2023 Pendle Borough Council election

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2023 Pendle Borough Council election
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12 of 33 seats on Pendle Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderNadeem AhmedAsjad Mahmood
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before17 [lower-alpha 1] 10
Seats won54
Seats after1411
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote10,0329,902
Percentage40.2%39.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.2%Increase2.svg 4.9%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderDavid Whipp
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats before51
Seats won30
Seats after71
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,957
Percentage15.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 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.

Contents

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

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PartyLeaderCouncillorsVotes
Of TotalOf Total
Conservative Party Nadeem Ahmed5
14 / 33
10,03240.2%
Labour Party Asjad Mahmood4
11 / 33
9,90239.7%
Liberal Democrats David Whipp3
7 / 33
3,95715.9%
Green Party of England and Wales 0
0 / 33
1,0024.0%
UK Independence Party 0
0 / 33
430.2%
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mick Strickland 983 51.2 +7.2
Conservative Jenny Purcell*56029.2-8.8
Labour Euan Robert Clouston24812.9-2.4
Green Sylvia Joyce Godfrey854.4N/A
UKIP Steven Preston432.2N/A
Majority42322.0+16.0
Turnout 1,91929.2-4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harry Gallear* 1,231 55.9 -1.1
Labour Susan Frances Nike81336.9+17.5
Green David Richard John Penney793.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Alfred Berry783.5-1.8
Majority41819.0-18.6
Turnout 2,20137.3-5.1
Conservative hold Swing

Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Charles Cockburn-Price* 1,123 56.4 -2.7
Labour Wayne Blackburn46423.3+7.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Latham MacDonald27413.8-9.2
Green Lyndsey Jane Taylor1306.5N/A
Majority65933.1-3.0
Turnout 1,99131.7-5.8
Conservative hold Swing

Bradley

Bradley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammad Aslam* 1,872 56.0 +11.9
Labour Mohammad Sakib1,47144.0-0.2
Majority40112.0N/A
Turnout 3,34353.7+1.1
Conservative hold Swing

Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zafar Ali* 1,723 72.5 +22.3
Conservative Ali Ahmed65227.5-6.7
Majority1,07145.0+29.0
Turnout 2,37538.0-7.7
Labour hold Swing

Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasser Iqbal* 1,555 76.3 +13.1
Conservative Pauline Anne McCormick36618.0-7.4
Green Paul James Graham1165.7N/A
Majority1,18958.3+20.5
Turnout 2,03745.1-7.8
Labour hold Swing

Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Lynne Land 1,037 48.6 +12.4
Conservative Mike Goulthorp*87340.9-4.6
Green Jane Veronica Bailes Wood22510.5N/A
Majority1647.7N/A
Turnout 2,13538.2+1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Marion Tennant 1,011 52.8 +18.3
Conservative Neil McGowan*81042.3+7.2
Green Heather Mary Sheldrick924.8N/A
Majority20110.5N/A
Turnout 1,91332.3-7.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Ormerod 524 41.2 -8.2
Conservative Kieran Garth McGladdery* 521 40.9 -8.0
Liberal Democrats Andy Bell38430.2+4.3
Liberal Democrats Bryan Wildman33626.4+5.5
Labour Co-op David Kenneth Foat32525.5+7.4
Labour Co-op Ann Marie Wrigley29022.8-2.0
Green Benjamin Daniel Harrop937.3N/A
Turnout 1,27324.0-4.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Elizabeth Lord* 865 55.8 +18.6
Conservative Aneesa Neelam McGladdery50432.5-8.6
Green Karan Leslie18211.7N/A
Majority36123.3N/A
Turnout 1,55127.7-3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faraz Ahmad* 2,002 66.8 +6.9
Conservative Chaudhary Usman Zaman99633.2+4.6
Majority1,00633.6+2.3
Turnout 2,99845.7-2.2
Labour hold Swing

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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]
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