Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2016

Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2012 local election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election will take place on 5 May 2016.^[1] Approximately one-third of the second-tier council's 35 seats fall up for election on that 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 to UKIP, and became:

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2016 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards)
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	1	0	1	?	?	?
	Conservative	7	0	1	-1	?	?	?
	UKIP	2	0	0	0	?	?	?
	Green	0	0	0	0	?	?	?

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that are NOT up for re-election in 2016 include the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanual in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

The CHURCH-Ward seat, formerly held by Labour Councillor Joan Smith since 2012 and following her resignation back in October-2015, was left Vacated without a by-election called in the meantime. LABOUR veteran Jean Battle will stand for CHURCH-Ward in May’s local elections. Five other Labour councillors are also standing down and will not be defending their existing seats in May’s local elections; including Chris Fisher in Altham-Ward, Wendy Dwyer in Peel-Ward, Bill Pinder in St Andrew’s-Ward, Kerry Molyneaux in Overton-Ward, and Harry Grayson in Rishton-Ward who moved to Ireland in July-2015.

Ward by ward

Altham - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve BUTTON	551	?
	Conservative	John Frank BARGH	278	?
	UKIP	Janet BROWN	245	?
	Green	Patrick BOLAM	115	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			273	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony DOBSON	635	?
	Labour	Jodie TRAVIS	538	?
	UKIP	John Errol TAYLOR	126	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			97	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Keith HURN	654	?
	Labour	David HARTLEY	407	?
	UKIP	Stewart Ian SCOTT	226	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			247	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Ghafar KHAN	1157	?
	Conservative	Kazi SIDDIQUE	753	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			404	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Church - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean BATTLE	777	?
	Conservative	Marion RAYNOR	176	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			601	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noordad AZIZ	698	?
	Conservative	Liz McGINLEY	388	?
	UKIP	Tom LINKLATER	273	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			310	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie HAWORTH	771	?
	Conservative	Patrick John McGINLEY	702	?
	UKIP	Ian ROBINSON	403	?
	Green	Joan Elizabeth WEST	71	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			69	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Peel - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy SHORT	593	?
	UKIP	Liam Finbar CLARK	259	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			334	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff SCALES	766	?
	Conservative	Ann SCAIFE	632	?
	UKIP	David George DOWLING	439	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			134	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif DAD	998	?
	Conservative	Abdul QAYYUM	271	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			727	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart Thurston EAVES	573	?
	Conservative	Josh Blayne ALLEN	476	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			97	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour hold		Swing

St Oswald's - electorate TBC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glen Kevin HARRISON	713	?
	Conservative	Marlene Heather HAWORTH	588	?
	UKIP	Christopher Bret MATTHEW	500	?
	...	spoilt votes	TBC	...
Majority			125	?	N/A
Turnout			TBC	?
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

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

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