Pendle Borough Council elections

Summary

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 results of the 2023 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, and the Liberal Democrats in yellow

Council elections edit

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats British National Party Independent Notes
1973
1976 New ward boundaries.[2]
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1986
1987 Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[3]
1988[4] 5 19 27 0 0
1990[5] 5 22 23 0 1
1991[6] 5 26 20 0 0
1992[7] 7 27 17 0 0
1994[8] 7 23 21 0 0
1995[9] 5 20 26 0 0
1996[10] 3 19 29 0 0
1998[11] 3 18 29 0 1
1999[12] 7 20 23 0 1
2000[13] 9 24 18 0 0
2002[14] 11 19 19 0 0 New ward boundaries.[15][14]
2003[16] 11 15 23 0 0
2004[17] 11 8 30 0 0
2006[18] 13 5 30 1 0
2007[19] 14 6 27 1 0
2008[20] 16 10 20 2 1
2010[21] 17 13 16 2 1
2011[22] 18 16 12 2 1
2012[23] 18 18 12 1 0
2014[24][25] 19 18 11 1 0
2015 1 0
2016[26] 21 17 10 1 0
2018[27] 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
2023 14 11 7 0 1[a]
  1. ^ Elected as Labour.

Borough result maps edit

By-election results edit

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[28] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning 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
Barrowford and Pendleside by-election 15 December 2022 Conservative Conservative

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2020", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2020/215, retrieved 24 August 2022
  2. ^ The District of Pendle (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  3. ^ The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  4. ^ "The gains and losses: Council election results in full". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1988.
  5. ^ "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
  6. ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  7. ^ "UK Council Elections: Election Results". Financial Times. 8 May 1992. p. 11.
  8. ^ "Local Elections: Full results of the voting in local authority polls". The Independent. 7 May 1994.
  9. ^ "The complete list of local council election results". The Independent. 6 May 1995.
  10. ^ "Election Results Round-Up - Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 1996. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Local government election results". The Independent. 8 May 1998.
  12. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  15. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Pendle council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Local elections: Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  19. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Vote 2011". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  25. ^ "Tories urged to act in 'racist joke' row at Pendle Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  26. ^ "Election results - Borough Council".
  27. ^ [1] Election Results 2018 - theguardian.com
  28. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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