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This leaves them on 18 with 23 needed to former a majority administration. A major blow was the loss of deputy leader Lian Pate in Brunshaw ward who was the leading candidate to take over the Labour group leadership when current party and council boss Cllr Mark Townsend stands down to become Mayor of the borough later this month. Labour also lost Gawthorpe ward to the Conservatives, Trinity ward to the Greens and Coal Clough and Deerplay to the Liberal Democrats. It was a good election for the Green Party as their representation on the council rose from two to five with wins in Brunshaw for Andy Wight, Scott Cunliffe in Cliviger with Worsthorne, and Martin Hurt in Trinity ward.