2004 Pendle Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 Pendle Borough Council elections thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2004 Pendle Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004. 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3731.stm Pendle council BBC News 6 February 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was Liberal Democrat 30 Conservative 11 Labour 8Local councils 12 June 2004 Financial Times 7 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.BNP to fight 8 seats 14 May 2004 Burnley Express 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,Postal voting system needs fraud check, officials say 11 June 2004 The Times London 1 after gaining 5 seats from LabourHow Labour slowly realised that its time was up Charter David 12 June 2004 The Times London 24 and 1 from an independent.Liberals take control of council after epic election victory 14 June 2004 Burnley Express 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.Cabinet control justified 2 July 2004 Burnley Express Pendle local election result 2004http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2004_Results_Borough.html Election results Pendle Borough Council 6 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220212/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2004_Results_Borough.html 6 June 2014Ballot box 12 June 2004 The Times London 26 Liberal Democrats (UK) 11 6 0 +6 68.8 41.0 12,446 -3.5% Conservative Party (UK) 3 0 0 0 18.8 23.1 7,021 -0.9% Labour Party (UK) 2 0 5 -5 12.5 22.7 6,871 +1.3% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 10.6 3,219 +3.3% Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0 2.0 603 -0.2% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 170 +0.6% Ward results BarrowfordPendle election results 11 June 2004 Burnley Express Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Beckett 873 41.9 +10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Simpson 649 31.2 +1.8 British National Party Trevor Dawson 385 18.5 -8.0 Labour Party (UK) Jillian Smith 176 8.4 -4.8 224 10.8 +9.2 2,083 52.9 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Boulsworth Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Davies 747 35.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Calvert 739 35.6 British National Party Thomas Boocock 413 19.9 Labour Party (UK) David Johns 179 8.6 8 0.4 2,078 53.6 +17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bradley Liberal Democrats (UK) Donna Caley 1,239 52.0 -10.4 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Sakib 971 40.8 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Landriau 171 7.2 +7.2 268 11.3 -13.6 2,381 56.7 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) Brierfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Francis Wren 1,024 49.9 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Tattersall 547 26.6 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Allen 483 23.5 -1.9 477 23.2 -2.2 2,054 56.4 +11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Clover Hill Liberal Democrats (UK) David Foster 1,109 57.7 +13.9 British National Party Michael Brennan 342 17.8 -8.0 Labour Party (UK) Neil Akrigg 325 16.9 -8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Landriau 147 7.6 +2.6 767 39.9 +21.9 1,923 51.7 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Coates Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Adams 1,057 54.1 -1.3 British National Party John Stonnell 434 22.2 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Davison 250 12.8 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) William Skinner 211 10.8 +0.9 623 31.9 -1.4 1,952 48.9 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craven Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Norcross 899 44.1 -9.6 British National Party Geoffrey Whitehead 447 21.9 +21.9 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Langtree 290 14.2 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Helen Ingham 232 11.4 -22.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Dorothy Baxter 170 8.3 +8.3 452 22.2 +2.0 2,038 49.9 +9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Earby Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Carroll 998 44.1 -4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Haigh 549 24.3 -14.9 British National Party Brian Parker 432 19.1 +19.1 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 284 12.5 +0.7 449 19.8 +10.1 2,263 52.0 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Horsfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Lord 659 35.3 -6.5 British National Party Anthony Locke 364 19.5 +19.5 Independent (politician) Peter Nowland 356 19.1 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) Gerard McCabe 302 16.2 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Riley 186 10.0 -1.5 295 15.8 -0.7 1,867 48.2 +17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marsden Labour Party (UK) Gary Rowland 512 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) Benjamin Gascoigne 384 33.6 Independent (politician) Frederick Hartley 247 21.6 128 11.2 1,143 45.5 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) Reedley Conservative Party (UK) Willie Clegg 1,201 54.8 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Robert Allen 547 25.0 -6.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shahzad Abdullah 442 20.2 +5.5 654 29.9 +8.3 2,190 54.8 +10.6 Conservative Party (UK) Southfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Robinson 905 53.8 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Wicks 506 30.1 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wildman 270 16.1 +6.7 399 23.7 -7.4 1,681 45.5 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Vivary Bridge Labour Party (UK) David Whalley 582 33.5 +7.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robinson 488 28.1 -6.1 British National Party Robert Cottage 402 23.2 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Ryder 263 15.2 +5.1 94 5.4 1,735 43.2 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) Walverden Liberal Democrats (UK) Murtazah Zaman 800 51.3 Labour Party (UK) Frank Allanson 425 27.2 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Jackson 335 21.5 375 24.0 1,560 60.5 +8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Waterside Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Greaves 816 55.6 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 395 26.9 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Regan 257 17.5 +4.7 421 28.7 +14.2 1,468 40.5 +10.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitefield Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadeem Ahmed 1,063 55.5 Labour Party (UK) Asjad Mahmood 741 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michelle Ainsworth 110 5.7 322 16.8 1,914 78.2 +8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) References Category:2004 English local elections 2004 Category:2000s in Lancashire