2000 Pendle Borough Council election

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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election, the Liberal Democrats held 23 seats, compared to 19 for Labour and 8 Conservatives, while one seat was vacant.^[3] 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.^[3] The Liberal Democrats only contested 13 of the 17 seats, saying "we're concentrating our resources where we think it's best".^[3]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council, but the Labour party gained 4 seats.^[4]

Pendle local election result 2000^[5]^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	4	0	+4	61.1	36.4	8,490	-4.3%
Conservative	4	2	1	+1	22.2	30.2	7,052	+9.2%
Liberal Democrats	3	0	5	-5	16.7	32.5	7,587	-5.7%
Independent	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

Barrowford^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Beckett	813	45.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Simpson	691	38.6	+5.5
	Labour	Robert Oliver	286	16.0	−12.3
Majority			122	6.8	+1.2
Turnout			1,790	37.6	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Boulsworth^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Belbin	757	56.2	+1.6
	Conservative	Harold Ryder	304	22.6	−1.5
	Labour	Robert Parsons	287	21.3	−0.1
Majority			45.3	33.6	+3.1
Turnout			1,348	31.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradley^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Stables	770	47.0	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Munir	749	45.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Michael Landriau	120	7.3	+2.7
Majority			21	1.3	−5.5
Turnout			1,639	47.2	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Akrigg	525	50.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Frank Chadwick	429	41.2	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Stanworth	88	8.4	−29.8
Majority			96	9.2
Turnout			1,042	33.0	−13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clover Hill^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Akrigg	519	58.4	−10.6
	Conservative	Ann Jackson	285	32.1	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David French	85	9.6	+1.2
Majority			234	26.3	−20.1
Turnout			889	26.0	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Coates^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Taylforth	932	65.4	+11.6
	Labour	John Edwards	316	22.2	−12.5
	Conservative	Morris Horsfield	176	12.4	+0.9
Majority			616	43.3	+25.1
Turnout			1,424	36.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Whipp	935	64.0	+24.9
	Labour	Jennifer Purcell	349	23.9	−21.9
	Conservative	Edward Myers	177	12.1	−2.9
Majority			586	40.1
Turnout			1,461	36.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earby^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Tennant	930	46.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haigh	884	44.5	+3.0
	Labour	David Foat	171	8.6	−7.3
Majority			46	2.3	+1.1
Turnout			1,985	45.8	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Horsfield^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Nightingale	484	49.1	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wensley	284	28.8	−14.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Riley	218	22.1	+8.0
Majority			200	20.3
Turnout			986	28.8	−2.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marsden^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Ormrod	620	63.7	+1.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Eyre	354	36.3	+8.2
Majority			266	27.3	−6.5
Turnout			974	27.6	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleside^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shelagh Derwent	541	88.4
	Labour	Anthony Martin	71	11.6
Majority			470	76.8
Turnout			612	50.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Reedley^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline McCormick	1,336	79.3	+28.8
	Labour	Mohammad Tariq	348	20.7	+6.6
Majority			988	58.7	+43.6
Turnout			1,684	46.1	+10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southfield^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Latif	524	54.8	−1.6
	Conservative	Peter Wildman	433	45.2	+24.3
Majority			91	9.5	−24.2
Turnout			957	29.7	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Whalley	591	43.4	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lord	362	26.6	−12.0
	Independent	Peter Nowland	203	14.9	+14.9
	Conservative	James Ilott	183	13.4	+4.2
	An Independent Green	Peter Hartley	24	1.8	−0.2
Majority			229	16.8	+5.3
Turnout			1,363	32.4	−1.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Walverden^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Adam	572	40.2	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ajaz Ditta	505	35.5	−3.2
	Conservative	Roger Abbiss	347	24.4	+14.4
Majority			67	4.7	−7.8
Turnout			1,424	48.1	+1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterside (2)^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Ormrod	596
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	517
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Whittle	225
	Liberal Democrats	John Beck	217
	Conservative	Adrian Mitchell	146
	Conservative	Alexandra Thompson	143
Turnout			1,844	31.2	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitefield^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rashid Qadri	944	48.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liaquat Ali	873	45.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Robert Holden	117	6.0	+0.7
Majority			71	3.7	−1.7
Turnout			1,934	62.1	−3.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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.^[8] 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.^[8]

Horsfield By-Election 1 March 2001^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Lord	634	69.4	+40.6
	Labour	David Foat	205	22.5	−26.6
	Conservative	Alexandra Thompson	74	8.1	−14.0
Majority			429	46.9
Turnout			913	27.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c "LibDems give up on four seats". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ "Labour singing the Blues". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Election results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Pendle election results". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Former mayoress wins by-election". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 March 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[change-1] "Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[council-2] "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.

[four-3] "LibDems give up on four seats". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[blues-4] "Labour singing the Blues". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Election results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[local-6] "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.

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[mayoress-8] "Former mayoress wins by-election". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 March 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[byelection-9] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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