2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
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The2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council electionwas held on 2 May 2019 to elect members ofRibble Valley Borough Councilin England.[1]This was on the same day as otherlocal elections.
Summary[edit]
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Conservative Party (UK): 28 seats
Liberal Democrats (UK): 10 seats
Independent (politician): 2 seats
The 2019 Ribble Valley Borough elections saw the Labour Party lose its only elected Councillor. It also saw the Conservative Party make loses to the benefit of the Liberal Democrats who gained 6 Councillors on the Council. The Borough elections was first time all wards in the Ribble Valley went up for election since 2015.
Political party | Leader | Councillors | Votes | ||||||||
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Candidates | Total | Gained | Lost | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Change} (%) | |||
Conservative | Theresa May | 40 | 28 | 0 | 7 | ![]() |
70.0 | 12,595 | 53.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Vince Cable | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
25.0 | 4,809 | 20.3 | ![]() | |
Independent | N/A | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 636 | 2.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jeremy Corbyn | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 5,505 | 23.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Siân BerryandJonathan Bartley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 0.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Gerard Batten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 0.3 | ![]() |
Ward results[edit]
Alston and Hothershall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Rogerson | 351 | 64.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Judith Clark | 317 | 58.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Stephanie Lomas | 155 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Maria Gee | 124 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 386 | 29.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 547 | 27.20 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Billington and Langho[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ruth Baxter | 525 | 63.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Austin | 512 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Anne Taylor | 236 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Maya Dibley | 197 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | 33.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 832 | 32.56 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Brockhall and Dinckley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Atkinson | 305 | 83.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Gerald Davies | 61 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 244 | 66.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 366 | 30.46 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Chatburn[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Scott | 368 | 88.5 | N/A | |
Green | Gaye McCrum | 48 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 320 | 77.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 416 | 38.30 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Clayton-le-Dale and Salesbury[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Edge | 391 | 85.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Philip Gedling | 68 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 323 | 70.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 459 | 36.51 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Derby and Thornley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Carefoot | 447 | 64.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sarah Rainford | 437 | 63.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Jonathan Irwin | 219 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Bryan Dalgleish-Warburton | 215 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 218 | 31.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 693 | 30.96 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Dilworth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Holden | 402 | 64.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Angeline Humphreys | 356 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Harold Gee | 203 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Nicholas Stubbs | 202 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 153 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 619 | 31.31 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Edisford and Low Moor[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon O'Rourke | 410 | 47.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Schumann | 339 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Terry Richardson | 222 | 25.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Maureen Fenton | 220 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Maria Berryman | 211 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Bryan | 188 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 117 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 865 | 33.69 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Gisburn and Rimington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Sherras | 268 | 67.5 | N/A | |
Labour | David Waters | 129 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 139 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 397 | 35.85 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Hurst Green and Whitewell[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Janet Alcock | 232 | 57.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew MacFarlane | 129 | 31.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Haliwell | 45 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 103 | 25.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 406 | 39.31 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Littlemoor[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Knox | 474 | 58.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark French | 411 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Katei Blezard | 193 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Sue Riley | 151 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Giles Bridge | 150 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lisa Quinn-Jones | 132 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 218 | 26.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 810 | 34.97 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Mellor[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stella Brunskill | 574 | 57.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Noel Walsh | 549 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hymas | 271 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Adnitt | 163 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Danielle Murtagh | 134 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Sheelagh Donnelly | 112 | 11.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Stephen Sanderson | 76 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 278 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,005 | 43.36 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Primrose[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mary Robinson | 418 | 57.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Knox | 403 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Ronald Corbin | 166 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Karl Barnsley | 151 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kevin Horkin | 109 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles McFall | 98 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 237 | 32.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 722 | 31.69 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Ribchester[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alison Brown | 268 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Jennifer Berry | 169 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 99 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 437 | 35.45 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Sabden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Newmark | 288 | 65.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Liz Birtwistle | 151 | 34.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 137 | 31.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 439 | 37.44 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Salthill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Brown | 372 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna O'Rourke | 288 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Pam Dowson | 264 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chantelle Seddon | 228 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Liv Pamphlett | 136 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Carol Makin | 119 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 24 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 773 | 30.74 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
St Mary's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stewart Fletcher | 477 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hill | 440 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Hind | 257 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Warren Bennett | 175 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Garry Dugdale | 168 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Jordan Campion | 157 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 183 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 891 | 38.68 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Waddington, Bashall Eaves and Mitton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Buller | 226 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth Hind | 197 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 423 | 35.37 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
West Bradford and Grindleton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Hilton | 301 | 68.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Clayton | 140 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 441 | 33.99 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Whalley and Painter Wood[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Hindle | 456 | 65.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ged Mirfin | 421 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Young | 219 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Joseph Kellaway | 184 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 202 | 29.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 697 | 31.96 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
East Whalley, Read and Simonstone[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Bennett | 572 | 81.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Peat | 500 | 71.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Christopher O'Connor | 122 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Michael Graveston | 102 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | 54.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 708 | 34.07 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Whalley Nethertown[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Berryman | 194 | 55.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Ian Metcalfe | 77 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Powell | 76 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 117 | 33.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 347 | 31.31 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Wilpshire and Ramsgreave[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Hirst | 544 | 61.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Bibby | 531 | 60.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Katherine Burn | 288 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Charles Cathcart | 269 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 243 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 881 | 33.55 | N/A | ||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Wiswell and Barrow[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Birtwhistle | 336 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert Thompson | 300 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Steve Farmer | 148 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Simon Kerins | 142 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Green | Oi Wrightson | 56 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Labour | David Turner | 51 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Julian Dunn | 49 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 152 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 609 | 41.34 | N/A | ||
Independentwin(new seat) | |||||
Independentwin(new seat) |
By-elections[edit]
Littlemore[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Hibbert | 281 | 49.0 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Jimmy Newhouse | 216 | 37.7 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Mandy Pollard | 59 | 10.3 | −8.2 | |
Green | Anne Peplow | 17 | 3.0 | New | |
Majority | 65 | 11.3 | −23.9 | ||
Turnout | 573 | 21.8 | −13.2 | ||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ![]() |
Primrose[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kerry Fletcher | 200 | 43.9 | −16.5 | |
Conservative | Katei Blezard | 119 | 26.1 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Michael Graveston | 109 | 23.9 | −0.1 | |
Green | Malcom Peplow | 28 | 6.1 | New | |
Majority | 81 | 17.8 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 456 | 17.6 | −14.1 | ||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ![]() |
References[edit]
- ^"Upcoming elections & referendums".The Electoral Commission.Archivedfrom the original on 15 March 2015.Retrieved14 April2015.