2012 Rossendale Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2012 Rossendale council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012. Rossendale UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 Rossendale council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. [1] [2]

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Councillors elected in 2008 were defending their seats this year, with their vote share change compared to that year.

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative
  Liberal Democrats
  Labour
  National Front
  Independent

Ward results

Cribden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Fletcher62262.7+27.3
Conservative Sandra McWicker29529.7-5.7
Liberal Democrats Graham Fox757.6-23.4
Eden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darryl Smith57766.1-13.4
Labour Janice Johnson29633.9+13.4
Facit and Shawforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentMadeline de Souza51259.2N/A
Conservative Lynda Barnes23827.5-1.5
Liberal Democrats Lesley Ham11513.3-12.4
Goodshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Farrington86274.6+19.3
Conservative Dean Bartlett-Smith29325.4-19.3
Greenfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gladys Sandiford89461.1+0.3
Labour Gladys Sandiford56938.9+21.1
Greensclough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Ashworth72651.0+24.9
Conservative Judith Driver50535.5-7.7
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson19313.6-0.2
Hareholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Bleakley80555.38.6
Conservative Michael Pickup56038.4-14.9
Liberal Democrats Joseph Donnelly926.3N/A
Helmshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Evans67437.7-22.4
Labour John McManus56631.7+12.0
IndependentVernon Hudson54830.6N/A
Irwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Hughes55151.9+16.9
Conservative Hazel Steen34032.0-9.1
National Front Kevin Bryan 17016.0N/A
Longholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Knowles75754.1+22.1
Conservative Mohammed Abdullah40128.6-16.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Laight24217.3N/A
Whitewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Creaser54342.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Nuttall48037.8
Conservative Peter Steen24819.5
Worsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Procter66353.1+4.6
Labour Marilyn Procter66353.1+4.6
UKIP Granville Barker21817.5N/A
Conservative David Stansfield36829.5-22.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Rossendale Borough Council
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