Local elections were held for South Ribble Borough Council on 4 May 2023.[2] These took place on the same day as the wider local elections across England.
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All 50 seats on South Ribble Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Every multi-member ward was up for election.
Pre-election composition
editParty | Seats | |
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Conservatives | 21 | |
Labour | 24 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 |
Although the Conservatives won the most seats and votes at the election in 2019, Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition to govern the council, led by Labour councillor Paul Foster. In addition, since the 2019 election, two Conservatives had crossed the floor to Labour, making it the largest party in the run up to the 2023 elections.[3]
The election saw Labour take a majority of the seats on the council, giving it overall control.[4][5]
Results
edit2023 South Ribble Borough Council election[6] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 29 | 7 | 58.0 | 0 | 29 | 58.0 | 24,784 | 42.6 | 8.1 | |
Conservative | 16 | 7 | 31.0 | 0 | 16 | 31.0 | 21,465 | 36.9 | 8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 10.0 | 11,058 | 19.0 | 2.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 605 | 1.04 | NEW | ||
Alliance for Democracy & Freedom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 0.40 | NEW |
No candidates from the UK Independence Party stood in this election, unlike previous years.
Ward Results
editBamber Bridge East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Hunter | 618 | 72.5 | +19.5 | |
Labour | Emma Stevens | 486 | 57.0 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Lesley Thurlbourn | 189 | 22.2 | −11.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Thurlbourn | 173 | 20.3 | −9.8 | |
Green | Rachel Knowles | 131 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 853 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bamber Bridge West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Foster | 490 | 67.5 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Caleb Tomlinson | 442 | 60.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Watson | 248 | 34.2 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Susan Marsh | 221 | 30.4 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 726 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Broadfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Matthew Tomlinson | 624 | 77.7 | +2.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Kath Unsworth | 581 | 72.4 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Tinsley | 147 | 18.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Hamman | 140 | 17.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Young | 72 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 803 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Broad Oak
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Harold Hancock | 951 | 70.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ange Turner | 948 | 70.1 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Andy Rae | 251 | 18.6 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Simon Casey | 250 | 18.5 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Anne Mather | 188 | 13.9 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 1,353 | 39.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Buckshaw & Worden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pete Pillinger | 682 | 49.6 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Wes Roberts | 620 | 45.1 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Ashton | 612 | 44.5 | −19.5 | |
Conservative | Susan Snape | 555 | 40.3 | −21.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen McHugh | 159 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,376 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Charnock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Deborah Ashton | 556 | 57.6 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Ian Watkinson | 523 | 54.1 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Joan Burrows | 344 | 35.6 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | George Ashcroft | 339 | 35.1 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Bennett | 63 | 6.5 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Bennett | 49 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 966 | 34.5 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mathew Forshaw | 580 | 46.5 | −5.1 | |
Labour | James Gleeson | 571 | 45.8 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Gareth Watson | 512 | 41.0 | −8.3 | |
Labour | Geoff Key | 462 | 37.0 | +7.6 | |
Alliance for Democracy & Freedom | Carly Davis | 125 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Valentine | 120 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,248 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Earnshaw Bridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lou Jackson | 549 | 53.1 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Colin Sharples | 546 | 52.9 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Aspinall | 334 | 32.3 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Mick Lennon | 314 | 30.4 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair Thomas | 94 | 9.1 | −2.5 | |
Alliance for Democracy & Freedom | Joan Wright | 62 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,033 | 29.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Farington East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Wharton-Hardman[a] | 608 | 64.2 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Jacky Alty | 549 | 58.0 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Basil Howard | 287 | 30.3 | −21.8 | |
Conservative | James Collier | 254 | 26.8 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Hesketh | 91 | 9.6 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 947 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Farington West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Walton | 491 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | George Rear | 433 | 44.5 | ||
Labour | Angie Williams | 411 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | Chris Wharton-Hardman | 407 | 41.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Swindells | 146 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 974 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hoole
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Rainsbury | 566 | 51.6 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Connor Watson | 466 | 42.5 | −20.1 | |
Labour | David Suthers | 404 | 36.8 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Mike Webster | 389 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Smith | 168 | 15.3 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Crewe | 97 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,097 | 32.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Howick & Priory
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Howarth | 1,627 | 74.9 | +14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Lillis | 1,436 | 66.1 | +15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Shaw | 1,390 | 64.0 | +17.9 | |
Labour | David Bennett | 480 | 22.1 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Suzanne Buttery | 319 | 14.7 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Linda Woollard | 303 | 14.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Alistair Woollard | 287 | 13.2 | −7.6 | |
Green | Heike McMurray | 200 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,172 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Leyland Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aniela Bylinski-Gelder | 666 | 64.7 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Haydn Williams | 662 | 64.3 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Newsome | 262 | 25.4 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Watson | 211 | 20.5 | −16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Crewe | 130 | 12.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,030 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Longton & Hutton West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Buttery | 965 | 59.8 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Colin Coulton | 934 | 57.8 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Will King | 892 | 55.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Adam Godwin | 422 | 26.1 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Carter | 371 | 23.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Monks | 302 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maloney | 266 | 16.5 | +0.7 | |
Green | Emma Winterleigh | 261 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,615 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lostock Hall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lesley Pritchard | 930 | 56.7 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Peter Gabbott | 886 | 54.0 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Elaine Stringfellow | 828 | 50.5 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Stephen Bridge | 661 | 40.3 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | David Moore | 577 | 35.2 | −9.9 | |
Conservative | Tony Green | 564 | 34.4 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Basquill | 97 | 5.9 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hubberstey | 82 | 5.0 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Cassell | 72 | 4.4 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 1,640 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Middleforth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Will Adams | 957 | 57.3 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Keith Martin | 940 | 56.3 | +7.0 | |
Labour | James Flannery | 913 | 54.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Frances Walker | 418 | 25.0 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | David Micallef | 401 | 24.0 | −14.2 | |
Conservative | Moses Nutekpor | 360 | 21.5 | −16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clare Burton-Johnson | 271 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Marion Hancock | 259 | 15.5 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Burton-Johnson | 235 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,671 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Green | 595 | 50.1 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Green | 590 | 49.7 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Sophie Wilding | 554 | 46.6 | +20.1 | |
Labour | Mal Donoghue | 518 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,188 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Longton & Hutton East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Smith | 753 | 53.0 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | Phil Smith | 729 | 51.3 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Moore | 666 | 46.8 | +29.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Young | 618 | 43.5 | +29.4 | |
Majority | 1,422 | 38.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Samlesbury & Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Mullineaux | 606 | 57.4 | ||
Conservative | Anjisu Gleave | 596 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | Elaine Hughes | 346 | 32.8 | ||
Labour | Stephen Bennett | 344 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Mortimer | 106 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 1,055 | 32.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Seven Stars
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Bell | 627 | 66.9 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Matthew Farnworth | 604 | 64.5 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Josh Seed | 257 | 27.4 | −12.2 | |
Conservative | Daniel Southern | 244 | 26.0 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Howarth | 69 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 937 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Ambrose
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicky Peet | 692 | 68.2 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Jo Hindle-Taylor | 671 | 66.1 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | David Hambley | 222 | 21.9 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | David Caunce | 218 | 21.5 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thomson | 102 | 10.0 | −7.8 | |
Alliance for Democracy & Freedom | Michael Gibbons | 46 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,015 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walton-le-Dale East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Lomax | 708 | 63.4 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Hilary Bedford | 698 | 62.5 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Carol Chisholm | 391 | 35.0 | −15.2 | |
Conservative | Samuel Mason | 302 | 27.1 | −20.2 | |
Majority | 1,116 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Walton-le-Dale West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Damian Bretherton | 617 | 50.2 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Matt Campbell | 548 | 44.6 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Richard Burton | 426 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Alex Watson | 394 | 32.1 | +2.6 | |
Green | Charles Parkinson | 116 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Sue Broady | 97 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,229 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Changes 2023–2027
edit- Matthew Forshaw, elected as a Conservative, left the party in February 2024 to sit as an independent.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ was elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party and sat as an independent before later joining Labour
References
edit- ^ "Your councillors by party". South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Current Elections". South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Who Governs South Ribble Council?". lep.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour narrowly fail to take control of Burnley". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Faulkner, Paul (5 May 2023). "South Ribble local election results: Labour take full control for first time in over 20 years". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Borough, Town and Parish Elections Results - 2023". South Ribble Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (16 February 2024). "Will you ever win?". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 11 July 2024.