2024 Pendle Borough Council election

2024 English local election

2024 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  | Third party

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Leader  | Nadeem Ahmed  |  | David Whipp
Party  | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats
Last election  | 14 seats, 40.2%  | 1 seat, 0%  | 7 seats, 15.9%
Seats before  | 13  | 12  | 7
Seats won  | 4  | 5  | 3
Seats after  | 13 | 12  | 8
Seat change  | 1  | 7  | 1
Popular vote  | 7,703 | 7,448  | 3,356
Percentage  | 34.5%  | 33.4%  | 15.0%
Swing  | 5.7%  | 33.4%  | 0.9%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour | Green
Last election  | 11 seats, 39.7%  | 0 seats, 0%
Seats before  | 0  | 0
Seats won  | 0  | 0
Seats after  | 0  | 0
Seat change  | 11  |
Popular vote  | 3,285  | 508
Percentage  | 14.7%  | 2.2%
Swing  | 25.0%  | 1.8%

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| Leader before election

Asjad Mahmood
Independent
No overall control

| Leader after election

Asjad Mahmood
Independent
No overall control

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The 2024 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, on the same day as other local elections in England.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. It had been governed by a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats until the entire Labour caucus left the party in April 2024.[1]

Labour lost all their seats they were defending to Independents.[2] Following the election the Independent Group (being the former Labour councillors) and the Liberal Democrats continued to run the council.[3]

## Results by ward

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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.[4]

### Barnoldswick

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Barnoldswick  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Tom Whipp*  | 1,009  | 58.3  | +7.5
| Conservative | Carol Ann Goulthorp  | 377  | 21.8  | −9.4
| Labour | Euan Coulston  | 260  | 15.0  | −0.3
| Green | Sylvia Joyce Godfrey  | 84  | 4.9  | N/A
Majority  | 632  | 36.5  |
Turnout | 1,730  | 26.4  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Barnoldswick in 2021.

### Barrowford and Pendleside

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Barrowford and Pendleside  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed*  | 1,099  | 51.4  | −14.0
| Labour | Susan Frances Nike  | 888  | 41.5  | +17.4
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Alfred Berry  | 153  | 7.1  | +0.1
Majority  | 211  | 211  |
Turnout | 2,140  | 36.2  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Barrowford and Pendleside in 2022.

### Boulsworth and Foulridge

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Boulsworth and Foulridge  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Sarah Elizabeth Cockburn-Price*  | 1,254  | 63.0  | −0.4
| Labour | Wayne Blackburn  | 457  | 22.9  | +7.5
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Hargreaves  | 158  | 7.9  | −17.7
| Green | Lyndsey Taylor  | 123  | 6.2  | N/A
Majority  | 797  | 40.1  |
Turnout | 1,992  | 31.6  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Boulsworth and Foulridge in 2021.

### Bradley

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Bradley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| No Label | Mohammed Iqbal*  | 1665  | 55.2  | +4.9
| Conservative | Hassan Mahmood  | 1351  | 44.8  | +3.3
Majority  | 314  | 10.4  |
Turnout | 3,016  | 48.3  |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Labour Councillor for Bradley in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Brierfield East and Clover Hill

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Brierfield East and Clover Hill  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Naeem Hussain Ashraf*  | 1789  | 75.3  | +20.6
| Conservative | Adam Jake Brierley  | 586  | 24.7  | −14.1
Majority  | 1203  | 50.6  |
Turnout | 2375  | 38.1  |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Labour Councillor for Brierfield East and Clover Hill in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Brierfield West and Reedley

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Brierfield West and Reedley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| No Label | Mohammed Hanif*  | 1365  | 62.0  | -4.2
| Conservative | Pauline Anne McCormick  | 362  | 16.4  | −12.5
| No Label | Sajjad Akbar  | 300  | 13.6  | −8.2
| Labour | Isaac Shafi Iqbal  | 176  | 8.0  | −58.2
Majority  | 1003  | 45.6  |
Turnout | 2203  | 48.2  |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Labour Councillor for Brierfield West and Reedley in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Earby and Coates

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Earby and Coates  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | David Hartley  | 892  | 44.8  | +13.4
| Conservative | Richard Rutherford  | 637  | 32.0  | −16.0
| Labour | David Philip Johns  | 353  | 17.7  | +3.3
| Green | Jane Veronica Bailes Wood  | 111  | 5.6  | N/A
Majority  | 255  | 12.8  |
Turnout | 1993  | 31.1  |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |  |

### Fence and Higham

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Fence and Higham  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Brian Newman*  | 442  | 53.9  | +2.4
| Conservative | Howard Hartley  | 378  | 46.1  | −2.4
Majority  | 64  | 7.8  |
Turnout | 820  | 41.7  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Fence and Higham in 2021..

### Marsden and Southfield

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Marsden and Southfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| No Label | Mohammad Adnan*  | 962  | 45.8  | -5.9
| Independent  | Neil McGowan†  | 441  | 21.0  | −17.7
| Conservative | Marie Stone  | 376  | 17.9  | −33.8
| Labour | Elliot Christian Gribble  | 261  | 12.4  | −24.0
| No Label | Azim Akhtar Khan  | 44  | 2.1  | N/A
| No Label | Craig Ian McBeth  | 16  | 0.8  | N/A
Majority  | 521  | 24.8  |
Turnout | 2100  | 35.0  |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Marsden and Southfield in 2021, defected to Labour, and then the Independent Group.
† Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Marsden and Southfield in 2021, stood down in 2023.

### Vivary Bridge

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Vivary Bridge  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard O’Connor  | 458  | 38.9  | −9.7
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Bell  | 370  | 31.4  | −1.2
| Labour | Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood  | 269  | 22.8  | +4.8
| Green | Benjamin Harrop  | 81  | 6.9  | N/A
Majority  | 88  | 7.5  |
Turnout | 1,178  | 21.9  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Waterside and Horsfield

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Waterside and Horsfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Ash Sutcliffe*  | 581  | 40.2  | −6.0
| Labour | Graham Roach  | 424  | 29.3  | +11.2
| Liberal Democrats | Craig Anthony Edwards  | 332  | 23.0  | −14.5
| Green | David Richard John Penney  | 109  | 7.5  | N/A
Majority  | 157  | 10.9  |
Turnout | 1,446  | 25.7  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Waterside and Horsfield in 2021.

### Whitefield and Walverden

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Whitefield and Walverden  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| No Label | Asjad Mahmood*  | 1,307  | 64.8  | +2.3
| Labour | Manzar Iqbal  | 466  | 23.1  | −39.4
| Conservative | Mohamad Irfan Ayub  | 244  | 12.1  | −13.2
Majority  | 841  | 10.4  |
Turnout | 2,017  | 41.7  |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing |  |

* Elected as a Labour Councillor for Whitefield and Walverden in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

## References

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1. ^ "Labour and Lib Dems to run 'hung' Pendle Council". BBC News. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
2. ^ "Is Labour's stance on Gaza behind the party's failure to win any council seats in Pendle?". Channel 4 News. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
3. ^ Macdonald, Robert (22 May 2024). "Pendle appoints new mayor and political leaders after elections and mass Labour resignation". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. ^ "Election results - 2024 - Borough Election 2 May". www.pendle.gov.uk. 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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