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A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. [1]
The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Elections also tooe place on that same day, across all polling stations. [2]
Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 Independent councillor and 2 Green Party of England and Wales councillors (all three, formerly Labour party members) supporting the Conservatives, and where Labour had only a minority of 16 councillors. Where 18 or more seats are needed for Overall-Control of the council.
In this election, Labour defended 4 of their previously won 6-ward-seats (where 2 of those seats [Barnfield & Peel], were formerly won by Labour councillors Caroline Montague & Paddy Short, who both later switched to the Green Party following the May 2022 election), and the Conservatives defended 6-ward-seats.
All previously winning ward-candidates had only served out the last 3-years of a standard 4-year term in office, since the Covid-postponed election in May 2021, which should normally have been held 12-months earlier, back in May 2020.
As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors were again required to present photographic identification to polling staff in order to cast their vote. Postal voters were not affected.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
Where the 16 Conservatives, with the support of the 2 Greens and the 1 Independent, had overall control of the council, over the previous year.
The Conservatives were defending 6-seats whilst Labour were defending 4-seats and where 2-seats were both held by Greens (formerly Labour) and where those councilors are both stepping down this year. In addition,there were one Reform UK and one Workers Party GB candidates in addition to two Independent candidates standing in various wards. 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 & 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.
After this election with the Conservatives losing 4 of their Councillors seats to Labour Candidates, including their former Tory Leader Peter Britcliffe, and with both of the previous 2 Green-Council seats (both formerly Labour Party members) being re-taken by Labour, and with only one existing Labour seat falling to a new Green Candidate, Labour also managed to hold on to 3 of their existing 4 seats in this election. Now, with a controlling Labour majority of 22 Councillors, compared to the Conservatives 11, with just one new Green Councillor and just 1 existing Independant in the Hyndburn Borough Council, until the next Local Council Elections, due in May 2026.
The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was that Labour re-took majority control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 10 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 47.7 | 6,950 | |||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 35.2 | 5,125 | |||
Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 13.9 | 2,020 | |||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 244 | |||
Workers Party GB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 146 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 90 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.0 | 232 | |||
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election
NB: Four (of 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2024, include the following wards – Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. Although, as the Lancashire PCC Elections took place on the same day, all polling stations were open, across every ward.
Previous Councillors who stood down 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 [3] (Conservative - St. Oswalds). Former Conservative councillor Michael Miller stood for the Green party in Peel ward.
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vanessa Alexander | 687 | 64.8 | +20.5 | |
Conservative | David Heap | 374 | 35.2 | -20.5 | |
Majority | 313 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 33 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,094 | 28.3 | -1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,866 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare McKenna | 546 | 58.1 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Foyzun Nur | 249 | 26.5 | -21.3 | |
Green | Joan West | 145 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 297 | 31.6 | +27.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 954 | 28.8 | -6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,318 | ||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing | +13.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Blake | 553 | 51.1 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Terence Hurn* | 529 | 48.9 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 24 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,096 | 35.7 | -5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,070 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Shabir Fazal | 818 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Allah Dad | 516 | 26.4 | -23.0 | |
Labour | Ijaz Ahmed | 471 | 24.1 | -26.5 | |
Workers Party | Mohammed Irfan | 146 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 302 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 22 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,973 | 49.9 | -2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,953 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stewart Eaves | 441 | 37.7 | -10.1 | |
Green | Sohail Asghar | 366 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sajid Mahmood* | 363 | 31.0 | -21.2 | |
Majority | 75 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,193 | 33.3 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,578 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noordad Aziz* | 774 | 67.4 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Riaz | 374 | 32.6 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 400 | 34.8 | +8.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,173 | 33.5 | -3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,504 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare Yates | 798 | 58.4 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Judith McKelvey | 425 | 31.3 | -9.8 | |
Green | Julie Stubbins | 91 | 6.7 | N/A | |
No Description | Paul Knighton | 52 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 373 | 27.1 | +21.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,376 | 29.4 | -6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,681 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clare Pritchard | 359 | 51.7 | -15.5 | |
Green | Michael Miller | 159 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jean Hurn | 139 | 20.0 | -12.8 | |
Independent | Navid Afzal | 38 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 200 | 28.8 | -5.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 700 | 22.9 | -3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,053 | ||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ethan Rawcliffe | 832 | 59.9 | +24.4 | |
Conservative | Carole Haythornthwaite* | 556 | 40.1 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 276 | 19.7 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,430 | 29.0 | -6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,931 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Munsif Dad* | 532 | 41.1 | -18.8 | |
Green | Wayne Fitzharris | 441 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Saeed Ullah | 322 | 24.9 | -14.5 | |
Majority | 91 | 7.0 | -13.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,314 | 35.0 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,758 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Gilbert | 492 | 51.4 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Britcliffe* | 466 | 48.6 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 26 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 972 | 29.4 | -2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,309 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tina Walker | 812 | 53.4 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Tatchell | 465 | 30.6 | -15.7 | |
Reform UK | Richard Oakley | 244 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 347 | 22.7 | +18.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,542 | 32.2 | -6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,786 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
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