J. SmithConservative1,103
    W. BrownLabour418
    Moorside1 seat · turnout 31.4%
    E. ScaifeLabour602
    J. HignettConservative261
    T. AldridgeCOMM133
    Newburgh1 seat · turnout 50.8%
    K. VincentConservative624
    R. NorrisLabour167
    NORTH MEOLS1 seat · turnout 28.0%
    D. BintcliffeConservative578
    T. JenkinsonLabour109
    PARBOLD1 seat · turnout 53.1%
    A. MaddocksConservative827
    R. HaleLIB731
    Scarisbrick1 seat · turnout 26.1%
    L. MaltbyConservative586
    V. ComanLabour65
    Scott1 seat · turnout 48.5%
    M. ThompsonConservative1,008
    C. PickthallLabour865
    E. RenfreyLIB188
    Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 30.2%
    J. WhiteLabour624
    B. HawkinsConservative557
    N. TooleCOMM36
    Skelmersdale South1 seat
    P. HarrisonLabour0 ✓
    Tanhouse1 seat · turnout 25.6%
    S. SentLabour623
    P. GreavesConservative319
    M. DentonCOMM52
    TARLETON1 seat · turnout 27.6%
    L. ClaytonConservative816
    R. LomasLabour75
    Up Holland South1 seat · turnout 36.1%
    S. GandyLabour447
    C. AshtonIndependent358
    J. HartleyLIB103