A whole-council election to

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took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the

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on the issue of moving the elections to the same date as the

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, which resulted in the council elections being postponed to June to coincide. 84 councillors were elected for 84 divisions by

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' for a four-year term of office. Wards were the same as those at the previous election in 2005. Elections are held in all

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s across the present ceremonial county, excepting

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in a similar way to

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and most of

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. All locally registered electors (

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citizens) 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 (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) 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 (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) 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 - BNP

Ward results

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent seeking re-election.

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Burnley Central East

Burnley Central West

Burnley North East

Burnley Rural

Burnley South West

Padiham and Burnley West

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

Chorley East

Chorley North

Chorley Rural East

Chorley Rural North

Chorley Rural West

Chorley South

Chorley West

Fylde

Fylde East

Fylde South

Flyde West

Lytham

St Annes North

St Annes South

Hyndburn Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington and covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. The borough was created in 197 ...

Accrington North

Accrington South

Accrington West

Great Harwood

Oswaldtwistle

Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors

Lancaster

Heysham

Lancaster Central

Lancaster East

Lancaster Rural East

Lancaster Rural North

Lancaster South East

Morecambe North

Morecambe South

Morecambe West

Skerton

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Brierfield and Nelson North

Nelson South

Pendle Central

Pendle East

Pendle West

West Craven

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

Ribble Valley Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The total population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 57,132. Its council is based in Clitheroe. ...

Clitheroe

Longridge with Bowland

Ribble Valley North East

Ribble Valley South West

Rossendale

Rossendale East

Rossendale North

Rosendale South

Rosendale West

Whitworth

South Ribble South Ribble is a borough in the county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland. The population, at the 2011 Census, was 109,057. Notable towns and villages include Walton le Dale, Bamber Bridge, Leyland and Penwortham. It ...

Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale

Farington

Leyland Central

Leyland South West

Penwortham North

Penwortham South

South Ribble Rural East

South Ribble Rural West

West Lancashire West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town in the borough is Skelmersdale. At the 2011 Census, the population of the borough was 110,685 ...

Ormskirk West

Skelmersdale Central

Skelmersdale East

Skelmersdale West

West Lancashire East

West Lancashire North

West Lancashire South

West Lancashire West

Wyre

Amounderness

Fleetwood East

Fleetwood West

Garstang

Poulton-le-Fylde

Thornton Cleveleys Central

Thornton Cleveleys North

Wyreside

References

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