Lancashire County Council has announced a hung council and a shift towards Labour with the following election results:
Labour 39
Conservative 35
Liberal Democrat 6
Independent 3
Green 1
43 seats are required for a majority. Your local County Councillors are now:
Lancaster Central Gina Dowding Green Party
Lancaster East Richard Newman-Thompson Labour
Lancaster Rural East Susie Charles Conservative
Lancaster Rural North Alycia James Conservative
Lancaster South East Chris Henig Labour
Skerton Niki Penney Labour
Morecambe North Tony Jones Conservative
Morecambe South Darren Clifford Labour
Morecambe West Janice Hanson Labour
Heysham Ken Brown Conservative
For a full breakdown of the election results visit
http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/elections/?sysredir=y
For a list of local candidates ward by ward see
http://virtual-lancaster.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/nominees-published-for-lancashire.html
Phil Halsall, chief executive of the county council and returning officer for the election, said: “As no party has a clear majority, the main parties will need to consider the options for the future political governance of the council.
“These discussions will be taking place as a priority and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.”
The leader of the council is due to be formally appointed at the next meeting of the full council, which takes place at County Hall on Thursday 23 May.