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Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Longridge and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. It is named after the River Ribble. Much of the district lies within the Forest of Bowland, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are Pendle, Burnley, Hyndburn, Blackburn with Darwen, South Ribble, Preston, Wyre, Lancaster and North Yorkshire.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of four former districts and parts of another three, which were abolished at the same time:^[1]

Blackburn Rural District (north of Arley Brook, rest went to Blackburn)
Bowland Rural District
Burnley Rural District (parishes of Read and Sabden only, rest split between Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle)
Clitheroe Municipal Borough
Clitheroe Rural District
Longridge Urban District
Preston Rural District (parishes of Dutton, Hothersall and Ribchester only, rest split between Preston and South Ribble)

The new district was named Ribble Valley after the River Ribble which flows through the area.^[2] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.^[3]

The Bowland Rural District had been in the West Riding of Yorkshire prior to the reforms, whereas the other parts had all been in Lancashire. The council was granted a coat of arms in 1975, which includes both the Red Rose of Lancaster and White Rose of York, referencing the two historic counties.^[4]

The parish of Simonstone was transferred from Burnley to Ribble Valley in 1987.^[5]

Governance

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Ribble Valley Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. The whole borough is covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.^[6]

Political control

The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election, being led by a Conservative minority administration.^[7]^[8]

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:^[9]^[10]

Party in control		Years
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REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 1995–2003
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 2003–2023
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 2023–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Ribble Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1999 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Peter Redpath^[11]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|1999 \|\| align=right\|2002
Chris Holtom^[12]^[13]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|2002 \|\| align=right\|May 2004
John Hill^[13]^[14]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|May 2004 \|\| align=right\|May 2007
Michael Ranson^[15]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|2007 \|\| align=right\|2013
Stuart Hirst^[16]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|2013 \|\| align=right\|2017
Ken Hind^[17]^[18]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|9 May 2017 \|\| align=right\|20 Dec 2018
Stephen Atkinson^[19]^[20]^[21]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|15 Jan 2019 \|\| align=right\|Mar 2025
Simon Hore^[22]^[23]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| align=right\|13 May 2025 \|\| align=right\|

Composition

Following the 2023 election,^[24] and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to May 2025, the composition of the council was:^[25]^[26]

Party		Councillors
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REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	9
Total		40

Two of the independent councillors (both former Liberal Democrats) are members of the 'Green & Progressive Liberal Group' along with the two Green Party Councillors.^[27]

Elections

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Premises

The council is based at the Council Offices on Church Walk in Clitheroe, which was purpose-built for the council in 1980.^[29]^[30] The council chamber is in an adjoining building at 13 Church Street, which had been offices of the old Clitheroe Borough Council prior to the 1974 reforms.^[31]

Education

State-funded schools

Primary

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Secondary

Bowland High School, Grindleton
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Longridge High School
Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe
St Augustine's RC High School, Billington
St Cecilia's RC High School, Longridge

Specialist

Hillside Specialist School, Longridge

Independent schools

Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, Hurst Green (preparatory)
Moorland School, Clitheroe
Oakhill School, Whalley
Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green

Adult education

Alston Hall, Longridge

Sport

Clitheroe FC

Longridge Town FC

Local radio

Community radio

Ribble Valley Radio was a community radio station based in Clitheroe, part of the new, third sector of local radio licensed by OFCOM.^[32] The project was launched in September 2004. The radio station helped six local residents into paid work within the radio sector in just three years and trained more than 100 volunteers to present and produce their own radio shows. The project was not supported by the Borough Council, which caused controversy in the area, and local newspaper theClitheroe Advertiser and Times' held a poll which returned the result that 94% agreed that the Ribble Valley Borough Council were wrong not to fund the project and assist its long-term success. Many letters appeared in support of the project and damning the "short sighted" decision of the council. The whole episode brought excellent publicity and boosted the radio station's listening figures by 400%.

MP Nigel Evans was a staunch supporter and tabled an Early Day Motion at Parliament EDM 979^[33] calling for "better resources and funding" for Ribble Valley Radio and the new and emerging sector. None of this was sufficient to save the station and on 14 October 2007 Ribble Valley Radio closed, because it was unable to gain sufficient funding to apply for a licence.^[34]

A new group, known as Ribble FM,^[35] was formed in 2011 with the aim of applying for a community radio licence in the third round of licensing by Ofcom. Ribble FM was set up by The Bee founder Roy Martin and includes local directors and trustees.

Settlements

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Civil parishes

File:Borough of Ribble Valley parishes map.svg

Ribble Valley parishes

The whole borough is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Clitheroe and Longridge have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council".^[36]

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Economy

Although Ribble Valley is the largest area of Lancashire, it also has the smallest population. The economy of Ribble Valley is mainly rural in nature, with a high proportion of jobs being in the private sector, due to BAE there is a bigger sway towards manufacturing jobs and less of a service economy when compared to the rest of Lancashire presumably due to the size of the authority and the dispersed nature of settlements. The authority also has the highest proportion of remote workers in Lancashire.^[37]

Notable businesses

BAE Systems and Spirit AeroSystems at Samlesbury Aerodrome

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Ribble Valley.

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Military Units

The 14th/20th King's Hussars: 24 August 1992.^[38]
The King's Royal Hussars: 2 December 1992.^[39]^[40]
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 10 March 2011.^[41]

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+| election1 = 13 May 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 13 May 2025 |url=https://democracy.ribblevalley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=147&MId=636 |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref>
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 The council has been under [[no overall control]] since the [[2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election|2023 election]], being led by a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] minority administration.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Bill |title=Battered Ribble Valley Tories seek to keep power as a minority |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23515186.battered-ribble-valley-tories-seek-keep-power-minority/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=23May2023minutes>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2023 |url=https://democracy.ribblevalley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=147&MId=409&Ver=4 |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council | date=23 May 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>
-The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=hold>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/30ul.stm | title = Ribble Valley | access-date = 2009-11-08 | work = [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>
+The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Ribble Valley" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=hold>{{cite news| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/councils/html/30ul.stm | title = Ribble Valley | access-date = 2009-11-08 | work = [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>
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 ===Leadership===
-The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Ribble Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The leaders since 1999 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/council-meetings/meeting-agendas-reports-minutes |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
+The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Ribble Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The leaders since 1999 have been:
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 | Peter Redpath<ref>{{cite news |title=Sudden death of former leader |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6241298.sudden-death-former-leader/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=8 March 2006}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1999 || align=right|2002
 |-
-| Chris Holtom || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2002 || align=right|6 May 2007
+| Chris Holtom<ref>{{cite news |title='We don't want more housing' |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5958467.we-dont-want-housing/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=12 July 2002}}</ref><ref name=LT5May2004>{{cite news |title=Council boss quits - work too much |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5842874.council-boss-quits---work-much/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=5 May 2004}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2002 || align=right|May 2004
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-| Michael Ranson || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|15 May 2007 || align=right|14 May 2013
+| John Hill<ref name=LT5May2004/><ref>{{cite news |title=Tourism pledge of new mayor |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1402421.tourism-pledge-new-mayor/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=16 May 2007}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 2004 || align=right|May 2007
 |-
-| Stuart Hirst || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|14 May 2013 || align=right|9 May 2017
+| Michael Ranson<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael is new Ribble Valley Mayor |url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/michael-is-new-ribble-valley-mayor-2644021 |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Burnley Express |date=15 May 2014}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2007 || align=right|2013
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-| [[Ken Hind]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Tory leader Ken Hind stands down as council leader |url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/tory-leader-ken-hind-stands-down-as-council-leader-182350 |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Burnley Express |date=21 Dec 2018}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|9 May 2017 || align=right|20 Dec 2018
+| Stuart Hirst<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Bill |title=New Ribble Valley Mayor confirmed |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/20131228.new-ribble-valley-mayor-confirmed/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=12 May 2022}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2013 || align=right|2017
 |-
-| Stephen Atkinson || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|15 Jan 2019 || align=right|
+| [[Ken Hind]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 9 May 2017 |url=https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/6043/Annual%2520Council%2520-%25209%2520May%25202017 |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tory leader Ken Hind stands down as council leader |url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/tory-leader-ken-hind-stands-down-as-council-leader-182350 |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Burnley Express |date=21 Dec 2018}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|9 May 2017 || align=right|20 Dec 2018
+|-
+| Stephen Atkinson<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 15 January 2019 |url=https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/7037/Extraordinary%2520Council%2520-%252015%2520January%25202019 |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Reform UK name likely future leader of Lancashire County Council after shock election landslide |url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-05-12/reform-uk-name-likely-future-leader-of-county-council |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=ITV News |date=12 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Macdonald |first1=Robbie |title=Ex-Ribble Valley council leader's resignation letter blasts Tories |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/25015372.ex-ribble-valley-council-leaders-resignation-letter-blasts-tories/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=18 March 2025}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|15 Jan 2019 || align=right|Mar 2025
+|-
+| Simon Hore<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 13 May 2025 |url=https://democracy.ribblevalley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=147&MId=636 |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Macdonald |first1=Robbie |title=Ribble Valley Council appoints new Tory political leader |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/25163745.ribble-valley-council-appoints-new-tory-political-leader/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=14 May 2025}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|13 May 2025 || align=right|
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 ===Composition===
-Following the [[2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election|2023 election]] and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Cheltenham still enraged by bureaucracy |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2023/10/cheltenham-still-enraged-by-bureaucracy/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Local Councils |date=13 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ribble Valley |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=ribble_valley |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref>
+Following the [[2023 Ribble Valley Borough Council election|2023 election]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to May 2025, the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Cheltenham still enraged by bureaucracy |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2023/10/cheltenham-still-enraged-by-bureaucracy/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Local Councils |date=13 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=Thorncliffe>{{cite web |title=Ribble Valley |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=ribble_valley |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref>
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-|-
-| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
-| align=center|7
-|-
-| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
 | align=center|5
 |-
 | {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
 | align=center|2
+|-
+| {{Party name with colour|Reform UK}}
+| align=center|1
+|-
+| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
+| align=center|9
 |-
 ! colspan=2|Total
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-Two of the independent councillors (both former Liberal Democrats) sit with the Greens as the 'Green and Progressive Liberal Group'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/councillors?ward=&party=8&filterList=Go |website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref> The next election is due in 2027.
+Two of the independent councillors (both former Liberal Democrats) are members of the 'Green & Progressive Liberal Group' along with the two Green Party Councillors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/councillors-1/councillors|website=Ribble Valley Borough Council |access-date=29 December 2025}}</ref>
 ===Elections===

Party in control		Years
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 1974–1995
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 1995–2003
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 2003–2023
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell \|\| 2023–present

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