1991 Wyre Borough Council election

1991 Wyre Borough Council election

2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)
All 55 seats to Wyre Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 43 8 4 Seats won 32 17 5 Seat change 12 9 1 Popular vote 42,103 32,743 6,586   Fourth party   Party Independent Last election 0 Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 566
Leader before election Conservative Leader after election Conservative

The 1991 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991. This election was held on the same day as the 1991 United Kingdom local elections.

Summary

The Conservatives retained control but with a significantly reduced majority as Labour made strong gains.

Election result

1991 Wyre Borough Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	53	32	0	12	12			42,103
	Labour	46	17	9	0	9			32,743
	Liberal Democrats	11	5	1	0	1			6,586
	Residents	4	1	1	0	1
	Independent	1	1	1	0	1			566

Ward Results

Bailey

Bailey (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vink A.*	1,019	64.5
	Labour	Aspden J. Ms.	945
	Labour	Alexander D.	933
	Conservative	Carroll F.	562	35.5
	Conservative	Hall W.	561
Turnout			4,020	43.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bourne

Bourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Croft T.*	1,157	35.3
	Labour	Dawkins A.	1,015	31.0
	Labour	Jackson J. Ms.	979
	Conservative	Gray N.	936
	Conservative	McGrandle N. Ms.*	932
	Labour	Smith R.	838
	Residents	Sharp J.	678	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	McCarthy J.	427	13.0
Turnout			5,962	48.9
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Breck

Breck (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roper G.*	858	58.6
	Conservative	Taylor H.*	857
	Labour	Myers H. Ms.	605	41.4
	Labour	Fail J.	597
Turnout			2,917	55.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brock

Brock (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fox A.*	400	61.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rogers P.	246	38.1
Turnout			646	51.7
	Conservative hold

Calder

Calder (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ibison T.*	326	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sloman E.	278	39.3
	Labour	Wattam C. Ms.	104	14.7
Turnout			708	59.8
	Conservative hold

Carleton

Carleton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Macgregor S.*	1,234	62.4
	Conservative	Ward J.*	1,141
	Labour	Smith P.	743	37.6
	Labour	Walker A.	724
Turnout			3,842	53.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Catterall

Catterall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharples D.*	719	68.9
	Conservative	Wilson V. Ms.	325	31.1
Turnout			1,044	65.7
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oxley D.	1,009	40.9
	Labour	Barker S.	960
	Conservative	Berry C.*	904	36.6
	Conservative	Bannister D.	903
	Labour	Traynor J.	898
	Conservative	Oldfield M. Ms.	825
	Residents	Cohen I. Ms.	554	22.5
Turnout			6,053	56.6
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Duchy

Duchy (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simpson I.*	733	73.6
	Conservative	Smith P.	263	26.4
Turnout			996	61.8
	Liberal Democrats hold

Garstang

Garstang (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cornthwaite A.*	1,138	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sharrock R.*	1,134
	Conservative	Salisbury G.	888	40.3
	Labour	Freeland R.	177	8.0
	Labour	Jenkins C.	146
Turnout			3,483	63.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Collins K.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold

Hambleton

Hambleton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Williamson R.*	1,101	68.3
	Conservative	Pimbley T.*	995
	Labour	Mett H.	511	31.7
	Labour	Cameron R.	510
Turnout			3,117	44.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hardhorn

Hardhorn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stebbing C.*	1,098	68.3
	Conservative	Bailey A.	1,080
	Labour	Moore M. Ms.	509	31.7
	Labour	Musson J. Ms.	436
Turnout			3,123	61.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Cross

High Cross (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catlow P. Ms.*	946	53.8
	Conservative	Richardson M.	895
	Labour	Robert A.	814	46.3
	Labour	Hogston S. Ms.	709
Turnout			3,364	63.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Jubilee

Jubilee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Roberts G.	915	46.8
	Conservative	Roberts N.	500	25.6
	Conservative	Kelsall R.	440
	Liberal Democrats	Gormally C.	271	13.9
	Labour	Leadbetter E.	270	13.8
	Labour	Rimmer E.	263
Turnout			2,659	46.5
	Residents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Mount

Mount (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher C.	844	74.5
	Labour	Anyon R.	838
	Conservative	Bryans C.	289	25.5
	Conservative	Whitewood C.	271
Turnout			2,242	41.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Norcross

Norcross (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jolley L.*	695	40.1
	Conservative	Jordin L. Ms.*	688
	Liberal Democrats	Gleeson F. Ms.	588	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Oldham V. Ms.	561
	Labour	Owen J.	452	26.1
Turnout			2,984	51.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen R.*	1,080	63.9
	Labour	Leadbetter S.*	988
	Labour	Horrocks G.*	943
	Conservative	Gotto D.	610	36.1
	Conservative	Cooke G.	564
	Conservative	Latus F.	551
Turnout			4,736	46.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pharos

Pharos (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fisher I.	649	42.0
	Independent	Barlow M. Ms.*	566	36.6
	Labour	Gerrard E. Ms.	510
	Conservative	Briggs R.*	332	21.5
	Conservative	Cartwright M. Ms.	297
Turnout			2,354	46.7
	Labour hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Pilling

Pilling (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Watson R.*	514	76.0
	Labour	Marland B.	162	24.0
Turnout			676	40.2
	Conservative hold

Preesall

Preesall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mutch J. Ms.*	1,089	51.2
	Conservative	McCann I.	1,038
	Labour	Higginson K.	1,037	48.8
	Conservative	Raby P.*	982
	Labour	Oliver F.	905
	Labour	Woods S.	878
Turnout			5,929	51.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Rossall

Rossall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	King H.*	1,217	60.5
	Conservative	Smith E.*	1,154
	Conservative	Walker K. Ms.	1,111
	Labour	Riley V.	794	39.5
	Labour	Colby M. Ms.	777
	Labour	Smith J. Ms.	743
Turnout			5,796	51.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Staina

Staina (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashworth C.*	1,063	39.5
	Conservative	Simpson J.	983
	Conservative	Lawrenson R.	974
	Residents	Isherwood L.	968	35.9
	Labour	Condron J.	662	24.6
Turnout			4,650	50.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tithebarn

Tithebarn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hawley P.*	923	55.6
	Conservative	Baker D.*	920
	Labour	Young C.	506	30.5
	Labour	Cooke R.	466
	Green	Thornton A. Ms.	230	13.9
Turnout			3,045	52.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Preston S. Ms.*	1,000	59.0
	Conservative	Grime J.*	953
	Conservative	Travis B.	951
	Labour	Brind R.	696	41.0
Turnout			3,600	45.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Warren

Warren (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anderton M. Ms.	1,119	56.9
	Labour	Butler I.	1,080
	Labour	Irish G.	900
	Conservative	Andrews G.	849	43.1
	Conservative	Vincent A.*	781
	Conservative	Marr L.*	726
Turnout			5,455	54.6
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Wyresdale

Wyresdale (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graddon J.	491	52.1
	Conservative	Hardman J.*	451	47.9
Turnout			942	66.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative