Brierfield is one of the 20
electoral wards
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ''ward (subnational entity), ward'' is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil pa ...
that form the Parliamentary constituency of
Pendle,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
, England. The ward returns three councillors, currently all
Labour, to represent the small town of
Brierfield on
Pendle Borough Council
Pendle may refer to:
* Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England
** Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)
Pendle was a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the Un ...
. As of the
May 2011 Council election, Brierfield had an electorate of 3,752.
Demographics
Over 30 per cent of the population of Brierfield is aged 19 or under, hence the ward has a slightly lower-than-average age (mean 36.9 years). There is a large minority population in Brierfield, with 35.2 per cent of residents being of Asian (mostly Pakistani) origin.
Crime
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.
Election results
References
{{Wards of Pendle
Wards of Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)