2019 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2019 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019.^[1]

Background

Before the election, the Conservative Party had a majority on the council, with 25 seats. The Labour Party had 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats had 9 seats.^[2]

17 seats were contested at the election. The 2019 election in Pendle was also part of a Voter ID pilot.^[3]

Results summary

Map showing results of the 2019 Pendle Borough Council election.

2019 Pendle Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	47.1	13	21	43.8	9,119	41.9
	Labour	4	1	23.5	12	16	33.3	7,572	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	29.4	5	10	20.8	4,122	18.9
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.1	0	0.0
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	961	4.4

Ward results

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Barrowford

Barrowford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Crossley	853	61.6
	Labour	Manzar Iqbal	294	21.2
	UKIP	Mick Waddington	237	17.1
Majority
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blacko and Higherford

Blacko and Higherford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Noel McEvoy	423	81.0
	Labour	Robert Oliver	99	19.0
Majority
Turnout				38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth

Boulsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Cockburn-Price	742	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Thomas	315	22.1
	Labour Co-op	David Foat	205	14.4
	UKIP	Craig McBeth	163	11.4
Majority
Turnout				34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradley

Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mohammad Aslam	1,196	50.9
	Labour	Nadeem Younis	1,152	49.1
Majority
Turnout				50.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brierfield

Brierfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Qamar Shazad	1,163	64.6
	Conservative	Aftab Fiaz Ahmed	637	35.4
Majority
Turnout				49.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Clover Hill

Clover Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zafar Ali	932	71.1
	Conservative	Nigel Pearson-Asher	379	28.9
Majority
Turnout				37.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Coates

Coates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Mills	777	62.3
	Conservative	Ian Lyons	269	21.6
	Labour	Euan Clouston	202	16.2
Majority
Turnout				30.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven

Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Hartley	826	63.5
	Conservative	Rebecca Lyons	301	23.1
	Labour	Omar Ahmed	174	13.4
Majority
Turnout				32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earby

Earby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Carter	612	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Haigh	540	34.3
	UKIP	Jordan Cassidy	237	15.0
	Labour	Robert Khan	186	11.8
Majority
Turnout				33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foulridge

Foulridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Waugh	386	79.4
	Labour	Robert French	100	20.6
Majority
Turnout				36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham and Pendleside

Higham and Pendleside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carlo Lionti	427	71.2
	Labour	Susan Nike	173	28.8
Majority
Turnout				42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield

Horsfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Nixon	403	41.1
	Labour	Wayne Blackburn	229	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Chamberlain	182	18.6
	UKIP	Thomas Walker	167	17.0
Majority
Turnout				26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Laund Booth

Old Laund Booth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Newman	373	56.3
	Conservative	Christopher Hartley	266	40.2
	Labour	Laura Blackburn	23	3.5
Majority
Turnout				55.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reedley

Reedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Hanif	1,517	63.1
	Conservative	Pauline McCormick	887	36.9
Majority
Turnout				55.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southfield

Southfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Tennant	728	51.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Adnan	580	41.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham	108	7.6
Majority
Turnout				36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Clegg	535	45.6
	Conservative	Joe Cooney	438	37.4
	Labour	Patricia Hannah-Wood	199	17.0
Majority
Turnout				28.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterside

Waterside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Mann	466	40.9
	Conservative	Ash Sutcliffe	320	28.1
	Labour	Anthony Harmson	196	17.2
	UKIP	Donna Eastham	157	13.8
Majority
Turnout				30.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Elections", Pendle Borough Council, archived 8 April 2019.
^ "Councillors, MPs, and MEPs", Pendle Borough Council, archived 15 July 2018.
^ "Borough Elections 2 May 2019", Pendle Borough Council, archived 8 April 2019.
^ "2019 - Borough election 2 May". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.

[1] "Elections", Pendle Borough Council, archived 8 April 2019.

[2] "Councillors, MPs, and MEPs", Pendle Borough Council, archived 15 July 2018.

[3] "Borough Elections 2 May 2019", Pendle Borough Council, archived 8 April 2019.

[4] "2019 - Borough election 2 May". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.

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