West Lancashire ^edit
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Coordinates: 53°33′43″N 2°49′37″W / 53.562°N 2.827°W / 53.562; -2.827

For the constituency, see West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency).

Geography
West Lancashire
Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Status:	Borough from 2009
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: Total:	Ranked 121st 346.8 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ormskirk
ONS code:	30UP
Demographics
Population: Total (2008 est.): Density:	Ranked 203rd 109,400 315 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.5% White
Politics
West Lancashire Borough Council http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/

Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	David Borrow, Rosie Cooper

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 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 Wigan Rural District.

1 Local government
- 1.1 Borough status
2 Elections
3 Parish Councils in West Lancashire
4 Twin towns
5 References

Local government

The borough council as of 2008 is governed by the Conservative party who are the largest party with 35 councilors and a majority of 16. The Labour party the second largest party represented with 18 councilors and 1 independent councilor are currently in opposition.

Year	Conservatives	Labour	Independent
2008	35	18	1

Borough status

At a meeting of the Privy Council on December 10, 2008, an order in council was made for the issuing of a royal charter granting borough status to the district of West Lancashire.¹ The charter came into effect on 20 May 2009.² ³

Elections

West Lancashire local elections

Parish Councils in West Lancashire

Additionally, there is a single Parish Meeting, Bispham.

Ormskirk (including the village of Westhead) and Skelmersdale are unparished areas.

Twin towns

West Lancashire is twinned with:

Cergy-Pontoise, France
Erkrath, Germany

References

^ "Orders approved at the Privy Council held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 10th December 2008". Orders in Council. Privy Council. 2008. http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/Draft%20List%20Dec%2010.doc. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
^ "The Royal Charter". West Lancashire District Council. 13 May 2009. http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/council__democracy/borough_status/royal_charter.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ "West Lancs to become a Borough". West Lancashire District Council. 11 May 2009. http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/council__democracy/news_and_publications/this_months_news/borough_council.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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