Rosie Cooper (Lab) (West Lancashire), Seema Kennedy (Con) (South Ribble)
Area
• Total
133.9 sq mi (346.8 km2)
Area rank
121st
Population
(mid-2017 est.)
• Total
113,900
• Rank
Ranked 207th
• Density
850/sq mi (330/km2)
Time zone
UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
L, PR, WN
ONS code
30UP (ONS) E07000127 (GSS)
Ethnicity
98.5% White
Website
http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/
West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale. The population of the District taken at the 2011 census was 110,685.[1]
The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of the former Wigan Rural District.
Contents
1Administrative organisation
1.1Unparished towns
1.2Parish councils
1.3Parish meetings
2Twin towns
3References
Administrative organisation
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Ormskirk
Skelmersdale
Andertons Mill
Appley Bridge
Aughton
Banks
Barrow Nook
Barton
Bickerstaffe
Bispham Green
Blaguegate
Burscough
Crawford
Dalton
Downholland Cross
Great Altcar
Halsall
Haskayne
Hesketh Bank
Hilldale
Holmes
Holmeswood
Hundred End
Lathom
Mere Brow
Newburgh
Parbold
Roby Mill
Rufford
Scarisbrick
Scarth Hill
Shirdley Hill
Simonswood
Sollom
Tarleton
Tarlscough
Upholland
Westhead
Wrightington Bar
Towns and villages in West Lancashire
Civil parishes in West Lancashire
Political Composition (2018)-
Party
Seats
Conservatives
19
Labour
33
Independent
2
Unparished towns
The main towns of Ormskirk (including the village of Westhead) and Skelmersdale are unparished areas.
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