The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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Results
editThe council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election.[1] Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control.[2] Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.[3][4]
Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||
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Of Total | Of Total | ||||||
Conservative Party | 18 | 45.0% | 18 / 40
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9,647 | 41.9% | ||
Labour Party | 7 | 17.5% | 7 / 40
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6,354 | 27.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 20.0% | 8 / 40
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3,597 | 15.6% | ||
Independent | 5 | 12.5% | 5 / 40
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2,526 | 11.0% | ||
Green Party | 2 | 5.0% | 2 / 40
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875 | 3.8% |
Ward Results
editIncumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.
Alston and Hothershall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Lee Brocklehurst | Unopposed | |||
Independent | James Rogerson* (Jim Rogerson) |
Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
Billington and Langho
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Michael Austin* (Tony Austin) |
463 | 57.2 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Steven Farmer* (Steve Farmer) |
410 | 50.7 | −12.4 | |
Labour | Frank Joseph Havard | 273 | 33.7 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Brian John Robert | 242 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 811 | 31.04 | −1.50 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bowland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosemary Joan Elms* | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Brockhall and Dinckley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Alexis Atkinson* | 315 | 77.4 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Ian James Metcalfe | 92 | 22.6 | +5.9 | |
Turnout | 407 | 31.71 | +1.25 | ||
Conservative hold |
Chatburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Kenneth Scott* | 268 | 65.8 | −22.7 | |
Labour | Craig Anthony Bryant | 88 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 51 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 407 | 36.44 | −1.86 | ||
Conservative hold |
Chipping
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Hore* | 293 | 67.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan Williams Matthews | 139 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 432 | 37.28 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold |
Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Edge* | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Derby and Thornley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rachael Elizabeth Ray | 377 | 52.5 | +20.9 | |
Labour | Kieren Spencer | 359 | 50.0 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Stuart Walter Alan Carefoot* | 318 | 44.3 | −20.2 | |
Conservative | Sarah Rainford* | 306 | 42.6 | −20.5 | |
Turnout | 718 | 28.72 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Dilworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Kenneth Stubbs | 417 | 55.9 | +23.3 | |
Labour | Lee Cedric Jameson | 406 | 54.4 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Craig Stephen Jackson | 292 | 39.1 | −25.8 | |
Conservative | Lisa Ann Quinn-Jones | 288 | 38.6 | −18.9 | |
Turnout | 752 | 33.24 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
East Whalley, Read and Simonstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Malcolm Charles Peplow | 459 | 53.6 | N/A | |
Green | Gaye Tomasine McCrum | 364 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard John Bennett* | 339 | 39.6 | −41.9 | |
Conservative | David Alan Peat* | 277 | 32.3 | −38.9 | |
Labour | Chloe Catherine Hinder | 81 | 9.5 | −7.7 | |
Labour | Joseph Anthony Kellaway | 66 | 7.7 | −6.7 | |
Turnout | 866 | 39.44 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Edisford and Low Moor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Michael O'Rourke* | 417 | 50.9 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ryan John Corney | 336 | 41.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Joseph James Batty | 212 | 25.9 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Chantelle Louise Seddon | 176 | 21.5 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Timothy David Jones | 131 | 16.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Elspeth Russell-Shuker | 105 | 12.8 | −8.9 | |
Independent | Francis Raw | 43 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 820 | 29.96 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Gisburn and Rimington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles William Hamish McFall | 203 | 64.0 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Sarah Jane Bryan | 69 | 21.8 | −10.7 | |
Independent | Jennifer Maynard | 45 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 317 | 27.45 | |||
Conservative hold |
Hurst Green and Whitewell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Alcock* | 208 | 59.8 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Niall MacFarlane | 140 | 40.2 | +8.4 | |
Turnout | 348 | 33.43 | |||
Conservative hold |
Littlemoor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Patricia Hibbert* | 310 | 42.8 | −15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Richard French* | 289 | 39.9 | −10.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Neilson Sharples | 199 | 27.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Connor Frazer William Graham | 188 | 25.9 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Carol Ann Makin | 163 | 22.5 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Riley | 138 | 19.0 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Kim Haley | 52 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 726 | 27.45 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Mellor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stella Maria Brunskill* | 504 | 59.0 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Robin Eric Walsh* | 465 | 54.4 | −0.2 | |
Independent | John Russell Fletcher | 337 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 875 | 38.56 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Primrose
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael St John Graveston | 344 | 43.6 | +20.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson* | 307 | 38.9 | −19.0 | |
Labour | Michael Kenneth Willcox | 296 | 37.5 | +16.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher* | 262 | 33.2 | −22.6 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Tyrer Muldoon | 121 | 15.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Bilal Haider Karim | 88 | 11.2 | −2.4 | |
Independent | Simon Rice | 36 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 797 | 30.71 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Ribchester
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karl Peter Barnsley | 276 | 53.3 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Alison Mary Brown* | 190 | 36.7 | −24.6 | |
Green | Paul Ryan Yates | 52 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 518 | 43.25 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Sabden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Richard Newmark* (Richard Newmark) |
201 | 48.9 | −16.7 | |
Labour | Mark Benjamin Dawson | 179 | 43.6 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven John Mitchell | 31 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 411 | 33.91 | |||
Conservative hold |
Salthill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Frank Brown* | 388 | 47.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna Louise O'Rourke* | 301 | 36.6 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 249 | 30.3 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Neilson Young | 167 | 20.3 | −9.2 | |
Labour | Ian David Turner | 120 | 14.6 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Carl Peter Nuttall | 108 | 13.1 | −2.3 | |
Turnout | 826 | 31.61 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
St Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mark Fletcher* | 498 | 54.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill* | 419 | 45.7 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt | 287 | 31.3 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Sue Elizabeth Monk | 231 | 25.2 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Jonathan James Hinder | 157 | 17.1 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Frederick Jeevan Redfern | 133 | 14.5 | −3.1 | |
Turnout | 921 | 36.94 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sophie Cowman | 212 | 53.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Buller* (Bob Buller) |
125 | 31.6 | −21.8 | |
Labour | Catherine Ruth Lee | 59 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 396 | 32.98 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
West Bradford and Grindleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Thomas Horkin* | 293 | 60.8 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Rebecca Anna Haydock | 105 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Lindsey John Blackledge | 84 | 17.4 | −14.3 | |
Turnout | 482 | 36.10 | |||
Conservative hold |
Whalley and Painter Wood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Andrew Hindle* | 336 | 40.1 | −25.3 | |
Independent | John Stephen Atherton | 327 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gerald Xavier Mirfin* (Ged Mirfin) |
321 | 38.4 | −22.0 | |
Labour | Anthony McNamara | 280 | 33.5 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Blaire Harthern | 199 | 23.8 | −2.6 | |
Turnout | 840 | 37.35 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Whalley Nethertown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu | 137 | 33.8 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | David Andrew Berryman* | 127 | 31.4 | −24.5 | |
Independent | Katherine Lord-Green | 125 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert Charles Edmond | 16 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 405 | 35.26 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Wilpshire and Ramsgreave
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Mary Bibby* | 472 | 52.6 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Stuart Alan Hirst* | 469 | 52.2 | −9.5 | |
Labour | Katherine Elizabeth Burn | 381 | 42.4 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Charles Berkeley Cathcart | 347 | 38.6 | +8.1 | |
Turnout | 906 | 34.42 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Wiswell and Barrow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Birtwhistle* | 432 | 52.9 | −2.3 | |
Independent | Lee Anthony Street | 320 | 39.2 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew John McHugh | 271 | 33.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Mary Hampson | 207 | 25.3 | +2.0 | |
Labour | George Iain Poole | 125 | 15.3 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 111 | 13.6 | +5.6 | |
Turnout | 818 | 37.96 | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Changes 2023–2027
edit- Derek Brocklehust, who was elected as a Conservative, joined Labour in October 2023.[7]
- Stewart Fletcher, Mark French and Ryan Corney, all elected as Liberal Democrats, left the party in November 2023, becoming independents but sitting together as the 'Progressive Liberal' group.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hillis Holden | 597 | |||
Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 583 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 464 | |||
Independent | Andrea Marie Derbyshire | 175 | |||
Turnout | 68.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jacobs, Bill (24 April 2023). "Ribble Valley Tory stronghold sees Labour and Lib Dems seeking gains". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Coyle, Simon (2023-05-05). "Election results from Ribble Valley local council election 2023 count". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (11 May 2023). "Battered Ribble Valley Tories seek to keep power as a minority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Borough Elections 2023 - Results". www.ribblevalley.gov.uk. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Ribble Valley result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (13 October 2023). "Cheltenham still enraged by bureaucracy". Local Councils. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Macdonald, Robert (30 November 2023). "Leading Ribble Valley Liberal Democrats quit form new group for 'progressive alliance' with Labour and Green Party". Lancs Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "St Mary's Ward By-Election Results - 4 July 2024". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Whitbread, Douglas; Macdonald, Robert (8 May 2024). "Fresh Ribble Valley by-election as councillor ups sticks and moves to Scottish island". Lancs Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.