Pendle council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 16 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
16
across 16 wards
Turnout
41.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 +2 10,394 42.2% +9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 -3 10,319 41.9% +0.5
Liberal Democrats 3 -1 3,723 15.1% -5.1
Green Party 0 +0 209 0.8% -0.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party 16
Labour Party 16
Liberal Democrats 8
Green Party 3

A party standing a full slate could field 16 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Barrowford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Christian Wakeford Elected 1,103 74.6% +15.1
Labour Party Manzar Iqbal 376 25.4% -9.5
Majority727
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,479

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Boulsworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Foxley Elected 938 60.3% +0.3
Labour Party Mark Anthony Attwood 311 20.0% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Heather Ann Greaves 306 19.7% -2.7
Majority627
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,555

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Iqbal Elected 1,304 52.1% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Aslam 1,197 47.9% +6.3
Majority107
Turnout55.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,501

Labour Party hold

Brierfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Arshad Elected 1,201 69.9% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Brown 516 30.1% -0.9
Majority685
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,717

Labour Party hold

Clover Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathleen Eleanor Shore Elected 854 73.4% +7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle Emma Pearson-Asher 309 26.6% -7.2
Majority545
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,163

Labour Party hold

Coates

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tom Whipp Elected 755 46.1% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian James Lyons 559 34.1% -5.1
Labour Party Heather Mary Sheldrick 278 17.0% +12.0
Green Party Jane Veronica Bailes Wood 45 2.7% -4.1
Majority196
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,637

Liberal Democrats hold

Craven

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Michael Baxter Whipp Elected 1,020 64.9% +18.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Purcell 410 26.1% -22.1
Labour Party Omar Ahmed 141 9.0% -5.8
Majority610
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,571

Liberal Democrats hold

Earby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Goulthorp Elected 935 53.2% +1.1
Liberal Democrats Doris June Haigh 369 21.0% -9.9
Labour Party Yvonne Tennant 337 19.2% +2.1
Green Party Charlotte Lisa Carman 117 6.7% —
Majority566
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,758

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horsfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Butterworth Elected 583 51.8% +3.5
Labour and Co-operative Party David Kenneth Foat 392 34.8% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Elizabeth Thomas 151 13.4% -7.1
Majority191
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,126

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Marsden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Niel McGowan Elected 588 59.0% +19.6
Labour Party Laura Michelle Blackburn 409 41.0% +16.7
Majority179
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast997

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Reedley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Yasser Iqbal Elected 1,511 64.4% +24.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Eric Spedding 711 30.3% -15.1
Liberal Democrats James Wood 124 5.3% -0.7
Majority800
Turnout54.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,346

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Southfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammad Ammer Elected 844 69.2% +14.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Pearson-Asher 375 30.8% -14.2
Majority469
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,219

Labour Party hold

Vivary Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Victoria Fletcher Elected 529 41.3% +4.5
Liberal Democrats David Clegg 488 38.1% +4.6
Labour Party Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood 264 20.6% -9.0
Majority41
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,281

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Walverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie May Patricia Henderson Elected 809 78.7% +11.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Raja Yasser Rauf 219 21.3% -11.6
Majority590
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,028

Labour Party hold

Waterside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Elizabeth Lord Elected 510 40.1% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ash Sutcliffe 454 35.7% +2.3
Labour Party Tony Harmson 260 20.5% -4.6
Green Party David Richard John Penney 47 3.7% -1.8
Majority56
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,271

Liberal Democrats hold

Whitefield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Asjad Mahmood Elected 1,103 55.3% +39.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Matloob Ahmed 893 44.7% +41.8
Majority210
Turnout71.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,996

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

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