2011 Pendle Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election June 2014 June 2014 Pendle Borough Council elections thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2011 Pendle Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011. The 2011 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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/election2011/council/html/30uj.stm England council elections 10 May 2011 BBC News Online 6 June 2014 After the election, the composition of the council was Conservative 18 Labour 16 Liberal Democrats 12 British National Party 2 Independent 1Local authority elections: England 7 May 2011 The Guardian NewsBank Background Before the election there were 17 Conservatives, 16 Liberal Democrats, 13 Labour, 2 British National Party and 1 independent councillors.2011 elections: Pendle Borough Council candidates 6 April 2011 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank At the last election in 2010 the Liberal Democrats lost the leadership of the council and an agreement between the Conservative and Labour parties took control of the council, with Conservative Mike Blomeley becoming leader of the council, after attempts at forming an all party cabinet failed. However Labour withdrew from the agreement with the Conservatives in February 2011.Tories and Labour make headway in Pendle Livesey Jon 6 May 2011 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank 17 seats were contested at the election, with 6 sitting councillors standing down, Martin Bell from Craven ward, Carol Belshaw from Foulridge ward, Gary Bird from Clover Hill ward, Allan Buck from Coates ward, Sonia Robinson from Southfield ward and Violet Vaughan from Boulsworth ward. Election result After having run the council until the 2010 election, the Liberal Democrats fell to third on the council with 12 seats, behind the Conservatives on 18 seats and Labour on 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats, Craven and Vivary Bridge to the Conservatives, and Clover Hill and Southfield to Labour, with the Liberal Democrat leader on the council John David holding his seat in Old Laund Booth by only 10 votes. Labour picked up 3 seats, taking Reedley from the Conservatives, in addition to the party's 2 gains from the Liberal Democrats, while the Conservatives ended up with 1 extra seat on the council. Overall turnout at the election was 43.7%.http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/10 Election Results Pendle Borough Council 6 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140716005156/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/1000/elections-results/286/election_results/10 16 July 2014 dmy-all Following the election, Conservative Mike Blomeley remained as leader of the council with an all Conservative cabinet,New Pendle cabinet revealed 25 May 2011 Lancashire Telegraph NewsBank meanwhile Liberal Democrat Nadeem Ahmed became the youngest mayor of Pendle at the age of 32.http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/local/pendle-youngest-ever-mayor-takes-office-1-3407969 Pendle youngest-ever Mayor takes office Burnley Express 7 June 2014 Pendle local election result 2011 Conservative Party (UK) 8 2 1 +1 47.1 41.2 10,577 +7.1% Labour Party (UK) 5 3 0 +3 29.4 37.2 9,551 +9.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 0 4 -4 23.5 18.0 4,618 -11.3% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 452 -6.2% English Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 263 +1.0% England First Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 172 +0.0% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 62 +0.2% Ward results Barrowford Conservative Party (UK) Linda Crossley 1,045 57.8 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Sue Nike 763 42.2 +10.3 282 15.6 -7.5 1,808 45.0 -25.3 Conservative Party (UK) Blacko and Higherford Conservative Party (UK) Shelagh Derwent 583 79.8 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) John Pope 148 20.2 +8.9 435 59.5 -9.0 731 49.7 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Boulsworth Conservative Party (UK) Paul White 1,000 53.6 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) Julian Jordan 512 27.4 +6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Kerrigan 355 19.0 -2.5 488 26.1 -0.4 1,867 44.7 -29.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bradley Labour Party (UK) Nadeem Younis 1,339 70.5 +22.1 Conservative Party (UK) Tim Eyre 218 11.5 -1.8 England First Party David Geddes 172 9.1 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Massey 171 9.0 -19.5 1,121 59.0 +39.1 1,900 41.7 -20.4 Labour Party (UK) Brierfield Labour Party (UK) Nawaz Ahmed 1,161 64.1 +21,3 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Gregory 650 35.9 +7.7 511 28.2 +13.6 1,811 49.0 -24.4 Labour Party (UK) Clover Hill Labour Party (UK) Richard Smith 775 51.4 +19.1 Conservative Party (UK) Janice Taylor 358 23.8 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Wood 213 14.1 -15.8 British National Party Julie Fairless 161 10.7 -2.7 417 27.7 +25.3 1,507 40.3 -23.6 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Coates Liberal Democrats (UK) Janine Throupe 775 45.5 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Clarke 593 34.8 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 336 19.7 +7.7 182 10.7 -2.3 1,704 41.7 -26.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craven Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Purcell 768 42.5 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Stead 719 39.8 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Bill Roberts 321 17.8 +6.1 49 2.7 1,808 42.7 -25.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Earby Conservative Party (UK) Morris Horsfield 1,145 53.7 2.8 Labour Party (UK) Hazel Rycroft 513 24.1 +9.7 English Democrats James Jackman 263 12.3 +12.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jackie Taylforth 210 9.9 -10.9 632 29.7 -0.4 2,131 44.6 -24.6 Conservative Party (UK) Foulridge Conservative Party (UK) Graham Waugh 551 78.7 +22.6 Labour Party (UK) Denzil Metcalfe 149 21.3 +13.4 402 57.4 +23.0 700 51.6 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Higham and Pendleside Conservative Party (UK) James Starkie 625 80.4 +18.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Oliver 152 19.6 +13.7 473 60.9 +30.2 777 56.1 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Horsfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Kerrigan 555 37.9 +3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Rachel Pearson 490 33.4 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 421 28.7 +10.5 65 4.4 1,466 37.2 -22.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Old Laund Booth Liberal Democrats (UK) John David 367 48.5 -17.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Hartley 357 47.2 +16.9 Labour Party (UK) Peter Maltby 32 4.2 +0.5 10 1.3 -34.4 756 61.3 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Reedley Labour Party (UK) Robert Allen 1,218 53.4 +25.7 Conservative Party (UK) Tonia Barton 1,062 46.6 -2.6 156 6.8 2,280 54.8 -17.9 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Southfield Labour Party (UK) David Whalley 866 53.9 +15.8 Conservative Party (UK) Paul McKenna 363 22.6 -7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Robinson 204 12.7 -18.9 British National Party Lee Karmer 112 7.0 +7.0 UK Independence Party John Banks 62 3.9 +3.9 503 31.3 +24.8 1,607 40.2 -19.6 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivary Bridge Conservative Party (UK) Joe Cooney 555 37.9 +8.7 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hargreaves 464 31.7 +10.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Howard Thomas 444 30.3 -3.9 91 6.2 1,463 35.9 -23.7 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Waterside Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Roach 605 43.9 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) David Johns 381 27.6 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Regan 214 15.5 -6.3 British National Party John Rowe 179 13.0 -1.7 224 16.2 -6.1 1,379 36.2 -21.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Pendle 2011 Category:2010s in Lancashire