2023 Pendle Borough Council election

2023 Pendle Borough Council election

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12 of 33 seats on Pendle Borough Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nadeem Ahmed Asjad Mahmood Party Conservative Labour Seats before 17[a] 10 Seats won 5 4 Seats after 14 11 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 10,032 9,902 Percentage 40.2% 39.7% Swing 6.2% 4.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader David Whipp Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats before 5 1 Seats won 3 0 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 3,957 Percentage 15.9% Swing 0.3%
Leader before election Nadeem Ahmed Conservative Leader after election Asjad Mahmood Labour No overall control

The 2023 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the council for the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Twelve seats across eleven wards were up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council plus a by-election in Vivary Bridge ward.

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. After the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives were still the largest party but no longer had a majority. After the election a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023 the Labour group leader Asjad Mahmood was appointed leader of the council.^[2]

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