# 2024 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2024 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election. It had been governed by a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats until the entire Labour caucus left the party in April 2024.
Labour lost all their seats they were defending to Independents. Following the election the Independent Group (being the former Labour councillors) and the Liberal Democrats continued to run the council.

## Results by ward

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 | Tom Whipp* | 1,009 | 58.3 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Carol Ann Goulthorp | 377 | 21.8 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Euan Coulston | 260 | 15.0 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Sylvia Joyce Godfrey | 84 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 36.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,730 | 26.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Barnoldswick in 2021.

### Barrowford and Pendleside

Barrowford and Pendleside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nadeem Ahmed* | 1,099 | 51.4 | −14.0 |
| | Labour | Susan Frances Nike | 888 | 41.5 | +17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Alfred Berry | 153 | 7.1 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | 211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,140 | 36.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Barrowford and Pendleside in 2022.

### Boulsworth and Foulridge

Boulsworth and Foulridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sarah Elizabeth Cockburn-Price* | 1,254 | 63.0 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Wayne Blackburn | 457 | 22.9 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Hargreaves | 158 | 7.9 | −17.7 |
| | Green | Lyndsey Taylor | 123 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | 40.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,992 | 31.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Boulsworth and Foulridge in 2021.

### Bradley

Bradley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | No Label | Mohammed Iqbal* | 1665 | 55.2 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | Hassan Mahmood | 1351 | 44.8 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 10.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,016 | 48.3 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Labour Councillor for Bradley in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Brierfield East and Clover Hill

Brierfield East and Clover Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Naeem Hussain Ashraf* | 1789 | 75.3 | +20.6 |
| | Conservative | Adam Jake Brierley | 586 | 24.7 | −14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1203 | 50.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2375 | 38.1 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Labour Councillor for Brierfield East and Clover Hill in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Brierfield West and Reedley

Brierfield West and Reedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | No Label | Mohammed Hanif* | 1365 | 62.0 | -4.2 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Anne McCormick | 362 | 16.4 | −12.5 |
| | No Label | Sajjad Akbar | 300 | 13.6 | −8.2 |
| | Labour | Isaac Shafi Iqbal | 176 | 8.0 | −58.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1003 | 45.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2203 | 48.2 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Labour Councillor for Brierfield West and Reedley in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

### Earby and Coates

Earby and Coates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hartley | 892 | 44.8 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Rutherford | 637 | 32.0 | −16.0 |
| | Labour | David Philip Johns | 353 | 17.7 | +3.3 |
| | Green | Jane Veronica Bailes Wood | 111 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1993 | 31.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Fence and Higham

Fence and Higham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Newman* | 442 | 53.9 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Howard Hartley | 378 | 46.1 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 820 | 41.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Fence and Higham in 2021..

### Marsden and Southfield

Marsden and Southfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | No Label | Mohammad Adnan* | 962 | 45.8 | -5.9 |
| | Independent | Neil McGowan† | 441 | 21.0 | −17.7 |
| | Conservative | Marie Stone | 376 | 17.9 | −33.8 |
| | Labour | Elliot Christian Gribble | 261 | 12.4 | −24.0 |
| | No Label | Azim Akhtar Khan | 44 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | No Label | Craig Ian McBeth | 16 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 24.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2100 | 35.0 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Marsden and Southfield in 2021, defected to Labour, and then the Independent Group.
    † Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Marsden and Southfield in 2021, stood down in 2023.

### Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard O’Connor | 458 | 38.9 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Bell | 370 | 31.4 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood | 269 | 22.8 | +4.8 |
| | Green | Benjamin Harrop | 81 | 6.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,178 | 21.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waterside and Horsfield

Waterside and Horsfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ash Sutcliffe* | 581 | 40.2 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | Graham Roach | 424 | 29.3 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Anthony Edwards | 332 | 23.0 | −14.5 |
| | Green | David Richard John Penney | 109 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,446 | 25.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Conservative Councillor for Waterside and Horsfield in 2021.

### Whitefield and Walverden

Whitefield and Walverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | No Label | Asjad Mahmood* | 1,307 | 64.8 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Manzar Iqbal | 466 | 23.1 | −39.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohamad Irfan Ayub | 244 | 12.1 | −13.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 841 | 10.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,017 | 41.7 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
    * Elected as a Labour Councillor for Whitefield and Walverden in 2021, defected to the Independent Group in April 2024.

## By-elections
### Vivary Bridge

Vivary Bridge 6th March 2025 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Bell | 388 | 34.9 | +3.5 |
| | Reform UK | Nathan Thomas McCollum | 358 | 32.2 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Sean Kelly | 244 | 22.0 | −16.9 |
| | Labour | Philip Heyworth | 121 | 10.9 | −11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |