2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election
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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderPeter Britcliffe Graham Jones
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatSt Andrew'sPeel
Seats before1815
Seats won2113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Hyndburn UK local election 2008 map.svg
2008 local election results in Hyndburn
   Labour
   Conservative
  Not contested

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]

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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

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 810+166.749.98,478+1.7%
  Labour 401-133.341.97,111-4.1%
  Liberal Democrats 000004.8817+4.8%
  Independent 000002.3397-2.4%
  Green 000001.1181+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.

Ward results

Altham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Haworth65352.4+14.4
Labour Paula Landers59447.6−14.4
Majority594.8
Turnout 1,24732.1−2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Barnfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Dobson81964.9+9.0
Labour Chris McCormack26120.7−10.0
Green Kerry Gormley18114.4+1.1
Majority55844.2+19.0
Turnout 1,26140.0−0.9
Conservative hold Swing
Baxenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Griffiths86671.0−1.6
Labour Vivienne Preston22718.6−8.8
Liberal Democrats David Daly12610.3+10.3
Majority63952.4+7.2
Turnout 1,21937.6−0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allah Dad85741.9−0.7
Labour Tariq Ali63731.2−26.2
Liberal Democrats Ifty Khan55026.9+26.9
Majority22010.7
Turnout 2,04456.7+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Smith59257.3−4.6
Conservative Simon Taylor44242.7+4.6
Majority15014.6−9.2
Turnout 1,03432.6−3.9
Labour hold Swing
Netherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynn Wilson48637.0−5.9
Labour Robert Kearney42932.7−24.4
Independent Ian Robinson39730.3+30.3
Majority574.3
Turnout 1,31240.5−1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Clarke1,02255.5−2.1
Labour Ciaran Wells82144.5+2.1
Majority20111.0−4.2
Turnout 1,84337.7+3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Peel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Jones58471.7+4.3
Conservative Clive Fisher23028.3−4.3
Majority35443.4+8.6
Turnout 81426.4+1.9
Labour hold Swing
Rishton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Grayson1,40362.8+14.9
Conservative Dennis Baron83137.2−14.9
Majority57225.6
Turnout 2,23446.2+4.7
Labour hold Swing
Spring Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munsif Dad68957.9−13.4
Conservative Mohammed Safdar50242.1+13.4
Majority18715.8−26.8
Turnout 1,19134.4+0.5
Labour hold Swing
St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Walmsley63659.4+10.3
Labour John McCormack29427.5−10.3
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene14113.2+0.1
Majority34231.9+20.6
Turnout 1,07133.4−10.3
Conservative hold Swing
St Oswald's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marlene Haworth1,13466.2+3.4
Labour Bill Pinder58033.8−3.4
Majority55432.4+6.8
Turnout 1,71433.7−0.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Hyndburn election results: Tories tighten grip". Lancashire Telegraph. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
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