2019 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2019 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019.[1]

Main article: Pendle Borough Council elections

Background

Before the election, the Conservative party had a majority on the council, with 25 seats. The Labour party had 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats had 9 seats.[2]
17 seats were contested at the election. The 2019 election in Pendle was also part of a Voter ID pilot.[3]

Results summary
2019 Pendle Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 8 2 47.1 13 21 43.8 9,119 41.9
  Labour 4 1 23.5 12 16 33.3 7,572 34.8
  Liberal Democrats 5 1 29.4 5 10 20.8 4,122 18.9
  Independent 0 0.0 1 1 2.1 0 0.0
  UKIP 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 961 4.4

Ward results

[4]

Barrowford
Barrowford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Crossley 853 61.6
Labour Manzar Iqbal 294 21.2
UKIP Mick Waddington 237 17.1
Majority
Turnout 36.6
Conservative hold Swing

Blacko and Higherford
Blacko and Higherford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Noel McEvoy 423 81.0
Labour Robert Oliver 99 19.0
Majority
Turnout 38.1
Conservative hold Swing

Boulsworth
Boulsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Cockburn-Price 742 52.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Thomas 315 22.1
Labour Co-op David Foat 205 14.4
UKIP Craig McBeth 163 11.4
Majority
Turnout 34.4
Conservative hold Swing

Bradley
Bradley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammad Aslam 1,196 50.9
Labour Nadeem Younis 1,152 49.1
Majority
Turnout 50.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Brierfield
Brierfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Qamar Shazad 1,163 64.6
Conservative Aftab Fiaz Ahmed 637 35.4
Majority
Turnout 49.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clover Hill
Clover Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zafar Ali 932 71.1
Conservative Nigel Pearson-Asher 379 28.9
Majority
Turnout 37.0
Labour hold Swing

Coates
Coates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jayne Mills 777 62.3
Conservative Ian Lyons 269 21.6
Labour Euan Clouston 202 16.2
Majority
Turnout 30.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Craven
Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Hartley 826 63.5
Conservative Rebecca Lyons 301 23.1
Labour Omar Ahmed 174 13.4
Majority
Turnout 32.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Earby
Earby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Carter 612 38.9
Liberal Democrats Doris Haigh 540 34.3
UKIP Jordan Cassidy 237 15.0
Labour Robert Khan 186 11.8
Majority
Turnout 33.3
Conservative hold Swing

Foulridge
Foulridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Waugh 386 79.4
Labour Robert French 100 20.6
Majority
Turnout 36.8
Conservative hold Swing

Higham and Pendleside
Higham and Pendleside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carlo Lionti 427 71.2
Labour Susan Nike 173 28.8
Majority
Turnout 42.6
Conservative hold Swing

Horsfield
Horsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Nixon 403 41.1
Labour Wayne Blackburn 229 23.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Chamberlain 182 18.6
UKIP Thomas Walker 167 17.0
Majority
Turnout 26.9
Conservative hold Swing

Old Laund Booth
Old Laund Booth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Newman 373 56.3
Conservative Christopher Hartley 266 40.2
Labour Laura Blackburn 23 3.5
Majority
Turnout 55.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Reedley
Reedley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammmed Hanif 1,517 63.1
Conservative Pauline McCormick 887 36.9
Majority
Turnout 55.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Southfield
Southfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yvonne Tennant 728 51.4
Conservative Mohammed Adnan 580 41.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham 108 7.6
Majority
Turnout 36.6
Labour hold Swing

Vivary Bridge
Vivary Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Clegg 535 45.6
Conservative Joe Cooney 438 37.4
Labour Patricia Hannah-Wood 199 17.0
Majority
Turnout 28.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Waterside
Waterside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alice Mann 466 40.9
Conservative Ash Sutcliffe 320 28.1
Labour Anthony Harmson 196 17.2
UKIP Donna Eastham 157 13.8
Majority
Turnout 30.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References
  1. Pendle Borough Council
  2. Pendle Borough Council
  3. Pendle Borough Council
  4. https://www.pendle.gov.uk/directory_record/669911/borough_election_2_may_2019
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