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.