2010 Pendle Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Pendle Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. Pendle UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Pendle Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats. [3] The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent. [3] 16 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party defended 1 seat. [3]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors. [4] The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors. [4] Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%. [5]

Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive. [6] The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions. [6]

Pendle local election result 2010 [5] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 620+237.528.011,415+5.0%
  Conservative 510+131.334.113,881-6.4%
  Liberal Democrats 403-325.029.311,922-0.2%
  BNP 10006.38.03,258+3.2%
  England First 000000.7279+0.7%

Ward results

Barrowford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Eyre1,56355.0−12.3
Labour Sue Nike90631.9+7.5
Liberal Democrats Donna Caley37213.1+4.8
Majority65723.1−19.9
Turnout 2,84170.3+27.9
Conservative hold Swing
Boulsworth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Askew1,48748.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas James66521.5
Labour Gerry McCabe64720.9
BNP Jane Mulligan3009.7
Majority82226.5
Turnout 3,09974.2+25.8
Conservative hold Swing
Bradley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal1,38648.4−5.7
Liberal Democrats Tanzil Ahmed81628.5+1.4
Conservative Tim Eyre38113.3−5.5
England First David Geddes2799.7+9.7
Majority57019.9−7.1
Turnout 2,86262.1+22.8
Labour hold Swing
Brierfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Arshad1,15242.8−4.4
Conservative Abdul Hussain75928.2−6.4
Liberal Democrats Pervaz Afzal40315.0−3.2
BNP Lee Karmer37914.1+14.1
Majority39314.6+2.0
Turnout 2,69373.4+23.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Clover Hill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Shore77732.3−5.4
Liberal Democrats James Wood72029.9−2.3
Conservative Janice Taylor58824.4−5.6
BNP John Rowe32313.4+13.4
Majority572.4−3.1
Turnout 2,40863.9+20.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Coates [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Gaskell1,28045.4−0.1
Conservative Keith Bailey91532.5−11.1
Labour Richard Smith33712.0+1.2
BNP Malcolm Foster28610.1+10.1
Majority36513.0+11.1
Turnout 2,81868.1+32.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Craven [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Whipp1,37247.6+22.1
Conservative Jenny Purcell1,17540.7+15.8
Labour John Pope33711.7+8.4
Majority1976.8
Turnout 2,88468.2+19.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earby [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Tennant1,68450.9−18.6
Liberal Democrats Jackie Taylforth68720.8+2.7
Labour Robert Oliver48814.7+2.3
BNP James Jackman45013.6+13.6
Majority99730.1−21.3
Turnout 3,30969.2+30.2
Conservative hold Swing
Horsfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Butterworth82834.6−14.6
Liberal Democrats Sharon Davies81434.0−3.2
Labour David Johns43518.2+4.6
BNP Julie Fairless31413.1+13.1
Majority140.6−11.4
Turnout 2,39160.1+25.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Marsden [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Brian Parker50230.5−8.6
Labour David Foat47428.8+7.8
Conservative Jack Gregory44827.3−4.9
Liberal Democrats Aaron Whitehall-Pain22013.4+5.6
Majority281.7−5.2
Turnout 1,64462.4+21.3
BNP hold Swing
Reedley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pauline McCormick1,49249.2−21.9
Labour Robert Allen83927.7+11.5
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Massey69923.1+10.4
Majority65321.6−33.3
Turnout 3,03072.7+29.9
Conservative hold Swing
Southfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheena Dunn90838.1+1.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Robinson75431.6+0.7
Conservative Paul McKenna72430.3−2.3
Majority1546.5+2.5
Turnout 2,38659.8+22.7
Labour hold Swing
Vivary Bridge [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Clegg83234.2−1.4
Conservative Joe Cooney71129.2+0.7
Labour Anthony Hargreaves51421.1+7.4
BNP Veronica Cullen37615.5−6.6
Majority1215.0−2.0
Turnout 2,43359.6+25.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Walverden [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Henderson69738.3−5.7
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali63234.8+5.9
Conservative Barbara King48926.9−0.2
Majority653.6−11.6
Turnout 1,81868.0+16.4
Labour hold Swing
Waterside [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Lord98444.1+4.2
Conservative John Hall48721.8+4.7
Labour Anthony Martin43019.3+7.1
BNP Ian Robinson32814.7−12.6
Majority49722.3+9.7
Turnout 2,22958.1+25.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitefield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asjad Mahmood1,08857.0+27.0
Liberal Democrats Rashid Quadri67235.2−29.8
Conservative Margaret Beckett1507.9+2.9
Majority41621.8
Turnout 1,91073.2+8.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Pendle". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2010". The Guardian. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Moseley, Tom (5 May 2010). "Pendle Borough Council election battle". Lancashire Telegraph . Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Pendle Borough Council still split". Burnley and Pendle Citizen. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Election Results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  6. 1 2 Livesey, Jon (24 May 2010). "Pendle council coalition 'dirty deal' claim". Lancashire Telegraph . Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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