Pendle Borough Council elections

One third of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 49 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1] Pendle is a non-metropolitan district forming a lower-tier of local government under Lancashire County Council.

Map showing the composition of the 2019 Pendle Borough Council. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, and the Liberal Democrats in yellow

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973–1976
Conservative1976–1979
No overall control1979–1987
Liberal Democrats1987–1990
No overall control1990–1991
Labour1991–1994
No overall control1994–1995
Liberal Democrats1995–1999
No overall control1999–2004
Liberal Democrats2004–2008
No overall control2008–2018
Conservative2018-2019
Labour and Liberal Democrats2019–Present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election reducing the number of seats by 2, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[4]

  • 1973 Pendle District Council election
  • 1976 Pendle Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]
  • 1979 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1980 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1982 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1983 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1984 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1986 Pendle Borough Council election
  • 1987 Pendle Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats British National Party Independent Notes
1988[7] 5 19 27 0 0
1990[8] 5 22 23 0 1
1991[9] 5 26 20 0 0
1992[10] 7 27 17 0 0
1994[11] 7 23 21 0 0
1995[12] 5 20 26 0 0
1996[13] 3 19 29 0 0
1998[14] 3 18 29 0 1
1999[15] 7 20 23 0 1
2000[16] 9 24 18 0 0
2002[4] 11 19 19 0 0 New ward boundaries[17]
2003[18] 11 15 23 0 0
2004[19] 11 8 30 0 0
2006[20] 13 5 30 1 0
2007[21] 14 6 27 1 0
2008[22] 16 10 20 2 1
2010[23] 17 13 16 2 1
2011[24] 18 16 12 2 1
2012[25] 18 18 12 1 0
2014[2] 19 18 11 1 0
2015 1 0
2016[26] 21 17 10 1 0
2018[27] 24 15 9 0 0
2019 23 16 10 0 0

Borough result maps
  • 2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map

By-election results

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-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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

References
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  5. The District of Pendle (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  6. The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
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  14. "Local government election results". The Independent. 8 May 1998.
  15. "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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  17. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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  25. "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  26. http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/20084/elections/210/election_results_-_borough_council. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  27. 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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