2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election
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11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderMiles ParkinsonPeter Britcliffe
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatAlthamSt Andrew's
Seats before239
Seats won238
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderPaul Thompson
Party UKIP Independent
Leader's seatSt Oswald's
Seats before03
Seats won22
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Hyndburn UK local election 2014 map (Revised).svg
2014 local election results in Hyndburn
   UKIP
   Labour
   Conservative
  Not contested

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

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The total registered electorate across Hyndburn comes to 43,404 potential voters. In this May 2014 election 16,766 turned out to vote - 38.63%.

There was also the European Election being held on the same day and voter turnout, across ALL voters in every Hyndburn-Ward, was much higher than usual.

Partyvotes (2013)Votes % (2013)Votes (2009)Votes % (2009)+/-
UKIP7,69434.6%3,90617.5%+16.9%
Labour Party7,17332.2%5,02022.5%+9.7%
Conservative Party4,45420.0%6,03727.0%-7.0%
BNP7873.5%2,37110.6%-7.1%
Green9504.3%1,1355.1%-2.5%
Liberal Democrats3601.6%1,2855.8%-4.2%
English Democrats2721.2%5422.4%%-1.2%
Pirate Party840.4%
An Ind. from Europe Party4001.8%
No2EU560.3%3481.6%-1.3%
Socialist Equality Party390.2%
Christian PartyDid not stand3681.6%
Jury TeamDid not stand1360.6%
Pro DemocracyDid not stand810.4%
Socialist Labour PartyDid not stand3711.7%
Francis Apaloo IndDid not stand930.4%
Rejected1830.8%3001.3%-0.5%
TURNOUT22,26937.32%22,353

Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 23 councillors, Conservatives had 9 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 3 councillors.

Labour and UKIP candidates contested for every ward, Conservative candidates contested all except Milnshaw-ward & Peel-Ward, only four Independent candidates contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward, Netherton-ward, Peel-ward & Rishton-ward and just three Green candidates contested for Huncoat-ward, Overton-Ward & Peel-ward.

Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, with Labour's majority unchanged, Independent and Conservative councillors having lost one seat each overall, and UKIP gaining two new seats:

After the election, the composition of the council was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2014 - electorate 43,412 (over just 11 wards)
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 72-2065.740.3%6,694-0.9%
  UKIP 22025.730.1%4,990+30.1%
  Conservative 21-2-122.825.3%4,197-13.7%
  Independent 00-1-15.72.9%487-14.0%
  Green 000001.4%227+1.4%

Reference: 2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result

NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2014 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington. Although voters across those same Five wards, were also still able to vote in the European Election.

Ward results

Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3688
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim O'Kane46535.33
Conservative Stephen Brierley36427.66
UKIP Peter Street32524.69
Independent Janet Storey15211.55
...spoilt votes8...
Majority 1012.74N/A
Turnout 1,31635.89
Labour hold Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat - electorate 3658
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Dawson45734.54
Conservative Nick Whittaker39629.93
UKIP Mark Anthony Taylor37728.49
Green David Daly896.72
...spoilt votes4...
Majority 611.67N/A
Turnout 1,32336.22
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Immanuel

Immanuel - electorate 3382
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Anne Livesey51637.63
Labour Colette McCormack48035.01
UKIP Christopher Matthew36526.62
...spoilt votes8...
Majority 361.06N/A
Turnout 1,37138.48
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Milnshaw

Milnshaw - electorate 3574
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Malcolm Eric Pritchard70151.62
Labour Clare Pritchard58943.37
...spoilt votes68...
Majority 1123.13N/A
Turnout 1,35838.32
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Netherton

Netherton - electorate 3340
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernadette Parkinson73151.47
UKIP Carole Guilfoyle33023.23
Independent Maureen Tomlinson19713.87
Conservative Josh Allen15811.12
...spoilt votes6...
Majority 40112.01N/A
Turnout 1,42042.77
Labour hold Swing

Overton

Overton - electorate 5055
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Nedwell72236.50
UKIP Ian Robinson71336.04
Conservative Peter Clarke43922.19
Green Joan Elizabeth West995.00
...spoilt votes6...
Majority 90.18N/A
Turnout 1,97839.24
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Peel

Peel - electorate 3198
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Plummer56860.81
UKIP Alex Ross26628.47
Independent Sarah Susan Johnson576.10
Green Kerry Gormley394.17
...spoilt votes4...
Majority 3029.44N/A
Turnout 93429.32
Labour hold Swing

Rishton

Rishton - electorate 5214
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Moss92446.29
UKIP David George Dowling55427.75
Conservative Warren Melia42621.34
Independent Sam Howarth814.05
...spoilt votes10...
Majority 3707.10N/A
Turnout 1,99338.43
Labour hold Swing

Spring Hill

Spring Hill - electorate 3701
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pam Barton87749.66
Conservative Mohammed Safdar60134.04
UKIP Ken Smith27815.74
...spoilt votes10...
Majority 2767.46N/A
Turnout 1,76648.11
Labour hold Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's - electorate 3498
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Britcliffe64648.64
Labour Stewart Thurston Eaves36827.71
UKIP Dayle Taylor30122.66
...spoilt votes14...
Majority 2787.95N/A
Turnout 1,32838.15
Conservative hold Swing

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's - electorate 5104
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Paul Thompson80140.53
Conservative Doug Hayes65132.94
Labour Susan Young53126.87
...spoilt votes6...
Majority 1502.94N/A
Turnout 1,97638.87
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

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