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    1980 handbook

    West Lancashire: 1980 local elections

    17 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1979) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 31 · Labour 20 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1980) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Labour 22 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Aughton Park1 seat · turnout 36.8%
    D. BurnsConservative774
    A. FrancisLabour142
    Aughton Town Green1 seat · turnout 41.7%
    E. ParryConservative1,229
    R. LennonLabour387
    Birch Green1 seat · turnout 25.5%
    G. GriffithsLabour938
    P. NesbitConservative321
    Burscough1 seat · turnout 52.7%
    M. ReesLabour1,001
    R. BarkerConservative911
    Derby1 seat · turnout 36.0%
    M. RylanceConservative1,185
    A. WilliamsLabour722
    Halsall1 seat · turnout 28.5%
    P. SaundersConservative342
    B. SpencerLabour114
    HESKETH-WITH-BECCONSALL1 seat
    T. ForshawConservative0 ✓
    Knowsley1 seat · turnout 33.5%
    N. LeaConservative964
    G. WhitesideLabour452
    Moorside1 seat · turnout 30.4%
    I. ComanLabour686
    J. HignettIndependent100
    T. AldridgeCOMM66
    Rufford1 seat · turnout 51.6%
    S. TaylorConservative535
    B. BrownLabour59
    Scott1 seat · turnout 48.6%
    R. NorrisLabour1,204
    E. MacraeConservative865
    Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 28.8%
    R. McManusLabour996
    G. BlytheConservative236
    Skelmersdale South1 seat · turnout 29.2%
    S. JamesLabour1,043
    M. LeeConservative171
    Tanhouse1 seat · turnout 27.4%
    S. JeffersLabour890
    C. LeeConservative165
    Up Holland North1 seat · turnout 35.5%
    J. PruntyLabour550
    E. EdwardsConservative503
    Up Holland South1 seat · turnout 37.7%
    M. WolfeLIB535
    S. WoolleyLabour440
    Wrightington1 seat · turnout 46.9%
    A. FairhurstConservative553
    J. BurntonIndependent510