Ribble Valley Borough Council elections

Ribble Valley Borough Council elections are held every four years. Ribble Valley Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 40 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Ribble Valley shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Council elections

• 1973 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 1976 Ribble Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1979 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 1983 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 1987 Ribble Valley Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1991 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 1995 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 1999 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 2003 Ribble Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[4][5]
• 2007 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 2011 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
• 2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

Election results

	Overall control		Conservative		Lib Dems		Labour		Green		Independent
2023	NOC	18		8		7		2		5
2019	Conservative	28		10		-		-		2
2015	Conservative	35		4		1		-		-
2011	Conservative	33		6		-		-		1
2007	Conservative	29		10		-		-		1
2003	Conservative	22		15		1		-		2

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Chipping By-Election 4 July 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		242	38.6
	Liberal Democrats		175	27.9
	Independent		137	21.9
	Independent		73	11.6
Majority			67	10.7
Turnout			627	55.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilpshire By-Election 17 October 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		479	60.0
	Liberal Democrats		319	40.0
Majority			160	20.0
Turnout			798	39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James By-Election 26 June 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		403	64.3	+2.6
	Conservative		131	20.9	+6.2
	Labour		92	14.7	−8.9
Majority			272	43.4
Turnout			626	35.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chipping By-Election 22 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		303	56.1	+56.1
	Conservative		237	43.9	−17.9
Majority			66	12.2
Turnout			540	47.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Gisburn Rimington By-Election 12 November 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		224	75.2	+31.6
	Liberal Democrats		74	24.8	−3.5
Majority			150	50.4
Turnout			298	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999-2003

Waddington By-Election 17 October 2002^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		220	53.1	−26.6
	Liberal Democrats		194	46.9	+26.6
Majority			26	6.2
Turnout			414	39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Billington and Old Langho By-Election 23 October 2008^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Ross	350	61.1	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats		181	31.6	−17.6
	Labour		42	7.3	+7.3
Majority			169	29.5
Turnout			573	24.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chatburn By-Election 4 June 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Scott	439	75.3	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Douglas	144	24.7	+0.4
Majority			295	50.6
Turnout			583
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langho By-Election 4 June 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Thomas	530	66.8	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Knox	263	33.2	−1.4
Majority			267	33.6
Turnout			793
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Salthill By-Election 17 September 2011^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Brown	208	34.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon O'Rourke	204	33.4	+9.2
	UKIP	Steve Rush	159	26.0	+5.7
	Labour	Mike Rose	40	6.5	−3.4
Majority			4	0.7
Turnout			611
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Littlemoor By-Election 1 August 2013^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Shervey	361	44.9	+6.1
	Independent	Steve Rush	249	31.0	+31.0
	Conservative	Jean Forshaw	109	13.6	−23.3
	Labour	Liz Webbe	85	10.6	−13.7
Majority			112	13.9
Turnout			804
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023

Billington and Langho By-Election 6 May 2021^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Farmer	638	65.6	−3.4
	Labour	Anthony McNamara	254	26.1	−4.9
	Green	Anne Peplow	81	8.3	+8.3
Majority			384	39.5
Turnout			973
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mellor By-Election 6 May 2021^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Walsh	712	66.5	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hymas	200	18.7	−7.0
	Labour	Lee Jameson	109	10.2	−2.5
	Green	Malcolm Peplow	50	4.7	+4.7
Majority			512	47.8
Turnout			1,071
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Bradford and Grindleton By-Election 6 May 2021^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Horkin	416	71.4	+3.1
	Labour	Paul Atkinson	90	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Murray O'Rourke	77	13.2	−18.5
Majority			326	55.9
Turnout			583
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littlemoor By-Election 19 August 2021^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Hibbert	281	49.0	−8.9
	Conservative	Jimmy Newhouse	216	37.7	+14.1
	Labour	Mandy Pollard	59	10.3	−8.2
	Green	Anne Peplow	17	3.0	+3.0
Majority			65	11.3
Turnout			573
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Primrose By-Election 19 August 2021^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kerry Fletcher	200	43.9	−16.4
	Conservative	Katei Blezard	119	26.1	+10.4
	Labour	Michael Graveston	109	23.9	−0.1
	Green	Malcolm Peplow	28	6.1	+6.1
Majority			81	17.8
Turnout			456
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2023-2027

St Mary's By-Election 4 July 2024^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Holden	597	32.8
	Conservative	Kristian Torgersen	583	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Sutcliffe	464	25.5
	Independent	Andrea Derbyshire	175	9.6
Majority			14	0.8
Turnout			1,819
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing