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The2023 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the council for theBorough of Pendle inLancashire, England. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections in England. Twelve seats across eleven wards were up forelection, being the usual approximate third of the council plus a by-election in Vivary Bridge ward.
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the council was underno 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]
| 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 | |||||||
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]
| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||