2012 Pendle Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 Pendle Borough Council elections thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2012 Pendle Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012. The 2012 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000122.stm Vote 2012 4 May 2012 BBC News 7 June 2014 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 18 Labour 18 Liberal Democrats 12 British National Party 1Election results 2012: Non-Metro 5 May 2012 The Guardian NewsBank Background Before the election the Conservatives had 18 seats on the council, Labour 16, the Liberal Democrats 12, British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent.Pendle Council to see changing line-up 13 April 2012 Craven Herald NewsBank 17 seats were contested, with 2 seats available in Boulsworth after Conservative councillor George Askew resigned his seat on the council.http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local/pendle-council-election-line-up-1-4417327 https://archive.today/20140608124145/http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local/pendle-council-election-line-up-1-4417327 dead 8 June 2014 Pendle Council election line-up Pendle Today 8 June 2014 This meant the Conservatives were defending 6 seats, Labour 5, Liberal Democrats 4 and the British National Party 1 seat. Among those standing down at the election was the Conservative leader of the council, Mile Blomeley from Reedley ward for health reasons,http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/pendle/reedley/9565204.Leader_of_Pendle_Council_to_step_down_for_health_reasons/ Leader of Pendle Council to step down for health reasons Livesey Jon 2 March 2012 Lancashire Telegraph 8 June 2014 as well as Conservatives Valerie Langtree from Earby ward and Mike Calvert from Boulsworth ward, independent Glenn Whitaker from Craven ward and Labour's Mohammed Khalid from Walverden ward. As well as candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, there were 4 Green Party candidates, 3 from the British National Party and 1 each from the Democratic Nationalists, English Democrats and UK Independence Party. Election result Labour gained seats in Reedley from the Conservatives and Vivary Bridge from the Liberal Democrats, to move level with the Conservatives on 18 seats each, while the Liberal Democrats remained on 12 seats after taking Craven ward where the only independent had stood down.Pendle remains under no overall control 4 May 2012 Craven Herald NewsBankhttp://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local/pendle-council-election-round-up-1-4518511 https://archive.today/20140608125345/http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local/pendle-council-election-round-up-1-4518511 dead 8 June 2014 Pendle Council election round-up Pendle Today 8 June 2014 The only other change saw one of the two British National Party councillors lose his seat to the Conservatives in Marsden ward by 37 votes.Last BNP councillor happy to work with Tory 11 May 2012 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank Overall turnout at the election was 37.8%.http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/9 Election Results Pendle Borough Council 7 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140716012752/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/9 16 July 2014 Joe Cooney was elected as the new leader of the Conservative group on the council,New leader for Pendle Conservatives announced 7 May 2012 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank and then became leader of the council, after having only been a councillor for 12 months.Tories and Lib Dems join forces in Pendle Marshall Tyrone 19 May 2012 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank This came after the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed a coalition to run the council with 6 Conservatives and 4 Liberal Democrats on the council executive. Following the election the Conservative member of parliament for Pendle, Andrew Stephenson, alleged that had been electoral fraud involving postal votes at the council election particularly pointing to the results in Reedley ward over the last two elections.Pendle MP: 'Vote fraud in our towns' Marshall Tyrone 24 May 2012 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank 3 complaints regarding postal votes were investigated by the police, while councillors set up a working group to look at concerns. Pendle local election result 2012 Labour Party (UK) 7 2 0 +2 41.2 40.2 9,873 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 1 0 35.3 29.9 7,344 -11.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 1 1 0 23.5 23.0 5,665 +5.0 British National Party 0 0 1 -1 0.0 2.8 684 +1.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 425 +1.7 English Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 311 +0.3 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 193 +0.6 Democratic Nationalists 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 92 +0.4 Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 +0.0 Ward results Barrowford Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Beckett 918 60.1 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Sue Nike 609 39.9 -2.3 309 20.2 +4.6 1,527 38.0 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Boulsworth (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Foxley 639 Conservative Party (UK) John McBeth 562 Labour Party (UK) Julian Jordan 349 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 308 Liberal Democrats (UK) Heather Greaves 211 British National Party John Rowe 181 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Thomas 155 Green Party of England and Wales Rowen Hartley-Fish 141 2,546 32.6 -12.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bradley Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Sakib 1,178 55.0 -15.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shoaib Ahmed 700 32.7 +23.7 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Eyre 147 6.9 -4.6 Green Party of England and Wales Stuart Oxbrow 118 5.5 +5.5 478 22.3 -36.7 2,143 45.9 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Brierfield Labour Party (UK) Naeem Ashraf 1,102 67.9 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Gregory 520 32.1 -3.8 582 35.9 +7.7 1,622 44.3 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Clover Hill Labour Party (UK) Eileen Ansar 848 61.2 +9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Janice Taylor 281 20.3 -3.5 British National Party Veronica Cullen 149 10.8 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Berry 108 7.8 -6.3 567 40.9 +13.2 1,386 36.5 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Coates Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Adams 726 55.2 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Bailey 372 28.3 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) Christopher McKimm 218 16.6 -3.1 354 26.9 +16.2 1,316 31.7 -10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craven Liberal Democrats (UK) Ken Hartley 615 43.8 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Suzanne Langtree 376 26.8 -15.7 Labour Party (UK) David Johns 220 15.7 -2.1 UK Independence Party Dorothy Baxter 193 13.7 +13.7 239 17.0 1,404 32.5 -10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) Earby Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Carroll 712 41.3 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) Robert Oliver 356 20.7 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doris Haigh 343 19.9 +10.0 English Democrats James Jackman 311 18.1 +5.8 356 20.7 -9.0 1,722 35.5 -9.1 Conservative Party (UK) Horsfield Conservative Party (UK) Alan Benson 515 40.4 +7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Kerrigan 386 30.3 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Tony Hargreaves 375 29.4 +0.7 129 10.1 1,276 32.9 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Marsden Conservative Party (UK) Tommy Cooney 391 37.7 +10.4 British National Party Adam Grant 354 34.2 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Azhar Ali 291 28.1 -0.7 37 3.6 1,036 39.8 -22.6 Conservative Party (UK) British National Party Reedley Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Hanif 1,034 48.5 -4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Tonia Barton 917 43.0 -3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Wood 181 8.5 +8.5 117 5.5 -1.3 2,132 50.1 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Southfield Labour Party (UK) Sheila Wicks 847 68.7 +14.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Abubaker Anwar 196 15.9 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Pratt 190 15.4 -7.2 651 52.8 +21.5 1,233 30.1 -10.1 Labour Party (UK) Vivary Bridge Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 389 32.0 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Wilkinson 369 30.3 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Glennda Clegg 367 30.2 -0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Leah Jamieson 91 7.5 +7.5 20 1.6 1,216 28.9 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Walverden Labour Party (UK) Abdul Aziz 783 74.7 +36.4 Conservative Party (UK) Neil McGowan 265 25.3 -1.6 518 49.4 +45.8 1,048 39.5 -28.5 Labour Party (UK) Waterside Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Greaves 564 47.6 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Ian Graham 343 29.0 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Riley 110 9.3 -6.2 Democratic Nationalists Gary Topping 92 7.8 +7.8 Green Party of England and Wales David Penney 75 6.3 +6.3 221 18.7 +2.5 1,184 30.7 -5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Whitefield Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadeem Ahmed 1,113 62.0 +26.8 Labour Party (UK) Sajid Ali 623 34.7 -22.3 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Beckett 60 3.3 -4.6 490 27.3 1,796 65.9 -7.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) By-elections between 2012 and 2014 Coates A by-election took place on 2 May 2013 after the resignation from the council of Liberal Democrat councillor Janine Throup.http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/10332775.Pendle_councillor_Janine_Throup_resigns/ Pendle councillor Janine Throup resigns 6 April 2013 Craven Herald 8 June 2014 The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Claire Teall by a majority of 196 votes.http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/5 Election Results Pendle Borough Council 8 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140715163716/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/5 15 July 2014 Coates By-Election 2 May 2013http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results 8 June 2014 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Teall 623 49.0 -6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Thompson 427 33.6 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) Christopher McKimm 221 17.4 +0.8 196 15.4 -11.5 1,271 30.9 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Blacko and Higherford A by-election was held in Blacko and Higherford after Conservative councillor Shelagh Derwent was disqualified from the council after not attending meetings for 6 months.Pendle Borough Council by-election takes place tomorrow 2 April 2014 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank The seat was held for the Conservatives by Noel McEvoy with 370 votes, double the vote of the other 3 candidates.Conservatives retain seat 8 April 2014 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank Blacko and Higherford By-Election 3 April 2014http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/4 Election Results Pendle Borough Council 8 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140715230941/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/4 15 July 2014 Conservative Party (UK) Noel McEvoy 370 66.7 -13.1 UK Independence Party Michael Waddington 86 15.5 +15.5 Labour Party (UK) Robert Oliver 65 11.7 -8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Raynolds 34 6.1 +6.1 284 51.2 -8.3 555 38.3 -11.4 Conservative Party (UK) References Pendle 2012 Category:2010s in Lancashire