Rossendale Borough Council elections

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Rossendale Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 36 councillors have been elected from 14 wards. [1] At the 2024 election, new ward boundaries will be in effect and the number of councillors will decrease to 30. [2]

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Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

2002-2006

Stacksteads By-Election 14 August 2003 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 41147.1
Liberal Democrats 31235.8
Conservative 14917.1
Majority 9911.3
Turnout 87230.7
Labour hold Swing
Long Holme By-Election 30 September 2004 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 72058.5+3.2
Labour 51141.5−3.2
Majority 20917.0
Turnout 1,23130.0
Conservative hold Swing
Greenfield By-Election 5 May 2005 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling1,41956.0+18.6
Conservative Granville Morris1,11244.0+2.9
Majority 30712.0
Turnout 2,53161.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hareholme By-Election 20 October 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Alcroft58544.8+0.9
Conservative Mark Mills47736.5−19.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr24418.7+18.7
Majority 1088.3
Turnout 1,30630.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2006-2010

Cribden By-Election 30 September 2006 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Gill39140.0−6.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Sheffield31231.9+31.9
Conservative Helen Marsden18619.0−34.8
BNP Kevin Bryan 899.1+9.1
Majority 798.1
Turnout 97834.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Goodshaw By-Election 13 September 2007 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Farrington63459.5+6.5
Conservative Judith Bates30028.1−18.9
BNP Michael Crossley807.5+7.5
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dixon524.9+4.9
Majority 33431.4
Turnout 1,06633.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Irwell By-Election 13 September 2007 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tina Durkin37937.2+5.2
Conservative Hazel Steen31230.6−1.6
BNP Kevin Bryan 28127.5+1.2
Liberal Democrats James Pilling484.7−4.9
Majority 676.6
Turnout 1,02027.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whitewell By-Election 13 September 2007 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Nuttall60648.6+11.9
Labour Patricia Dearden39932.0−5.7
Conservative Peter Starkey15212.2−13.5
BNP Peter Salt917.3+7.3
Majority 20716.6
Turnout 1,24828.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hareholme By-Election 22 November 2007 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Crawforth59153.2+7.1
Conservative Jason Gledhill52046.8+6.3
Majority 716.4
Turnout 1,11126.2
Conservative hold Swing
Helmshore By-Election 4 June 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Milling1,01553.6−6.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Holland49025.9+14.7
Labour Ann Kenyon38920.5+0.8
Majority 52527.7
Turnout 1,89442.0
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Healey and Whitworth By-Election 7 October 2010 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Joseph Michael Serridge34651.1+18.3
Community First PartyDavid Bradbury16524.4−9.5
Conservative Marie Gibbons15623.0+0.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Laight101.5−9.7
Majority 18126.7
Turnout 67721.7
Labour hold Swing
Irwell By-Election 7 October 2010 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jackson27737.2+0.5
Conservative Elizabeth Anne Heath22029.6−13.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson18324.6+24.6
Community First PartyTina Durkin648.6+8.6
Majority 577.7
Turnout 74417.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2014-2018

Helmshore By-Election 16 October 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Haworth77148.8−13.4
Labour Emma Harding44428.1−9.7
UKIP Granville Barker36423.1+23.1
Majority 32720.7
Turnout 1,579
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme By-Election 4 December 2014 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annie McMahon50543.8+0.9
Conservative Mischa Charlton-Mockett39033.8+0.5
UKIP Gary Barnes25822.4−1.4
Majority 11510.0
Turnout 1,153
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026

Facit and Shawforth By-Election 29 September 2022 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Smith33743.5+12.4
Independent Kim Olaolu21427.6+27.6
Labour Caitlin Chippendale20326.2+0.4
Green Alex Vijatov202.6+2.6
Majority 12320.7
Turnout 774
Conservative hold Swing
Helmshore By-Election 29 September 2022 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Hodgkiss73650.6+4.0
Labour Neil Looker50437.1+0.5
Green Katrina Brockbank745.1−6.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Nelson624.3+4.3
Independent David Stansfield422.9−2.4
Majority 19613.5
Turnout 1,454
Conservative hold Swing
Whitworth By-Election 26 June 2025 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Mackenzie Ritson73347.5
Conservative Matthew Carr44929.1
Labour Caitlin Chippendale25116.3
Green Vivienne Hall1107.1
Majority 28418.4
Turnout 1,543
Reform UK gain from Community First Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2001/2430, retrieved 25 August 2022
  2. 1 2 LGBCE. "Rossendale | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rossendale". BBC Online . Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stacksteads Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Greenfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hareholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk . 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Goodshaw Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Irwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitewell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  16. ↑ "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Healey and Whitworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Irwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Helmshore Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Facit and Shawforth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Helmshore Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
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