Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Lancaster, Westgate - Labour hold
Council now 29 Labour, 18 Conservative, 8 Green, 2 Morcambe Bay Independent, 2 Independent, 1 Vacant
Westgate - Lancaster City Council - David Smith (Labour) resigned to return to his native Yorkshire. A Cabinet member, he was a councillor since 2011 and before that, worked for the Council during 32 years as a road sweeper, health and safety adviser and union representive. His union responsibilities led him to be the Chair of the Public Services Committee of the national Transport and General Workers' Union. He was also the Labour candidate in Morecambe and Lunesdale at the 1987 election.
2015: Lab 1279/1261/1115, Con 985, UKIP 970, Morecambe Bay Independents 696
Ian Clift (Labour Party)
Roger Dennison (Morecambe Bay Independents)
Daniel Gibbins (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Richard Moriarty (Green Party)
Michelle Ogden (UK Independence Party)
Louise Stansfield (Liberal Democrats)
| Party | 2016 votes | 2016 share | since 2015 "top" | since 2015 "average" |
| Labour |
443
|
41.6%
|
+9.1%
|
+10.1%
|
Morecambe Bay Independent
|
193
|
18.1%
|
+0.4%
|
+0.2%
|
UKIP
|
183
|
17.2%
|
-7.5%
|
-7.9%
|
Conservative
|
178
|
16.7%
|
-8.3%
|
-8.7%
|
Liberal Democrat
|
41
|
3.9%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Green
|
26
|
2.4%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Total
|
1,064
|
27%
|
28%
|
Council now 29 Labour, 18 Conservative, 8 Green, 2 Morcambe Bay Independent, 2 Independent, 1 Vacant
Westgate - Lancaster City Council - David Smith (Labour) resigned to return to his native Yorkshire. A Cabinet member, he was a councillor since 2011 and before that, worked for the Council during 32 years as a road sweeper, health and safety adviser and union representive. His union responsibilities led him to be the Chair of the Public Services Committee of the national Transport and General Workers' Union. He was also the Labour candidate in Morecambe and Lunesdale at the 1987 election.
2015: Lab 1279/1261/1115, Con 985, UKIP 970, Morecambe Bay Independents 696
Ian Clift (Labour Party)
Roger Dennison (Morecambe Bay Independents)
Daniel Gibbins (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Richard Moriarty (Green Party)
Michelle Ogden (UK Independence Party)
Louise Stansfield (Liberal Democrats)
