# 2021 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2021 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect all members of Pendle Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other English local elections. All 33 seats across 12 wards were up for election due to boundary changes.
The elections resulted in the Conservatives gaining overall control.

## Results

Results Map :
| Party | Party | Leader | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Leader | | Of total | | | Of total |
| | Conservative Party | Nadeem Ahmed | 18 | 54.5% | 18 / 33 | 34,129 | 48.22% |
| | Labour Party | Mohammed Iqbal | 10 | 30.3% | 10 / 33 | 23,259 | 30.30% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Whipp | 5 | 15.2% | 5 / 33 | 12,710 | 17.96% |
| | Independent | | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 33 | 500 | 0.70% |
| | Green Party of England and Wales | | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 33 | 130 | 0.19% |
| | No Label | | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 33 | 49 | 0.07% |

## Council composition

Following the last election in 2017, the composition of the 48-seat council was:
| 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | I |
After the election, the composition of the 33-seat council was:
| 18 | 10 | 5 |
| Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem |
I - Independent

## Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). Sources -

### Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Whipp* | 1,138 | 50.8 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Purcell* | 999 | 44.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Adams* | 980 | 43.7 | |
| | Conservative | Harry Purcell | 856 | 38.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jayne Margaret Mills* | 838 | 37.4 | |
| | Conservative | Carole Goulthorp | 699 | 31.2 | |
| | Labour | Euan Coulston | 343 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 33.44 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Linda Crossley* | 1,668 | 65.4 | |
| | Conservative | Carlo Lionti* | 1,516 | 59.5 | |
| | Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed* | 1,173 | 46.0 | |
| | Labour | Susan Frances Nike | 615 | 24.1 | |
| | Independent | Ken Turner* | 500 | 19.6 | |
| | Labour | Robert Andrew Oliver | 462 | 18.1 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood | 409 | 16.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Alfred Berry | 178 | 7.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanna Mary Roach | 130 | 5.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Joseph Vickers | 96 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,550 | 42.43 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sarah Cockburn-Price* | 1,498 | 63.4 | |
| | Conservative | David Cockburn-Price | 1,362 | 57.6 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Butterworth* | 1,329 | 56.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew John Latham MacDonald | 606 | 25.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Cox | 557 | 23.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Roach | 468 | 19.8 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Sheila Wicks* | 365 | 15.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,364 | 37.54 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Bradley

Bradley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Iqbal* | 1,665 | 50.3 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Aslam* | 1,625 | 49.0 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Sakib* | 1,416 | 42.7 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Kaleem | 1,381 | 41.7 | |
| | Conservative | Hassan Mahmood | 1,375 | 41.5 | |
| | Labour | Sadaf Khan | 1,307 | 39.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robert Clamp | 205 | 6.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jodie Marie Hoyle | 201 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,313 | 52.58 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naeem Hussain Ashraf* | 1,581 | 54.7 | |
| | Labour | Zafar Ali* | 1,389 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Ansar* | 1,381 | 47.8 | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Stone | 1,122 | 38.8 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Khan | 1,060 | 36.7 | |
| | Conservative | Shozab Munir | 786 | 27.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris June Haigh | 266 | 9.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,889 | 45.66 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Hanif* | 1,562 | 66.2 | |
| | Labour | Yasser Iqbal* | 1,417 | 60.1 | |
| | Conservative | Pauline Anne McCormick | 682 | 28.9 | |
| | Conservative | Sajjad Akbar | 513 | 21.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kane Tudor Land | 150 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,358 | 52.91 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Carroll* | 1,166 | 48.0 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Goulthorp* | 1,111 | 45.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Michael Baxter Whipp* | 1,085 | 44.6 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Carter* | 1,043 | 42.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lynne Land | 794 | 32.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Hartley* | 764 | 31.4 | |
| | Labour | Robert French | 351 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,431 | 36.98 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Fence and Higham

Fence and Higham (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Newman* | 510 | 51.5 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Howard Hartley | 480 | 48.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 990 | 50.89 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Adnan | 1,257 | 51.7 | |
| | Conservative | Neil McGowan* | 1,185 | 48.7 | |
| | Conservative | Karen Howarth | 1,170 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Ammer* | 885 | 36.4 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Kamran Latif | 849 | 34.9 | |
| | Labour | Yvonne Marion Tennant* | 785 | 32.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Ian Thornton | 120 | 4.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hugh Foster | 119 | 4.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Church | 112 | 4.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,431 | 39.84 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Albin | 744 | 48.6 | |
| | Conservative | Donna Lockwood | 743 | 48.6 | |
| | Conservative | Kieran McGladdery | 730 | 47.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Clegg* | 499 | 32.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Elizabeth Thomas | 403 | 26.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Philip Thomas | 359 | 23.5 | |
| | Labour Co-op | David Kenneth Foat | 276 | 18.0 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Ann Marie Wrigley | 269 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,530 | 28.16 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ash Sutcliffe | 813 | 46.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Elizabeth Lord* | 780 | 44.3 | |
| | Conservative | Darren Harrison | 687 | 39.0 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Andrew Nixon* | 672 | 38.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice Rosemary Mann* | 661 | 37.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Wildman | 525 | 29.8 | |
| | Labour | Manzar Iqbal | 319 | 18.1 | |
| | No Label | Craig Ian McBeth | 49 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 31.31 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asjad Mahmood* | 1,951 | 62.5 | |
| | Labour | Faraz Ahmad | 1,862 | 59.6 | |
| | Labour | Thabasum Ruby Anwar | 1,800 | 57.6 | |
| | Conservative | Mukhtar Ahmed | 965 | 30.9 | |
| | Conservative | Asad Mehmood | 929 | 29.7 | |
| | Conservative | Irfan Ayub | 790 | 25.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Therese Howarth | 166 | 5.3 | |
| | Green | Annette Irene Marti | 130 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,123 | 47.91 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |