Pendle Borough Council elections

Pendle Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Pendle Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020, 33 councillors have been elected from 12 wards.[1]

Map showing the composition of the council following the 2022 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, and the Liberal Democrats in yellow

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3][4][5]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973–1976
Conservative1976–1979
No overall control1979–1987
Liberal Democrats1987–1990
No overall control1990–1991
Labour1991–1994
No overall control1994–1995
Liberal Democrats1995–1999
No overall control1999–2004
Liberal Democrats2004–2008
No overall control2008–2018
Conservative2018–2019
No overall control2019–2021
Conservative2021–2023
No overall control2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2015 have been:[6]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Joe Cooney Conservative2015
Mohammed Iqbal Labour201517 May 2018
Paul White Conservative17 May 20185 May 2019
Mohammed Iqbal Labour16 May 201920 May 2021
Nadeem Ahmed Conservative20 May 2021

Council elections
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats British National Party Independent Notes
1973
1976 New ward boundaries.[7]
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1986
1987 Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[8]
1988[9] 5 19 27 0 0
1990[10] 5 22 23 0 1
1991[11] 5 26 20 0 0
1992[12] 7 27 17 0 0
1994[13] 7 23 21 0 0
1995[14] 5 20 26 0 0
1996[15] 3 19 29 0 0
1998[16] 3 18 29 0 1
1999[17] 7 20 23 0 1
2000[18] 9 24 18 0 0
2002[19] 11 19 19 0 0 New ward boundaries.[20][19]
2003[21] 11 15 23 0 0
2004[22] 11 8 30 0 0
2006[23] 13 5 30 1 0
2007[24] 14 6 27 1 0
2008[25] 16 10 20 2 1
2010[26] 17 13 16 2 1
2011[27] 18 16 12 2 1
2012[28] 18 18 12 1 0
2014[4] 19 18 11 1 0
2015 1 0
2016[29] 21 17 10 1 0
2018[30] 24 15 9 0 0
2019 21 16 10 0 1
2021 18 10 5 0 0 New ward boundaries.[1]
2022 17 11 5 0 0

Borough result maps
  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[31] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Barnoldswick Coates 27 June 1996 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Barnoldswick Craven 27 June 1996 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Bradley 20 March 1997 Labour Labour
Marsden 7 August 1997 Labour Labour
Horsfield by-election 10 December 1998 Labour Liberal Democrats
Horsfield by-election 1 March 2001 Labour Liberal Democrats
Craven by-election 28 June 2007 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Coates by-election 2 May 2013 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Blacko and Higherford by-election 3 April 2014 Conservative Conservative
Old Laund Booth by-election 3 July 2014 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Reedley by-election 24 November 2016 Labour Conservative

References
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  7. The District of Pendle (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  8. The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
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  30. Election Results 2018 - theguardian.com
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