# 2004 Pendle Borough Council election

The 2004 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 30
* Conservative 11
* Labour 8

## Campaign

Before the election the Liberal Democrats were the largest party on the council with 24 seats, but without a majority as there were 13 Labour, 11 Conservative and 1 independent councillors. The election had 16 seats being contested by a total of 58 candidates. Both the Labour and Conservative parties contested every seat, while the Liberal Democrats had candidates in 15 seats. The other candidates were 8 from the British National Party, 2 independents and 1 from the United Kingdom Independence Party. 12 sitting councillors defended their seats, with a further 2, Judith Robinson and Fred Hartley, contesting different wards to the ones they held. Several previous councillors also attempted to win back seats on the council including Lord Tony Greaves for the Liberal Democrats.
The election was held under all postal voting and took place at the same time as the 2004 European election.

## Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority on the council, after gaining 5 seats from Labour and 1 from an independent. The Liberal Democrats took 11 of the 16 seats contested, with gains in Nelson which previously had been a strongly Labour area, to hold 30 of the 49 seats on the council. Labour losses included 3 sitting councillors in the wards of Brierfield, Clover Hill and Whitefield, and the party dropped to fourth place in other wards.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives held the seats they had been defending and came within 8 votes of defeating the Liberal Democrat leader of the council Alan Davies. No other group won any seats, but the British National Party, standing in half of the wards, won 10% of the vote and came second in some seats.
Following the election the Liberal Democrats took all 10 seats on the council executive.
Pendle local election result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 68.8 | 41.0 | 12,446 | -3.5% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 23.1 | 7,021 | -0.9% |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 12.5 | 22.7 | 6,871 | +1.3% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 3,219 | +3.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2.0 | 603 | -0.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 170 | +0.6% |

## Ward results

Barrowford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Beckett | 873 | 41.9 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Simpson | 649 | 31.2 | +1.8 |
| | BNP | Trevor Dawson | 385 | 18.5 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Jillian Smith | 176 | 8.4 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 10.8 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,083 | 52.9 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Boulsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 747 | 35.9 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Calvert | 739 | 35.6 | |
| | BNP | Thomas Boocock | 413 | 19.9 | |
| | Labour | David Johns | 179 | 8.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,078 | 53.6 | +17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bradley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donna Caley | 1,239 | 52.0 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Sakib | 971 | 40.8 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Landriau | 171 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | 11.3 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,381 | 56.7 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Brierfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Wren | 1,024 | 49.9 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Ann Tattersall | 547 | 26.6 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Pauline Allen | 483 | 23.5 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | 23.2 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | 56.4 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Clover Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Foster | 1,109 | 57.7 | +13.9 |
| | BNP | Michael Brennan | 342 | 17.8 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Neil Akrigg | 325 | 16.9 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Landriau | 147 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 767 | 39.9 | +21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 51.7 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Coates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Adams | 1,057 | 54.1 | −1.3 |
| | BNP | John Stonnell | 434 | 22.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Davison | 250 | 12.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | William Skinner | 211 | 10.8 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 31.9 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,952 | 48.9 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Norcross | 899 | 44.1 | −9.6 |
| | BNP | Geoffrey Whitehead | 447 | 21.9 | +21.9 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Langtree | 290 | 14.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Ingham | 232 | 11.4 | −22.0 |
| | UKIP | Dorothy Baxter | 170 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 22.2 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,038 | 49.9 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Earby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Carroll | 998 | 44.1 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Haigh | 549 | 24.3 | −14.9 |
| | BNP | Brian Parker | 432 | 19.1 | +19.1 |
| | Labour | David Foat | 284 | 12.5 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 449 | 19.8 | +10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,263 | 52.0 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Horsfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Lord | 659 | 35.3 | −6.5 |
| | BNP | Anthony Locke | 364 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Independent | Peter Nowland | 356 | 19.1 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | Gerard McCabe | 302 | 16.2 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Janet Riley | 186 | 10.0 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 15.8 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,867 | 48.2 | +17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Marsden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gary Rowland | 512 | 44.8 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Gascoigne | 384 | 33.6 | |
| | Independent | Frederick Hartley | 247 | 21.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,143 | 45.5 | +7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Reedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Willie Clegg | 1,201 | 54.8 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Robert Allen | 547 | 25.0 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shahzad Abdullah | 442 | 20.2 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 654 | 29.9 | +8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,190 | 54.8 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Southfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Robinson | 905 | 53.8 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Sheila Wicks | 506 | 30.1 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Wildman | 270 | 16.1 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | 23.7 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,681 | 45.5 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Vivary Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Whalley | 582 | 33.5 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robinson | 488 | 28.1 | −6.1 |
| | BNP | Robert Cottage | 402 | 23.2 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Harold Ryder | 263 | 15.2 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,735 | 43.2 | +6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Murtazah Zaman | 800 | 51.3 | |
| | Labour | Frank Allanson | 425 | 27.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Jackson | 335 | 21.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 24.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,560 | 60.5 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Waterside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Greaves | 816 | 55.6 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Ian Tweedie | 395 | 26.9 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Regan | 257 | 17.5 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 28.7 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,468 | 40.5 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Whitefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nadeem Ahmed | 1,063 | 55.5 | |
| | Labour | Asjad Mahmood | 741 | 38.7 | |
| | Conservative | Michelle Ainsworth | 110 | 5.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,914 | 78.2 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |