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Pendle 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

10 ward races
12 seats
2 elected below the proportional quota
16.7% of seats below quota
1 unfairly awarded seats
8.3% of seats unfairly awarded

Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →

If votes were counted by party

Across the 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 12 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative Party12,38246.4%758.3%650.0%+1
Labour Party9,28634.8%325.0%433.3%-1
Liberal Democrats4,16415.6%216.7%216.7%0
Green Party8683.3%00.0%00.0%0
Total26,700100.0%12100.0%12100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2022 election (current) and immediately before it (2021). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2022 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2022)
Previous (2021)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Waterside and Horsfield · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,637

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Butterworth N.Conservative Party75646.2%−3.8 ptsElected
2Mann A.Liberal Democrats46328.3%
3Foat D.Labour Party32119.6%
4Leslie K.Green Party975.9%

Electorate 5,624 · EC ward code E05013210 · Back to ward index

Brierfield East and Clover Hill · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 48.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −1.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,271

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Ahmed S.Labour Party1,57948.3%−1.7 ptsElected
2Arshad M.Conservative Party1,47145.0%
3Haigh D.Liberal Democrats2216.8%

Electorate 6,493 · EC ward code E05013204 · Back to ward index

Bradley · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,291

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Kaleem M.Conservative Party1,69451.5%+1.5 ptsElected
2Sakib M.Labour Party1,59748.5%

Electorate 6,284 · EC ward code E05013203 · Back to ward index

Barnoldswick · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +4.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,014

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Church C.Liberal Democrats1,08754.0%+4.0 ptsElected
2Moore D.Conservative Party56528.1%
3Clouston E.Labour Party24512.2%
4Godfrey S.Green Party1175.8%

Electorate 6,655 · EC ward code E05013200 · Back to ward index

Boulsworth and Foulridge · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 54.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +4.6 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,246

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Salter K.Conservative Party1,22754.6%+4.6 ptsElected
2Blackburn W.Labour Party45720.3%
3MacDonald A.Liberal Democrats40918.2%
4Taylor L.Green Party1536.8%

Electorate 6,368 · EC ward code E05013202 · Back to ward index

Marsden and Southfield · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 55.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +5.6 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,116

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Ammer M.Labour Party1,17655.6%+5.6 ptsElected
2Howarth K.Conservative Party78437.1%
3Graham P.Green Party994.7%
4Thornton K.Liberal Democrats572.7%

Electorate 6,066 · EC ward code E05013208 · Back to ward index

Whitefield and Walverden · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +6.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,687

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Anwar T.Labour Party1,52356.7%+6.7 ptsElected
2Zaman C.Conservative Party1,06839.7%
3Marti A.Green Party963.6%

Electorate 6,509 · EC ward code E05013211 · Back to ward index

Earby and Coates · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 57.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +7.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,205

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Whipp D.Liberal Democrats1,25657.0%+7.0 ptsElected
2Parris M.Conservative Party75234.1%
3Wood J.Green Party1978.9%

Electorate 6,468 · EC ward code E05013206 · Back to ward index

Vivary Bridge · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~2× smaller. 50.0% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +16.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 2 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,402

This is a 2-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~2×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 2, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 2. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1McGladdery P.Conservative Party70825.2%50.5%+17.2 ptsElected
2McGladdery K.Conservative Party70125.0%50.0%+16.7 ptsElected
3Clegg D.Liberal Democrats37113.2%26.5%
4Wrigley A.Labour Party35612.7%25.4%
5Thomas H.Liberal Democrats30010.7%21.4%
6Iqbal M.Labour Party2599.2%18.5%
7Harrop B.Green Party1093.9%7.8%

Electorate 5,349 · EC ward code E05013209 · Back to ward index

Barrowford and Pendleside · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~2× smaller. 58.3% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +24.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 2 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,215

This is a 2-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~2×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 2, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes.Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 2. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota.Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Stone M.Conservative Party1,36630.8%61.7%+28.4 ptsElected
2Ahmed N.Conservative Party1,29029.1%58.3%+24.9 ptsElected
3Nike S.Labour Party95821.6%43.3%
4Oliver R.Labour Party81518.4%36.8%

Electorate 5,922 · EC ward code E05013201 · Back to ward index