2014 Pendle Borough Council election

[4] Among those defending seats at the election was the leader of the Labour group on the council, Mohammed Iqbal in Bradley ward.

[4] During the campaign Pendle was visited by the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, both the Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and the shadow chancellor Ed Balls, and the Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander to support their respective parties.

[7] Labour's gain came in Reedley, where Yasser Iqbal defeated the Conservative councillor for the previous 40 years, Pauline McCormick, by 36 votes.

[10] A by-election was held in Old Laund Booth ward on 3 July 2014 after the Liberal Democrat former leader of the council, John David, resigned from the council due to ill health after having held the seat since 1986.

[11] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Brian Newman with a majority of 161 votes.

Map of the results of the 2014 Pendle Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2014.