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Lancaster City Council elections are held every four years.
Lancaster City Council
The City of Lancaster () is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area, which includes the tow ...
is the local authority for the
non-metropolitan district
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of
Lancaster in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
,
England
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. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 61
councillor
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Canada
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s have been elected from 27
wards
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Council elections
* 1973 Lancaster City Council election
* 1976 Lancaster City Council election
*1979 Lancaster City Council election
Events
January
* January 1
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(New ward boundaries)
* 1983 Lancaster City Council election
* 1987 Lancaster City Council election
* 1991 Lancaster City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Lancaster City Council election
*1999 Lancaster City Council election
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*2003 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and it remained in No Overall Control.
Following the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Election result
, - ...
(New ward boundaries)
*2007 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and in remained in No Overall Control with Labour and the Liberal Democrats losing seats to the Greens and Conservatives.
Following the elec ...
*2011 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 5 May 2011. Lancaster City Council is a secondary-level district council in Lancashire. The whole council was up for election and, following the result, remains in No Overall Control.
The Loc ...
*2015 Lancaster City Council election
Local elections were held for Lancaster City Council on 7 May 2015, the same day as the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other 2015 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for ...
(New ward boundaries)
*2019 Lancaster City Council election
Elections to Lancaster City Council were held on 2 May 2019 at the same time as other 2019 United Kingdom local elections. Local elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.
Cou ...
*2023 Lancaster City Council election
The 2023 Lancaster City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lancaster City Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, ...
(New ward boundaries)
Election results
By-elections
1995–1999
1999–2003
2003–2007
2007–2011
2015–2019
Labour Cllr Karen Leytham (Skerton West) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Independent Cllr Paul Woodruff (Halton-with-Aughton) resigned in July 2017. A by-election was held:
Labour Cllr Roger Sherlock (Skerton West) died in November 2017. A by-election was held:
University and Scotforth Rural ward Labour councillors Sam Armstrong (elected Green) and Lucy Atkinson retired in March 2018. A double by-election was held.
2019–2023
Conservative councillor Michael Smith (Overton), 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
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party receiving a Landslide victory, landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 4 ...
.
In June 2020, Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Mumford (Kellet) died. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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, no council by-elections will take place in the UK until May 2021 at the earliest.
Jack O'Dwyer-Henry, Eco-Socialist Independent (elected Labour) councillor for the University and Scotforth Rural ward, resigned from the council, triggering a by-election in the ward.
References
By-election results
External links
Lancaster City Council
{{Lancashire elections
Council elections in Lancashire
Local government in Lancaster
Politics of Lancaster
District council elections in England