# 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

## Results

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control. Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.
Results :
| Party | Party | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | | Of Total | | | Of Total |
| | Conservative Party | 18 | 45.0% | 18 / 40 | 9,647 | 41.9% |
| | Labour Party | 7 | 17.5% | 7 / 40 | 6,354 | 27.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | 20.0% | 8 / 40 | 3,597 | 15.6% |
| | Independent | 5 | 12.5% | 5 / 40 | 2,526 | 11.0% |
| | Green Party | 2 | 5.0% | 2 / 40 | 875 | 3.8% |

## Ward Results

Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.

### Alston and Hothershall

Alston and Hothershall (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derek Lee Brocklehurst | Unopposed | | |
| Independent | James Rogerson* (Jim Rogerson) | Unopposed | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021. Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.

### Billington and Langho

Billington and Langho (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Michael Austin* (Tony Austin) | 463 | 57.2 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Steven Farmer* (Steve Farmer) | 410 | 50.7 | −12.4 |
| | Labour | Frank Joseph Havard | 273 | 33.7 | +5.3 |
| | Independent | Brian John Robert | 242 | 29.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 811 | 31.04 | −1.50 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Bowland

Bowland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Joan Elms* | Unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Brockhall and Dinckley

Brockhall and Dinckley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Alexis Atkinson* | 315 | 77.4 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Ian James Metcalfe | 92 | 22.6 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 407 | 31.71 | +1.25 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Chatburn

Chatburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Kenneth Scott* | 268 | 65.8 | −22.7 |
| | Labour | Craig Anthony Bryant | 88 | 21.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 51 | 12.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 407 | 36.44 | −1.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Chipping

Chipping :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Hore* | 293 | 67.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Alan Williams Matthews | 139 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 432 | 37.28 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury

Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Louise Edge* | Unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Derby and Thornley

Derby and Thornley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachael Elizabeth Ray | 377 | 52.5 | +20.9 |
| | Labour | Kieren Spencer | 359 | 50.0 | +19.0 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Walter Alan Carefoot* | 318 | 44.3 | −20.2 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Rainford* | 306 | 42.6 | −20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 718 | 28.72 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Dilworth

Dilworth (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nicholas Kenneth Stubbs | 417 | 55.9 | +23.3 |
| | Labour | Lee Cedric Jameson | 406 | 54.4 | +21.6 |
| | Conservative | Craig Stephen Jackson | 292 | 39.1 | −25.8 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Ann Quinn-Jones | 288 | 38.6 | −18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 752 | 33.24 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### East Whalley, Read and Simonstone

East Whalley, Read and Simonstone (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Malcolm Charles Peplow | 459 | 53.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Gaye Tomasine McCrum | 364 | 42.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard John Bennett* | 339 | 39.6 | −41.9 |
| | Conservative | David Alan Peat* | 277 | 32.3 | −38.9 |
| | Labour | Chloe Catherine Hinder | 81 | 9.5 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | Joseph Anthony Kellaway | 66 | 7.7 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 866 | 39.44 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |

### Edisford and Low Moor

Edisford and Low Moor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Michael O'Rourke* | 417 | 50.9 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ryan John Corney | 336 | 41.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Joseph James Batty | 212 | 25.9 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Chantelle Louise Seddon | 176 | 21.5 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Timothy David Jones | 131 | 16.0 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative | Elspeth Russell-Shuker | 105 | 12.8 | −8.9 |
| | Independent | Francis Raw | 43 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 820 | 29.96 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Gisburn and Rimington

Gisburn and Rimington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles William Hamish McFall | 203 | 64.0 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Sarah Jane Bryan | 69 | 21.8 | −10.7 |
| | Independent | Jennifer Maynard | 45 | 14.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 317 | 27.45 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Hurst Green and Whitewell

Hurst Green and Whitewell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Alcock* | 208 | 59.8 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Andrew Niall MacFarlane | 140 | 40.2 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 348 | 33.43 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Littlemoor

Littlemoor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Patricia Hibbert* | 310 | 42.8 | −15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Richard French* | 289 | 39.9 | −10.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Neilson Sharples | 199 | 27.4 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Connor Frazer William Graham | 188 | 25.9 | +9.6 |
| | Labour | Carol Ann Makin | 163 | 22.5 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Susan Elizabeth Riley | 138 | 19.0 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Kim Haley | 52 | 7.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 726 | 27.45 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Mellor

Mellor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stella Maria Brunskill* | 504 | 59.0 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Robin Eric Walsh* | 465 | 54.4 | −0.2 |
| | Independent | John Russell Fletcher | 337 | 39.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 875 | 38.56 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Primrose

Primrose (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael St John Graveston | 344 | 43.6 | +20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson* | 307 | 38.9 | −19.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Kenneth Willcox | 296 | 37.5 | +16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher* | 262 | 33.2 | −22.6 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Tyrer Muldoon | 121 | 15.3 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Bilal Haider Karim | 88 | 11.2 | −2.4 |
| | Independent | Simon Rice | 36 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 797 | 30.71 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Ribchester

Ribchester :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karl Peter Barnsley | 276 | 53.3 | +14.6 |
| | Conservative | Alison Mary Brown* | 190 | 36.7 | −24.6 |
| | Green | Paul Ryan Yates | 52 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 518 | 43.25 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Sabden

Sabden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Richard Newmark* (Richard Newmark) | 201 | 48.9 | −16.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Benjamin Dawson | 179 | 43.6 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven John Mitchell | 31 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 411 | 33.91 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Salthill

Salthill (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ian Frank Brown* | 388 | 47.2 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donna Louise O'Rourke* | 301 | 36.6 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 249 | 30.3 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Neilson Young | 167 | 20.3 | −9.2 |
| | Labour | Ian David Turner | 120 | 14.6 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Carl Peter Nuttall | 108 | 13.1 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 826 | 31.61 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021. Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.

### St Mary's

St Mary's (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mark Fletcher* | 498 | 54.4 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill* | 419 | 45.7 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt | 287 | 31.3 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Sue Elizabeth Monk | 231 | 25.2 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Jonathan James Hinder | 157 | 17.1 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Frederick Jeevan Redfern | 133 | 14.5 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 921 | 36.94 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton

Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sophie Cowman | 212 | 53.5 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Buller* (Bob Buller) | 125 | 31.6 | −21.8 |
| | Labour | Catherine Ruth Lee | 59 | 14.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 396 | 32.98 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |

### West Bradford and Grindleton

West Bradford and Grindleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin Thomas Horkin* | 293 | 60.8 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Rebecca Anna Haydock | 105 | 21.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsey John Blackledge | 84 | 17.4 | −14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 482 | 36.10 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Whalley and Painter Wood

Whalley and Painter Wood (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Andrew Hindle* | 336 | 40.1 | −25.3 |
| | Independent | John Stephen Atherton | 327 | 39.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gerald Xavier Mirfin* (Ged Mirfin) | 321 | 38.4 | −22.0 |
| | Labour | Anthony McNamara | 280 | 33.5 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Blaire Harthern | 199 | 23.8 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 840 | 37.35 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |

### Whalley Nethertown

Whalley Nethertown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu | 137 | 33.8 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative | David Andrew Berryman* | 127 | 31.4 | −24.5 |
| | Independent | Katherine Lord-Green | 125 | 30.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Robert Charles Edmond | 16 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 405 | 35.26 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Wilpshire and Ramsgreave

Wilpshire and Ramsgreave (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Bibby* | 472 | 52.6 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Alan Hirst* | 469 | 52.2 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | Katherine Elizabeth Burn | 381 | 42.4 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Charles Berkeley Cathcart | 347 | 38.6 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 906 | 34.42 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Wiswell and Barrow

Wiswell and Barrow (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Birtwhistle* | 432 | 52.9 | −2.3 |
| | Independent | Lee Anthony Street | 320 | 39.2 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John McHugh | 271 | 33.2 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Mary Hampson | 207 | 25.3 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | George Iain Poole | 125 | 15.3 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 111 | 13.6 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 818 | 37.96 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

## Changes 2023–2027

* Derek Brocklehust, who was elected as a Conservative, joined Labour in October 2023.
* Stewart Fletcher, Mark French and Ryan Corney, all elected as Liberal Democrats, left the party in November 2023, becoming independents but sitting together as the 'Progressive Liberal' group.
St Mary's by-election, 4 July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Hillis Holden | 597 | 32.8 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 583 | 32.1 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 464 | 25.5 | −28.9 |
| | Independent | Andrea Marie Derbyshire | 175 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | 68.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.