# 2006 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2006 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 30
* Conservative 13
* Labour 5
* British National Party 1

## Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats held a majority with 29 seats, compared to 11 for the Conservatives, 7 for Labour and 1 seat was vacant. 18 of the 49 seats on the council were contested at the election, with 2 seats available in Reedley and Vivary Bridge wards. Candidates in the election came from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, as well as 7 from the British National Party.

## Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats retain a majority on the council, while the British National Party won a first seat on the council. Brian Parker gained Marsden for the British National Party from Labour by 80 votes, with the leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin saying he was "very pleased" and hoped "we can go on and progress in the future". However the other parties expressed concern over the success for the British National Party. Meanwhile, among the other successful candidates in the election was Liberal Democrat Naseem Shabnam, who became the first Asian woman councillor in Pendle after being elected in Brierfield ward. Overall turnout in the election was 43.03%.
Later in May Mohammed Iqbal was elected as the new leader of the Labour group on the council, after the previous leader Frank Clifford stood down at the election. Also towards the end of the month, councillor Marlene Hill-Crane quit the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent, due to a dispute over the regeneration of a former school.
Pendle local election result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 40.6 | 11,547 | -0.4% |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 22.2 | 26.0 | 7,407 | +2.9% |
| Labour | 4 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 6,556 | +0.3% |
| BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 2,953 | -0.2% |

## Ward results

Barrowford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Eyre | 740 | 45.2 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Vickerman | 712 | 43.5 | +12.3 |
| | Labour | Christine Stables | 185 | 11.3 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 1.7 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,637 | 41.7 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Boulsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aaron Hurst | 681 | 37.0 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Violet Vaughan | 572 | 31.1 | −4.5 |
| | BNP | Thomas Boocock | 463 | 25.2 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | Jillian Allanson | 123 | 6.7 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 5.9 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,839 | 46.4 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bradley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 951 | 46.0 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Saba Iftikhar | 879 | 42.5 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Landriau | 239 | 11.6 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 3.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,069 | 48.0 | −8.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Brierfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Naseem Shabnam | 623 | 40.1 | −9.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Allen | 467 | 30.1 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson | 464 | 29.9 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 10.0 | −13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,554 | 42.3 | −14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Cloverhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Edwards | 726 | 44.2 | −13.5 |
| | BNP | Helen Mulligan | 405 | 24.6 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Colin Waite | 358 | 21.8 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Landriau | 155 | 9.4 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 19.5 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,644 | 43.3 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Coates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bell | 1,002 | 64.6 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Sargeant | 336 | 21.7 | +8.9 |
| | Labour | Lakhbir Randhawa | 213 | 13.7 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 666 | 42.9 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | 39.1 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Whipp | 923 | 50.3 | +6.2 |
| | BNP | John Stonnell | 459 | 25.0 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Langtree | 301 | 16.4 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Sheila Wicks | 151 | 8.2 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 464 | 25.3 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,834 | 44.1 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Earby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Tennant | 1,100 | 59.2 | +15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris Haigh | 487 | 26.2 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Wilkinson | 271 | 14.6 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 33.0 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,858 | 42.2 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Horsfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Davies | 681 | 43.2 | +7.9 |
| | BNP | Geoffrey Whitehead | 454 | 28.8 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Allanson | 251 | 15.9 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Riley | 191 | 12.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 14.4 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,577 | 39.9 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Marsden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Brian Parker | 417 | 38.3 | +38.3 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Ormrod | 337 | 31.0 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Eyre | 176 | 16.2 | −17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Dean | 158 | 14.5 | +14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,088 | 42.7 | −2.8 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Reedley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pauline McCormick | 1,120 | | |
| | Conservative | Joan Clegg | 1,027 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Westwell | 554 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Salma Naeem | 375 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony Martin | 322 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,398 | 46.1 | −8.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Southfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheena Dunn | 527 | 42.9 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Weinberg | 491 | 40.0 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Myers | 210 | 17.1 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,228 | 22.0 | −23.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Vivary Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Clegg | 690 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Thomas | 599 | | |
| | BNP | Robert Cottage | 403 | | |
| | BNP | Trevor Dawson | 352 | | |
| | Labour | David Foat | 248 | | |
| | Labour | Dianne Tweedie | 230 | | |
| | Conservative | Smith Benson | 206 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Ryder | 157 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,885 | 38.3 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Walverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Adam | 673 | 50.9 | +23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abdul Malik | 492 | 37.2 | −14.1 |
| | Conservative | Ann Jackson | 156 | 11.8 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 181 | 13.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,321 | 50.7 | −9.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Waterside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Boyle | 677 | 58.5 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Ian Tweedie | 306 | 26.4 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Regan | 174 | 15.0 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 32.1 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,157 | 31.1 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Whitefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asjad Mahmood | 943 | 51.7 | +13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahboob Ahmed | 797 | 43.7 | −11.8 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Ainsworth | 83 | 4.6 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,823 | 71.7 | −6.5 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |