Pendle Council election, 2010

The 2010 Pendle Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Contents

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats.[3] The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent.[3] 16 were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party 1 seat.[3]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors.[4] The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%.[5]

Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive.[6] The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions.[6]

Pendle local election result 2010[5][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 6 2 0 +2 37.5 28.0 11,415 +5.0%
  Conservative 5 1 0 +1 31.3 34.1 13,881 -6.4%
  Liberal Democrat 4 0 3 -3 25.0 29.3 11,922 -0.2%
  BNP 1 0 0 0 6.3 8.0 3,258 +3.2%
  England First 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 279 +0.7%

Ward results

Barrowford[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Eyre 1,563 55.0 -12.3
Labour Sue Nike 906 31.9 +7.5
Liberal Democrat Donna Caley 372 13.1 +4.8
Majority 657 23.1 -19.9
Turnout 2,841 70.3 +27.9
Conservative hold Swing
Boulsworth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Askew 1,487 48.0
Liberal Democrat Thomas James 665 21.5
Labour Gerry McCabe 647 20.9
BNP Jane Mulligan 300 9.7
Majority 822 26.5
Turnout 3,099 74.2 +25.8
Conservative hold Swing
Bradley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 1,386 48.4 -5.7
Liberal Democrat Tanzil Ahmed 816 28.5 +1.4
Conservative Tim Eyre 381 13.3 -5.5
England First David Geddes 279 9.7 +9.7
Majority 570 19.9 -7.1
Turnout 2,862 62.1 +22.8
Labour hold Swing
Brierfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Arshad 1,152 42.8 -4.4
Conservative Abdul Hussain 759 28.2 -6.4
Liberal Democrat Pervaz Afzal 403 15.0 -3.2
BNP Lee Karmer 379 14.1 +14.1
Majority 393 14.6 +2.0
Turnout 2,693 73.4 +23.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Clover Hill[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathleen Shore 777 32.3 -5.4
Liberal Democrat James Wood 720 29.9 -2.3
Conservative Janice Taylor 588 24.4 -5.6
BNP John Rowe 323 13.4 +13.4
Majority 57 2.4 -3.1
Turnout 2,408 63.9 +20.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Coates[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Lindsay Gaskell 1,280 45.4 -0.1
Conservative Keith Bailey 915 32.5 -11.1
Labour Richard Smith 337 12.0 +1.2
BNP Malcolm Foster 286 10.1 +10.1
Majority 365 13.0 +11.1
Turnout 2,818 68.1 +32.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Craven[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Whipp 1,372 47.6 +22.1
Conservative Jenny Purcell 1,175 40.7 +15.8
Labour John Pope 337 11.7 +8.4
Majority 197 6.8
Turnout 2,884 68.2 +19.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Earby[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Tennant 1,684 50.9 -18.6
Liberal Democrat Jackie Taylforth 687 20.8 +2.7
Labour Robert Oliver 488 14.7 +2.3
BNP James Jackman 450 13.6 +13.6
Majority 997 30.1 -21.3
Turnout 3,309 69.2 +30.2
Conservative hold Swing
Horsfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Butterworth 828 34.6 -14.6
Liberal Democrat Sharon Davies 814 34.0 -3.2
Labour David Johns 435 18.2 +4.6
BNP Julie Fairless 314 13.1 +13.1
Majority 14 0.6 -11.4
Turnout 2,391 60.1 +25.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Marsden[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Brian Parker 502 30.5 -8.6
Labour David Foat 474 28.8 +7.8
Conservative Jack Gregory 448 27.3 -4.9
Liberal Democrat Aaron Whitehall-Pain 220 13.4 +5.6
Majority 28 1.7 -5.2
Turnout 1,644 62.4 +21.3
BNP hold Swing
Reedley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline McCormick 1,492 49.2 -21.9
Labour Robert Allen 839 27.7 +11.5
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Massey 699 23.1 +10.4
Majority 653 21.6 -33.3
Turnout 3,030 72.7 +29.9
Conservative hold Swing
Southfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheena Dunn 908 38.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Judith Robinson 754 31.6 +0.7
Conservative Paul McKenna 724 30.3 -2.3
Majority 154 6.5 +2.5
Turnout 2,386 59.8 +22.7
Labour hold Swing
Vivary Bridge[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Clegg 832 34.2 -1.4
Conservative Joe Cooney 711 29.2 +0.7
Labour Anthony Hargreaves 514 21.1 +7.4
BNP Veronica Cullen 376 15.5 -6.6
Majority 121 5.0 -2.0
Turnout 2,433 59.6 +25.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Walverden[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Henderson 697 38.3 -5.7
Liberal Democrat Asghar Ali 632 34.8 +5.9
Conservative Barbara King 489 26.9 -0.2
Majority 65 3.6 -11.6
Turnout 1,818 68.0 +16.4
Labour hold Swing
Waterside[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Lord 984 44.1 +4.2
Conservative John Hall 487 21.8 +4.7
Labour Anthony Martin 430 19.3 +7.1
BNP Ian Robinson 328 14.7 -12.6
Majority 497 22.3 +9.7
Turnout 2,229 58.1 +25.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Whitefield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asjad Mahmood 1,088 57.0 +27.0
Liberal Democrat Rashid Quadri 672 35.2 -29.8
Conservative Margaret Beckett 150 7.9 +2.9
Majority 416 21.8
Turnout 1,910 73.2 +8.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3731.stm. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 
  3. ^ a b c Moseley, Tom (5 May 2010). "Pendle Borough Council election battle". Lancashire Telegraph. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8098913.Pendle_Borough_Council_election_battle/?ref=rss. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Pendle Borough Council still split". Burnley and Pendle Citizen. 7 May 2010. http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/8152401.Pendle_Borough_Council_still_split/. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Election Results". Pendle Borough Council. http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/3. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Livesey, Jon (24 May 2010). "Pendle council coalition ‘dirty deal’ claim". Lancashire Telegraph. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnleypendlerossendale/8182830.Pendle_council_coalition____dirty_deal____claim/. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
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