2000 Pendle Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 Pendle Borough Council elections The 2000 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/83.stm Pendle BBC News 3 February 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 24 Liberal Democrat 18 Conservative 9Local council results 6 May 2000 Financial Times 6 Background Before the election, the Liberal Democrats held 23 seats, compared to 19 for Labour and 8 Conservatives, while one seat was vacant.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2000/04/05/Lancashire+Archive/6087421.LibDems_give_up_on_four_seats/ LibDems give up on four seats 5 April 2000 Lancashire Telegraph 4 February 2011 Seventeen seats were being contested, with two seats being up for election in Waterside ward after Labour councillor Ann Doult resigned from the council due to ill health. The Liberal Democrats only contested 13 of the 17 seats, saying "we're concentrating our resources where we think it's best". Election result The results saw no party win a majority on the council, but the Labour party gained 4 seats.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2000/05/05/Lancashire+Archive/6083577.Labour_singing_the_Blues/ Labour singing the Blues 5 May 2000 Lancashire Telegraph 4 February 2011 Pendle local election result 2000http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2000_Results_Borough.html Election results Pendle Borough Council 3 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203651/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2000_Results_Borough.html 6 June 2014Election results: local councils 6 May 2000 The Times 10 Labour Party (UK) 11 4 0 +4 61.1 36.4 8,490 -4.3% Conservative Party (UK) 4 2 1 +1 22.2 30.2 7,052 +9.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 0 5 -5 16.7 32.5 7,587 -5.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 203 +0.9% An Independent Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 24 0.0% Ward results Barrowfordhttp://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2000/05/05/Lancashire+Archive/6083796.Pendle_election_results/ Pendle election results 5 May 2000 Lancashire Telegraph 4 February 2011 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Beckett 813 45.4 +6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Simpson 691 38.6 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) Robert Oliver 286 16.0 -12.3 122 6.8 +1.2 1,790 37.6 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Boulsworth Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Belbin 757 56.2 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Ryder 304 22.6 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Robert Parsons 287 21.3 -0.1 45.3 33.6 +3.1 1,348 31.9 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bradley Labour Party (UK) Christine Stables 770 47.0 -4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Munir 749 45.7 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Landriau 120 7.3 +2.7 21 1.3 -5.5 1,639 47.2 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) Brierfield Labour Party (UK) Bryan Akrigg 525 50.4 +13.3 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Chadwick 429 41.2 +16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doris Stanworth 88 8.4 -29.8 96 9.2 1,042 33.0 -13.7 Labour Party (UK) Clover Hill Labour Party (UK) Neil Akrigg 519 58.4 -10.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Jackson 285 32.1 +9.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) David French 85 9.6 +1.2 234 26.3 -20.1 889 26.0 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) Coates Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacqueline Taylforth 932 65.4 +11.6 Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 316 22.2 -12.5 Conservative Party (UK) Morris Horsfield 176 12.4 +0.9 616 43.3 +25.1 1,424 36.7 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craven Liberal Democrats (UK) David Whipp 935 64.0 +24.9 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Purcell 349 23.9 -21.9 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Myers 177 12.1 -2.9 586 40.1 1,461 36.7 +6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Earby Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Tennant 930 46.9 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Haigh 884 44.5 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 171 8.6 -7.3 46 2.3 +1.1 1,985 45.8 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Horsfield Labour Party (UK) Colin Nightingale 484 49.1 +6.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Wensley 284 28.8 -14.2 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Riley 218 22.1 +8.0 200 20.3 986 28.8 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Marsden Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Ormrod 620 63.7 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Eyre 354 36.3 +8.2 266 27.3 -6.5 974 27.6 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Pendleside Conservative Party (UK) Shelagh Derwent 541 88.4 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Martin 71 11.6 470 76.8 612 50.5 Conservative Party (UK) Reedley Conservative Party (UK) Pauline McCormick 1,336 79.3 +28.8 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Tariq 348 20.7 +6.6 988 58.7 +43.6 1,684 46.1 +10.3 Conservative Party (UK) Southfield Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Latif 524 54.8 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wildman 433 45.2 +24.3 91 9.5 -24.2 957 29.7 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Vivary Bridge Labour Party (UK) David Whalley 591 43.4 -6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Lord 362 26.6 -12.0 Independent (politician) Peter Nowland 203 14.9 +14.9 Conservative Party (UK) James Ilott 183 13.4 +4.2 An Independent Green Peter Hartley 24 1.8 -0.2 229 16.8 +5.3 1,363 32.4 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Walverden Labour Party (UK) George Adam 572 40.2 -11.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ajaz Ditta 505 35.5 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Abbiss 347 24.4 +14.4 67 4.7 -7.8 1,424 48.1 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Waterside (2) Labour Party (UK) Leonard Ormrod 596 Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 517 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Whittle 225 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beck 217 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Mitchell 146 Conservative Party (UK) Alexandra Thompson 143 1,844 31.2 -7.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitefield Labour Party (UK) Rashid Qadri 944 48.8 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liaquat Ali 873 45.1 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Holden 117 6.0 +0.7 71 3.7 -1.7 1,934 62.1 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) By-elections between 2000 and 2002 A by-election in Horsfield ward took place on 1 March 2001 after Labour councillor Colin Nightingale resigned his seat on the council due to pressure of work. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2001/03/03/6041914.Former_mayoress_wins_by_election/?ref=arc Former mayoress wins by-election 5 June 2014 3 March 2001 Lancashire Telegraph dead https://archive.today/20140605180230/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2001/03/03/6041914.Former_mayoress_wins_by_election/?ref=arc 5 June 2014 The Liberal Democrats gained the seat from Labour by 429 votes, with the former mayoress of Pendle, Dorothy Lord, regaining a seat on the council after she had lost her seat in Vivary Bridge at the 2000 election. Horsfield By-Election 1 March 2001http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results 5 June 2014 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Lord 634 69.4 +40.6 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 205 22.5 -26.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alexandra Thompson 74 8.1 -14.0 429 46.9 913 27.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) References Category:2000 English local elections 2000 Category:2000s in Lancashire