Pendle Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Pendle Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 30
• Conservative 13
• Labour 5
• British National Party 1^[2]

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats held a majority with 29 seats, compared to 11 for the Conservatives, 7 for Labour and 1 seat was vacant.^[3] 18 of the 49 seats on the council were contested at the election,^[4] with 2 seats available in Reedley and Vivary Bridge wards.^[3] Candidates in the election came from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, as well as 7 from the British National Party.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats retain a majority on the council,^[5] while the British National Party won a first seat on the council.^[6] Brian Parker gained Marsden for the British National Party from Labour by 80 votes, with the leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin saying he was "very pleased" and hoped "we can go on and progress in the future".^[5] However the other parties expressed concern over the success for the British National Party.^[5][7] Meanwhile, among the other successful candidates in the election was Liberal Democrat Naseem Shabnam, who became the first Asian woman councillor in Pendle after being elected in Brierfield ward.^[8] Overall turnout in the election was 43.03%.^[9]

Later in May Mohammed Iqbal was elected as the new leader of the Labour group on the council, after the previous leader Frank Clifford stood down at the election.^[10] Also towards the end of the month, councillor Marlene Hill-Crane quit the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent, due to a dispute over the regeneration of a former school.^[11]

Pendle local election result 2006[9][12]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	9	2	2	0	50.0	40.6	11,547	-0.4%
	Conservative	4	1	0	+1	22.2	26.0	7,407	+2.9%
	Labour	4	1	3	-2	22.2	23.0	6,556	+0.3%
	BNP	1	1	0	+1	5.6	10.4	2,953	-0.2%

Ward results

Map of the results of the 2006 Pendle Borough Council election with ward names.

Barrowford[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Eyre	740	45.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Vickerman	712	43.5	+12.3
	Labour	Christine Stables	185	11.3	+2.9
Majority			28	1.7	-9.1
Turnout			1,637	41.7	-11.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Boulsworth[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Aaron Hurst	681	37.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Violet Vaughan	572	31.1	-4.5
	BNP	Thomas Boocock	463	25.2	+5.3
	Labour	Jillian Allanson	123	6.7	-1.9
Majority			109	5.9	+5.5
Turnout			1,839	46.4	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradley[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	951	46.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Saba Iftikhar	879	42.5	-9.5
	Conservative	Victoria Landriau	239	11.6	+4.4
Majority			72	3.5
Turnout			2,069	48.0	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Naseem Shabnam	623	40.1	-9.8
	Labour	Robert Allen	467	30.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	464	29.9	+3.3
Majority			156	10.0	-13.2
Turnout			1,554	42.3	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cloverhill[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Edwards	726	44.2	-13.5
	BNP	Helen Mulligan	405	24.6	+6.8
	Labour	Colin Waite	358	21.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Michael Landriau	155	9.4	+1.8
Majority			321	19.5	-20.4
Turnout			1,644	43.3	-8.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Coates[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Bell	1,002	64.6	+10.5
	Conservative	Sandra Sargeant	336	21.7	+8.9
	Labour	Lakhbir Randhawa	213	13.7	+2.9
Majority			666	42.9	+11.0
Turnout			1,551	39.1	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Craven[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Whipp	923	50.3	+6.2
	BNP	John Stonnell	459	25.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Valerie Langtree	301	16.4	+2.2
	Labour	Sheila Wicks	151	8.2	-3.2
Majority			464	25.3	+3.1
Turnout			1,834	44.1	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Earby[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Tennant	1,100	59.2	+15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Haigh	487	26.2	+1.9
	Labour	Peter Wilkinson	271	14.6	+2.1
Majority			613	33.0	+13.2
Turnout			1,858	42.2	-9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsfield[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Davies	681	43.2	+7.9
	BNP	Geoffrey Whitehead	454	28.8	+9.3
	Labour	Frank Allanson	251	15.9	-0.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Riley	191	12.1	+2.1
Majority			227	14.4	-1.4
Turnout			1,577	39.9	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marsden[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Brian Parker	417	38.3	+38.3
	Labour	Dorothy Ormrod	337	31.0	-13.8
	Conservative	Timothy Eyre	176	16.2	-17.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Dean	158	14.5	+14.5
Majority			80	7.4
Turnout			1,088	42.7	-2.8
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Reedley (2)[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline McCormick	1,120
	Conservative	Joan Clegg	1,027
	Liberal Democrat	Audrey Westwell	554
	Liberal Democrat	Salma Naeem	375
	Labour	Anthony Martin	322
Turnout			3,398	46.1	-8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfield[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheena Dunn	527	42.9	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Weinberg	491	40.0	-13.8
	Conservative	Joyce Myers	210	17.1	+1.0
Majority			36	2.9
Turnout			1,228	22.0	-23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Clegg	690
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Thomas	599
	BNP	Robert Cottage	403
	BNP	Trevor Dawson	352
	Labour	David Foat	248
	Labour	Dianne Tweedie	230
	Conservative	Smith Benson	206
	Conservative	Harold Ryder	157
Turnout			2,885	38.3	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Walverden[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Adam	673	50.9	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Malik	492	37.2	-14.1
	Conservative	Ann Jackson	156	11.8	-9.7
Majority			181	13.7
Turnout			1,321	50.7	-9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterside[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Boyle	677	58.5	+2.9
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	306	26.4	-0.5
	Conservative	Maureen Regan	174	15.0	-2.5
Majority			371	32.1	+3.4
Turnout			1,157	31.1	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Whitefield[9][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asjad Mahmood	943	51.7	+13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mahboob Ahmed	797	43.7	-11.8
	Conservative	Michelle Ainsworth	83	4.6	-1.1
Majority			146	8.0
Turnout			1,823	71.7	-6.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

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