2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2024 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
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LeaderMunsif DadMarlene Howarth
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatSpring HillSt Oswald's
Seats before1616
Seats won101
Seats after2211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg5
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderMohammed Fazal
Party Green Independent
Leader's seatCentral
Seats before21
Seats won10
Seats after11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Hyndburn UK local election 2024 map.svg
2024 local election results in Hyndburn
   Labour
   Conservative
   Green
  Not contested
Leader before election

Marlene Haworth
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Munsif Dad
Labour

The 2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, to elect 12 of the 35 members of Hyndburn Borough Council in Lancashire, England, being the usual approximate third of the council. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country, including for the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner. [1] [2]

Contents

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration. The election saw Labour gain a majority of the seats on the council.

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 independent councillor and 2 Green councillors (the latter three all having previously been elected for Labour), and Labour had 16 councillors. Eighteen or more seats are needed for overall control of the council. The Conservatives were running the council as a minority administration with informal support from the independent and Green councillors. [3] [4]

The seats up for election in 2024 had last been contested in 2021. That election had originally been due in 2020 but had been delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the subsequent term of office from four years to three. In 2021, the Conservatives and Labour had won six seats each. Two of the six Labour councillors elected in 2021 (Caroline Montague of Barnfield ward and Paddy Short of Peel ward) had left the party in May 2022. [5] They both subsequently joined the Green Party. [6]

As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors were required to present photographic identification to polling staff in order to cast their vote. Postal voters were not affected. [7]

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

The Conservatives were defending six seats, Labour were defending four seats, and two were held by Greens (formerly Labour). Neither of those Green councillors stood for re-election in 2024. In addition to candidates from these parties, there were one Reform UK, one Workers Party of Britain candidate and two independent candidates standing. There were also an additional four new Green Party candidates, standing in the Central, Church, Overton & Spring-Hill wards, alongside replacements for the two previous Green councillors for Barnfield and Peel (who both stood down), making six new Green candidates in total. The local Labour and Conservative parties both ran candidates in each of the 12 wards. [8] [9]

At the election, the Conservatives lost four seats to Labour, including their former leader, Peter Britcliffe. Labour regained both of the seats where its previous councillors had defected to the Greens, but lost one other existing Labour seat to a Green candidate. [10]

Local Election result

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was: [11]

The Labour group leader, Munsif Dad, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024. The previous Conservative leader, Marlene Howarth, stood down as her party's group leader after the election, being replaced by Zak Khan. [12]

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2024 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards) - with TBC% turnout
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1071+647.76,950
  Conservative 105-535.25,125
  Green 112-113.92,020
  Reform UK 00001.7244
  Workers Party GB 00001.0146
  Independent 00000.690
  Spoilt Ballots ............0.0232

The results for when this set of seats were last contested are at 2021 Hyndburn Borough Council election.

NB: Four (of 16) council wards were not up for re-election in 2024, being Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. However, as the election for Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner took place on the same day, all polling stations were open, across every ward in the borough.

Previous councillors who did not stand for re-election in May 2024 include – Dominik Allen (Conservative - Altham), Caroline Montague (Green - Barnfield), Abdul Khan (Labour - Central), Colin McKenzie (Labour - Overton), Paddy Short (Green - Peel) and Susan Hayes [13] (Conservative - St. Oswalds). Former Conservative councillor Michael Miller stood for the Green party in Peel ward.

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [14] [15]

Altham

Altham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vanessa Alexander 687 64.8 +20.5
Conservative David Heap37435.2−20.5
Majority31329.6N/A
Rejected ballots333.0
Turnout 1,09428.3−1.5
Registered electors 3,866
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +20.5

Barnfield

Barnfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare McKenna 546 58.1 +5.9
Conservative Foyzun Nur24926.5−21.3
Green Joan West14515.4N/A
Majority29731.6+27.3
Rejected ballots141.5
Turnout 95428.8−6.5
Registered electors 3,318
Labour gain from Green Swing +13.6

Baxenden

Baxenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Blake 553 51.1 +10.5
Conservative Terence Hurn*52948.9−10.5
Majority242.2N/A
Rejected ballots141.3
Turnout 1,09635.7−5.1
Registered electors 3,070
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.5

The Baxenden Labour representative, known as Eddie, who was elected in May's local polls, died suddenly on November 6 - a By-election has been called for Thursday February 6th, 2025. [16] . The Baxenden ward Hyndburn Council by-election candidates were revealed later. [17]

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Shabir Fazal 818 41.9 N/A
Conservative Allah Dad51626.4−23.0
Labour Ijaz Ahmed47124.1−26.5
Workers Party Mohammed Irfan1467.5N/A
Majority30215.5N/A
Rejected ballots221.1
Turnout 1,97349.9−2.5
Registered electors 3,953
Green gain from Labour Swing N/A

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stewart Eaves 441 37.7 −10.1
Green Sohail Asghar36631.3N/A
Conservative Sajid Mahmood*36331.0−21.2
Majority756.4N/A
Rejected ballots231.9
Turnout 1,19333.3−0.2
Registered electors 3,578
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Netherton

Netherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noordad Aziz* 774 67.4 +6.9
Conservative Mohammed Riaz37432.6−1.2
Majority40034.8+8.2
Rejected ballots242.0
Turnout 1,17333.5−3.3
Registered electors 3,504
Labour hold Swing +4.1

Overton

Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Yates 798 58.4 +12.1
Conservative Judith McKelvey42531.3−9.8
Green Julie Stubbins916.7N/A
No Description Paul Knighton523.8N/A
Majority37327.1+21.9
Rejected ballots100.7
Turnout 1,37629.4−6.5
Registered electors 4,681
Labour hold Swing +10.9

Peel

Peel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Pritchard 359 51.7 −15.5
Green Michael Miller15922.9N/A
Conservative Jean Hurn13920.0−12.8
Independent Navid Afzal385.5N/A
Majority20028.8−5.7
Rejected ballots111.6
Turnout 70022.9−3.0
Registered electors 3,053
Labour gain from Green Swing N/A

Rishton

Rishton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethan Rawcliffe 832 59.9 +24.4
Conservative Carole Haythornthwaite*55640.1+2.4
Majority27619.7N/A
Rejected ballots322.2
Turnout 1,43029.0−6.2
Registered electors 4,931
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.0

Spring Hill

Spring Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munsif Dad* 532 41.1 −18.8
Green Wayne Fitzharris44134.1N/A
Conservative Saeed Ullah32224.9−14.5
Majority917.0−13.5
Rejected ballots181.4
Turnout 1,31435.0−2.3
Registered electors 3,758
Labour hold Swing N/A

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Gilbert 492 51.4 +14.7
Conservative Peter Britcliffe*46648.6−6.7
Majority262.7N/A
Rejected ballots141.4
Turnout 97229.4−2.5
Registered electors 3,309
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.7

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tina Walker 812 53.4 +2.6
Labour Andrew Tatchell46530.6−15.7
Reform UK Richard Oakley24416.0N/A
Majority34722.7+18.2
Rejected ballots171.1
Turnout 1,54232.2−6.4
Registered electors 4,786
Conservative hold Swing +9.1

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