2015 Rossendale Borough Council election

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The 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rossendale Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

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Councillors elected in 2011 were defending their seats this year, and they were contested again in 2019.

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2019
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7
  Labour 7
  UKIP 0
  Green 0
  Independent 0
  Liberal Democrats 0

Ward results

Cribden

Cribden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Gill82840.4
Conservative Janet Graham 836 40.7
Green Angela Hall1085.3
UKIP Thomas Richardson26813.1
Rejected ballots110.5
Majority80.4
Turnout 2,05172.0
Source returning officer. [2]

Facit and Shawforth

Facit and Shawforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Aldred56531.1
Conservative Lynda Barnes 602 33.1
Independent Maureen Jones (Community First)20711.4
UKIP Max Lake43624.0
Rejected ballots80.4
Majority372.0
Turnout 1,81862.4
Source returning officer. [2]

Greenfield

Greenfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hayden Kenyon94540.4
Green Terence Parker1625.3
Conservative Annabel Shipley 1,440 55.5
UKIP Alan Weaver43113.1
Rejected ballots134.0
Majority1,00933.7
Turnout 2,99167.3
Source returning officer. [2]

Greensclough

Greensclough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Macnae1,07438.1
UKIP Susan Nangle64122.7
Conservative Peter Steen 1,084 38.5
Rejected ballots200.7
Majority100.4
Turnout 2,81969.3
Source returning officer. [2]

Hareholme

Hareholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Clive Balchin69023.5
Labour Michael Marriott 1,209 41.2
Conservative Nicola May1,01834.7
Rejected ballots180.6
Majority1916.5
Turnout 2,93569.3
Source returning officer. [2]

Healey and Whitworth

Healey and Whitworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Martin Harrison35018.3
Conservative Dayne Powell50926.6
Independent Karen Ruane (Community First)41821.9
Labour Sean Serridge 627 32.8
Rejected ballots60.3
Majority1186.2
Turnout 1,91062.1
Source returning officer. [2]

Helmshore

Helmshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Anita Davies1754.9
Labour Emma Harding1,04929.5
Conservative Tony Haworth 1,894 53.3
UKIP Michael Pickup42311.9
Rejected ballots150.4
Majority84523.8
Turnout 3,55674.0
Source returning officer. [2]

Irwell

Irwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Eaton 967
Labour Michelle Smith 884
Conservative Laura-Beth Thompson790
Labour Andrew Walmsley803
UKIP John Wells608
Green Hilary Whitehead197
Rejected ballots4
Majority
Turnout 2,54160.7
Source returning officer. [2]

Longholme

Longholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Gary Barnes509
Conservative Mischa Charlton-Mockett1,082
Green Karen Pollard-Rylance162
Labour Samuel Smallridge 1,142
Rejected ballots12
Majority60
Turnout 2,90769.3
Source returning officer. [2]

Stacksteads

Stacksteads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Donald Gordon343
Labour Christine Lamb 919
Conservative Hazel Steen495
Rejected ballots11
Majority424
Turnout 1,76833.8
Source returning officer. [2]

Whitewell

Whitewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Collinge 861
UKIP Susan Francis615
Labour Valerie Hogan807
Liberal Democrats William Nuttall611
Green John Payne308
Conservative Jennifer Rigby746
Labour Amanda Robertson 518
Rejected ballots13
Majority
Turnout 2,85265.5
Source returning officer. [2]

Worsley

Worsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Granville Barker575
Labour Adrian Lythgoe 1,203
Conservative David Stansfield779
Rejected ballots22
Majority33728.9
Turnout 2,60360.3
Source returning officer. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Returning Officer (7 May 2015), "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Rossendale Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 5 January 2020


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