Lancaster City Council elections


City Council in Lancashire, England is elected every four years. Since the boundary changes in 2003, 60 councillors have been elected from 28 wards. Lancaster is a non-metropolitan district forming a lower-tier of local government under Lancashire County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Council elections

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2015-2019

Labour Cllr Karen Leytham resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock died in November 2017. A by-election was held:
University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018. A double by-election was held.

2019-2023

Conservative councillor Michael Smith, who is partially deaf resigned in November 2019 because he was "struggling to hear" in meetings. A by-election was held the next month, on the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
In June 2020, Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Mumford died. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no council by-elections will take place in the UK until May 2021 at the earliest.