Pendle Borough Council
Pendle Borough Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| History | |
| Founded | 15 September 1976 |
| Leadership | |
Mayor of Pendle | |
Leader of the Council | |
Chief Executive | Rose Rouse [3] since 2021 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 33 councillors |
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Political groups |
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
| Website | |
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Pendle Borough Council is a district council in England, that has authority covering the borough of Pendle in Lancashire.
Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 33 seats on the council being elected at each election. The Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat parties have each controlled the council at different times, as well as periods when no party has had a majority.
History[]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, when the former municipal boroughs of Colne and Nelson merged with the urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Brierfield and Earby and parts of rural districts of Burnley and Skipton.
In 2001 changes occurred which established 20 wards in the borough and set the number of councillors to 49.[4]
Brian Cookson OBE retired in March 2013 from his position as Executive Director for Regeneration, a post he had held for nine years, in parallel (after 2007) with that of President of British Cycling.[5] Subsequently becoming the President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for sports cycling.
In June 2017, a Conservative councilor, Rosemary Carroll,[6] was suspended after sending a racist post on social media comparing Asians to dogs. This controversy expanded after the local elections in 2018, when the councilor was readmitted into the Conservative Party, allowing the Conservative party to gain a majority on the council. The Pendle Labour party accused the Pendle Conservative Party of condoning racism after the reinstatement. The Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Dawn Butler, called upon the Conservative Party Chairman, Brandon Lewis, to issue a statement saying that the councilor in question would not be part of the Conservative group on the council. This followed a statement from Lewis congratulating the Pendle Conservatives on winning a majority on the council.[7][8]
In 2020 changes occurred which reduced the number of wards in the borough to 12 and the number of councillors to 33. The new wards created were: Barnoldswick, Barrowford & Pendleside, Boulsworth & Foulridge, Brierfield East & Clover Hill, Brierfield West & Reedley, Earby & Coates, Fence & Higham, Marsden & Southfield, Waterside & Horsfield, and Whitefield & Walverden.[9][10]
Councillors[]
| Ward | Name | Party | |
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| Barnoldswick | Thomas Whipp | Liberal Democrats (UK) | |
| Marjorie Adams | Liberal Democrats (UK) | ||
| Jenny Purcell | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Barrowford and Pendleside | Linda Crossley | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Nadeem Ahmed | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Carlo Lionti | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Boulsworth and Foulridge | Sarah Cockburn-Price | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| David Cockburn-Price | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Neil Butterworth | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Bradley | Mohammad Aslam | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Mohammed Iqbal | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Mohammad Sakib | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Brierfield East and Clover Hill | Naeem Hussain Ashraf | Labour Party (UK) | |
| Eileen Ansar | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Zafar Ali | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Brierfield West and Reedley | Mohammad Hanif | Labour Party (UK) | |
| Yasser Iqbal | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Earby and Coates | Mike Goulthorp | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Rosemary Carroll | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| David Whipp | Liberal Democrats (UK) | ||
| Fence and Higham | Brian Newman | Liberal Democrats (UK) | |
| Marsden and Southfield | Neil McGowan | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Mohammed Adnan | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Karen Howarth | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Vivary Bridge | Kieran McGladdery | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Donna Lockwood | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| David Albin | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Waterside and Horsfield | Darren Harrison | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| Dorothy Elizabeth Lord | Liberal Democrats (UK) | ||
| Ash Sutcliffe | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| Whitefield and Walverden | Faraz Ahmad | Labour Party (UK) | |
| Ruby Anwar | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| Asjad Mahmood | Labour Party (UK) |
References[]
- ^ https://www.pendle.gov.uk/info/20087/the_mayor_and_civic_affairs/231/the_mayors_office
- ^ "Pendle Council's new leader announces his priorities".
- ^ "A new Chief Executive for Pendle Council".
- ^ "The Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001". Lgbce. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "UK cycling chief steps down from Pendle Council role". Lancashire Telegraph. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Mills, Jen (29 June 2017). "Conservative councillor 'posted joke comparing Asian people to dogs'". Metro UK. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Tories Win Pendle Council After Reinstating Councillor Suspended over Racist Joke". 4 May 2018.
- ^ Grierson, Jamie; Sparrow, Andrew; Rawlinson, Kevin; Sparrow, Andrew; Walker, Peter (4 May 2018). "Almost 4,000 people may have been denied vote by election ID pilots – as it happened". The Guardian.
- ^ "The Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". Lgbce. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Wards and parishes map". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Pendle Borough Council - Find Councillors".
- Local government in the Borough of Pendle
- Non-metropolitan district councils of England
- Billing authorities in England
- Local authorities in Lancashire