<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-12-016000.txt : 20120706
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120706121058
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-12-016000
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120706
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120706

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Flynn Karen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001553599

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08036
		FILM NUMBER:		12949952

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 GORDON DRIVE
		CITY:			LIONVILLE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000105770
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060]
		IRS NUMBER:				231210010
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 GORDON DR
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 645
		CITY:			LIONVILLE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341-0645
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6105942900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 GORDON DRIVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 645
		CITY:			LIONVILLE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341-0645

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WEST CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990405
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000105770</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WST</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001553599</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Flynn Karen</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>101 GORDON DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LIONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19341</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President, America's Region</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3474.7818</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>155.8650</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Savings Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>32.0900</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2010-02-24</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-02-24</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-02-22</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-02-22</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-02-21</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>42.6800</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2011-03-22</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-03-22</value>
            </expirationDate>
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            <securityTitle>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>45.7800</value>
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                <value>2009-06-11</value>
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                <value>2018-06-11</value>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>limitedpowerflynn.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joanne K. Boyle as Agent for Karen Flynn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>limitedpowerflynn.txt
<TEXT>

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of John R. Gailey III, Joanne K. Boyle and Rachael M. Bushey, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer, director and/or shareholder of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
  (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
or amendment thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever, which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing
  authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
  shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
  such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC
as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 2nd day of July 2011.



							_____________________________
                                              /s/
                                               Karen Flynn

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