2023 Pendle Borough Council election

2023 Pendle Borough Council election
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12 of 33 seats on Pendle Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Nadeem Ahmed Asjad Mahmood
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before 17[a] 10
Seats won 5 4
Seats after 14 11
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 10,032 9,902
Percentage 40.2% 39.7%
Swing Decrease 6.2% Increase 4.9%
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Leader David Whipp
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats before 5 1
Seats won 3 0
Seats after 7 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 3,957
Percentage 15.9%
Swing Increase 0.3%
Leader before election

Nadeem Ahmed
Conservative

Leader after election

Asjad Mahmood
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Twelve seats across eleven wards were up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council plus a by-election in Vivary Bridge ward.

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives were still the largest party but no longer had a majority. After the election a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023 the Labour group leader Asjad Mahmood was appointed leader of the council.[2]

Results

Party Leader Councillors Votes
Of Total Of Total
Conservative Party Nadeem Ahmed 5 41.7%
14 / 33
 10,032 40.2%
Labour Party Asjad Mahmood 4 33.3%
11 / 33
 9,902 39.7%
Liberal Democrats David Whipp 3 25.0%
7 / 33
 3,957 15.9%
Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0%
0 / 33
 1,002 4.0%
UK Independence Party 0 0.0%
0 / 33
 43 0.2%
Independent (elected Labour)
1 / 33

Ward Results

Incumbent councillors denoted by an asterisk (*). These seats were last up for election when new ward boundaries were introduced in 2021 - percentage changes are calculated based on the mean party result in 2021.[3][4]

Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mick Strickland 983 51.2 +13.8
Conservative Jenny Purcell* 560 29.2 −15.4
Labour Euan Robert Clouston 248 12.9 −2.4
Green Sylvia Joyce Godfrey 85 4.4 N/A
UKIP Steven Preston 43 2.2 N/A
Majority 423 22.0 +16.0
Turnout 1,919 29.2 −4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Harry Gallear* 1,231 55.9 −3.6
Labour Susan Frances Nike 813 36.9 +12.8
Green David Richard John Penney 79 3.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Alfred Berry 78 3.5 −3.5
Majority 418 19.0 −18.6
Turnout 2,201 37.3 −5.1
Conservative hold Swing

Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Charles Cockburn-Price* 1,123 56.4 −1.2
Labour Wayne Blackburn 464 23.3 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Latham MacDonald 274 13.8 −11.8
Green Lyndsey Jane Taylor 130 6.5 N/A
Majority 659 33.1 −3.0
Turnout 1,991 31.7 −5.8
Conservative hold Swing

Bradley

Bradley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammad Aslam* 1,872 56.0 +7.0
Labour Mohammad Sakib 1,471 44.0 +1.3
Majority 401 12.0 N/A
Turnout 3,343 53.7 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing

Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zafar Ali* 1,723 72.5 +24.4
Conservative Ali Ahmed 652 27.5 −11.3
Majority 1,071 45.0 +29.0
Turnout 2,375 38.0 −7.7
Labour hold Swing

Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasser Iqbal* 1,555 76.3 +16.2
Conservative Pauline Anne McCormick 366 18.0 −10.9
Green Paul James Graham 116 5.7 N/A
Majority 1,189 58.3 +20.5
Turnout 2,037 45.1 −7.8
Labour hold Swing

Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Lynne Land 1,037 48.6 +15.9
Conservative Mike Goulthorp* 873 40.9 −4.8
Green Jane Veronica Bailes Wood 225 10.5 N/A
Majority 164 7.7 N/A
Turnout 2,135 38.2 +1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yvonne Marion Tennant 1,011 52.8 +20.5
Conservative Neil McGowan* 810 42.3 −6.4
Green Heather Mary Sheldrick 92 4.8 N/A
Majority 201 10.5 N/A
Turnout 1,913 32.3 −7.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Ormerod 524 41.2 −7.4
Conservative Kieran Garth McGladdery* 521 40.9 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Andy Bell 384 30.2 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Bryan Wildman 336 26.4 +0.1
Labour Co-op David Kenneth Foat 325 25.5 +7.5
Labour Co-op Ann Marie Wrigley 290 22.8 +5.2
Green Benjamin Daniel Harrop 93 7.3 N/A
Turnout 1,273 24.0 −4.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Elizabeth Lord* 865 55.8 +11.5
Conservative Aneesa Neelam McGladdery 504 32.5 −5.7
Green Karan Leslie 182 11.7 N/A
Majority 361 23.3 N/A
Turnout 1,551 27.7 −3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faraz Ahmad* 2,002 66.8 +7.2
Conservative Chaudhary Usman Zaman 996 33.2 +2.3
Majority 1,006 33.6 +2.3
Turnout 2,998 45.7 −2.2
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat in Vivary Bridge ward previously held by Conservative councillor Paul McGladdery prior to his resignation in March 2023.[1]
  1. ^ Boothroyd, David (31 March 2023). "Gloucester: Right up, to the middle". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Labour and Lib Dems to run 'hung' Pendle Council". BBC News. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Election results - 2023 Borough election 4 May". www.pendle.gov.uk. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  4. ^ Earnshaw, Tom (4 May 2023). "Pendle Borough Council local election results 2023 in full". Lancs Live. Retrieved 26 June 2023.