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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%. [1]
The Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David Mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 66.7 | 49.9 | 8,478 | +1.7% | |
Labour | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 33.3 | 41.9 | 7,111 | -4.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 817 | +4.8% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 397 | -2.4% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 181 | +0.1% | |
NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Haworth | 653 | 52.4 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Paula Landers | 594 | 47.6 | -14.4 | |
Majority | 59 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 32.1 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Dobson | 819 | 64.9 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Chris McCormack | 261 | 20.7 | -10.0 | |
Green | Kerry Gormley | 181 | 14.4 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 558 | 44.2 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,261 | 40.0 | -0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Griffiths | 866 | 71.0 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Vivienne Preston | 227 | 18.6 | -8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Daly | 126 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 639 | 52.4 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,219 | 37.6 | -0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Allah Dad | 857 | 41.9 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Tariq Ali | 637 | 31.2 | -26.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ifty Khan | 550 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Majority | 220 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,044 | 56.7 | +8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Smith | 592 | 57.3 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Simon Taylor | 442 | 42.7 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 150 | 14.6 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,034 | 32.6 | -3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynn Wilson | 486 | 37.0 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Robert Kearney | 429 | 32.7 | -24.4 | |
Independent | Ian Robinson | 397 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Majority | 57 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,312 | 40.5 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Clarke | 1,022 | 55.5 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Ciaran Wells | 821 | 44.5 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 201 | 11.0 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,843 | 37.7 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Jones | 584 | 71.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Clive Fisher | 230 | 28.3 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 354 | 43.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 814 | 26.4 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Grayson | 1,403 | 62.8 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Dennis Baron | 831 | 37.2 | -14.9 | |
Majority | 572 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,234 | 46.2 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Munsif Dad | 689 | 57.9 | -13.4 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Safdar | 502 | 42.1 | +13.4 | |
Majority | 187 | 15.8 | -26.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,191 | 34.4 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Walmsley | 636 | 59.4 | +10.3 | |
Labour | John McCormack | 294 | 27.5 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Greene | 141 | 13.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 342 | 31.9 | +20.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,071 | 33.4 | -10.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marlene Haworth | 1,134 | 66.2 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Bill Pinder | 580 | 33.8 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 554 | 32.4 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,714 | 33.7 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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