2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
The 2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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Results
The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election.[1] Following the results, the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control.[2] Efforts by the other parties to put together a coalition administration were unsuccessful, and the Conservative group leader Stephen Atkinson was re-appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a minority administration.[3][4]
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Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||
Of Total | Of Total | ||||||
Conservative Party | 18 | 45.0% | 18 / 40 |
9,647 | 41.9% | ||
Labour Party | 7 | 17.5% | 7 / 40 |
6,354 | 27.6% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 20.0% | 8 / 40 |
3,597 | 15.6% | ||
Independent | 5 | 12.5% | 5 / 40 |
2,526 | 11.0% | ||
Green Party | 2 | 5.0% | 2 / 40 |
875 | 3.8% |
Ward Results
Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.
Alston and Hothershall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Lee Brocklehurst | Unopposed | |||
Independent | James Rogerson* (Jim Rogerson) |
Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Jim Rogerson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
Billington and Langho
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Michael Austin* (Tony Austin) |
463 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Steven Farmer* (Steve Farmer) |
410 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | Frank Joseph Havard | 273 | 19.7 | ||
Independent | Brian John Robert | 242 | 17.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,388 | 31.04 | -1.50 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Bowland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosemary Joan Elms* | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Brockhall and Dinckley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Alexis Atkinson* | 315 | 77.4 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Ian James Metcalfe | 92 | 22.6 | +5.9 | |
Turnout | 407 | 31.71 | +1.25 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Chatburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Kenneth Scott* | 268 | 65.8 | -22.7 | |
Labour | Craig Anthony Bryant | 88 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mark Sutcliffe | 51 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 407 | 36.44 | -1.86 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Chipping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Hore* | 293 | 67.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan Williams Matthews | 139 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 432 | 37.28 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Edge* | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Derby and Thornley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rachael Elizabeth Ray | 377 | |||
Labour | Kieren Spencer | 359 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Walter Alan Carefoot* | 318 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Rainford* | 306 | |||
Turnout | 28.72 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Dilworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicholas Kenneth Stubbs | 417 | |||
Labour | Lee Cedric Jameson | 406 | |||
Conservative | Craig Stephen Jackson | 292 | |||
Conservative | Lisa Ann Quinn-Jones | 288 | |||
Turnout | 33.24 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
East Whalley, Read and Simonstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Malcolm Charles Peplow | 459 | |||
Green | Gaye Tomasine McCrum | 364 | |||
Conservative | Richard John Bennett* | 339 | |||
Conservative | David Alan Peat* | 277 | |||
Labour | Chloe Catherine Hinder | 81 | |||
Labour | Joseph Anthony Kellaway | 66 | |||
Turnout | 39.44 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Edisford and Low Moor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Michael O'Rourke* | 417 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ryan John Corney | 336 | |||
Labour | Joseph James Batty | 212 | |||
Labour | Chantelle Louise Seddon | 176 | |||
Conservative | Timothy David Jones | 131 | |||
Conservative | Elspeth Russell-Shuker | 105 | |||
Independent | Francis Raw | 43 | |||
Turnout | 29.96 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Gisburn and Rimington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles William Hamish McFall | 203 | |||
Labour | Sarah Jane Bryan | 69 | |||
Independent | Jennifer Maynard | 45 | |||
Turnout | 27.45 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Hurst Green and Whitewell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Alcock* | 208 | |||
Labour | Andrew Niall MacFarlane | 140 | |||
Turnout | 33.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Littlemoor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Patricia Hibbert* | 310 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Richard French* | 289 | |||
Conservative | Peter Neilson Sharples | 199 | |||
Conservative | Connor Frazer William Graham | 188 | |||
Labour | Carol Ann Makin | 163 | |||
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Riley | 138 | |||
Independent | Kim Haley | 52 | |||
Turnout | 27.45 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Mellor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stella Maria Brunskill* | 504 | |||
Conservative | Robin Eric Walsh* | 337 | |||
Independent | John Russell Fletcher | 337 | |||
Turnout | 38.56 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Primrose
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael St John Graveston | 344 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson* | 307 | |||
Labour | Michael Kenneth Willcox | 296 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher* | 262 | |||
Conservative | Benjamin Tyrer Muldoon | 121 | |||
Conservative | Bilal Haider Karim | 88 | |||
Independent | Simon Rice | 36 | |||
Turnout | 30.71 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Ribchester
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karl Peter Barnsley | 276 | |||
Conservative | Alison Mary Brown* | 190 | |||
Green | Paul Ryan Yates | 52 | |||
Turnout | 43.25 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Sabden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Richard Newmark* (Richard Newmark) |
201 | |||
Labour | Mark Benjamin Dawson | 179 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steven John Mitchell | 31 | |||
Turnout | 33.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Salthill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Frank Brown* | 388 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donna Louise O'Rourke* | 301 | |||
Conservative | Kristian Torgersen | 249 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Neilson Young | 167 | |||
Labour | Ian David Turner | 120 | |||
Labour | Carl Peter Nuttall | 108 | |||
Turnout | 31.61 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Ian Brown had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but had left the party to sit as an independent in April 2021.[1] Shown here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with previous election.
St Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mark Fletcher* | 498 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill* | 419 | |||
Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt | 287 | |||
Conservative | Sue Elizabeth Monk | 231 | |||
Labour | Jonathan James Hinder | 157 | |||
Labour | Frederick Jeevan Redfern | 133 | |||
Turnout | 36.94 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sophie Cowman | 212 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Buller* (Bob Buller) |
125 | |||
Labour | Catherine Ruth Lee | 59 | |||
Turnout | 32.98 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
West Bradford and Grindleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Thomas Horkin* | 293 | |||
Labour | Rebecca Anna Haydock | 105 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsey John Blackledge | 84 | |||
Turnout | 36.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whalley and Painter Wood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Andrew Hindle* | 336 | |||
Independent | John Stephen Atherton | 327 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Xavier Mirfin* (Ged Mirfin) |
321 | |||
Labour | Anthony McNamara | 280 | |||
Independent | Blaire Harthern | 199 | |||
Turnout | 37.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Whalley Nethertown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu | 137 | |||
Conservative | David Andrew Berryman* | 127 | |||
Independent | Katherine Lord-Green | 125 | |||
Independent | Robert Charles Edmond | 16 | |||
Turnout | 35.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Wilpshire and Ramsgreave
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Mary Bibby* | 472 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Alan Hirst* | 469 | |||
Labour | Katherine Elizabeth Burn | 381 | |||
Labour | Charles Berkeley Cathcart | 347 | |||
Turnout | 34.42 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Wiswell and Barrow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Birtwhistle* | 432 | |||
Independent | Lee Anthony Street | 320 | |||
Conservative | Andrew John McHugh | 271 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Mary Hampson | 207 | |||
Labour | George Iain Poole | 125 | |||
Labour | Paul Anthony Atkinson | 111 | |||
Turnout | 37.96 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Changes 2023–2027
Derek Brocklehust, who was elected as a Conservative, joined Labour in October 2023.[7]
References
- Jacobs, Bill (24 April 2023). "Ribble Valley Tory stronghold sees Labour and Lib Dems seeking gains". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- Coyle, Simon (2023-05-05). "Election results from Ribble Valley local council election 2023 count". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- Jacobs, Bill (11 May 2023). "Battered Ribble Valley Tories seek to keep power as a minority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "Council minutes, 23 May 2023". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "Borough Elections 2023 - Results". www.ribblevalley.gov.uk. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- "Ribble Valley result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- Boothroyd, David (13 October 2023). "Cheltenham still enraged by bureaucracy". Local Councils. Retrieved 14 October 2023.