Elections to Lancashire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 general election.
Each single-member ward in Lancashire was modified by boundary changes. No elections were held in Blackpool or Blackburn as they are unitary authorities outside of the county boundaries.
Result
The overall turnout was 60.48% with a total of 523,763 valid votes cast. A total of 4,385 ballots were rejected.
Council composition Following the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 44 31 6 1 1 1 Labour Conservative Lib Dem G I IT
G – Green Party I – Independent IT – Idle Toad
Ward results
Burnley
Burnley Central East
Burnley Central West
Burnley North East
Burnley Rural
Burnley South West
Padiham and Burnley West
Chorley
Chorley East
Chorley North
Chorley Rural East
Chorley Rural North
Chorley Rural West
Chorley South
Chorley West
Fylde
Fylde East
Fylde South
Fylde West
Lytham
St Annes North
St Annes South
Hyndburn
Accrington North
Accrington South
Accrington West
Great Harwood
Oswaldtwistle
Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors
Lancaster
Heysham
Lancaster Central
Lancaster East
Lancaster Rural East
Lancaster Rural North
Lancaster South East
Morecambe North
Morecambe South
Morecambe West
Skerton
Pendle
Brierfield and Nelson North
Nelson South
Pendle Central
Pendle East
Pendle West
West Craven
Preston Preston Central North
Preston Central South
Preston City
Preston East
Preston North
Preston North East
Preston North West
Preston Rural
Preston South East
Preston West
Ribble Valley Clitheroe
Longridge with Bowland
Ribble Valley North East
Ribble Valley South West
Rossendale Rossendale East
Rossendale North
Rossendale South
Rossendale West
Whitworth
South Ribble Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale
Faringdon
Leyland Central
Leyland South West
Penwortham North
Penwortham South
South Ribble Rural East
South Ribble Rural West
West Lancashire Ormskirk West
Skelmersdale Central
Skelmersdale East
Skelmersdale West
West Lancashire East
West Lancashire North
West Lancashire South
West Lancashire West
Wyre Amounderness
Fleetwood East
Fleetwood West
Garstang
Poulton-le-Fylde
Thornton Cleveleys Central
Thornton Cleveleys North
Wyreside
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