2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
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All 40 seats to Ribble Valley Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Atkinson Stewart Fletcher
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 28 10 0
Seats before 26 10 0
Seats after 18 8 7
Seat change Decrease10 Decrease2 Increase 7
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Green
Last election 2 0
Seats before 4 0
Seats after 5 2
Seat change Increase3 Increase 2
Leader before election

Stephen Atkinson
Conservative

Leader after election

Stephen Atkinson
Conservative
No overall control

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.

Results

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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]

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

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Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk*.

Alston and Hothershall

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Alston and Hothershall (2 seats)
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

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Billington and Langho (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Michael Austin*
(Tony Austin) 		463 57.2 −4.3
Conservative Steven Farmer*
(Steve Farmer) 		410 50.7 −12.4
Labour Frank Joseph Havard 273 33.7 +5.3
Independent Brian John Robert 242 29.9 N/A
Turnout 811 31.04 −1.50
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bowland

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Bowland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Joan Elms* Unopposed
Conservative hold

Brockhall and Dinckley

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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

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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

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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

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Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louise Edge* Unopposed
Conservative hold

Derby and Thornley

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Derby and Thornley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachael Elizabeth Ray 377 52.5 +20.9
Labour Kieren Spencer 359 50.0 +19.0
Conservative Stuart Walter Alan Carefoot* 318 44.3 −20.2
Conservative Sarah Rainford* 306 42.6 −20.5
Turnout 718 28.72
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Dilworth

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Dilworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicholas Kenneth Stubbs 417 55.9 +23.3
Labour Lee Cedric Jameson 406 54.4 +21.6
Conservative Craig Stephen Jackson 292 39.1 −25.8
Conservative Lisa Ann Quinn-Jones 288 38.6 −18.9
Turnout 752 33.24
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

East Whalley, Read and Simonstone

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East Whalley, Read and Simonstone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Malcolm Charles Peplow 459 53.6 N/A
Green Gaye Tomasine McCrum 364 42.5 N/A
Conservative Richard John Bennett* 339 39.6 −41.9
Conservative David Alan Peat* 277 32.3 −38.9
Labour Chloe Catherine Hinder 81 9.5 −7.7
Labour Joseph Anthony Kellaway 66 7.7 −6.7
Turnout 866 39.44
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Edisford and Low Moor

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Edisford and Low Moor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Michael O'Rourke* 417 50.9 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Ryan John Corney 336 41.0 +1.8
Labour Joseph James Batty 212 25.9 +0.2
Labour Chantelle Louise Seddon 176 21.5 −3.9
Conservative Timothy David Jones 131 16.0 −8.4
Conservative Elspeth Russell-Shuker 105 12.8 −8.9
Independent Francis Raw 43 5.3 N/A
Turnout 820 29.96
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Gisburn and Rimington

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Gisburn and Rimington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles William Hamish McFall 203 64.0 −3.5
Labour Sarah Jane Bryan 69 21.8 −10.7
Independent Jennifer Maynard 45 14.2 N/A
Turnout 317 27.45
Conservative hold

Hurst Green and Whitewell

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Hurst Green and Whitewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Elizabeth Alcock* 208 59.8 +2.7
Labour Andrew Niall MacFarlane 140 40.2 +8.4
Turnout 348 33.43
Conservative hold

Littlemoor

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Littlemoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Patricia Hibbert* 310 42.8 −15.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Richard French* 289 39.9 −10.8
Conservative Peter Neilson Sharples 199 27.4 +3.6
Conservative Connor Frazer William Graham 188 25.9 +9.6
Labour Carol Ann Makin 163 22.5 +3.0
Labour Susan Elizabeth Riley 138 19.0 +0.4
Independent Kim Haley 52 7.2 N/A
Turnout 726 27.45
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Mellor

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Mellor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stella Maria Brunskill* 504 59.0 +1.9
Conservative Robin Eric Walsh* 465 54.4 −0.2
Independent John Russell Fletcher 337 39.5 N/A
Turnout 875 38.56
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Primrose

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Primrose (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael St John Graveston 344 43.6 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Robinson* 307 38.9 −19.0
Labour Michael Kenneth Willcox 296 37.5 +16.6
Liberal Democrats Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher* 262 33.2 −22.6
Conservative Benjamin Tyrer Muldoon 121 15.3 +0.2
Conservative Bilal Haider Karim 88 11.2 −2.4
Independent Simon Rice 36 4.6 N/A
Turnout 797 30.71
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Ribchester

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Ribchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karl Peter Barnsley 276 53.3 +14.6
Conservative Alison Mary Brown* 190 36.7 −24.6
Green Paul Ryan Yates 52 10.0 N/A
Turnout 518 43.25
Labour gain from Conservative

Sabden

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Sabden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Richard Newmark*
(Richard Newmark) 		201 48.9 −16.7
Labour Mark Benjamin Dawson 179 43.6 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Steven John Mitchell 31 7.5 N/A
Turnout 411 33.91
Conservative hold

Salthill

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Salthill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Frank Brown* 388 47.2 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Donna Louise O'Rourke* 301 36.6 −0.7
Conservative Kristian Torgersen 249 30.3 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Neilson Young 167 20.3 −9.2
Labour Ian David Turner 120 14.6 −3.0
Labour Carl Peter Nuttall 108 13.1 −2.3
Turnout 826 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

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St Mary's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mark Fletcher* 498 54.4 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hill* 419 45.7 −3.7
Conservative Claire Elizabeth Hibbitt 287 31.3 +2.5
Conservative Sue Elizabeth Monk 231 25.2 +5.6
Labour Jonathan James Hinder 157 17.1 −1.8
Labour Frederick Jeevan Redfern 133 14.5 −3.1
Turnout 921 36.94
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton

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Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sophie Cowman 212 53.5 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Buller*
(Bob Buller) 		125 31.6 −21.8
Labour Catherine Ruth Lee 59 14.9 N/A
Turnout 396 32.98
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

West Bradford and Grindleton

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West Bradford and Grindleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Thomas Horkin* 293 60.8 −7.5
Labour Rebecca Anna Haydock 105 21.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lindsey John Blackledge 84 17.4 −14.3
Turnout 482 36.10
Conservative hold

Whalley and Painter Wood

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Whalley and Painter Wood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Andrew Hindle* 336 40.1 −25.3
Independent John Stephen Atherton 327 39.1 N/A
Conservative Gerald Xavier Mirfin*
(Ged Mirfin) 		321 38.4 −22.0
Labour Anthony McNamara 280 33.5 +2.1
Independent Blaire Harthern 199 23.8 −2.6
Turnout 840 37.35
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Whalley Nethertown

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Whalley Nethertown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aaron Oghenevwede Wilkins-Odudu 137 33.8 +11.6
Conservative David Andrew Berryman* 127 31.4 −24.5
Independent Katherine Lord-Green 125 30.9 N/A
Independent Robert Charles Edmond 16 4.0 N/A
Turnout 405 35.26
Labour gain from Conservative

Wilpshire and Ramsgreave

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Wilpshire and Ramsgreave (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Mary Bibby* 472 52.6 −7.7
Conservative Stuart Alan Hirst* 469 52.2 −9.5
Labour Katherine Elizabeth Burn 381 42.4 +9.7
Labour Charles Berkeley Cathcart 347 38.6 +8.1
Turnout 906 34.42
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wiswell and Barrow

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Wiswell and Barrow (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Birtwhistle* 432 52.9 −2.3
Independent Lee Anthony Street 320 39.2 −10.1
Conservative Andrew John McHugh 271 33.2 +8.9
Conservative Jacqueline Mary Hampson 207 25.3 +2.0
Labour George Iain Poole 125 15.3 +6.9
Labour Paul Anthony Atkinson 111 13.6 +5.6
Turnout 818 37.96
Independent hold
Independent hold

Changes 2023–2027

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  • Derek Brocklehust, who was elected as a Conservative, joined Labour in October 2023.[7]
  • Stewart Fletcher, Mark French and Ryan Corney, all elected as Liberal Democrats, left the party in November 2023, becoming independents but sitting together as the 'Progressive Liberal' group.[8]
St Mary's by-election, 4 July 2024[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Hillis Holden 597
Conservative Kristian Torgersen 583
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mark Sutcliffe 464
Independent Andrea Marie Derbyshire 175
Turnout 68.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

By-election triggered by resignation of Stewart Fletcher, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but left the party in November 2023.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jacobs, Bill (24 April 2023). "Ribble Valley Tory stronghold sees Labour and Lib Dems seeking gains". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ Coyle, Simon (2023-05-05). "Election results from Ribble Valley local council election 2023 count". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Bill (11 May 2023). "Battered Ribble Valley Tories seek to keep power as a minority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Borough Elections 2023 - Results". www.ribblevalley.gov.uk. 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  6. ^ "Ribble Valley result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David (13 October 2023). "Cheltenham still enraged by bureaucracy". Local Councils. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  8. ^ Macdonald, Robert (30 November 2023). "Leading Ribble Valley Liberal Democrats quit form new group for 'progressive alliance' with Labour and Green Party". Lancs Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ "St Mary's Ward By-Election Results - 4 July 2024". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ Whitbread, Douglas; Macdonald, Robert (8 May 2024). "Fresh Ribble Valley by-election as councillor ups sticks and moves to Scottish island". Lancs Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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