Schedule 2 ORDER OF RETIREMENT OF COUNCILLORS
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| (1) Name of Ward | (2) Number of councillors to retire in 2003 | (3) Number of councillors to retire in 2004 | (4) Number of councillors to retire in 2006 |
| Ashurst | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aughton Park | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aughton and Downholland | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bickerstaffe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Birch Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Burscough East | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burscough West | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Derby | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Digmoor | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Halsall | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hesketh-with-Becconsall | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Knowsley | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Moorside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Newburgh | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North Meols | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Parbold | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rufford | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scarisbrick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Skelmersdale North | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Skelmersdale South | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tanhouse | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tarleton | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Up Holland | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrightington | 1 | 1 | 0 |