HERE are the full results from Pendle Council’s elections. The Conservatives and Labour Party each have 18 seats, the Liberal Democrats have retained 12 and the BNP has lost one of its two. So it is still a “no overall control” council.
There were votes in 16 wards, with two seats available in Boulsworth Ward. There were four changes - in Barnoldswick’s Craven Ward, the Liberal Democrats won the seat after an Independent stepped down, in Marsden Ward, Nelson, the Conservatives beat the BNP, but in Reedley Ward, the Tories lost to Labour and, finally, the Labour Party took over from the Liberal Democrats in Colne’s Viviary Bridge.
Results (* sitting councillor up for re-election):
Barrowford Ward
*Tony Beckett (Con) 918
Sue Nike (Lab) 609
Majority 309
Turnout: 37.9%
No Change
Boulsworth Ward
Margaret Foxley (Con) 639
John McBeth (Con) 562
Julian Jordan (Lab) 349
David Foat (Lab) 308
Heather Greaves (LD) 211
John Rowe (BNP) 181
Mary Thomas (LD) 155
Rowen Hartley -Fish (G) 141
Turnout: 32.6%
No Change
Bradley Ward
*Mohammad Sakib (Lab) 1,178
Shoaib Ahmed (LD) 700
Timothy Eyre (Con) 147
Stuart Oxbrow (G) 118
Majority 478
Turnout: 45.9%
No Change
Brierfield Ward
*Naeem Ashraf (Lab) 1,102
Jack Gregory (Con) 520
Majority 582
Turnout: 44.3%
No Change
Cloverhill Ward
*Eileen Ansar (Lab) 848
Janice Taylor (Con) 281
Veronica Cullen (BNP) 149
Philip Berry (LD) 108
Majority 567
Turnout: 36.5%
No Change
Coates Ward
*Marjorie Adams (LD) 726
Keith Bailey (Con) 372
Christopher McKimm (Lab) 218
Majority 354
Turnout: 31.7%
No Change
Craven Ward
Ken Hartley (LD) 615
Suzanne Langtree (Con) 376
David Johns (Lab) 220
Dorothy Baxter (UKIP) 193
Majority 239
Turnout: 32.5%
Liberal Democrat gain.
Earby Ward
Rosemary Carroll (Con) 712
Robert Oliver (Lab) 356
Doris Haigh (LD) 343
James Jackman (ED) 311
Majority 356
Turnout: 35.5%
No Change
Horsfield Ward
*Smith Benson (Con) 515
James Kerrigan (LD) 386
Tony Hargreaves (Lab) 375
Majority 129
Turnout: 32.9%
No Change
Marsden Ward
Tommy Cooney (Con) 391
*Adam Grant (BNP) 354
Azhar Ali (Lab) 291
Majority 37
Turnout: 39.8%
Conservative gain
Reedley Ward
Mohammed Hanif (Lab) 1,034
Tonia Barton (Con) 917
James Wood (LD) 181
Majority 117
Turnout: 50.1%
Labour gain
Southfield Ward
*Sheila Wicks (Lab) 847
Abubaker Anwar (LD) 196
Paul Pratt (Con) 190
Majority 651
Turnout: 30.1%
No Change
Vivary Bridge Ward
Ian Tweedie (Lab) 389
Keith Wilkinson (Con) 369
*Glenda Clegg (LD) 367
Leah Jamieson (G) 91
Majority 20
Turnout: 28.9%
Labour gain
Walverden Ward
Abdul Aziz (Lab) 783
Neil McGowan(Con) 265
Majority 518
Turnout: 39.5%
No Change
Waterside Ward
* Tony Greaves (LD) 564
Ian Graham (Lab) 343
Geoff Riley (Con) 110
Gareth Topping (DN) 92
David Penney (G) 75
Majority 221
Turnout: 30.7%
No Change
Whitefield Ward
*Nadeem Ahmed (LD) 1,113
Sajid Ali (Lab) 623
Margaret Beckett (Con) 60
Majority 490
Turnout: 66%
No change.