Hyndburn Borough Council elections

One third of Hyndburn Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Lancashire County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 35 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1980
Labour	1980–1984
Conservative	1984–1986
Labour	1986–1999
No overall control	1999–2000
Conservative	2000–2002
Labour	2002–2003
Conservative	2003–2010
No overall control	2010–2011
Labour	2011–present

Political makeup

Elections are usually by thirds, in three of every four years.

Year/Party		Labour		LibDems		Cons		Indep		UKIP	SDP	Controlling party	Council Leader	Opposition Leader	Mayor
2015	24				8		0		2			Labour	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Tony Dobson (Cons)	Marlene Haworth (Cons) (St Oswalds)
2014	23				8		2		2			Labour	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Munsif Dad (Lab) (Spring Hill)
2013	No Elections											Labour	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Judith Addison (Cons) (Immanuel)
2012	23				9		3					Labour	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	John Broadley (Lab) (Church)
2011	18				14		3					Labour	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Colette McCormack (Lab) (Immanuel)
2010	14				17		4					NOC	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Miles Parkinson (Lab)	Malcolm Pritchard (Ind) (Milnshaw)
2009	No Elections											Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Graham Jones (Lab)	Paul Barton (Cons) (Barnfield)
2008	13				18		4					Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Graham Jones (Lab)	Pam Barton JP (Lab) (Spring Hill)
2007	14				19		3					Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Graham Jones (Lab)	Tony Dobson (Cons) (Barnfield)
2006	15				19		1					Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Graham Jones (Lab)	Dr Moh. Rahmaen (Lab) (Netherton)
2005	No Elections											Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	David Myles (Lab)	Janet Storey (Cons) (Clayton)
2004	15				20							Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Jean Battle (Lab)	Miles Parkinson (Lab) (Altham)
2003	17				18							Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Jean Battle (Lab)	Wyn Frankland (Cons) (Overton)
2002	18				17							Labour	Ian Ormerod f/b Jean Battle (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Sandra Heyes (Cons) (Immanuel)
New ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 47 to 35 & all out election.^[3]
2001	No Elections											Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Ian Ormerod (Lab)	Dave Parkins (Lab) (Huncoat)
2000	15				31		1					Conservative	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Ken Curtis f/b Ian Ormerod (Lab)	Doug Hayes (Cons) (St Oswalds)
1999	23				23		1					NOC	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Ken Curtis (Lab)	Bernard Dawson (Lab) (Peel)
1998	35				12							Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Ian Ormerod (Lab) (Milnshaw)
1997	No Elections											Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Maurice Cowell (Lab) (St Andrews)
1996												Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Mirza Moh Yousaf JP (Lab) (Peel)
1995	44				3							Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Jean Battle (Lab) (Milnshaw)
1994	41				6							Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Reginald Goggin (Lab) (Spring Hill)
1993	No Elections											Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Cons)	Sonia Bramley-Howarth (Con)
1992												Labour	George Slynn (Lab)	Peter Britcliffe (Con)	Mary Catherine Thom (Lab) (Clayton-Le-Moors)
1991												Labour	George Slynn (Lab)		John Culshaw (Lab)
1990												Labour	George Slynn (Lab)		William Sumner (Cons) (Great Harwood North & West)
1989	No Elections											Labour			Alan Dunwoodie Lund (Lib) (Baxenden)
1988												Labour			Clifford Westell (Lab) (Central)
1987												Labour			William Parkinson (cons) (Accrington East)
Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[4]
1986												Labour			Leonard Dickinson JP (Lab) (Church St. James )
1985	No Elections											Conservatives			Ted Francis Hill (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds)
1984												Conservatives			Jack Grime MBE, JP (Lab) (Church Chapel & Elmfield)
1983												Labour			Thomas Renshaw (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds)
1982												Labour			Phyllis Hargreaves (Lab) (Accrington West)
1981	No Elections											Labour			Jennie Jackson (Cons) (Clayton-Le-Moors)
1980												Labour			Christopher Dillon (Lab) (Spring Hill)
1979												Conservatives			Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves MP, A.C.I.S, (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds)
New ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 48 to 47 & all out election.^[5]
1978												Conservatives			Doris Grant (Lab) (Huncoat)
1977	No Elections											Conservatives			Jessie Hall (Cons) (Great Harwood North & West)
1976	14		1		33							Conservatives			Allan Critchlow JP (Lab) (Rishton)
1975	24		3		21							NOC			Donald John McNeil (Cons) (Rishton)
1974												NOC			Wallace Haines (Lab) (Accrington Central)

Borough result maps

2011 results map

By-election results

Netherton By-Election 13 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		702	61.7	+14.8
	Conservative		436	38.3	-14.8
Majority			266	23.4
Turnout			1,138	31.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Huncoat By-Election 11 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		339	64.1	+12.9
	Conservative		190	35.9	+35.9
Majority			149	28.2
Turnout			529	16.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Immanuel By-Election 11 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		387	53.8	+11.2
	Conservative		333	46.2	-11.2
Majority			54	7.6
Turnout			720	19.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rishton By-Election 17 March 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Hamilton	759	46.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Stan Horne	756	46.0	-13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Greene	129	7.8	+7.8
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			1,644	32.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Overton By-Election 30 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	774	47.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	593	36.4	-18.7
	BNP	Carrie Cassidy	191	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Greene	72	4.4	+4.4
Majority			178	11.1
Turnout			1,630	32.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Spring Hill By-Election 21 September 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad	528	68.1	-3.2
	Conservative	Michaek Szewczuk	247	31.9	+3.2
Majority			281	36.2
Turnout			775	22.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton By-Election 2 November 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Grayson	1,112	55.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Stan Horne	848	42.1	-9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Green	54	2.7	+2.7
Majority			264	13.1
Turnout			2,014	39.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel By-Election 1 July 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	592	75.8	TBC
	Conservative	Danny Cassidy	189	24.2	TBC
Majority			403	51.6	TBC
Turnout			781	25.7	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing	TBC

Baxenden By-Election 18 November 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Hurn	693	58.2	TBC
	Labour	David Hartley	434	36.4	TBC
	Independent	Lesley Wolstencroft	47	3.9	TBC
	UKIP	Bobby Anwar	17	1.4	TBC
Majority			259	21.7	TBC
Turnout			1,191	36	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing	TBC

Spring Hill By-Election 9 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane FIELDING	678	51.7	TBC
	Conservative	Mohammed SAFDAR	475	36.2	TBC
	UKIP	Ken SMITH	137	10.4	TBC
	Green	Kerry GORMLEY	17	1.3	TBC
Majority			203	15.5	TBC
Turnout			1312	TBC	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing	TBC

References

↑ "Organisational Assessment" (PDF). Hyndburn Borough Council. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
↑ "Hyndburn". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
↑ The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ "By-election won by student, 21". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
↑ "Labour candidate wins by-election victory". Blackburn Citizen. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
↑ "Labour gains, Conservative pains". HyndburnOnline.com. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2009-09-14.

By-election results

External links

Hyndburn Borough Council

Council elections in Lancashire

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Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways Pilkingtons Buses

Railway stations	Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton

Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

Sport

Media

Education

Companies

History

Burnley Rural District

Politics

Council elections 1976 79 80 82 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15

Constituencies: Accrington Hyndburn North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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