2010 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2010 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats.^[3] The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent.^[3] 16 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party defended 1 seat.^[3]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors.^[4] The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%.^[5]

Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive.^[6] The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions.^[6]

Pendle local election result 2010^[5]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	6	2	0	+2	37.5	28.0	11,415	+5.0%
Conservative	5	1	0	+1	31.3	34.1	13,881	-6.4%
Liberal Democrats	4	0	3	-3	25.0	29.3	11,922	-0.2%
BNP	1	0	0	0	6.3	8.0	3,258	+3.2%
England First	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	279	+0.7%

Ward results

Barrowford^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Eyre	1,563	55.0	−12.3
	Labour	Sue Nike	906	31.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Caley	372	13.1	+4.8
Majority			657	23.1	−19.9
Turnout			2,841	70.3	+27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Askew	1,487	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas James	665	21.5
	Labour	Gerry McCabe	647	20.9
	BNP	Jane Mulligan	300	9.7
Majority			822	26.5
Turnout			3,099	74.2	+25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	1,386	48.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tanzil Ahmed	816	28.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Tim Eyre	381	13.3	−5.5
	England First	David Geddes	279	9.7	+9.7
Majority			570	19.9	−7.1
Turnout			2,862	62.1	+22.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Arshad	1,152	42.8	−4.4
	Conservative	Abdul Hussain	759	28.2	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pervaz Afzal	403	15.0	−3.2
	BNP	Lee Karmer	379	14.1	+14.1
Majority			393	14.6	+2.0
Turnout			2,693	73.4	+23.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clover Hill^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Shore	777	32.3	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Wood	720	29.9	−2.3
	Conservative	Janice Taylor	588	24.4	−5.6
	BNP	John Rowe	323	13.4	+13.4
Majority			57	2.4	−3.1
Turnout			2,408	63.9	+20.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Coates^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Gaskell	1,280	45.4	−0.1
	Conservative	Keith Bailey	915	32.5	−11.1
	Labour	Richard Smith	337	12.0	+1.2
	BNP	Malcolm Foster	286	10.1	+10.1
Majority			365	13.0	+11.1
Turnout			2,818	68.1	+32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Whipp	1,372	47.6	+22.1
	Conservative	Jenny Purcell	1,175	40.7	+15.8
	Labour	John Pope	337	11.7	+8.4
Majority			197	6.8
Turnout			2,884	68.2	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Tennant	1,684	50.9	−18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Taylforth	687	20.8	+2.7
	Labour	Robert Oliver	488	14.7	+2.3
	BNP	James Jackman	450	13.6	+13.6
Majority			997	30.1	−21.3
Turnout			3,309	69.2	+30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Butterworth	828	34.6	−14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Davies	814	34.0	−3.2
	Labour	David Johns	435	18.2	+4.6
	BNP	Julie Fairless	314	13.1	+13.1
Majority			14	0.6	−11.4
Turnout			2,391	60.1	+25.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marsden^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Brian Parker	502	30.5	−8.6
	Labour	David Foat	474	28.8	+7.8
	Conservative	Jack Gregory	448	27.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Aaron Whitehall-Pain	220	13.4	+5.6
Majority			28	1.7	−5.2
Turnout			1,644	62.4	+21.3
	BNP hold		Swing

Reedley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline McCormick	1,492	49.2	−21.9
	Labour	Robert Allen	839	27.7	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Massey	699	23.1	+10.4
Majority			653	21.6	−33.3
Turnout			3,030	72.7	+29.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheena Dunn	908	38.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Robinson	754	31.6	+0.7
	Conservative	Paul McKenna	724	30.3	−2.3
Majority			154	6.5	+2.5
Turnout			2,386	59.8	+22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Clegg	832	34.2	−1.4
	Conservative	Joe Cooney	711	29.2	+0.7
	Labour	Anthony Hargreaves	514	21.1	+7.4
	BNP	Veronica Cullen	376	15.5	−6.6
Majority			121	5.0	−2.0
Turnout			2,433	59.6	+25.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Walverden^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Henderson	697	38.3	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	632	34.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Barbara King	489	26.9	−0.2
Majority			65	3.6	−11.6
Turnout			1,818	68.0	+16.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterside^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lord	984	44.1	+4.2
	Conservative	John Hall	487	21.8	+4.7
	Labour	Anthony Martin	430	19.3	+7.1
	BNP	Ian Robinson	328	14.7	−12.6
Majority			497	22.3	+9.7
Turnout			2,229	58.1	+25.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitefield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asjad Mahmood	1,088	57.0	+27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rashid Quadri	672	35.2	−29.8
	Conservative	Margaret Beckett	150	7.9	+2.9
Majority			416	21.8
Turnout			1,910	73.2	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Local elections 2010". guardian.co.uk. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Moseley, Tom (5 May 2010). "Pendle Borough Council election battle". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Pendle Borough Council still split". Burnley and Pendle Citizen. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Election Results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b Livesey, Jon (24 May 2010). "Pendle council coalition 'dirty deal' claim". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[change-1] "Pendle". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[local-2] "Local elections 2010". guardian.co.uk. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[battle-3] Moseley, Tom (5 May 2010). "Pendle Borough Council election battle". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[split-4] "Pendle Borough Council still split". Burnley and Pendle Citizen. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Election Results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[dirty-6] Livesey, Jon (24 May 2010). "Pendle council coalition 'dirty deal' claim". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

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