2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election
  2006 3 May 2007 2008  

12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderPeter Britcliffe Graham Jones
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatSt Andrew'sPeel
Seats before1915
Seats after1815
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 Third party
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LeaderDave Parkins
Party Independent
Seats before1
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2007 local election results in Hyndburn
   Labour
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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 711058.348.28,612+2.9%
  Labour 412-133.346.08,217-3.8%
  Independent 110+18.34.7838+1.1%
  Green 000001.0183+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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miles Parkinson83762.0+9.6
Conservative Simon Taylor51438.0−9.6
Majority32324.0+19.2
Turnout 1,35134.2−6.0
Labour hold Swing
Barnfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Barton76855.9+16.0
Labour Roy Hyland42230.7+5.2
Green Kerry Gormley18313.3−21.3
Majority34625.2+19.9
Turnout 1,37340.9−8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Baxenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Pratt89172.6+19.6
Labour Viv Preston33627.4+3.9
Majority55545.2+15.7
Turnout 1,22738.0−10.2
Conservative hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Ayub94557.4+11.2
Conservative Mohammed Siddique70042.6−11.2
Majority24514.8+7.2
Turnout 1,64548.5−7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Broadley74061.9+13.9
Conservative Mohammed Safdar45638.1+5.4
Majority28423.8+8.5
Turnout 1,19636.5−4.2
Labour hold Swing
Clayton-le-Moors
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Storey66653.3+26.6
Labour Paula Landers58346.7+13.5
Majority836.6
Turnout 1,24935.6−4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Huncoat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Parkins83853.8+53.8
Labour Brendan Shiel44428.5−25.6
Conservative Anne Wells27617.7−28.2
Majority39425.3
Turnout 1,55845.1−11.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Immanuel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Lockwood72452.2+3.4
Labour John McCormack66247.8−3.4
Majority624.4
Turnout 1,38639.5+2.6
Conservative hold Swing
Milnshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Pritchard90065.2+8.4
Conservative Dennis Baron48034.8−8.4
Majority42030.4+16.8
Turnout 1,38039.2+2.1
Labour hold Swing
Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mason97857.6+3.8
Labour Rob Kearney71942.4−3.8
Majority25915.2+7.6
Turnout 1,69734.5−1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Rishton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Horne1,07852.1+0.9
Labour Winifred Jackson99047.9−0.9
Majority884.2+1.8
Turnout 2,06841.5+1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St Oswald's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Roberts1,08162.8+3.5
Labour Bill Pinder63937.2−3.5
Majority44225.6+7.0
Turnout 1,72033.8+0.5
Conservative hold Swing

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