2021 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2021 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect all members of Pendle Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other English local elections. All 33 seats across 12 wards were up for election due to boundary changes.

The elections resulted in the Conservatives gaining overall control.

Results

Party Leader Councillors Votes
Of total Of total
Conservative Party Nadeem Ahmed 18 54.5%
18 / 33
 34,129 48.22%
Labour Party Mohammed Iqbal 10 30.3%
10 / 33
 23,259 30.30%
Liberal Democrats David Whipp 5 15.2%
5 / 33
 12,710 17.96%
Independent 0 0.0%
0 / 33
 500 0.70%
Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0%
0 / 33
 130 0.19%
No Label 0 0.0%
0 / 33
 49 0.07%

Council composition

Following the last election in 2017, the composition of the 48-seat council was:

↓
21 16 10 1
Conservative Labour Lib Dem I

After the election, the composition of the 33-seat council was:

↓
18 10 5
Conservative Labour Lib Dem

I - Independent

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). Sources - [1]

Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Whipp* 1,138 50.8
Conservative Jennifer Purcell* 999 44.6
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Adams* 980 43.7
Conservative Harry Purcell 856 38.2
Liberal Democrats Jayne Margaret Mills* 838 37.4
Conservative Carole Goulthorp 699 31.2
Labour Euan Coulston 343 15.3
Turnout 2,241 33.44
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Crossley* 1,668 65.4
Conservative Carlo Lionti* 1,516 59.5
Conservative Nadeem Ahmed* 1,173 46.0
Labour Susan Frances Nike 615 24.1
Independent Ken Turner* 500 19.6
Labour Robert Andrew Oliver 462 18.1
Labour Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood 409 16.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Alfred Berry 178 7.0
Liberal Democrats Joanna Mary Roach 130 5.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Joseph Vickers 96 3.8
Turnout 2,550 42.43
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Cockburn-Price* 1,498 63.4
Conservative David Cockburn-Price 1,362 57.6
Conservative Neil Butterworth* 1,329 56.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Latham MacDonald 606 25.6
Liberal Democrats Ed Cox 557 23.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Roach 468 19.8
Labour Co-op Sheila Wicks* 365 15.4
Turnout 2,364 37.54
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bradley

Bradley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 1,665 50.3
Conservative Mohammad Aslam* 1,625 49.0
Labour Mohammad Sakib* 1,416 42.7
Conservative Mohammad Kaleem 1,381 41.7
Conservative Hassan Mahmood 1,375 41.5
Labour Sadaf Khan 1,307 39.5
Liberal Democrats David Robert Clamp 205 6.2
Liberal Democrats Jodie Marie Hoyle 201 6.1
Turnout 3,313 52.58
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naeem Hussain Ashraf* 1,581 54.7
Labour Zafar Ali* 1,389 48.1
Labour Eileen Ansar* 1,381 47.8
Conservative Martyn Stone 1,122 38.8
Conservative Mohammed Khan 1,060 36.7
Conservative Shozab Munir 786 27.2
Liberal Democrats Doris June Haigh 266 9.2
Turnout 2,889 45.66
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Hanif* 1,562 66.2
Labour Yasser Iqbal* 1,417 60.1
Conservative Pauline Anne McCormick 682 28.9
Conservative Sajjad Akbar 513 21.8
Liberal Democrats Kane Tudor Land 150 6.4
Turnout 2,358 52.91
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Carroll* 1,166 48.0
Conservative Mike Goulthorp* 1,111 45.7
Liberal Democrats David Michael Baxter Whipp* 1,085 44.6
Conservative Colin Carter* 1,043 42.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Lynne Land 794 32.7
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Hartley* 764 31.4
Labour Robert French 351 14.4
Turnout 2,431 36.98
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fence and Higham

Fence and Higham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Newman* 510 51.5
Conservative Christopher Howard Hartley 480 48.5
Majority 30 3.0
Turnout 990 50.89
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed Adnan 1,257 51.7
Conservative Neil McGowan* 1,185 48.7
Conservative Karen Howarth 1,170 48.1
Labour Mohammad Ammer* 885 36.4
Labour Mohammad Kamran Latif 849 34.9
Labour Yvonne Marion Tennant* 785 32.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Ian Thornton 120 4.9
Liberal Democrats David Hugh Foster 119 4.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Church 112 4.6
Turnout 2,431 39.84
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Albin 744 48.6
Conservative Donna Lockwood 743 48.6
Conservative Kieran McGladdery 730 47.7
Liberal Democrats David Clegg* 499 32.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Elizabeth Thomas 403 26.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Philip Thomas 359 23.5
Labour Co-op David Kenneth Foat 276 18.0
Labour Co-op Ann Marie Wrigley 269 17.6
Turnout 1,530 28.16
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ash Sutcliffe 813 46.2
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Elizabeth Lord* 780 44.3
Conservative Darren Harrison 687 39.0
Conservative Jonathan Andrew Nixon* 672 38.2
Liberal Democrats Alice Rosemary Mann* 661 37.5
Liberal Democrats Bryan Wildman 525 29.8
Labour Manzar Iqbal 319 18.1
No Label Craig Ian McBeth 49 2.8
Turnout 1,761 31.31
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asjad Mahmood* 1,951 62.5
Labour Faraz Ahmad 1,862 59.6
Labour Thabasum Ruby Anwar 1,800 57.6
Conservative Mukhtar Ahmed 965 30.9
Conservative Asad Mehmood 929 29.7
Conservative Irfan Ayub 790 25.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Therese Howarth 166 5.3
Green Annette Irene Marti 130 4.2
Turnout 3,123 47.91
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ Halton, Kathryn. "2021 - Borough election 6 May". www.pendle.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2021.