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2010 Pendle Borough Council election
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2010 UK local government election
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November 2013
Pendle Borough Council elections
thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Pendle Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.
The 2010 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3731.stm Pendle BBC News 12 February 2011 19 April 2009
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 17
Liberal Democrat 16
Labour 13
British National Party 2
Independent 1 https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 2011-02-12 2010-05-07 The Guardian London
Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8098913.Pendle_Borough_Council_election_battle/?ref=rss Pendle Borough Council election battle Moseley Tom 5 May 2010 Lancashire Telegraph 12 February 2011 The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent. 16 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party defended 1 seat.
Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors.http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/8152401.Pendle_Borough_Council_still_split/ Pendle Borough Council still split 7 May 2010 Burnley and Pendle Citizen 12 February 2011 The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%.http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/13 Election Results Pendle Borough Council 12 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110123191725/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/13 23 January 2011
Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnleypendlerossendale/8182830.Pendle_council_coalition____dirty_deal____claim/ Pendle council coalition 'dirty deal' claim Livesey Jon 24 May 2010 Lancashire Telegraph 12 February 2011 The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions.
Pendle local election result 2010
Labour Party (UK)
6
2
0
+2
37.5
28.0
11,415
+5.0%
Conservative Party (UK)
5
1
0
+1
31.3
34.1
13,881
-6.4%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
4
0
3
-3
25.0
29.3
11,922
-0.2%
British National Party
1
0
0
0
6.3
8.0
3,258
+3.2%
England First Party
0
0
0
0
0
0.7
279
+0.7%
Ward results
Barrowford
Conservative Party (UK)
Jonathan Eyre
1,563
55.0
-12.3
Labour Party (UK)
Sue Nike
906
31.9
+7.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Donna Caley
372
13.1
+4.8
657
23.1
-19.9
2,841
70.3
+27.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Boulsworth
Conservative Party (UK)
George Askew
1,487
48.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Thomas James
665
21.5
Labour Party (UK)
Gerry McCabe
647
20.9
British National Party
Jane Mulligan
300
9.7
822
26.5
3,099
74.2
+25.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Bradley
Labour Party (UK)
Mohammed Iqbal
1,386
48.4
-5.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Tanzil Ahmed
816
28.5
+1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Tim Eyre
381
13.3
-5.5
England First Party
David Geddes
279
9.7
+9.7
570
19.9
-7.1
2,862
62.1
+22.8
Labour Party (UK)
Brierfield
Labour Party (UK)
Mohammed Arshad
1,152
42.8
-4.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Abdul Hussain
759
28.2
-6.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pervaz Afzal
403
15.0
-3.2
British National Party
Lee Karmer
379
14.1
+14.1
393
14.6
+2.0
2,693
73.4
+23.7
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Clover Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Kathleen Shore
777
32.3
-5.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
James Wood
720
29.9
-2.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Janice Taylor
588
24.4
-5.6
British National Party
John Rowe
323
13.4
+13.4
57
2.4
-3.1
2,408
63.9
+20.5
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Coates
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Lindsay Gaskell
1,280
45.4
-0.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Keith Bailey
915
32.5
-11.1
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Smith
337
12.0
+1.2
British National Party
Malcolm Foster
286
10.1
+10.1
365
13.0
+11.1
2,818
68.1
+32.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Craven
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Whipp
1,372
47.6
+22.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Jenny Purcell
1,175
40.7
+15.8
Labour Party (UK)
John Pope
337
11.7
+8.4
197
6.8
2,884
68.2
+19.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Earby
Conservative Party (UK)
Chris Tennant
1,684
50.9
-18.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jackie Taylforth
687
20.8
+2.7
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Oliver
488
14.7
+2.3
British National Party
James Jackman
450
13.6
+13.6
997
30.1
-21.3
3,309
69.2
+30.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Horsfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Neil Butterworth
828
34.6
-14.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sharon Davies
814
34.0
-3.2
Labour Party (UK)
David Johns
435
18.2
+4.6
British National Party
Julie Fairless
314
13.1
+13.1
14
0.6
-11.4
2,391
60.1
+25.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Marsden
British National Party
Brian Parker
502
30.5
-8.6
Labour Party (UK)
David Foat
474
28.8
+7.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Jack Gregory
448
27.3
-4.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Aaron Whitehall-Pain
220
13.4
+5.6
28
1.7
-5.2
1,644
62.4
+21.3
British National Party
Reedley
Conservative Party (UK)
Pauline McCormick
1,492
49.2
-21.9
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Allen
839
27.7
+11.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Kenneth Massey
699
23.1
+10.4
653
21.6
-33.3
3,030
72.7
+29.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Southfield
Labour Party (UK)
Sheena Dunn
908
38.1
+1.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Judith Robinson
754
31.6
+0.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul McKenna
724
30.3
-2.3
154
6.5
+2.5
2,386
59.8
+22.7
Labour Party (UK)
Vivary Bridge
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Clegg
832
34.2
-1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Joe Cooney
711
29.2
+0.7
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Hargreaves
514
21.1
+7.4
British National Party
Veronica Cullen
376
15.5
-6.6
121
5.0
-2.0
2,433
59.6
+25.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Walverden
Labour Party (UK)
Julie Henderson
697
38.3
-5.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Asghar Ali
632
34.8
+5.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Barbara King
489
26.9
-0.2
65
3.6
-11.6
1,818
68.0
+16.4
Labour Party (UK)
Waterside
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Dorothy Lord
984
44.1
+4.2
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hall
487
21.8
+4.7
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Martin
430
19.3
+7.1
British National Party
Ian Robinson
328
14.7
-12.6
497
22.3
+9.7
2,229
58.1
+25.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Whitefield
Labour Party (UK)
Asjad Mahmood
1,088
57.0
+27.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Rashid Quadri
672
35.2
-29.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Beckett
150
7.9
+2.9
416
21.8
1,910
73.2
+8.3
Labour Party (UK)
References
Pendle
2010
Category:2010s in Lancashire