2011 Pendle Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election

Main article: Pendle Borough Council elections

The 2011 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election there were 17 Conservatives, 16 Liberal Democrats, 13 Labour, 2 British National Party and 1 independent councillors. At the last election in 2010 the Liberal Democrats lost the leadership of the council and an agreement between the Conservative and Labour parties took control of the council, with Conservative Mike Blomeley becoming leader of the council, after attempts at forming an all party cabinet failed. However Labour withdrew from the agreement with the Conservatives in February 2011.

17 seats were contested at the election, with 6 sitting councillors standing down, Martin Bell from Craven ward, Carol Belshaw from Foulridge ward, Gary Bird from Clover Hill ward, Allan Buck from Coates ward, Sonia Robinson from Southfield ward and Violet Vaughan from Boulsworth ward.

Election result

After having run the council until the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats fell to third on the council with 12 seats, behind the Conservatives on 18 seats and Labour on 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats, Craven and Vivary Bridge to the Conservatives, and Clover Hill and Southfield to Labour, with the Liberal Democrat leader on the council John David holding his seat in Old Laund Booth by only 10 votes. Labour picked up 3 seats, taking Reedley from the Conservatives, in addition to the party's 2 gains from the Liberal Democrats, while the Conservatives ended up with 1 extra seat on the council. Overall turnout at the election was 43.7%.

Following the election, Conservative Mike Blomeley remained as leader of the council with an all Conservative cabinet, meanwhile Liberal Democrat Nadeem Ahmed became the youngest mayor of Pendle at the age of 32.

Pendle local election result 2011
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	2	1	+1	47.1	41.2	10,577	+7.1%
Labour	5	3	0	+3	29.4	37.2	9,551	+9.2%
Liberal Democrats	4	0	4	-4	23.5	18.0	4,618	-11.3%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	452	-6.2%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	263	+1.0%
England First	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	172	+0.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	62	+0.2%

Ward results

Barrowford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Crossley	1,045	57.8	+2.8
	Labour	Sue Nike	763	42.2	+10.3
Majority			282	15.6	−7.5
Turnout			1,808	45.0	−25.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blacko and Higherford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Derwent	583	79.8	+0.0
	Labour	John Pope	148	20.2	+8.9
Majority			435	59.5	−9.0
Turnout			731	49.7	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul White	1,000	53.6	+5.6
	Labour	Julian Jordan	512	27.4	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Kerrigan	355	19.0	−2.5
Majority			488	26.1	−0.4
Turnout			1,867	44.7	−29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadeem Younis	1,339	70.5	+22.1
	Conservative	Tim Eyre	218	11.5	−1.8
	England First	David Geddes	172	9.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Massey	171	9.0	−19.5
Majority			1,121	59.0	+39.1
Turnout			1,900	41.7	−20.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nawaz Ahmed	1,161	64.1	+21,3
	Conservative	Jack Gregory	650	35.9	+7.7
Majority			511	28.2	+13.6
Turnout			1,811	49.0	−24.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Clover Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Smith	775	51.4	+19.1
	Conservative	Janice Taylor	358	23.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Wood	213	14.1	−15.8
	BNP	Julie Fairless	161	10.7	−2.7
Majority			417	27.7	+25.3
Turnout			1,507	40.3	−23.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Coates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janine Throupe	775	45.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Stephanie Clarke	593	34.8	+2.3
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	336	19.7	+7.7
Majority			182	10.7	−2.3
Turnout			1,704	41.7	−26.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Purcell	768	42.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Stead	719	39.8	−7.8
	Labour	Bill Roberts	321	17.8	+6.1
Majority			49	2.7
Turnout			1,808	42.7	−25.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Earby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morris Horsfield	1,145	53.7	2.8
	Labour	Hazel Rycroft	513	24.1	+9.7
	English Democrat	James Jackman	263	12.3	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Taylforth	210	9.9	−10.9
Majority			632	29.7	−0.4
Turnout			2,131	44.6	−24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foulridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Waugh	551	78.7	+22.6
	Labour	Denzil Metcalfe	149	21.3	+13.4
Majority			402	57.4	+23.0
Turnout			700	51.6	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham and Pendleside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Starkie	625	80.4	+18.0
	Labour	Robert Oliver	152	19.6	+13.7
Majority			473	60.9	+30.2
Turnout			777	56.1	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Kerrigan	555	37.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Rachel Pearson	490	33.4	−1.2
	Labour	David Foat	421	28.7	+10.5
Majority			65	4.4
Turnout			1,466	37.2	−22.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Old Laund Booth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John David	367	48.5	−17.5
	Conservative	Jill Hartley	357	47.2	+16.9
	Labour	Peter Maltby	32	4.2	+0.5
Majority			10	1.3	−34.4
Turnout			756	61.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Allen	1,218	53.4	+25.7
	Conservative	Tonia Barton	1,062	46.6	−2.6
Majority			156	6.8
Turnout			2,280	54.8	−17.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Whalley	866	53.9	+15.8
	Conservative	Paul McKenna	363	22.6	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Robinson	204	12.7	−18.9
	BNP	Lee Karmer	112	7.0	+7.0
	UKIP	John Banks	62	3.9	+3.9
Majority			503	31.3	+24.8
Turnout			1,607	40.2	−19.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Vivary Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Cooney	555	37.9	+8.7
	Labour	Anthony Hargreaves	464	31.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Thomas	444	30.3	−3.9
Majority			91	6.2
Turnout			1,463	35.9	−23.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waterside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Roach	605	43.9	−0.2
	Labour	David Johns	381	27.6	+8.3
	Conservative	Maureen Regan	214	15.5	−6.3
	BNP	John Rowe	179	13.0	−1.7
Majority			224	16.2	−6.1
Turnout			1,379	36.2	−21.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011.
^ "2011 elections: Pendle Borough Council candidates". Lancashire Telegraph. NewsBank. 6 April 2011.
^ Livesey, Jon (6 May 2011). "Tories and Labour make headway in Pendle". Lancashire Telegraph. NewsBank.
^ "Election Results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"New Pendle cabinet revealed". Lancashire Telegraph. NewsBank. 25 May 2011.
"Pendle youngest-ever Mayor takes office". Burnley Express. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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