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Pendle 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

10 ward races

12 seats

6 elected below the proportional quota

50.0% of seats below quota

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 that would be needed to be guaranteed that 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 gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates 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 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 allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	12,382	46.4%	7	58.3%	6	50.0%	+1
Labour Party	9,286	34.8%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	-1
Liberal Democrats	4,164	15.6%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	0
Green Party	868	3.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	26,700	100.0%	12	100.0%	12	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.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

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

Vivary Bridge · 2 seats · won at 25.0% · +8.3 pts below quota
Barrowford & Pendleside · 2 seats · won at 29.1% · +4.2 pts below quota
Waterside & Horsfield · 1 seat · won at 46.2% · +3.8 pts below quota
Brierfield East & Clover Hill · 1 seat · won at 48.3% · +1.7 pts below quota
Bradley · 1 seat · won at 51.5% · above quota
Barnoldswick · 1 seat · won at 54.0% · above quota
Boulsworth & Foulridge · 1 seat · won at 54.6% · above quota
Marsden & Southfield · 1 seat · won at 55.6% · above quota
Whitefield & Walverden · 1 seat · won at 56.7% · above quota
Earby & Coates · 1 seat · won at 57.0% · above quota

Race results

Vivary Bridge · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 25.0% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +8.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,804

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	McGladdery P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	708	25.2%	Elected
2	McGladdery K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	701	25.0%	Elected
3	Clegg D.	Liberal Democrats	371	13.2%
4	Wrigley A.	Labour Party	356	12.7%
5	Thomas H.	Liberal Democrats	300	10.7%
6	Iqbal M.	Labour Party	259	9.2%
7	Harrop B.	Green Party	109	3.9%

Electorate 5,349 · Ballots cast 2,804 · EC ward code E05013209 · Back to ward index

Barrowford & Pendleside · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 29.1% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +4.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,429

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Stone M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,366	30.8%	Elected
2	Ahmed N.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,290	29.1%	Elected
3	Nike S.	Labour Party	958	21.6%
4	Oliver R.	Labour Party	815	18.4%

Electorate 5,922 · Ballots cast 4,429 · EC ward code E05013201 · Back to ward index

Waterside & Horsfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,637

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Butterworth N.	Conservative and Unionist Party	756	46.2%	Elected
2	Mann A.	Liberal Democrats	463	28.3%
3	Foat D.	Labour Party	321	19.6%
4	Leslie K.	Green Party	97	5.9%

Electorate 5,624 · Ballots cast 1,637 · EC ward code E05013210 · Back to ward index

Brierfield East & Clover Hill · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,271

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ahmed S.	Labour Party	1,579	48.3%	Elected
2	Arshad M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,471	45.0%
3	Haigh D.	Liberal Democrats	221	6.8%

Electorate 6,493 · Ballots cast 3,271 · EC ward code E05013204 · Back to ward index

Bradley · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.5 pts Valid ballots 3,291

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Kaleem M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,694	51.5%	Elected
2	Sakib M.	Labour Party	1,597	48.5%

Electorate 6,284 · Ballots cast 3,291 · EC ward code E05013203 · Back to ward index

Barnoldswick · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.0 pts Valid ballots 2,014

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Church C.	Liberal Democrats	1,087	54.0%	Elected
2	Moore D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	565	28.1%
3	Clouston E.	Labour Party	245	12.2%
4	Godfrey S.	Green Party	117	5.8%

Electorate 6,655 · Ballots cast 2,014 · EC ward code E05013200 · Back to ward index

Boulsworth & Foulridge · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.6 pts Valid ballots 2,246

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Salter K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,227	54.6%	Elected
2	Blackburn W.	Labour Party	457	20.3%
3	MacDonald A.	Liberal Democrats	409	18.2%
4	Taylor L.	Green Party	153	6.8%

Electorate 6,368 · Ballots cast 2,246 · EC ward code E05013202 · Back to ward index

Marsden & Southfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.6 pts Valid ballots 2,116

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ammer M.	Labour Party	1,176	55.6%	Elected
2	Howarth K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	784	37.1%
3	Graham P.	Green Party	99	4.7%
4	Thornton K.	Liberal Democrats	57	2.7%

Electorate 6,066 · Ballots cast 2,116 · EC ward code E05013208 · Back to ward index

Whitefield & Walverden · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.7 pts Valid ballots 2,687

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Anwar T.	Labour Party	1,523	56.7%	Elected
2	Zaman C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,068	39.7%
3	Marti A.	Green Party	96	3.6%

Electorate 6,509 · Ballots cast 2,687 · EC ward code E05013211 · Back to ward index

Earby & Coates · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.0 pts Valid ballots 2,205

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Whipp D.	Liberal Democrats	1,256	57.0%	Elected
2	Parris M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	752	34.1%
3	Wood J.	Green Party	197	8.9%

Electorate 6,468 · Ballots cast 2,205 · EC ward code E05013206 · Back to ward index