2004 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2004 Hyndburn Borough Council election
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	2004 local election results in Hyndburn Labour Conservative Not contested

Last updated April 11, 2024

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council, England were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	2	0	+2	66.7	48.2	9,310	-2.3%
Labour	4	0	2	-2	33.3	42.8	8,256	-4.3%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	929	+4.8%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	552	+0.6%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	265	+1.4%

Ward results

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Myles	767	52.4	-3.7
	Conservative	Jennet Liddle	696	47.6	+3.7
Majority			71	4.8	-7.4
Turnout			1,463	40.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	638	39.9	+4.7
	Green	Ian Dixon	552	34.6	+3.8
	Labour	Gerald Newton	407	25.5	-8.5
Majority			86	5.3	+4.1
Turnout			1,597	49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths	816	53.0	-17.2
	Labour	Ian Mason	362	23.5	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Jones	362	23.5	+23.5
Majority			454	29.5	-10.9
Turnout			1,540	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allah Dad	968	53.8	-8.2
	Labour	Sardar Ali	831	46.2	+8.2
Majority			137	7.6	-16.4
Turnout			1,799	56.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Battle	662	48.0	-10.0
	Conservative	Stanley Home	451	32.7	-9.3
	Independent	Matthew Hartley	265	19.2	+19.2
Majority			211	15.3	-0.7
Turnout			1,378	40.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	742	52.4
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	673	47.6
Majority			69	4.8
Turnout			1,415	44.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	1,189	55.1	+3.2
	Labour	Dennis Baron	969	44.9	-3.2
Majority			220	10.2	+6.4
Turnout			2,158	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Jones	710	67.8
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	337	32.2
Majority			373	35.6
Turnout			1,047	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Scaife	1,229	59.5	+11.7
	Labour	David Forshaw	837	40.5	-11.7
Majority			392	19.0
Turnout			2,066	41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	589	43.3
	Labour	Edwina McCormack	451	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Greene	319	23.5
Majority			138	10.1
Turnout			1,359	43.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene Haworth	1,195	57.8	+2.1
	Labour	John McCormack	873	42.2	-2.1
Majority			322	15.6	+4.2
Turnout			2,068	41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edith Dunston	714	50.2
	Conservative	Abdul Qayyum	460	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Javed Iqbal	248	17.4
Majority			254	17.9
Turnout			1,422	43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

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2004 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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Election result

Ward results

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