2018 Pendle Borough Council election

Main article: Pendle Borough Council elections

The 2018 Pendle Borough Council Election took place on 3 May 2018.

Background

Before the election, the Conservatives have 23 councillors, with Labour on 15 and the Liberal Democrats on 9. There is currently no overall control on Pendle Borough Council. 16 seats are up for election.

The last BNP Councillor in the UK, Brian Parker (Marsden Ward Councillor), is retiring at the election, and has supported the Labour candidate in his constituency.

Election Result

Pendle Local Election Result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24			+3	49
	Labour	17			-2	35
	Liberal Democrats	9			-1	18
	Green	0	0	0	0	0

Ward Results

Barrowford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Wakeford	1,103	74.6
	Labour	Manzar Iqbal	376	25.4
Majority			727	49.2
Turnout			1,492	38.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul John Foxley	938	60.3
	Labour	Mark Anthony Attwood	311	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Ann Greeves	306	19.7
Majority			627	40.3
Turnout			1,558	37.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	1,304	52.1
	Conservative	Mohammad Aslam	1,197	47.9
Majority			107	4.2
Turnout			2,518	55.16
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Arshad	1,201	69.9
	Conservative	David Michael Brown	516	30.1
Majority			685	39.8
Turnout			1,731	47.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Clover Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Eleanor Shore	854	73.4
	Conservative	Michelle Emma Pearson-Asher	309	26.6
Majority			545	46.8
Turnout			1,179	32.69
	Labour hold		Swing

Coates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Whipp	755	46.1
	Conservative	Ian James Lyons	559	34.1
	Labour	Heather Mary Sheldrick	278	17.0
	Green	Jane Veronica Bailes Wood	45	2.7
Majority			196	12.0
Turnout			1,640	39.47
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Craven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Michael Baxter Whipp	1,020	64.9
	Conservative	Harry Purcell	410	26.1
	Labour	Ahmed Omar	141	9.0
Majority			610	38.8
Turnout			1,575	37.83
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Goulthorp	935	53.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dorris June Haigh	369	21.0
	Labour	Yvonne Marion Tennant	337	19.2
	Green	Charlotte Lisa Carmen	117	6.7
Majority			566	32.2
Turnout			1,763	37.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Butterworth	583	51.8
	Labour Co-op	David Kenneth Foat	392	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Elizabeth Thomas	151	13.4
Majority			191	17.0
Turnout			1,133	30.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marsden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil McGowan	588	59.0
	Labour	Laura Michelle Blackburn	409	41.0
Majority			179	18.0
Turnout			1,003	38.88
	Conservative gain from BNP		Swing

Reedley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasser Iqbal	1,511	64.4
	Conservative	Ben Eric Spedding	711	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Wood	124	5.3
Majority			800	34.1
Turnout			2,351	54.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Southfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Ammer	844	69.2
	Conservative	Nigel Pearson-Asher	375	30.8
Majority			469	38.4
Turnout			1,225	31.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Ann Fletcher	529	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Clegg	488	38.1
	Labour	Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood	264	20.6
Majority			41	3.2
Turnout			1,287	30.63
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Walverden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie May Patricia Henderson	809	78.7
	Conservative	Raja Yasser Rauf	219	21.3
Majority			590	57.4
Turnout			1,032	39.24
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Elizabeth Lord	510	40.1
	Conservative	Ash Sutcliffe	454	35.7
	Labour	Tony Harmson	260	20.5
	Green	David Richard John Penney	47	3.7
Majority			56	4.4
Turnout			1,275	34.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asjad Mahmood	1,103	55.3
	Conservative	Matloob Ahmend	893	44.7
Majority			210	10.6
Turnout			2,004	70.61
	Labour hold		Swing