The 2010 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 16
• Labour 13
• British National Party 2
• Independent 1^[2]

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats.^[3] The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent.^[3] 16 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party defended 1 seat.^[3]

The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors.^[4] The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%.^[5]

Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive.^[6] The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions.^[6]