2009 Lancashire County Council election
A whole-council election to Lancashire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The United Kingdom government department Department for Communities and Local Government on the issue of moving the elections to the same date as the 2009 European Parliament election, which resulted in the council elections being postponed to June to coincide. 84 councillors were elected for 84 divisions by first-past-the-post' for a four-year term of office. Wards were the same as those at the previous election in 2005. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities in a similar way to Greater Manchester and most of Merseyside.
All locally registered electors who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 June 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.Results
The overall turnout was 37.99% with a total of 336,261 valid votes cast. A total of 3,311 ballots were rejected.Council composition
Following the last election in 2005, the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
G - Green Party
I - Independent
IT - Idle Toad
B - BNPWard results
An asterisk denotes an incumbent seeking re-election.Burnley">Burnley (borough)">Burnley
Burnley Rural
Padiham and Burnley West
Chorley">Borough of Chorley">Chorley
Chorley East
Chorley North
Chorley Rural East
Chorley Rural North
Chorley Rural West
Chorley South
Chorley West
Fylde">Fylde (borough)">Fylde
Fylde East
Fylde South
Flyde West
Lytham
St Annes South
Accrington North
Accrington South
Accrington West
Great Harwood
Oswaldtwistle
Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors
Lancaster">City of Lancaster">Lancaster
Heysham
Lancaster Central
Lancaster East
Lancaster Rural East
Lancaster Rural North
Morecambe North
Morecambe South
Morecambe West
Skerton
Pendle">Borough of Pendle">Pendle
Brierfield and Nelson North
Nelson South
Pendle Central
Pendle East
Pendle West
West Craven
Preston">Preston, Lancashire">Preston
Preston Central North
Preston Central South
Preston City
Preston East
Preston North
Preston North East
Preston North West
Preston Rural
Preston South East
Preston West
Clitheroe
Longridge with Bowland
Ribble Valley North East
Rossendale">Borough of Rossendale">Rossendale
Rossendale East
Rossendale North
Rosendale South
Rosendale West
Whitworth
Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale
Farington
Leyland Central
Leyland South West
Penwortham North
Penwortham South
South Ribble Rural East
South Ribble Rural West
Ormskirk West
Skelmersdale Central
Skelmersdale East
Skelmersdale West
West Lancashire East
West Lancashire North
West Lancashire South
West Lancashire West
Wyre">Borough of Wyre">Wyre
Amounderness
Fleetwood East
Fleetwood West
Garstang
Poulton-le-Fylde
Thornton Cleveleys Central
Thornton Cleveleys North
Wyreside
