Hyndburn Borough Council elections

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Hyndburn Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Hyndburn Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Hyndburn in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 35 councillors have been elected from 16 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Elections are usually by thirds, in three of every four years.

Year/Party Labour LibDems Cons Indep UKIP OtherControlling partyNotes
1973 24321NOC
1976 14133Conservatives
1979 1928ConservativesNew ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 48 to 47 and all out election. [2]
1980 2720Labour
1982 26120Labour
1983 25220Labour
1984 20324Conservatives
1986 25616Labour
1987 26714LabourBorough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. [3]
1988 25616Labour
1990 294131Labour
1991 34391Labour
1992 32312Labour
1994 33113Labour
1995 36110Labour
1996 443Labour
1998 3512Labour
1999 23231NOC
2000 1631Conservative
2002 1817LabourNew ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 47 to 35 and all out election. [1]
2003 1718Conservative
2004 1520Conservative
2006 16181Conservative
2007 15182Conservative
2008 13184Conservative
2010 14174NOC
2011 18143Labour
2012 2393Labour
2014 23822Labour
2015 24802Labour
2016 2672Labour
2018 2690Labour
2019 269Labour
2021 22121Labour
2022 14146NOC
2023 161612NOC
2024 221111Labour

Borough result maps

By-election results

1998-2002

Netherton by-election 13 July 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 70261.7+14.8
Conservative 43638.3−14.8
Majority26623.4
Turnout 1,13831.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Huncoat by-election 11 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 33964.1+12.9
Conservative 19035.9+35.9
Majority14928.2
Turnout 52916.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Immanuel by-election 11 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 38753.8+11.2
Conservative 33346.2−11.2
Majority547.6
Turnout 72019.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2002-2006

Rishton by-election 17 March 2005 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Hamilton75946.1+5.6
Conservative Stan Horne75646.0−13.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene1297.8+7.8
Majority30.1
Turnout 1,64432.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Overton by-election 30 June 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Shorrock77447.5+2.6
Conservative Roy Atkinson59336.4−18.7
BNP Carrie Cassidy19111.7+11.7
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene724.4+4.4
Majority17811.1
Turnout 1,63032.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2006-2010

Spring Hill by-election 21 September 2006 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munsif Dad52868.1−3.2
Conservative Michaek Szewczuk24731.9+3.2
Majority28136.2
Turnout 77522.1
Labour hold Swing
Rishton by-election 2 November 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Grayson1,11255.2+5.9
Conservative Stan Horne84842.1−9.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Green542.7+2.7
Majority26413.1
Turnout 2,01439.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2010-2014

Peel by-election 1 July 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Dwyer59275.8TBC
Conservative Danny Cassidy18924.2TBC
Majority40351.6TBC
Turnout 78125.7TBC
Labour hold Swing TBC
Baxenden by-election 18 November 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Hurn69358.2TBC
Labour David Hartley43436.4TBC
Independent Lesley Wolstencroft473.9TBC
UKIP Bobby Anwar171.4TBC
Majority25921.7TBC
Turnout 1,19136TBC
Conservative hold Swing TBC
Spring Hill by-election 9 July 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Fielding67851.7TBC
Conservative Mohammed Sadfar47536.2TBC
UKIP Ken Smith13710.4TBC
Green Kerry Gormley171.3TBC
Majority20315.5TBC
Turnout 1312TBCTBC
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026

Overton by-election 14 July 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin McKenzie77352.2+6.4
Conservative Liz McGinley60040.5−0.1
Independent Michael Miller714.8+4.8
Reform UK Richard Oakley362.4−10.1
Majority17311.7+6.5
Turnout 1,48231.32
Labour hold Swing
Baxenden by-election 6 February 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Downie
Conservative David Heap
Reform UK Ashley Joynes
Green Lex Kristan
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2001/2469, retrieved 24 August 2022
  2. ↑ The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. ↑ The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  4. ↑ "By-election won by student, 21". Lancashire Evening Telegraph . 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Labour candidate wins by-election victory". Lancashire Telegraph. Blackburn Citizen. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Labour gains, Conservative pains". HyndburnOnline.com. 6 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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