Borough of Pendle

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Borough of Pendle
Borough
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Skyline of Nelson from Barkerhouse Road
Pendle UK locator map.svg
Shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
Ceremonial county Lancashire
Admin. HQ Nelson
Government
  TypePendle Borough Council
   Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
   MPs: Andrew Stephenson
Area
  Total65 sq mi (169 km2)
  Rank 155th
Population
 (2022)
  Total96,110
  Rank Ranked 251st
  Density1,500/sq mi (570/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
   Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
   Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code 30UJ (ONS)
E07000122 (GSS)
NUTS 3UKD46

Pendle is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Nelson, the borough's largest town. The borough also includes the towns of Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Colne and Earby along with the surrounding villages and rural areas. Part of the borough lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Contents

The neighbouring districts are Burnley, Ribble Valley, North Yorkshire, Bradford and Calderdale.

Etymology

The name Pendle comes from "Penhill", combining the Cumbric "pen" meaning hill and the Saxon "hill", also meaning hill. The name was used for Pendle Hill (literally "hill hill hill"), a prominent outlier of the Pennines. The name was then also used for the ancient Forest of Pendle around the hill, and for Pendle Water, a river which rises on the hill and flows into the River Calder. [2] The name also became associated with the Pendle witches, tried for witchcraft in 1612, as the accused were all from the area. [3]

History

The modern local government district of Pendle was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the whole area of seven former districts and parts of another two, all of which were abolished at the same time: [4]

The Barnoldswick, Earby and Skipton parts were in the West Riding of Yorkshire prior to 1974. The term West Craven is sometimes used for this area transferred from Yorkshire to Lancashire in 1974. The new district was named Pendle after the hill, forest and river. [5] The district was awarded borough status on 15 September 1976, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [6]

Governance

Pendle Borough Council
Pendle Borough Council.svg
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Mohammad Aslam,
Conservative
since 16 May 2024 [7]
Asjad Mahmood,
Independent
since 18 May 2023
Rose Rouse
since 2021 [8]
Structure
Seats33 councillors
Pendle Borough Council 2024.svg
Political groups
Administration (18)
  Independent (10)
  Liberal Democrat (8)
Other parties (15)
  Conservative (13)
  Independent (2)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Nelson Town Hall.jpg
Town Hall, Market Street, Nelson, BB9 7LG
Website
www.pendle.gov.uk

Pendle Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. [9] The whole borough is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [10]

Brian Cookson retired in March 2013 from his position as executive director for Regeneration, a post he had held for nine years, in parallel (after 2007) with that of President of British Cycling. [11] Subsequently, becoming the President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for sports cycling.

In June 2017, a Conservative councilor, Rosemary Carroll, [12] was suspended after sending a racist post on social media comparing Asians to dogs. This controversy expanded after the local elections in 2018, when the councilor was readmitted into the Conservative Party, allowing the Conservative party to gain a majority on the council. The Pendle Labour party accused the Pendle Conservative Party of condoning racism after the reinstatement. The Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Dawn Butler, called upon the Conservative Party Chairman, Brandon Lewis, to issue a statement saying that the councillor in question would not be part of the Conservative group on the council. This followed a statement from Lewis congratulating the Pendle Conservatives on winning a majority on the council. [13] [14]

In April 2024, all of Labour’s 11 borough councillors in Pendle, including the leader of the council, quit the party. [15] [16]

Political control

The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election. A coalition of Labour and Liberal Democrat formed to run the council after that election. [7] Following the Labour group all leaving their party, the coalition became an independent and Liberal Democrat coalition in April 2024. [17]

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [18] [19]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1974–1976
Conservative 1976–1979
No overall control 1979–1987
Liberal Democrats 1987–1990
No overall control 1990–1991
Labour 1991–1994
No overall control 1994–1995
Liberal Democrats 1995–1999
No overall control 1999–2004
Liberal Democrats 2004–2008
No overall control 2008–2018
Conservative 2018–2019
No overall control 2019–2021
Conservative 2021–2023
No overall control 2023–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Pendle. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2015 have been: [20]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Joe Cooney Conservative 2015
Mohammed Iqbal Labour 201517 May 2018
Paul White Conservative 17 May 20185 May 2019
Mohammed Iqbal Labour 16 May 201920 May 2021
Nadeem Ahmed Conservative 20 May 202118 May 2023
Asjad Mahmood Labour 18 May 20231 Apr 2024
Independent 1 Apr 2024

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was: [21]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 13
Independent 12
Liberal Democrats 8
Total33

Ten of the independent councillors sit together as the 'Independent Group', which forms the council's administration with the Liberal Democrats. The other two independents do not form part of a group. [22] The next election is due in 2026.

Premises

The council meets at Nelson Town Hall on Market Street in the centre of Nelson, which had been completed in 1881 for the old Nelson Local Board, predecessor of the Nelson Borough Council created in 1890. [23] It has its main administrative offices in a modern building at 1 Market Street, opposite the town hall. [24]

Elections

Since the last full review of boundaries took effect in 2021 the council has comprised 33 councillors representing 12 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council being elected each time for a four-year term. Lancashire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. [25]

Councillors

Following the 2023 election, the councillors were: [26]

WardName Party
BarnoldswickTom WhippLiberal Democrats
Chris ChurchLiberal Democrats
Mick StricklandLiberal Democrats
Barrowford and PendlesideMartyn StoneConservative
Nadeem AhmedConservative
David GallearConservative
Boulsworth and FoulridgeSarah Cockburn-PriceConservative
David Cockburn-PriceConservative
Kevin SalterConservative
Bradley Mohammad AslamConservative
Mohammed IqbalIndependent
Mohammad KaleemConservative
Brierfield East and Clover HillNaeem Hussain AshrafLabour
Sajjad AhmedLabour
Zafar AliLabour
Brierfield West and ReedleyMohammad HanifLabour
Yasser IqbalLabour
Earby and CoatesSusan LandLiberal Democrats
Rosemary CarrollConservative
David WhippLiberal Democrats
Fence and HighamBrian NewmanLiberal Democrats
Marsden and SouthfieldYvonne TennantLabour
Mohammed AdnanLabour
Mohammed AmmerLabour
Vivary BridgeKieran McGladderyConservative
Tom OrmerodConservative
David AlbinConservative
Waterside and HorsfieldNeil ButterworthConservative
Dorothy LordLiberal Democrats
Ash SutcliffeConservative
Whitefield and WalverdenFaraz AhmadLabour
Ruby AnwarLabour
Asjad MahmoodLabour

Wider politics

The Pendle constituency is represented in Parliament by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Andrew Stephenson, since 2010. The constituency covers the same area as the borough.

Economy

The three main employers in the borough are Rolls-Royce plc, Silentnight and the Daisy Group.[ citation needed ]

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada which broadcast from Salford. Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter and the local relay TV transmitter located in the Forest of Pendle. [27] A small part of the borough around Barnoldswick and Earby is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from Leeds. This area is served by a local transmitter in Skipton which is relayed from the Emley Moor TV transmitter. [28]

Radio stations for the area are:

The area is served by the regional newspaper, Lancashire Telegraph . Other local newspapers including Pendle Express and The Nelson Leader .

Places in Pendle

The borough is entirely covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Colne, Earby and Nelson take the style "town council". [29]

Parishes in Pendle Borough Borough of Pendle parishes map.svg
Parishes in Pendle Borough
Contemporary civil parish Map
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Medieval jurisdictionMedieval jurisdictionEarly modern jurisdiction
Barley-with-Wheatley Booth 1Pendle Forest, manor of Ightenhill Forest of Blackburnshire Whalley, Lancashire: once a much larger parish than today.
It encompassed a large part of eastern Lancashire.
It also included areas outside Pendle.
Barrowford 3
Blacko 4
Old Laund Booth 15
Goldshaw Booth 10
Reedley Hallows 16
Roughlee Booth 17
Higham-with-West Close Booth 11
Trawden Forest 19Trawden Forest, manor of Colne
Nelson 14manor of Ightenhill, not in ForestBlackburnshire, not in Forest
Brierfield 6
Colne 7manor of Colne, not in Forest
Foulridge 9
Laneshaw Bridge 13
Barnoldswick 2Now referred to as "West Craven".
This is a part of Lancashire, which was once in the neighbouring West Riding of Yorkshire.
(Within the Wapentake of Staincliffe, Deanery of Craven.)
Bracewell and Brogden 5
Salterforth 8
Kelbrook and Sough 12
Earby 18

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Pendle.

Individuals

Military Units

[33]

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