Ribble Valley council election, 2023
Most seats
15
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
36
across 23 wards
Turnout
34.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 15 | -11 | 9,647 | 41.9% | -11.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | -2 | 3,597 | 15.6% | -4.7 |
| Labour Party | 7 | +7 | 6,354 | 27.6% | +4.4 |
| Independent | 4 | +2 | 2,562 | 11.1% | +8.4 |
| Green Party | 2 | +2 | 875 | 3.8% | +3.4 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 36 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 35 | |
| Labour Party | 32 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | |
| Independent | 13 | |
| Green Party | 3 |
A party standing a full slate could field 36 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.
Billington & Langho 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony Austin Elected | 463 | 66.7% | +1.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Farmer Elected | 410 | 59.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Frank Joseph Havard | 273 | 39.3% | +13.3 |
| Independent | Brian John Robert | 242 | 34.9% | — |
| Majority | 137 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 694 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Brockhall & Dinckley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Alexis Atkinson Elected | 315 | 77.4% | -5.9 |
| Labour Party | Ian James Metcalfe | 92 | 22.6% | +5.9 |
| Majority | 223 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 407 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Chatburn
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary Kenneth Scott Elected | 268 | 65.8% | -22.6 |
| Labour Party | Craig Anthony Bryant | 88 | 21.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 51 | 12.5% | — |
| Majority | 180 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 407 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Chipping
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Hore Elected | 293 | 67.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Alan William Matthews | 139 | 32.2% | — |
| Majority | 154 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 432 | |||
Derby & Thornley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Rachael Elizabeth Ray Elected | 377 | 55.4% | +22.2 |
| Labour Party | Kieren Spencer Elected | 359 | 52.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stuart Walter Allan Carefoot | 318 | 46.8% | -21.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Rainford | 306 | 45.0% | — |
| Majority | 41 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 680 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Dilworth 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Nicholas Stubbs Elected | 417 | 59.4% | +24.5 |
| Labour Party | Lee Jameson Elected | 406 | 57.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Craig Stephen Jackson | 292 | 41.6% | -27.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lisa Anne Quinn-Jones | 288 | 41.0% | — |
| Majority | 114 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 702 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
East Whalley, Read & Simonstone 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Malcolm Charles Peplow Elected | 459 | 57.9% | — |
| Green Party | Gaye Tomasine McCrum Elected | 364 | 45.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard John Bennett | 339 | 42.7% | -45.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Alan Peat | 277 | 34.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Chloe Catherine Hinder | 81 | 10.2% | -8.6 |
| Labour Party | Joseph Anthony Kellaway | 66 | 8.3% | — |
| Majority | 25 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 793 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Edisford & Low Moor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Michael O'Rourke Elected | 417 | 58.7% | +7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan John Corney Elected | 336 | 47.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Joseph James Batty | 212 | 29.9% | +1.9 |
| Labour Party | Chantelle Louise Seddon | 176 | 24.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Timothy David Jones | 131 | 18.5% | -8.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elspeth Russell-Shuker | 105 | 14.8% | — |
| Independent | Frank Raw | 43 | 6.1% | — |
| Majority | 124 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Gisburn & Rimington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charles William Hamish McFall Elected | 203 | 64.0% | -3.5 |
| Labour Party | Sarah Jane Bryant | 69 | 21.8% | -10.7 |
| Independent | Jennifer Wilkinson | 45 | 14.2% | — |
| Majority | 134 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 317 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hurst Green & Whitewell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jan Alcock Elected | 208 | 59.8% | +2.6 |
| Labour Party | Andrew Niall MacFarlane | 140 | 40.2% | +8.5 |
| Majority | 68 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,061 | |||
| Ballots cast | 348 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Littlemoor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Patricia Hibbert Elected | 310 | 46.3% | -2.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Richard French Elected | 289 | 43.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Neilson Sharples | 199 | 29.7% | -8.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Connor Frazer William Graham | 188 | 28.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Carol Ann Makin | 163 | 24.3% | +14.0 |
| Labour Party | Sue Riley | 138 | 20.6% | — |
| Independent | Kim Haley | 52 | 7.8% | — |
| Majority | 90 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 670 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Mellor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stella Maria Brunskill Elected | 504 | 77.2% | +11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robin Eric Walsh Elected | 465 | 71.2% | — |
| Independent | John Russell Fletcher | 337 | 51.6% | — |
| Majority | 128 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 653 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Primrose 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mike Graveston Elected | 344 | 47.3% | +23.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson Elected | 307 | 42.2% | -1.6 |
| Labour Party | Mike Willcox | 296 | 40.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kerry Fletcher | 262 | 36.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Muldoon | 121 | 16.6% | -9.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bilal Haider Karim | 88 | 12.1% | — |
| Independent | Simon Rice | 36 | 5.0% | — |
| Majority | 11 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 727 | |||
Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Liberal Democrats hold
Ribchester
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Karl Peter Barnsley Elected | 276 | 53.3% | +14.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alison Mary Brown | 190 | 36.7% | -24.6 |
| Green Party | Paul Ryan Yates | 52 | 10.0% | — |
| Majority | 86 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 518 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Sabden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ricky Newmark Elected | 201 | 48.9% | -16.7 |
| Labour Party | Mark Benjamin Dawson | 179 | 43.6% | +9.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Mitchell | 31 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 22 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 411 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Salthill 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Frank Brown Elected | 388 | 58.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Louise O'Rourke Elected | 301 | 45.2% | +4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kristian Torgersen | 249 | 37.4% | -15.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Neilson Young | 167 | 25.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian David Turner | 120 | 18.0% | -1.3 |
| Labour Party | Carl Peter Nuttall | 108 | 16.2% | — |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 666 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
St Mary's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mark Fletcher Elected | 498 | 57.8% | +0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill Elected | 419 | 48.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt | 287 | 33.3% | +2.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Elizabeth Monk | 231 | 26.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Hinder | 157 | 18.2% | -1.9 |
| Labour Party | Freddie Redfern | 133 | 15.4% | — |
| Majority | 132 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 862 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Waddington, Bashall Eaves & Mitton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sophie Cowman Elected | 212 | 53.5% | +7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Buller | 125 | 31.6% | -21.9 |
| Labour Party | Catherine Ruth Lee | 59 | 14.9% | — |
| Majority | 87 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 396 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
West Bradford & Grindleton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kevin Horkin Elected | 293 | 60.8% | -10.2 |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Anna Haydock | 105 | 21.8% | +6.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsey John Blackledge | 84 | 17.4% | +4.3 |
| Majority | 188 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 482 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Whalley & Painter Wood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Andrew Hindle Elected | 336 | 45.9% | -25.3 |
| Independent | John Stephen Atherton Elected | 327 | 44.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ged Mirfin | 321 | 43.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Anthony McNamara | 280 | 38.3% | +4.0 |
| Independent | Blaire Harthern | 199 | 27.2% | — |
| Majority | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 732 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Whalley Nethertown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu Elected | 137 | 33.8% | +11.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Andrew Berryman | 127 | 31.4% | -24.5 |
| Independent | Kath Lord-Green | 125 | 30.9% | — |
| Independent | Robert Charles Edmond | 16 | 4.0% | — |
| Majority | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 405 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Wilpshire & Ramsgreave 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Bibby Elected | 472 | 56.6% | -10.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stuart Hirst Elected | 469 | 56.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Katherine Elizabeth Burn | 381 | 45.7% | +10.4 |
| Labour Party | Charles Berkeley Cathcart | 347 | 41.6% | — |
| Majority | 88 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 834 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Wiswell & Barrow 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Birtwhistle Elected | 432 | 58.9% | -3.2 |
| Independent | Lee Anthony Street Elected | 320 | 43.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy McHugh | 271 | 37.0% | +9.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jacqueline Mary Hampson | 207 | 28.2% | — |
| Labour Party | George Iain Poole | 125 | 17.1% | +7.6 |
| Labour Party | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 111 | 15.1% | — |
| Majority | 49 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 733 | |||
Independent hold