Pendle Borough Council elections

Map showing the composition of Pendle Borough Council after the Old Laund Booth by-election in July 2014. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue.

One third of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 49 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1979
No overall control	1979–1987
Liberal Democrats	1987–1990
No overall control	1990–1991
Labour	1991–1994
No overall control	1994–1995
Liberal Democrats	1995–1999
No overall control	1999–2004
Liberal Democrats	2004–2008
No overall control	2008–present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election reducing the number of seats by 2, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.^[3]

Pendle District Council election, 1973
Pendle Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Pendle Borough Council election, 1979
Pendle Borough Council election, 1980
Pendle Borough Council election, 1982
Pendle Borough Council election, 1983
Pendle Borough Council election, 1984
Pendle Borough Council election, 1986
Pendle Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]

Year						Notes
Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	British National Party	Independent	Notes
1988^[6]	5	19	27	0	0
1990^[7]	5	22	23	0	1
1991^[8]	5	26	20	0	0
1992^[9]	7	27	17	0	0
1994^[10]	7	23	21	0	0
1995^[11]	5	20	26	0	0
1996^[12]	3	19	29	0	0
1998^[13]	3	18	29	0	1
1999^[14]	7	20	23	0	1
2000^[15]	9	24	18	0	0
2002^[3]	11	19	19	0	0	New ward boundaries^[16]
2003^[17]	11	15	23	0	0
2004^[18]	11	8	30	0	0
2006^[19]	13	5	30	1	0
2007^[20]	14	6	27	1	0
2008^[21]	16	10	20	2	1
2010^[22]	17	13	16	2	1
2011^[23]	18	16	12	2	1
2012^[24]	18	18	12	1	0
2014^[2]	19	18	11	1	0
2015

Borough result maps

2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[25] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date
Barnoldswick Coates	27 June 1996	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrat
Barnoldswick Craven	27 June 1996	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrat
Bradley	20 March 1997	Labour	Labour
Marsden	7 August 1997	Labour	Labour
Horsfield by-election	10 December 1998	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Horsfield by-election	1 March 2001	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Craven by-election	28 June 2007	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrat
Coates by-election	2 May 2013	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrat
Blacko and Higherford by-election	3 April 2014	Conservative	Conservative
Old Laund Booth by-election	3 July 2014	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrat

References

↑ "Wards of the Borough". Pendle Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
1 2 "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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↑ The District of Pendle (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
↑ "The gains and losses: Council election results in full". The Times (NewsBank). 7 May 1988. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local election results". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 1990. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1991. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "UK Council Elections: Election Results". Financial Times. 8 May 1992. p. 11. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Elections: Full results of the voting in local authority polls". The Independent. 7 May 1994. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "The complete list of local council election results". The Independent. 6 May 1995. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Election Results Round-Up - Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 1996. p. 8. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local government election results". The Independent. 8 May 1998. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Pendle council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Local elections: Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Vote 2011". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links

Pendle Council

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Pendle

Transport

Barnoldswick Railway Transdev in Burnley & Pendle Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company East Lancashire Line Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway Nelson Corporation Tramways The Witch Way

Railway stations	Brierfield Colne Nelson

Disused stations	Barnoldswick Earby Foulridge

Sport

Media

Education

History

Pendle witches

Companies

Politics

Council Council elections 1998 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 West Craven

Wards: Barrowford Blacko and Higherford Boulsworth Bradley Brierfield Clover Hill Coates Old Laund Booth

Constituencies: Nelson and Colne By-elections: 1968 Pendle

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