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padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #fabc13; border-bottom:2px solid #fabc13; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Our West Lancashire</div> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Our_West_Lancashire_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Our_West_Lancashire_logo.png/180px-Our_West_Lancashire_logo.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Our_West_Lancashire_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.3em;">OWL</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Adrian Owens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Deputy Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Ian Davis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">February 2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Localism_(politics)" title="Localism (politics)">Localism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Big_tent" title="Big tent">Catch-all party</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fabc13; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Political_colour#Orange" title="Political colour">Orange</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Slogan</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i>Putting residents first and foremost</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 54</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #fabc13; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 84</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #fabc13; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ourwestlancashire.com">ourwestlancashire<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Our West Lancashire</b> (OWL) is a <a href="/wiki/Localism_(politics)" title="Localism (politics)">localist</a> political party<sup id="cite_ref-ElectoralCommReg_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ElectoralCommReg-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutUsOWL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutUsOWL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2021 it held 7 seats on <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MemberIndex_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MemberIndex-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party also unsuccessfully contested seats in West Lancashire on <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>, as well.<sup id="cite_ref-LancsCCElections_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LancsCCElections-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group claims to have drawn members from all of the major parties in West Lancashire, and claims to "put residents before the party whip".<sup id="cite_ref-AboutUsOWL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutUsOWL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of two localist parties in West Lancashire, alongside <a href="/w/index.php?title=Skelmersdale_Independent_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skelmersdale Independent Party (page does not exist)">Skelmersdale Independent Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Our West Lancashire was formed in February 2015 by Adrian Owens, a former <a href="/wiki/Conservatives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatives (UK)">Conservative Party</a> councillor, Deputy Leader of <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> and candidate for <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Lancashire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 United Kingdom general election</a>, coming second with 17,540 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after breaking off from the West Lancashire Conservative group on West Lancashire Borough Council. He was joined by Ian Davis in 2017, who won a by-election on Derby Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group gained a further four seats on West Lancashire Borough Council in the 2019 election. </p><p>In 2021, Our West Lancashire gained a further seat in Burscough West which led to the council going to No Overall Control. As a result, Our West Lancashire councillor, Gordon Paul Johnson became Mayor of West Lancashire and committee chairs were shared between all three political groups with Labour retaining the Leadership of the council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policies">Policies</h2></div> <p>Our West Lancashire is a <a href="/wiki/Localism_(politics)" title="Localism (politics)">localist</a> party, and claims to "put residents before the party whip".<sup id="cite_ref-AboutUsOWL_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutUsOWL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their policies include reducing the number of councillors on West Lancashire Borough Council from 54 to 36, a reduction of a third. They also propose policies such as "revitalising" <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Ormskirk</a> town centre, replacing the swimming pools in <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale" title="Skelmersdale">Skelmersdale</a> and Ormskirk and improving West Lancashire Borough Council's free tree scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-PoliciesOWL_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PoliciesOWL-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OWL also publish data on councillors' attendance and publish a yearly alternative budget.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group is opposed to the <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whipping system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutUsOWL_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutUsOWL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2></div> <p>The group has contested elections successfully on <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> and has unsuccessfully contested elections on <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>. The group has never contested <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">general elections</a>, although Councillor Adrian Owens, the current Leader of the group, has formerly been a <a href="/wiki/Conservatives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatives (UK)">Conservative Party</a> candidate for <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Lancashire</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Ribble_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)">South Ribble</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. </p><p>The group contested the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021 United Kingdom local elections</a> in West Lancashire and Lancashire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Lancashire_Borough_Council">West Lancashire Borough Council</h3></div> <p>Our West Lancashire's first councillor was Councillor Adrian Owens, who broke away from the <a href="/wiki/Conservatives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatives (UK)">Conservative Party</a> in 2015. He won re-election in 2016 and 2021. The group gained a second councillor, Ian Davis, in a by-election on the <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Derby</a> ward in 2017. The group gained a further four councillors – Gordon Johnson, Jane Thompson, Kate Mitchell and Ian Rigby – in the <a href="/wiki/2019_West_Lancashire_Borough_Council_election" title="2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election">2019 West Lancashire Borough Council election</a>. The group has complete control of the Derby ward. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2022_West_Lancashire_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election">2022 West Lancashire Borough Council election</a>, Ian Davis retained his Derby ward seat but the group failed to win any of the other seats that it contested. Our West Lancashire therefore continues to have seven councillors on West Lancashire Borough Council in 2022/23. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lancashire_County_Council">Lancashire County Council</h3></div> <p>Our West Lancashire has previously contested elections on Lancashire County Council, on seats in the West Lancashire Borough Council area. The group came third on the <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Ormskirk</a> and West Lancashire East wards in the 2017 elections. In the 2021 elections, they were second in both wards.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Councillors">Councillors</h2></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name</th> <th>Ward</th> <th>Took Office</th> <th>Left Office</th> <th>Council</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Adrian Owens </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Derby</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Ian Davis </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Derby</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Jane Thompson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Scott</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Gordon Paul Johnson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Derby</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire#Mayor_and_Deputy_Mayor" title="West Lancashire">Mayor of West Lancashire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Kate Mitchell </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Knowsley</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>Ian Rigby </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bickerstaffe" title="Bickerstaffe">Bickerstaffe</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fabc13"> </td> <td>George Clandon </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burscough" title="Burscough">Burscough West</a> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire Borough Council</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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