2000 Pendle Borough Council election

Main article: Pendle Borough Council elections

The 2000 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 24
• Liberal Democrat 18
• Conservative 9 ^[2]

Background

Before the election, the Liberal Democrats held 23 seats, compared to 19 for Labour and 8 Conservatives, while one seat was vacant. ^[3] Seventeen seats were being contested, with two seats being up for election in Waterside ward after Labour councillor Ann Doult resigned from the council due to ill health. ^[3] The Liberal Democrats only contested 13 of the 17 seats, saying "we're concentrating our resources where we think it's best". ^[3]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council, but the Labour Party gained 4 seats. ^[4]

Pendle local election result 2000 ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	4	0	+4	61.1	36.4	8,490	-4.3
	Conservative	4	2	1	+1	22.2	30.2	7,052	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	5	-5	16.7	32.5	7,587	-5.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	203	+0.9
	An Independent Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	24	0.0

Ward results

Barrowford ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Beckett	813	45.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Simpson	691	38.6	+5.5
	Labour	Robert Oliver	286	16.0	-12.3
Majority			122	6.8	+1.2
Turnout			1,790	37.6	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Boulsworth ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Belbin	757	56.2	+1.6
	Conservative	Harold Ryder	304	22.6	-1.5
	Labour	Robert Parsons	287	21.3	-0.1
Majority			45.3	33.6	+3.1
Turnout			1,348	31.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradley ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Stables	770	47.0	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Munir	749	45.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Michael Landriau	120	7.3	+2.7
Majority			21	1.3	-5.5
Turnout			1,639	47.2	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Akrigg	525	50.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Frank Chadwick	429	41.2	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Stanworth	88	8.4	-29.8
Majority			96	9.2
Turnout			1,042	33.0	-13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clover Hill ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Akrigg	519	58.4	-10.6
	Conservative	Ann Jackson	285	32.1	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David French	85	9.6	+1.2
Majority			234	26.3	-20.1
Turnout			889	26.0	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Coates ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Taylforth	932	65.4	+11.6
	Labour	John Edwards	316	22.2	-12.5
	Conservative	Morris Horsfield	176	12.4	+0.9
Majority			616	43.3	+25.1
Turnout			1,424	36.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Whipp	935	64.0	+24.9
	Labour	Jennifer Purcell	349	23.9	-21.9
	Conservative	Edward Myers	177	12.1	-2.9
Majority			586	40.1
Turnout			1,461	36.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earby ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Tennant	930	46.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haigh	884	44.5	+3.0
	Labour	David Foat	171	8.6	-7.3
Majority			46	2.3	+1.1
Turnout			1,985	45.8	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Horsfield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Nightingale	484	49.1	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wensley	284	28.8	-14.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Riley	218	22.1	+8.0
Majority			200	20.3
Turnout			986	28.8	-2.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marsden ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Ormrod	620	63.7	+1.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Eyre	354	36.3	+8.2
Majority			266	27.3	-6.5
Turnout			974	27.6	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleside ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Derwent	541	88.4
	Labour	Anthony Martin	71	11.6
Majority			470	76.8
Turnout			612	50.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Reedley ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline McCormick	1,336	79.3	+28.8
	Labour	Mohammad Tariq	348	20.7	+6.6
Majority			988	58.7	+43.6
Turnout			1,684	46.1	+10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Latif	524	54.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Peter Wildman	433	45.2	+24.3
Majority			91	9.5	-24.2
Turnout			957	29.7	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Whalley	591	43.4	-6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lord	362	26.6	-12.0
	Independent	Peter Nowland	203	14.9	+14.9
	Conservative	James Ilott	183	13.4	+4.2
	An Independent Green	Peter Hartley	24	1.8	-0.2
Majority			229	16.8	+5.3
Turnout			1,363	32.4	-1.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Walverden ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Adam	572	40.2	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ajaz Ditta	505	35.5	-3.2
	Conservative	Roger Abbiss	347	24.4	+14.4
Majority			67	4.7	-7.8
Turnout			1,424	48.1	+1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterside (2) ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Ormrod	596
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	517
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Whittle	225
	Liberal Democrats	John Beck	217
	Conservative	Adrian Mitchell	146
	Conservative	Alexandra Thompson	143
Turnout			1,844	31.2	-7.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rashid Qadri	944	48.8	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liaquat Ali	873	45.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Robert Holden	117	6.0	+0.7
Majority			71	3.7	-1.7
Turnout			1,934	62.1	-3.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

A by-election in Horsfield ward took place on 1 March 2001 after Labour councillor Colin Nightingale resigned his seat on the council due to pressure of work. ^[8] The Liberal Democrats gained the seat from Labour by 429 votes, with the former mayoress of Pendle, Dorothy Lord, regaining a seat on the council after she had lost her seat in Vivary Bridge at the 2000 election. ^[8]

Horsfield By-Election 1 March 2001 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lord	634	69.4	+40.6
	Labour	David Foat	205	22.5	-26.6
	Conservative	Alexandra Thompson	74	8.1	-14.0
Majority			429	46.9
Turnout			913	27.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Pendle". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 February 2011.
2. "Local council results". Financial Times . 6 May 2000. p. 6.
3. "LibDems give up on four seats". Lancashire Telegraph . 5 April 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
4. "Labour singing the Blues". Lancashire Telegraph . 5 May 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
5. "Election results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
6. "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
7. "Pendle election results". Lancashire Telegraph . 5 May 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
8. "Former mayoress wins by-election". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 March 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
9. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2014.