Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2015

Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2015 local election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2015.

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015.^[1] Approximately one-third of the second-tier council's 35 seats fell up for election and the UK General Election was held on the same day. The fallow year (one year out of four) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough, the top tier local authority.

Result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by one, independent councillors having lost their two seats, and became:

Labour 24
Conservative 8
UKIP 2
Vacant 1

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2015 - electorate 48,101 (over just 12 wards)
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24	2	1	+1	68.6	26.45	12,727
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	22.9	20.00	9,618
	UKIP	2	0	0	0	5.7	14.90	7,169
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	349
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	0.09	45

NB: One of the previous 23 Labour council seats, in the Spring Hill ward held by Councillor Pam Barton, became 'vacant' when she died on 5 May. Councillor Barton was previously elected to the Spring Hill ward in the 2014 Local Borough Council election. The subsequent By-Election date for this Spring Hill council seat, has been set for Thursday, July 9 following last month’s death of former Mayor Pam Barton.

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2015 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Ward by ward

Altham - electorate 4,107
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles PARKINSON	1,164	28.34
	UKIP	Lee ENTWISTLE	594	14.46
	Conservative	Stacey MELLING	585	14.24
	Green	John Patrick BOLAM	103	2.51
	...	spoilt votes	15	...
Majority			570	13.88	N/A
Turnout			2,461	59.92
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield - electorate 3,396
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Lillian Mary HARRISON	938	27.62
	Conservative	Jean HURN	691	20.35
	UKIP	Walter BROWN	425	12.51
	...	spoilt votes	13	...
Majority			247	7.27	N/A
Turnout			2,067	60.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden - electorate 3,333
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath PRATT	1,044	31.33
	Labour	David HARTLEY	736	22.08
	UKIP	Stewart Ian SCOTT	515	15.45
	Green	Kerry GORMLEY	62	1.86
	...	spoilt votes	10	...
Majority			308	9.24	N/A
Turnout			2,367	71.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central - electorate 3,744
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad AYUB	1,563	41.75
	Conservative	Mohammed SALEEM	516	13.78
	UKIP	Christopher Bret MATTHEW	224	5.98
	Independent	Aqeel AFZAL	45	1.20
	...	spoilt votes	27	...
Majority			1047	27.96	N/A
Turnout			2,375	63.43
	Labour hold		Swing

Church - electorate 3,505
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Loraine Ann COX	1,029	29.36
	UKIP	Dayle TAYLOR	456	13.01
	Conservative	Marion RAYNOR	338	9.64
	...	spoilt votes	9	...
Majority			573	16.35	N/A
Turnout			1,832	52.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa Margaret FISHER	951	25.82
	Conservative	Stephen BRIERLEY	776	21.07
	UKIP	Liam Finbar CLARK	535	14.53
	...	spoilt votes	17	...
Majority			175	4.75	N/A
Turnout			2,279	61.88
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Huncoat - electorate 3,652
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eamonn HIGGINS	933	25.55
	Conservative	Nick WHITTAKER	809	22.15
	UKIP	Janet BROWN	539	14.76
	Green	David Samuel Joseph DALY	106	2.90
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			124	3.40	N/A
Turnout			2,393	65.53
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Immanuel - electorate 3,613
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Helen ADDISON	986	27.29
	Labour	Colette McCORMACK	706	19.54
	UKIP	Mark Anthony TAYLOR	516	14.28
	Green	Simon Nicholas WOODS	78	2.16
	...	spoilt votes	7	...
Majority			280	7.75	N/A
Turnout			2,293	63.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw - electorate 3,587
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Ian COX	1,179	32.87
	Conservative	Roger JEPSON	542	15.11
	UKIP	John Errol TAYLOR	474	13.21
	...	spoilt votes	13	...
Majority			637	17.76	N/A
Turnout			2,208	61.56
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton - electorate 5,073
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth MOLINEUX	1,132	22.31
	Conservative	Patrick McGINLEY	1,093	21.55
	UKIP	Ian ROBINSON	900	17.74
	Green	Joan Elizabeth WEST	164	3.23
	...	spoilt votes	19	...
Majority			39	0.77	N/A
Turnout			3,308	65.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton - electorate 5,255
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Andrea CLEARY	1,391	26.47
	Conservative	John Frank BARGH	971	18.48
	UKIP	David George DOWLING	904	17.20
	...	spoilt votes	20	...
Majority			420	7.99	N/A
Turnout			3,286	62.53
	Labour hold		Swing

St Oswald's - electorate 5,153
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa ALLEN	1,267	24.59
	UKIP	Kenneth Edward SMITH	1,087	21.09
	Labour	Susan Joy YOUNG	1,005	19.50
	...	spoilt votes	12	...
Majority			180	3.49	N/A
Turnout			3,371	65.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

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