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The2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members ofRibble Valley Borough Council inLancashire, England. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections across England.
The council was underConservative majority control prior to the election.[1] Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council underno overall control.[2] Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.[3][4]
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Total | Of Total | ||||||
| Conservative Party | 18 | 45.0% | 18 / 40 | 9,647 | 41.9% | ||
| Labour Party | 7 | 17.5% | 7 / 40 | 6,354 | 27.6% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 20.0% | 8 / 40 | 3,597 | 15.6% | ||
| Independent | 5 | 12.5% | 5 / 40 | 2,526 | 11.0% | ||
| Green Party | 2 | 5.0% | 2 / 40 | 875 | 3.8% | ||
Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Lee Brocklehurst | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | James Rogerson* (Jim Rogerson) | Unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Michael Austin* (Tony Austin) | 463 | 57.2 | −4.3 | |
| Conservative | Steven Farmer* (Steve Farmer) | 410 | 50.7 | −12.4 | |
| Labour | Frank Joseph Havard | 273 | 33.7 | +5.3 | |
| Independent | Brian John Robert | 242 | 29.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 811 | 31.04 | −1.50 | ||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rosemary Joan Elms* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Alexis Atkinson* | 315 | 77.4 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | Ian James Metcalfe | 92 | 22.6 | +5.9 | |
| Turnout | 407 | 31.71 | +1.25 | ||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gary Kenneth Scott* | 268 | 65.8 | −22.7 | |
| Labour | Craig Anthony Bryant | 88 | 21.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 51 | 12.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 407 | 36.44 | −1.86 | ||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Hore* | 293 | 67.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alan Williams Matthews | 139 | 32.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 432 | 37.28 | N/A | ||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Louise Edge* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rachael Elizabeth Ray | 377 | 52.5 | +20.9 | |
| Labour | Kieren Spencer | 359 | 50.0 | +19.0 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Walter Alan Carefoot* | 318 | 44.3 | −20.2 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Rainford* | 306 | 42.6 | −20.5 | |
| Turnout | 718 | 28.72 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nicholas Kenneth Stubbs | 417 | 55.9 | +23.3 | |
| Labour | Lee Cedric Jameson | 406 | 54.4 | +21.6 | |
| Conservative | Craig Stephen Jackson | 292 | 39.1 | −25.8 | |
| Conservative | Lisa Ann Quinn-Jones | 288 | 38.6 | −18.9 | |
| Turnout | 752 | 33.24 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Malcolm Charles Peplow | 459 | 53.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Gaye Tomasine McCrum | 364 | 42.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard John Bennett* | 339 | 39.6 | −41.9 | |
| Conservative | David Alan Peat* | 277 | 32.3 | −38.9 | |
| Labour | Chloe Catherine Hinder | 81 | 9.5 | −7.7 | |
| Labour | Joseph Anthony Kellaway | 66 | 7.7 | −6.7 | |
| Turnout | 866 | 39.44 | |||
| Greengain fromConservative | |||||
| Greengain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Michael O'Rourke* | 417 | 50.9 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan John Corney | 336 | 41.0 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Joseph James Batty | 212 | 25.9 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Chantelle Louise Seddon | 176 | 21.5 | −3.9 | |
| Conservative | Timothy David Jones | 131 | 16.0 | −8.4 | |
| Conservative | Elspeth Russell-Shuker | 105 | 12.8 | −8.9 | |
| Independent | Francis Raw | 43 | 5.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 820 | 29.96 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles William Hamish McFall | 203 | 64.0 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Sarah Jane Bryan | 69 | 21.8 | −10.7 | |
| Independent | Jennifer Maynard | 45 | 14.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 317 | 27.45 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Alcock* | 208 | 59.8 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Andrew Niall MacFarlane | 140 | 40.2 | +8.4 | |
| Turnout | 348 | 33.43 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Patricia Hibbert* | 310 | 42.8 | −15.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Richard French* | 289 | 39.9 | −10.8 | |
| Conservative | Peter Neilson Sharples | 199 | 27.4 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Connor Frazer William Graham | 188 | 25.9 | +9.6 | |
| Labour | Carol Ann Makin | 163 | 22.5 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | Susan Elizabeth Riley | 138 | 19.0 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Kim Haley | 52 | 7.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 726 | 27.45 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stella Maria Brunskill* | 504 | 59.0 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Robin Eric Walsh* | 465 | 54.4 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | John Russell Fletcher | 337 | 39.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 875 | 38.56 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael St John Graveston | 344 | 43.6 | +20.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson* | 307 | 38.9 | −19.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Kenneth Willcox | 296 | 37.5 | +16.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher* | 262 | 33.2 | −22.6 | |
| Conservative | Benjamin Tyrer Muldoon | 121 | 15.3 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Bilal Haider Karim | 88 | 11.2 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | Simon Rice | 36 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 797 | 30.71 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Karl Peter Barnsley | 276 | 53.3 | +14.6 | |
| Conservative | Alison Mary Brown* | 190 | 36.7 | −24.6 | |
| Green | Paul Ryan Yates | 52 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 518 | 43.25 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Richard Newmark* (Richard Newmark) | 201 | 48.9 | −16.7 | |
| Labour | Mark Benjamin Dawson | 179 | 43.6 | +9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven John Mitchell | 31 | 7.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 411 | 33.91 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Frank Brown* | 388 | 47.2 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Louise O'Rourke* | 301 | 36.6 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 249 | 30.3 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Neilson Young | 167 | 20.3 | −9.2 | |
| Labour | Ian David Turner | 120 | 14.6 | −3.0 | |
| Labour | Carl Peter Nuttall | 108 | 13.1 | −2.3 | |
| Turnout | 826 | 31.61 | |||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mark Fletcher* | 498 | 54.4 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill* | 419 | 45.7 | −3.7 | |
| Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt | 287 | 31.3 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Sue Elizabeth Monk | 231 | 25.2 | +5.6 | |
| Labour | Jonathan James Hinder | 157 | 17.1 | −1.8 | |
| Labour | Frederick Jeevan Redfern | 133 | 14.5 | −3.1 | |
| Turnout | 921 | 36.94 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sophie Cowman | 212 | 53.5 | +6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Buller* (Bob Buller) | 125 | 31.6 | −21.8 | |
| Labour | Catherine Ruth Lee | 59 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 396 | 32.98 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kevin Thomas Horkin* | 293 | 60.8 | −7.5 | |
| Labour | Rebecca Anna Haydock | 105 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsey John Blackledge | 84 | 17.4 | −14.3 | |
| Turnout | 482 | 36.10 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Andrew Hindle* | 336 | 40.1 | −25.3 | |
| Independent | John Stephen Atherton | 327 | 39.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gerald Xavier Mirfin* (Ged Mirfin) | 321 | 38.4 | −22.0 | |
| Labour | Anthony McNamara | 280 | 33.5 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Blaire Harthern | 199 | 23.8 | −2.6 | |
| Turnout | 840 | 37.35 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu | 137 | 33.8 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | David Andrew Berryman* | 127 | 31.4 | −24.5 | |
| Independent | Katherine Lord-Green | 125 | 30.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Robert Charles Edmond | 16 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 405 | 35.26 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Mary Bibby* | 472 | 52.6 | −7.7 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Alan Hirst* | 469 | 52.2 | −9.5 | |
| Labour | Katherine Elizabeth Burn | 381 | 42.4 | +9.7 | |
| Labour | Charles Berkeley Cathcart | 347 | 38.6 | +8.1 | |
| Turnout | 906 | 34.42 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Birtwhistle* | 432 | 52.9 | −2.3 | |
| Independent | Lee Anthony Street | 320 | 39.2 | −10.1 | |
| Conservative | Andrew John McHugh | 271 | 33.2 | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Mary Hampson | 207 | 25.3 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | George Iain Poole | 125 | 15.3 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 111 | 13.6 | +5.6 | |
| Turnout | 818 | 37.96 | |||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Hillis Holden | 597 | 32.8 | +15.7 | |
| Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 583 | 32.1 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 464 | 25.5 | −28.9 | |
| Independent | Andrea Marie Derbyshire | 175 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,819 | 68.9 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 302 | 25.6 | +0.1 | |
| Reform | Warren Goldsworthy | 298 | 25.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 244 | 20.7 | −11.4 | |
| Labour | Michael Kenneth Wilcox | 230 | 19.5 | −13.3 | |
| Green | Grace Eleanor McMeekin | 105 | 8.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,179 | 43.77 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
By-election triggered by death of William Holden, who had been elected for the Labour Party in a by-election in July 2024. Changes are shown from that by-election.