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Pendle 2018
Local elections held 3 May 2018.
How to read this page
Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.
Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.
If votes were counted by party
Across the 16 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 16 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.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 10,394 | 42.2% | 7 | 43.8% | 7 | 43.8% | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 10,319 | 41.9% | 6 | 37.5% | 7 | 43.8% | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,723 | 15.1% | 3 | 18.8% | 2 | 12.5% | +1 |
| Green Party | 209 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 24,645 | 100.0% | 16 | 100.0% | 16 | 100.0% | 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.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2018 election (current) and immediately before it (2017). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2018 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Waterside · 1 seat · won at 40.1% · −9.9 pts below quota
- Vivary Bridge · 1 seat · won at 41.3% · −8.7 pts below quota
- Coates · 1 seat · won at 46.1% · −3.9 pts below quota
- Horsfield · 1 seat · won at 51.8% · above quota
- Bradley · 1 seat · won at 52.1% · above quota
- Earby · 1 seat · won at 53.2% · above quota
- Whitefield · 1 seat · won at 55.3% · above quota
- Marsden · 1 seat · won at 59.0% · above quota
- Boulsworth · 1 seat · won at 60.3% · above quota
- Reedley · 1 seat · won at 64.4% · above quota
- Craven · 1 seat · won at 64.9% · above quota
- Southfield · 1 seat · won at 69.2% · above quota
- Brierfield · 1 seat · won at 69.9% · above quota
- Clover Hill · 1 seat · won at 73.4% · above quota
- Barrowford · 1 seat · won at 74.6% · above quota
- Walverden · 1 seat · won at 78.7% · above quota
Race results
Waterside · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 40.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −9.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,271
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothy Lord | Liberal Democrats | 510 | 40.1% | −9.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ash Sutcliffe | Conservative Party | 454 | 35.7% | — | |
| 3 | Tony Harmson | Labour Party | 260 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | David Penney | Green Party | 47 | 3.7% | — |
Vivary Bridge · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,281
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Fletcher | Conservative Party | 529 | 41.3% | −8.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Clegg | Liberal Democrats | 488 | 38.1% | — | |
| 3 | Patricia Hannah-Wood | Labour Party | 264 | 20.6% | — |
Coates · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,637
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Whipp | Liberal Democrats | 755 | 46.1% | −3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Lyons | Conservative Party | 559 | 34.1% | — | |
| 3 | Heather Sheldrick | Labour Party | 278 | 17.0% | — | |
| 4 | Jane Wood | Green Party | 45 | 2.7% | — |
Horsfield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 51.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +1.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,126
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Butterworth | Conservative Party | 583 | 51.8% | +1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Foat | Labour Party | 392 | 34.8% | — | |
| 3 | Mary Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 151 | 13.4% | — |
Bradley · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 52.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +2.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,501
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammed Iqbal | Labour Party | 1,304 | 52.1% | +2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mohammad Aslam | Conservative Party | 1,197 | 47.9% | — |
Earby · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 53.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +3.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,758
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Goulthorp | Conservative Party | 935 | 53.2% | +3.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Doris Haigh | Liberal Democrats | 369 | 21.0% | — | |
| 3 | Yvonne Tennant | Labour Party | 337 | 19.2% | — | |
| 4 | Charlotte Carman | Green Party | 117 | 6.7% | — |
Whitefield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +5.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,996
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asjad Mahmood | Labour Party | 1,103 | 55.3% | +5.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matloob Ahmed | Conservative Party | 893 | 44.7% | — |
Marsden · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 59.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +9.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 997
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil McGowan | Conservative Party | 588 | 59.0% | +9.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Laura Blackburn | Labour Party | 409 | 41.0% | — |
Boulsworth · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 60.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +10.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,555
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Foxley | Conservative Party | 938 | 60.3% | +10.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Attwood | Labour Party | 311 | 20.0% | — | |
| 3 | Heather Greaves | Liberal Democrats | 306 | 19.7% | — |
Reedley · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 64.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +14.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,346
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasser Iqbal | Labour Party | 1,511 | 64.4% | +14.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ben Spedding | Conservative Party | 711 | 30.3% | — | |
| 3 | James Wood | Liberal Democrats | 124 | 5.3% | — |
Craven · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 64.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +14.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,571
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Whipp | Liberal Democrats | 1,020 | 64.9% | +14.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Harry Purcell | Conservative Party | 410 | 26.1% | — | |
| 3 | Omar Ahmed | Labour Party | 141 | 9.0% | — |
Southfield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 69.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +19.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,219
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Ammer | Labour Party | 844 | 69.2% | +19.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Pearson-Asher | Conservative Party | 375 | 30.8% | — |
Brierfield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 69.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +19.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,717
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammed Arshad | Labour Party | 1,201 | 69.9% | +19.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Brown | Conservative Party | 516 | 30.1% | — |
Clover Hill · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 73.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +23.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,163
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathleen Shore | Labour Party | 854 | 73.4% | +23.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michelle Pearson-Asher | Conservative Party | 309 | 26.6% | — |
Barrowford · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 74.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +24.6 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,479
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Wakeford | Conservative Party | 1,103 | 74.6% | +24.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Manzar Iqbal | Labour Party | 376 | 25.4% | — |
Walverden · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 78.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +28.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,028
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julie Henderson | Labour Party | 809 | 78.7% | +28.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Raja Rauf | Conservative Party | 219 | 21.3% | — |