Politics
See also: Pendle local electionsElections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 49 seats on the council being elected at each election. Since the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council at the 2008 election, no party has had a majority on the council. As of the 2010 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Labour | British National Party | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
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“... privacy is ... connected to a politics of domination.”
—bell hooks (b. 1955)
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—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)