# 2023 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2023 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Twelve seats across eleven wards were up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council plus a by-election in Vivary Bridge ward.
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives were still the largest party but no longer had a majority. After the election a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023 the Labour group leader Asjad Mahmood was appointed leader of the council.

## Results

Results :
| Party | Party | Leader | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Leader | | Of Total | | | Of Total |
| | Conservative Party | Nadeem Ahmed | 5 | 41.7% | 14 / 33 | 10,032 | 40.2% |
| | Labour Party | Asjad Mahmood | 4 | 33.3% | 11 / 33 | 9,902 | 39.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Whipp | 3 | 25.0% | 7 / 33 | 3,957 | 15.9% |
| | Green Party of England and Wales | | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 33 | 1,002 | 4.0% |
| | UK Independence Party | | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 33 | 43 | 0.2% |
| | Independent (elected Labour) | | | | 1 / 33 | | |

## Ward Results

Incumbent councillors denoted by an asterisk (*). These seats were last up for election when new ward boundaries were introduced in 2021 - percentage changes are calculated based on the mean party result in 2021.

### Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mick Strickland | 983 | 51.2 | +13.8 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Purcell* | 560 | 29.2 | −15.4 |
| | Labour | Euan Robert Clouston | 248 | 12.9 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Sylvia Joyce Godfrey | 85 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Steven Preston | 43 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 423 | 22.0 | +16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 29.2 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Harry Gallear* | 1,231 | 55.9 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | Susan Frances Nike | 813 | 36.9 | +12.8 |
| | Green | David Richard John Penney | 79 | 3.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Alfred Berry | 78 | 3.5 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 19.0 | −18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,201 | 37.3 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Charles Cockburn-Price* | 1,123 | 56.4 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Wayne Blackburn | 464 | 23.3 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew John Latham MacDonald | 274 | 13.8 | −11.8 |
| | Green | Lyndsey Jane Taylor | 130 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 659 | 33.1 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,991 | 31.7 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradley

Bradley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Aslam* | 1,872 | 56.0 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Sakib | 1,471 | 44.0 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 12.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,343 | 53.7 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Zafar Ali* | 1,723 | 72.5 | +24.4 |
| | Conservative | Ali Ahmed | 652 | 27.5 | −11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,071 | 45.0 | +29.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 38.0 | −7.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Yasser Iqbal* | 1,555 | 76.3 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Anne McCormick | 366 | 18.0 | −10.9 |
| | Green | Paul James Graham | 116 | 5.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,189 | 58.3 | +20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,037 | 45.1 | −7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lynne Land | 1,037 | 48.6 | +15.9 |
| | Conservative | Mike Goulthorp* | 873 | 40.9 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Jane Veronica Bailes Wood | 225 | 10.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 7.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,135 | 38.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Yvonne Marion Tennant | 1,011 | 52.8 | +20.5 |
| | Conservative | Neil McGowan* | 810 | 42.3 | −6.4 |
| | Green | Heather Mary Sheldrick | 92 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 10.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,913 | 32.3 | −7.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Ormerod | 524 | 41.2 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Kieran Garth McGladdery* | 521 | 40.9 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Bell | 384 | 30.2 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Wildman | 336 | 26.4 | +0.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | David Kenneth Foat | 325 | 25.5 | +7.5 |
| | Labour Co-op | Ann Marie Wrigley | 290 | 22.8 | +5.2 |
| | Green | Benjamin Daniel Harrop | 93 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,273 | 24.0 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Elizabeth Lord* | 865 | 55.8 | +11.5 |
| | Conservative | Aneesa Neelam McGladdery | 504 | 32.5 | −5.7 |
| | Green | Karan Leslie | 182 | 11.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 23.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | 27.7 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Faraz Ahmad* | 2,002 | 66.8 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Chaudhary Usman Zaman | 996 | 33.2 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,006 | 33.6 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,998 | 45.7 | −2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |