2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council ; 18 seats needed for a majority
	2007 local election results in Hyndburn Labour Conservative Independent Not contested

Last updated March 10, 2024

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Labour had held one by election (Spring Hill) and won another from the Conservatives (Rishton) in Autumn 2006.

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	1	1	0	58.3	48.2	8,612	+2.9%
Labour	4	1	2	-1	33.3	46.0	8,217	-3.8%
Independent	1	1	0	+1	8.3	4.7	838	+1.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	183	+1.0%

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2007 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Ward results

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	837	62.0	+9.6
	Conservative	Simon Taylor	514	38.0	-9.6
Majority			323	24.0	+19.2
Turnout			1,351	34.2	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barton	768	55.9	+16.0
	Labour	Roy Hyland	422	30.7	+5.2
	Green	Kerry Gormley	183	13.3	-21.3
Majority			346	25.2	+19.9
Turnout			1,373	40.9	-8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Pratt	891	72.6	+19.6
	Labour	Viv Preston	336	27.4	+3.9
Majority			555	45.2	+15.7
Turnout			1,227	38.0	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Ayub	945	57.4	+11.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Siddique	700	42.6	-11.2
Majority			245	14.8	+7.2
Turnout			1,645	48.5	-7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Broadley	740	61.9	+13.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Safdar	456	38.1	+5.4
Majority			284	23.8	+8.5
Turnout			1,196	36.5	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Storey	666	53.3	+26.6
	Labour	Paula Landers	583	46.7	+13.5
Majority			83	6.6
Turnout			1,249	35.6	-4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huncoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Parkins	838	53.8	+53.8
	Labour	Brendan Shiel	444	28.5	-25.6
	Conservative	Anne Wells	276	17.7	-28.2
Majority			394	25.3
Turnout			1,558	45.1	-11.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Immanuel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Lockwood	724	52.2	+3.4
	Labour	John McCormack	662	47.8	-3.4
Majority			62	4.4
Turnout			1,386	39.5	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Pritchard	900	65.2	+8.4
	Conservative	Dennis Baron	480	34.8	-8.4
Majority			420	30.4	+16.8
Turnout			1,380	39.2	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mason	978	57.6	+3.8
	Labour	Rob Kearney	719	42.4	-3.8
Majority			259	15.2	+7.6
Turnout			1,697	34.5	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	1,078	52.1	+0.9
	Labour	Winifred Jackson	990	47.9	-0.9
Majority			88	4.2	+1.8
Turnout			2,068	41.5	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	1,081	62.8	+3.5
	Labour	Bill Pinder	639	37.2	-3.5
Majority			442	25.6	+7.0
Turnout			1,720	33.8	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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Election result

Ward results

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