2007 Rossendale Borough Council election

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Elections to Rossendale 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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 713-246.739.47,588-7.7%
  Labour 720+246.735.36,806+0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 110+16.720.03,856+9.8%
  BNP 000005.31,024+3.1%
  Independent 001-1000-3.5%

Ward results

Cribden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Gill45641.6−4.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Sheffield29026.4+26.4
Conservative Judy Bates23121.1−32.7
BNP Rita O'Brien12010.9+10.9
Majority16615.2
Turnout 1,09738.9−9.2
Labour hold Swing
Eden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Cheetham70864.3
Labour Margaret Stanley26624.2
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling12711.5
Majority44240.1
Turnout 1,10139.3−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Facit and Shawforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Aldred43140.1−4.6
Liberal Democrats Reginald Lane39336.6+36.6
Conservative Hazel Steen25123.3−32.0
Majority383.5
Turnout 1,07539.5−6.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Greenfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling91957.5+19.7
Conservative Peter Starkey68042.5−1.9
Majority23915.0
Turnout 1,59937.0+0.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Greensclough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Challinor46927.8−21.8
Labour Bernadette O'Connor45727.1+5.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr39423.3−5.7
BNP Peter Salt36921.8+21.8
Majority120.7−19.9
Turnout 1,68938.1−2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hareholme (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Unsworth713
Labour Amanda Hewlett693
Conservative Mark Mills626
Conservative Michael Christie560
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dixon206
Turnout 2,79835.0−1.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Wilson34435.1+17.9
Conservative David Barnes31832.4+7.1
BNP Michael Crossley22022.4+22.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Karoo9810.0+10.0
Majority262.7
Turnout 98033.8−1.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Helmshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Pawson85955.9+3.8
Labour Marilyn Procter43428.2−3.7
Liberal Democrats Marc Karoo24415.9−0.1
Majority42527.7+7.5
Turnout 1,53733.8−4.4
Conservative hold Swing
Irwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Steen38632.2−1.6
Labour Tina Durkin38432.0−3.7
BNP Kevin Bryan 31526.3−4.2
Liberal Democrats Cliff Adamson1159.6+9.6
Majority20.2
Turnout 1,20031.8−1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Swain663
Conservative Alison Tickner586
Labour Denise Hancock554
Labour John Pilling528
Liberal Democrats Farzana Quraishi147
Turnout 2,47834.1−2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Stacksteads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Lamb48557.3+8.0
Conservative Susan Popland25430.0−20.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Workman10712.6+12.6
Majority23127.3
Turnout 84630.6−1.1
Labour hold Swing
Whitewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amanda Robertson52937.7−15.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Nuttall51536.7+36.7
Conservative Barbara Marriott36125.7−20.9
Majority141.0−5.8
Turnout 1,40532.7+0.1
Labour hold Swing
Worsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Thorne63643.3+2.6
Labour Ann Kenyon53236.2+1.7
Liberal Democrats Sadaqut Amin30120.5−4.4
Majority1047.1+0.9
Turnout 1,46934.2+1.3
Conservative hold Swing

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