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Lancaster · polled Thursday 21 May
Green defending

The Greens won the ward's last contest in March 2024 with 65 per cent. Earlier contests were led by the Greens in 2023 and 2019. 4 candidates are standing.

Result
Green hold
Party Share
Green70.0%
Labour15.7%
Reform UK10.9%
Liberal Democrats3.4%

How this ward has voted
ResultConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsGreen
Mar 20245%26%3%65%
May 20237%30%2%61%
May 20197%29%-64%

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.

On the ballot
The council

Lancaster is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent.

Current composition of 61 seats
Conservative 5Labour 20Liberal Democrats 7Green 23Independents and others 6

Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.

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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.

Ward profile
Degree-educated39%
Owner-occupied34%
Social renting12%
Upper tier

Schools, social care and highways here are run by Lancashire County Council, which is not affected by this vote.

In Westminster

The ward is part of the Lancaster and Wyre constituency. Labour MP Cat Smith won it at the 2024 general election with 45 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.