2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2024
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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderMunsif DadMarlene HowarthMohammed Fazal
Party Labour Conservative Green
Leader's seatSpring HillSt Oswald'sCentral
Seats before16162
Seats won22111
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg1
Hyndburn UK local election 2024 map.svg
2024 local election results in Hyndburn
   Labour
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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]

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The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Elections also tooe place on that same day, across all polling stations. [2]

Background

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.

Council composition

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.

Local Election result

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 -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2024 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards) - with TBC% turnout
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1071+647.76,950
  Conservative 105-535.25,125
  Green 112-113.92,020
  Reform UK 00001.7244
  Workers Party GB 00001.0146
  Independent 00000.690
  Spoilt Ballots ............0.0232

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.

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

Altham

Altham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vanessa Alexander 687 64.8 +20.5
Conservative David Heap37435.2-20.5
Majority31329.6N/A
Rejected ballots333.0
Turnout 1,09428.3-1.5
Registered electors 3,866
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +20.5

Barnfield

Barnfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare McKenna 546 58.1 +5.9
Conservative Foyzun Nur24926.5-21.3
Green Joan West14515.4N/A
Majority29731.6+27.3
Rejected ballots141.5
Turnout 95428.8-6.5
Registered electors 3,318
Labour gain from Green Swing +13.6

Baxenden

Baxenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Blake 553 51.1 +10.5
Conservative Terence Hurn*52948.9-10.5
Majority242.2N/A
Rejected ballots141.3
Turnout 1,09635.7-5.1
Registered electors 3,070
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.5

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Shabir Fazal 818 41.9 N/A
Conservative Allah Dad51626.4-23.0
Labour Ijaz Ahmed47124.1-26.5
Workers Party Mohammed Irfan1467.5N/A
Majority30215.5N/A
Rejected ballots221.1
Turnout 1,97349.9-2.5
Registered electors 3,953
Green gain from Labour Swing N/A

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stewart Eaves 441 37.7 -10.1
Green Sohail Asghar36631.3N/A
Conservative Sajid Mahmood*36331.0-21.2
Majority756.4N/A
Rejected ballots231.9
Turnout 1,19333.3-0.2
Registered electors 3,578
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Netherton

Netherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noordad Aziz* 774 67.4 +6.9
Conservative Mohammed Riaz37432.6-1.2
Majority40034.8+8.2
Rejected ballots242.0
Turnout 1,17333.5-3.3
Registered electors 3,504
Labour hold Swing +4.1

Overton

Overton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Yates 798 58.4 +12.1
Conservative Judith McKelvey42531.3-9.8
Green Julie Stubbins916.7N/A
No Description Paul Knighton523.8N/A
Majority37327.1+21.9
Rejected ballots100.7
Turnout 1,37629.4-6.5
Registered electors 4,681
Labour hold Swing +10.9

Peel

Peel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Pritchard 359 51.7 -15.5
Green Michael Miller15922.9N/A
Conservative Jean Hurn13920.0-12.8
Independent Navid Afzal385.5N/A
Majority20028.8-5.7
Rejected ballots111.6
Turnout 70022.9-3.0
Registered electors 3,053
Labour gain from Green Swing N/A

Rishton

Rishton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethan Rawcliffe 832 59.9 +24.4
Conservative Carole Haythornthwaite*55640.1+2.4
Majority27619.7N/A
Rejected ballots322.2
Turnout 1,43029.0-6.2
Registered electors 4,931
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.0

Spring Hill

Spring Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munsif Dad* 532 41.1 -18.8
Green Wayne Fitzharris44134.1N/A
Conservative Saeed Ullah32224.9-14.5
Majority917.0-13.5
Rejected ballots181.4
Turnout 1,31435.0-2.3
Registered electors 3,758
Labour hold Swing N/A

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Gilbert 492 51.4 +14.7
Conservative Peter Britcliffe*46648.6-6.7
Majority262.7N/A
Rejected ballots141.4
Turnout 97229.4-2.5
Registered electors 3,309
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.7

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tina Walker 812 53.4 +2.6
Labour Andrew Tatchell46530.6-15.7
Reform UK Richard Oakley24416.0N/A
Majority34722.7+18.2
Rejected ballots171.1
Turnout 1,54232.2-6.4
Registered electors 4,786
Conservative hold Swing +9.1

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  2. ↑ "Elections & Referendums – what we do". Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Election Information. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Labour call for Tory councillor who has moved to other side of county to quit". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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