Sarah Smith | |
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Member of Parliament for Hyndburn | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sara Britcliffe |
Majority | 1,687 (4.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarah Madeleine Webster Smith |
Political party | Labour |
Sarah Madeleine Webster Smith is a British politician serving as a Labour Member of Parliament for Hyndburn since the 2024 general election. [1] She is also a sitting councillor on Blackpool Borough Council. [2]
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire,England. Its council is based in Accrington,the largest town,and the borough also covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors,Great Harwood,Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. The borough was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Hyndburn. It had a population of 80,734 at the 2011 Census. Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years,with one third of the 35 seats on the council being elected at each election. Both the Conservative and Labour parties have controlled the council at different times,as well as periods when no party has had a majority.
Hyndburn is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Smith of the Labour Party.
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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.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.
Graham Peter Jones is a former British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 2010 until 2019.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday,3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day,overall voter turnout was much higher than usual,for such local elections.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election for the Hyndburn Borough Council was held in May 1976.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015. Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election,and the General Election was held on the same day.
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A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 5 May 2016. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. The following year sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election,was held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election,was held on Thursday 2 May 2019. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.
Sara Alice Britcliffe is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 2019 to 2024. At the age of 24,she was the youngest Conservative MP elected in the election,and the first to represent the constituency since 1992.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election,was held on Thursday 6 May 2021. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election,was held on Thursday 5 May 2022. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.
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 came up for election on that day.