Lancashire County Council - No Overall Control

When the county council went to the polls last Thursday, May 2, in its first election since 2009, candidates were competing for all 84 seats. However, the election count for seats on Lancashire County Council ended last Friday without any party securing a clear majority.

No party achieved the 43 seats required to take control of the council and the new political make-up is as follows:

* Labour 39 seats
* Conservative 35 seats
* Liberal Democrat 6 seats
* Independent 3 seats
* Green 1 seat

As no party has a clear majority, the main parties will now need to consider the options for the future political governance of the council. This will be taking place as a priority and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.

The Leader of Lancashire County 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.

Newly-elected Labour County Councillors Miles Parkinson, Clare Pritchard, Munsif Dad, Gareth Molineux and Bernard Dawson will be in attendance to help decide with Labour County group Leader, Jenny Mein.