Pendle Borough Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 Pendle Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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

Campaign

Before the election the council had 19 Labour, 19 Liberal Democrat and 11 Conservative councillors,^[3] with Labour holding power as a minority administration.^[4] 18 seats were being elected, with 2 seats contested in Boulsworth after the death of councillor Jo Belbin.^[3] In total 63 candidates stood, with only one sitting councillor, Abdul Jabbar in Brierfield, not standing for re-election.^[3] As well as candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, there were also 3 candidates from the Socialist Alliance, 4 independents and 4 from the British National Party.^[3]^[4] This was the first time the British National Party had put up candidates in Pendle.^[3]

Issues in the election included the proposed redevelopment of Nelson town centre, plans for an A56 bypass and the proposed demolition of houses in Nelson West.^[5] Other issues as usual were council tax levels, litter, street safety and crime, while the national issue of the Iraq War was expected to influence voters.^[5]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council, but without a majority, after making four gains from Labour.^[6] This took the Liberal Democrats to 23 seats, compared to 15 for Labour and 11 Conservatives,^[6] after the Liberal Democrats nearly won as many votes as the Conservative and Labour parties combined.^[7] The Labour leader of the council, Azhar Ali, was among the councillors to lose their seats in the election, which saw the party fail to win any seats.^[6] Ali blamed the defeats both on a backlash against the Iraq War and on an alleged "dirty tricks campaign".^[6] Meanwhile the British National Party failed to win any seats, but did poll a significant number of votes.^[8]

Following the election many of the Liberal Democrat councillors boycotted the swearing in of a new mayor in protest against the way he was elected instead of the previous years deputy mayor.^[9]^[10] Liberal Democrat Alan Davies became the new leader of the council, but his party initially refused to take places on the executive committee.^[11] This was because the council had voted for a 4-3-3 party split on the committee rather than the 5-3-2 split the Liberal Democrats had proposed.^[11] Meanwhile the Labour group chose Frank Clifford to become the new leader of their group.^[12]

Pendle local election result 2003^[13]^[14]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	12	4	0	+4	66.7	44.5	10,798	+5.9%
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	33.3	24.0	5,821	-3.3%
	Labour	0	0	4	-4	0	21.4	5,202	-11.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	1,769	+7.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	530	+1.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	148	+0.1%

Ward results

Barrowford^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Crossley	565	31.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Simpson	535	29.4
	BNP	Michael Brennan	482	26.5
	Labour	Anthony Hargreaves	240	13.2
Majority			30	1.6
Turnout			1,822	46.5	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blacko and Higherford^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Derwent	552	84.4	+2.6
	Labour	Helen Ingham	62	9.5	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Carman Stanworth	40	6.1	-2.5
Majority			490	74.9	+2.8
Turnout			654	49.1	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boulsworth (2)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Robertson	784
	Liberal Democrat	Laurence Turner	625
	Conservative	Michael Calvert	493
	Conservative	Geoffrey Riley	370
	Labour	Christine Dawson	188
	Labour	David Foat	160
Turnout			2,620	36.6	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Munir	1,208	62.4
	Labour	Mohammad Sakib	727	37.6
Majority			481	24.9
Turnout			1,935	46.9	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Brierfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nawaz Ahmed	819	50.8
	Labour	Keith Hutson	409	25.4
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	330	20.5
	Socialist Alliance	Siobhan Daniel	54	3.3
Majority			410	25.4
Turnout			1,612	44.9	-11.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Clover Hill^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Shore	768	43.8
	BNP	Trevor Dawson	452	25.8
	Labour	Mohammed Ansar	445	25.4
	Conservative	Michael Landriau	87	5.0
Majority			316	18.0
Turnout			1,752	47.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Coates^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Buck	989	55.4
	BNP	Geoffrey Whitehead	394	22.1
	Labour	William Skinner	176	9.9
	Independent	Jennifer Purcell	114	6.4
	Conservative	Valerie Langtree	112	6.3
Majority			595	33.3
Turnout			1,785	44.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Craven^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marlene Hill-Crane	880	53.7
	Labour	Frank Neal	548	33.4
	Conservative	Barbara Watson-Davison	212	12.9
Majority			332	20.2
Turnout			1,640	40.8	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Earby^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morris Horsfield	822	49.0
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Haigh	659	39.2
	Labour	Ruth Wilkinson	198	11.8
Majority			163	9.7
Turnout			1,679	38.6	-6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foulridge^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Belshaw	294	62.0	+7.3
	Labour	Jillian Smith	114	24.1	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Stopforth	66	13.9	-2.2
Majority			180	38.0	+12.5
Turnout			474	35.6	-11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higham and Pendleside^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nutter	366	51.5	-25.2
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Skinner	279	39.2	+39.2
	Labour	Sheila Wicks	66	9.3	-14.0
Majority			87	12.2	-41.3
Turnout			711	50.9	-2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Kerrigan	490	41.8
	Independent	Peter Nowland	297	25.4
	Labour	Paul Broughton	213	18.2
	Conservative	Alexandra Thompson	135	11.5
	Socialist Alliance	Kevin Bean	36	3.1
Majority			193	16.5
Turnout			1,171	30.7	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Old Laund Booth^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John David	555	80.1	-4.5
	Conservative	Clive Bevan	138	19.9	+4.5
Majority			417	60.2	-9.1
Turnout			693	56.5	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Reedley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tonia Barton	913	53.5
	Labour	Robert Allen	544	31.9
	Liberal Democrat	Shakeel Mirza	251	14.7
Majority			369	21.6
Turnout			1,708	44.2	-12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonia Robinson	833	56.8
	Labour	Azhar Ali	377	25.7
	Conservative	Peter Wildman	138	9.4
	Independent	David Geddes	96	6.5
	Independent	Azar Ali	23	1.6
Majority			456	31.1
Turnout			1,467	39.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Vivary Bridge^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Robinson	502	34.2
	BNP	Brian Parker	441	30.1
	Labour	Frank Allanson	375	25.6
	Conservative	James Farnell	148	10.1
Majority			61	4.2
Turnout			1,466	37.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Waterside^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Robinson	515	48.1
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	360	33.6
	Conservative	Maureen Regan	137	12.8
	Socialist Alliance	Richard MacSween	58	5.4
Majority			155	14.5
Turnout			1,070	30.1	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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