Beyond Radio is at Lancaster Town Hall today for the election results for Lancashire County Council in the Lancaster and Morecambe District.
Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and Reform UK candidates in our local area, are battling to win seats at County Hall.
ELECTION RESULTS
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Morecambe Central
Connor Frazer William Graham (Conservative) 119
Paul Bernard Hart (Liberal Democrat) 919
Gary Andrew Kniveton (Reform UK) 1104 ELECTED
Patrick McMurray (Green) 118
Margaret Pattison (Labour) 656
Morecambe South
Keith William Budden (Conservative) 453
Melanie Forrest (Green) 174
Martin Gawith (Labour) 619
Bill Jackson (Liberal Democrat) 429
Brian Edward Moore (Reform UK) 1407 ELECTED
Heysham
Graeme Paul Austin (Reform UK) 1633 ELECTED
Sheldon Kent (Liberal Democrat) 149
Catherine Potter (Labour) 906
George Paul Thomson (Green) 159
Andrew Paul Gardiner (Conservative) 511
Lancaster Rural North
Graham John Dalton (Reform UK) 1159 ELECTED
Alan Greenwell (Liberal Democrat) 391
Sonny Remmer-Riley (Labour) 440
Sue Tyldesley (Green) 713
Phillippa Williamson (Conservative) 1130
Morecambe North
Sara-Louise Dobson (Green) 355
Stuart Morris (Conservative) 752
Jackson Stubbs (Labour) 696
James Pilling (Liberal Democrat) 449
Russell Robert Walsh (Reform UK) 1613 ELECTED
Lancaster Rural East
Shaun Patrick Cummins (Reform UK) 1149 ELECTED
Geoff Eales (Labour) 445
Peter James Jackson (Liberal Democrat) 1118
Sally Ann Shelley Maddocks (Green) 742
Matthew Joseph Maxwell-Scott (Conservative) 920
Skerton
Charles Edwards (Conservative) 261
James Harvey (Liberal Democrat) 118
Andrew Robert Otway (Green) 740
Hilda Jean Parr (Labour) 584
Martyn Sutton (Reform UK) 1068 ELECTED
Lancaster East
Sam Elliot Charlesworth (Labour) 850
Phil Dunster (Liberal Democrat) 87
Connor James Winter (Conservative) 118
Paul Byron Stubbins (Green) ELECTED 1822
Michael Sean Kershaw (Reform UK) 496
Lancaster Central
Gina Dowding (Green) 2157 ELECTED
Thomas William Inman (Conservative) 235
Derek Kaye (Liberal Democrat) 112
Rob Kelly (Reform UK) 765
Fran Wild (Labour) 500
Lancaster South East
Lee David Garner (Reform UK) 590
Daniel Robert Kirk (Conservative) 193
Erica Ruth Estelle Lewis (Labour) 809
Malcolm Martin (Liberal Democrat) 102
Hamish Mills (Green) 1719 ELECTED
LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
John O'Gaunt ward
Wilson Colley (Green) 523 ELECTED
Dave McGrath Wilkinson (Labour) 277
Martyn Sutton (Reform UK) 15
Ethan Weir-Preston (Liberal Democrat) 133
MORECAMBE TOWN COUNCIL
Torrisholme ward
John Bates (Liberal Democrat) ELECTED 562
Tricia Heath (Morecambe Bay Independent) 173
Robert Douglas Irvine (Reform UK) 512
The 10 seats in the Lancaster and Morecambe District being contested are:
Lancaster East
Lancaster Central
Morecambe South
Heysham
Lancaster South East
Lancaster Rural East
Morecambe North
Skerton
Morecambe Central
Lancaster Rural North
There are 84 county councillors elected to cover all the electoral divisions in the 12 Lancashire district areas.
Going into the election, the county council is led by the Conservatives.
They have 46 seats, Labour 26 seats, Independents four seats, Liberal Democrats two seats and Greens two seats. There are also three councillors listed as 'no description' in political grouping, one of which is an independent and two Reform UK. One seat is vacant.
As well as Lancashire County Council elections, a by-election is being held for Lancaster City Council John O'Gaunt ward in Lancaster, and for Torrisholme ward on Morecambe Town Council.
Going into the election, there are 22 Green councillors on Lancaster City Council; 21 Labour, seven Lib Dems, five Conservatives, three Morecambe Bay Independents (MBIs) and two independents.
On Morecambe Town Council, there are 12 MBIs, seven Labour, four Lib Dems, one Reform and one independent.
The verification of ballot papers began on Friday morning at Lancaster Town Hall, after residents cast their votes on Thursday.
Here are some photos from the election count on Friday.
12.05pm Mark Davies, chief executive of Lancaster City Council and deputy returning officer, has just announced the overall turnout figures.
Out of a Lancaster and Morecambe District electorate of 109,458, there were 34,834 votes cast in the Lancashire County Council elections.
This is a turnout of 31.82 per cent.
For the Lancaster City Council by-election on John O'Gaunt ward, out of an electorate of 3038, 954 votes were cast.
This is a turnout of 31.4 per cent.
For the Morecambe Town Council by-election on Torrisholme ward, out of an electorate of 3567, 1259 votes were cast.
This is a turnout of 35.3 per cent.
Verification of votes has now ended and the count proper will begin.
TURNOUT FIGURES by DIVISION
Heysham - Electorate 11319, Votes cast 3370, Turnout 29.77 per cent
Lancaster Central - Electorate 10837, Votes cast 3774, Turnout 34.83 per cent
Lancaster East - Electorate 11,907, Votes cast 3389, Turnout 28.46 per cent
Lancaster Rural East - Electorate 10,700, Votes cast 4384, Turnout 40.97 per cent
Lancaster Rural North - Electorate 10080, Votes cast 3838, Turnout 38.08 per cent
Lancaster South East - Electorate 11564, Votes cast 3416, Turnout 29.54 per cent
Morecambe Central - Electorate 11781, Votes cast 2925, Turnout 24.83 per cent
Morecambe North - Electorate 10279, Votes cast 3875, Turnout 37.70 per cent
Morecambe South - Electorate 10829, Votes cast 3087, Turnout 28.51 per cent
Skerton - Electorate 10162, Votes cast 2776, Turnout 27.31 per cent
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