Pendle
District council · North West · 33 seats in 12 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027
Pendle Council is run by an Independent / Liberal Democrats coalition. The council has 33 councillors in 12 wards. Seats by party: Other 13, Conservative 10, Reform 5, Lib Dem 5. The next election is on 6 May 2027.
A government plan to replace the councils in this area with four unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source
Seats by party
Who holds each ward
Winning margin at the last election, in points.
Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.
Councillors and last results
Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.
| Ward and councillors | Last election |
|---|---|
| Barnoldswick Lola Whipp, Chris Church, Bryony Hartley | 7 May 2026 Lib Dem 40.0% lead 3.4 pts |
| Barrowford & Pendleside Nadeem Ahmed, Martyn Stone, David Gallear | 7 May 2026 Conservative 36.5% lead 0.5 pts |
| Boulsworth & Foulridge Sarah Cockburn-Price, Alan Whitehead, David Cockburn-Price | 7 May 2026 Reform 39.3% lead 3.5 pts |
| Bradley Mohammad Aslam, Mohammed Iqbal, Mohammad Ammer | 7 May 2026 Independent 50.2% lead 31.7 pts |
| Brierfield East & Clover Hill Zafar Ali, Naeem Ashraf, Sajjad Ahmed | 7 May 2026 Independent 53.7% lead 33.0 pts |
| Brierfield West & Reedley Yasser Iqbal, Mohammad Hanif | 2 May 2024 Independent 62.0% lead 45.6 pts |
| Earby & Coates Susan Land, David Hartley, Glenn Whittaker | 7 May 2026 Reform 38.9% lead 0.3 pts |
| Fence & Higham Brian Newman | 2 May 2024 Lib Dem 53.9% lead 7.8 pts |
| Marsden & Southfield Mohammed Adnan, Riaz Bashir, Yvonne Tennant | 7 May 2026 Independent 38.8% lead 8.7 pts |
| Vivary Bridge Marion Atkinson, Richard O'Connor, Michael Waddington | 7 May 2026 Reform 41.4% lead 13.5 pts |
| Waterside & Horsfield Dorothy Lord, Ash Sutcliffe, Nathan McCollum | 7 May 2026 Reform 39.9% lead 11.4 pts |
| Whitefield & Walverden Faraz Ahmad, Asjad Mahmood, Mohammad Sakib | 7 May 2026 Independent 47.2% lead 31.9 pts |
Barnoldswick
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Church Elected | Lib Dem | 970 | 40.0% |
| Sean Robertson | Reform | 889 | 36.6% |
| Julie Sutcliffe | Conservative | 235 | 9.7% |
| Richard Whiteley | Green | 230 | 9.5% |
| Euan Robert Clouston | Labour | 103 | 4.2% |
Last by-election, 27 November 2025
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryony Alys Hartley Elected | Lib Dem | 1,008 | 59.8% |
| Mick Waddington | Reform | 441 | 26.2% |
| Jane Pratt | Conservative | 170 | 10.1% |
| Euan Robert Clouston | Labour | 66 | 3.9% |
Barrowford & Pendleside
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn Warren Stone Elected | Conservative | 1,115 | 36.5% |
| Vanessa Robinson | Reform | 1,100 | 36.0% |
| Susan Frances Nike | Labour | 461 | 15.1% |
| Elektra Ellis | Green | 273 | 8.9% |
| Anthony William Chamberlain | Lib Dem | 105 | 3.4% |
Last by-election, 15 December 2022
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Harry Gallear Elected | Conservative | 699 | 57.3% |
| Susan Frances Nike | Labour | 436 | 35.8% |
| Allan Vickerman | Lib Dem | 84 | 6.9% |
Boulsworth & Foulridge
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Mark Whitehead Elected | Reform | 1,151 | 39.3% |
| Alexander Jack Hustwit | Conservative | 1,048 | 35.8% |
| Lyndsey Taylor | Green | 279 | 9.5% |
| David Philip Johns | Labour | 230 | 7.8% |
| Patricia Josephine Hannah-Wood | Lib Dem | 223 | 7.6% |
Bradley
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Ammer Elected | Independent | 990 | 50.2% |
| Drew Dixon | Reform | 365 | 18.5% |
| Ryan Thomas Andrew Brown | Green | 192 | 9.7% |
| Muhammad Huzaifa | Labour | 187 | 9.5% |
| Nigel Pearson-Asher | Conservative | 173 | 8.8% |
| Howard Philip Thomas | Lib Dem | 65 | 3.3% |
Brierfield East & Clover Hill
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sajjad Ahmed Elected | Independent | 1,253 | 53.7% |
| John Metcalfe | Reform | 483 | 20.7% |
| Pauline Anne McCormick | Conservative | 215 | 9.2% |
| Benjamin Harrop | Green | 163 | 7.0% |
| Adam Thomas Walsh | Labour | 155 | 6.6% |
| Mary Elizabeth Thomas | Lib Dem | 65 | 2.8% |
Brierfield West & Reedley
Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Hanif Elected | Independent | 1,365 | 62.0% |
| Pauline Anne McCormick | Conservative | 362 | 16.4% |
| Sajjad Akbar | Independent | 300 | 13.6% |
| Isaac Shafi Iqbal | Labour | 176 | 8.0% |
Earby & Coates
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Robert Whittaker Elected | Reform | 1,067 | 38.9% |
| David Michael Baxter Whipp | Lib Dem | 1,060 | 38.6% |
| Jane Pratt | Conservative | 294 | 10.7% |
| Jane Veronica Bailes Wood | Green | 203 | 7.4% |
| David Andrew Hunter | Labour | 119 | 4.3% |
Fence & Higham
Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Newman Elected | Lib Dem | 442 | 53.9% |
| Howard Hartley | Conservative | 378 | 46.1% |
Marsden & Southfield
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riaz Ahmed Bashir Elected | Independent | 777 | 38.8% |
| Gary Anthony Hood | Reform | 603 | 30.1% |
| Marie Mary Stone | Conservative | 232 | 11.6% |
| Claire Brightley | Green | 167 | 8.3% |
| Sheila Wicks | Labour | 160 | 8.0% |
| Philip Alfred Berry | Lib Dem | 66 | 3.3% |
Vivary Bridge
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Howard Waddington Elected | Reform | 716 | 41.4% |
| Andy Bell | Lib Dem | 483 | 27.9% |
| Karen Lesley Clark | Conservative | 310 | 17.9% |
| Kelly Whiteside | Green | 130 | 7.5% |
| Mark Andrew Porter | Labour | 91 | 5.3% |
Last by-election, 1 May 2025
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Ellen Atkinson Elected | Reform | 689 | 43.9% |
| David Clegg | Lib Dem | 468 | 29.8% |
| Julie Green | Conservative | 258 | 16.4% |
| Philip Heyworth | Labour | 106 | 6.7% |
| Benjamin Harrop | Green | 50 | 3.2% |
Waterside & Horsfield
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Thomas McCollum Elected | Reform | 798 | 39.9% |
| Alice Rosemary Mann | Lib Dem | 570 | 28.5% |
| Reece Jon Bailey | Conservative | 318 | 15.9% |
| Jacky McGeoch | Green | 192 | 9.6% |
| Philip Heyworth | Labour | 121 | 6.1% |
Whitefield & Walverden
Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Sakib Elected | Independent | 982 | 47.2% |
| Manzar Iqbal | Labour | 318 | 15.3% |
| Gemma Taylor | Green | 209 | 10.0% |
| Sean Benjamin Eastwood | Reform | 208 | 10.0% |
| Ajaz Ahmed Ditta | Independent | 171 | 8.2% |
| Adrian Barry Mitchell | Conservative | 155 | 7.4% |
| David Sparrow | Lib Dem | 38 | 1.8% |
Changed party since the election
1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.
| Ward | Councillor | Elected as | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnoldswick | Bryony Hartley | Lib Dem 2025 | Conservative |
Seats up on 6 May 2027
11 of 33 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:
| Ward | Councillor whose term ends |
|---|---|
| Barnoldswick | Bryony Hartley Conservative |
| Barrowford & Pendleside | David Gallear Conservative |
| Boulsworth & Foulridge | David Cockburn-Price Conservative |
| Bradley | Mohammad Aslam Conservative |
| Brierfield East & Clover Hill | Zafar Ali Independent |
| Brierfield West & Reedley | Yasser Iqbal Independent |
| Earby & Coates | Susan Land Lib Dem |
| Marsden & Southfield | Yvonne Tennant Independent |
| Vivary Bridge | Marion Atkinson Reform |
| Waterside & Horsfield | Dorothy Lord Lib Dem |
| Whitefield & Walverden | Faraz Ahmad Independent |
Term end dates from Open Council Data.
Every council by-election since 2021
4 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.
| Date | Ward | Result | Winner's share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 November 2025 | Barnoldswick | Lib Dem hold | 59.8% |
| 1 May 2025 | Vivary Bridge | Reform gain from Conservative | 43.9% |
| 6 March 2025 | Vivary Bridge | Lib Dem gain from Conservative | 34.9% |
| 16 December 2022 | Barrowford | Conservative hold |
Parliamentary constituencies
| Constituency | Share of council | 2024 winner | Projected now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle and Clitheroe | 84% | Labour | Labour 28% |
| Burnley | 16% | Labour | Labour 35% |
Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.
Who lives in Pendle
95,754 residents in 38,081 households
GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.
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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.
Sources and method
Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.
Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.