Brierfield is one of the 20 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Pendle, Lancashire, England.

The ward returns three councillors, currently all Labour, to represent the small town of Brierfield on Pendle Borough Council.

There is a large minority population in Brierfield, with 35.2 per cent of residents being of Asian (mostly Pakistani) origin.

[3] The ward has considerably higher crime rates than both the local and national averages, with 112 felonies per 1000 of the population.

Home burglaries and vehicle crimes are twice as common in Brierfield compared to the average for Lancashire.