Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2008
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.[1]
The Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Hyndburn Local Election Result 2008 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
8 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
66.7 |
49.9 |
8,478 |
+1.7% |
|
Labour |
4 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
33.3 |
41.9 |
7,111 |
-4.1% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.8 |
817 |
+4.8% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.3 |
397 |
-2.4% |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
181 |
+0.1% |
Ward results
Baxenden |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Griffiths |
866 |
71.0 |
-1.6 |
|
Labour |
Vivienne Preston |
227 |
18.6 |
-8.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Daly |
126 |
10.3 |
+10.3 |
Majority |
639 |
52.4 |
+7.2 |
Turnout |
1,219 |
37.6 |
-0.4 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Allah Dad |
857 |
41.9 |
-0.7 |
|
Labour |
Tariq Ali |
637 |
31.2 |
-26.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ifty Khan |
550 |
26.9 |
+26.9 |
Majority |
220 |
10.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,044 |
56.7 |
+8.2 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Netherton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Lynn Wilson |
486 |
37.0 |
-5.9 |
|
Labour |
Robert Kearney |
429 |
32.7 |
-24.4 |
|
Independent |
Ian Robinson |
397 |
30.3 |
+30.3 |
Majority |
57 |
4.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,312 |
40.5 |
-1.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
St. Andrew's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Brian Walmsley |
636 |
59.4 |
+10.3 |
|
Labour |
John McCormack |
294 |
27.5 |
-10.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bill Greene |
141 |
13.2 |
+0.1 |
Majority |
342 |
31.9 |
+20.6 |
Turnout |
1,071 |
33.4 |
-10.3 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Spring Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Munsif Dad |
689 |
57.9 |
-13.4 |
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Safdar |
502 |
42.1 |
+13.4 |
Majority |
187 |
15.8 |
-26.8 |
Turnout |
1,191 |
34.4 |
+0.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
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