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    <periodOfReport>2005-08-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001205318</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ALTEMUS LINDA R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>101 GORDON DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LIONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19341</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; Chief Compliance Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stocks</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-08-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>11.44</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.6200</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4376.6202</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stocks</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>22054.2206</value>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stocks</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>By Savings Plan</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects additional shares purchased through dividend reinvestments based on most recent plan statement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects additional shares purchased through dividend reinvestments based on most recent plan statement and tax withholding for vested shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: By: Joanne K. Boyle as Agent for</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0202
4
2005-08-12
0
0000105770
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC
(WST)
0001205318
ALTEMUS LINDA R
101 GORDON DRIVE
LIONVILLE
PA
19341
0
1
0
0
VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Common stocks
2005-08-12
4
A
0
11.44
26.6200
A
4376.6202
I
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
Common stocks
22054.2206
D
Common stocks
1387.9996
I
By Savings Plan
Reflects additional shares purchased through dividend reinvestments based on most recent plan statement.
Reflects additional shares purchased through dividend reinvestments based on most recent plan statement and tax withholding for vested shares.
By: By: Joanne K. Boyle as Agent for
2005-08-16