2023 Pendle Borough Council election

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.

2023 Pendle Borough Council election

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12 of 33 seats on Pendle Borough Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nadeem Ahmed Asjad Mahmood Party Conservative Labour Seats before 17[a] 10 Seats won 5 4 Seats after 14 11 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 10,032 9,902 Percentage 40.2% 39.7% Swing 6.2% 4.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader David Whipp Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats before 5 1 Seats won 3 0 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 3,957 Percentage 15.9% Swing 0.3%
Leader before election Nadeem Ahmed Conservative Leader after election Asjad Mahmood Labour No overall control

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

Results
Party		Leader	Councillors			Votes
				Of Total			Of Total
	Conservative Party	Nadeem Ahmed	5	41.7%	14 / 33	10,032	40.2%
	Labour Party	Asjad Mahmood	4	33.3%	11 / 33	9,902	39.7%
	Liberal Democrats	David Whipp	3	25.0%	7 / 33	3,957	15.9%
	Green Party of England and Wales		0	0.0%	0 / 33	1,002	4.0%
	UK Independence Party		0	0.0%	0 / 33	43	0.2%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Strickland	983	51.2	+13.8
	Conservative	Jenny Purcell*	560	29.2	−15.4
	Labour	Euan Robert Clouston	248	12.9	−2.4
	Green	Sylvia Joyce Godfrey	85	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Steven Preston	43	2.2	N/A
Majority			423	22.0	+16.0
Turnout			1,919	29.2	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harry Gallear*	1,231	55.9	−3.6
	Labour	Susan Frances Nike	813	36.9	+12.8
	Green	David Richard John Penney	79	3.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Alfred Berry	78	3.5	−3.5
Majority			418	19.0	−18.6
Turnout			2,201	37.3	−5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Charles Cockburn-Price*	1,123	56.4	−1.2
	Labour	Wayne Blackburn	464	23.3	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Latham MacDonald	274	13.8	−11.8
	Green	Lyndsey Jane Taylor	130	6.5	N/A
Majority			659	33.1	−3.0
Turnout			1,991	31.7	−5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradley

Bradley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammad Aslam*	1,872	56.0	+7.0
	Labour	Mohammad Sakib	1,471	44.0	+1.3
Majority			401	12.0	N/A
Turnout			3,343	53.7	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zafar Ali*	1,723	72.5	+24.4
	Conservative	Ali Ahmed	652	27.5	−11.3
Majority			1,071	45.0	+29.0
Turnout			2,375	38.0	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasser Iqbal*	1,555	76.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Pauline Anne McCormick	366	18.0	−10.9
	Green	Paul James Graham	116	5.7	N/A
Majority			1,189	58.3	+20.5
Turnout			2,037	45.1	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lynne Land	1,037	48.6	+15.9
	Conservative	Mike Goulthorp*	873	40.9	−4.8
	Green	Jane Veronica Bailes Wood	225	10.5	N/A
Majority			164	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,135	38.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Marion Tennant	1,011	52.8	+20.5
	Conservative	Neil McGowan*	810	42.3	−6.4
	Green	Heather Mary Sheldrick	92	4.8	N/A
Majority			201	10.5	N/A
Turnout			1,913	32.3	−7.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Ormerod	524	41.2	−7.4
	Conservative	Kieran Garth McGladdery*	521	40.9	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Bell	384	30.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Wildman	336	26.4	+0.1
	Labour Co-op	David Kenneth Foat	325	25.5	+7.5
	Labour Co-op	Ann Marie Wrigley	290	22.8	+5.2
	Green	Benjamin Daniel Harrop	93	7.3	N/A
Turnout			1,273	24.0	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Elizabeth Lord*	865	55.8	+11.5
	Conservative	Aneesa Neelam McGladdery	504	32.5	−5.7
	Green	Karan Leslie	182	11.7	N/A
Majority			361	23.3	N/A
Turnout			1,551	27.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faraz Ahmad*	2,002	66.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Chaudhary Usman Zaman	996	33.2	+2.3
Majority			1,006	33.6	+2.3
Turnout			2,998	45.7	−2.2
	Labour hold		Swing