Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2012
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party increased its overall control of the council with an eleven-seat majority.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Hyndburn Local Election Result 2012 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
9 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
65.7 |
58.1 |
9351 |
|
|
Conservative |
3 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
25.7 |
36.6 |
5885 |
|
|
Independents in Hyndburn |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
8.6 |
4.0 |
639 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
220 |
|
Ward results
Altham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Chris Fisher |
733 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Marion Raynor |
251 |
|
|
|
Independents in Hyndburn |
John Hodgkiss |
196 |
|
|
Barnfield |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Tony Dobson |
770 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Joyce Plummer |
609 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Kelly |
24 |
|
|
Church |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Joan Smith |
710 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Basharat Khan |
325 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Malcolm Pritchard |
141 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Talbot |
36 |
|
|
Overton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kerry Molineux |
868 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Clarke |
387 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Duckworth |
317 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Graham Davidson |
224 |
|
|
|
Great Harwood Independents |
Jamie Glover |
99 |
|
|
Peel |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Wendy Dwyer |
570 |
|
|
|
Independents in Hyndburn |
Paul Brown |
272 |
|
|
Rishton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Harry Grayson |
1374 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Warren Melia |
553 |
|
|
St. Andrew's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Bill Pinder |
543 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Walmsley |
489 |
|
|
St Oswald's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Marlene Haworth |
692 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stewart Eaves |
606 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Thompson |
406 |
|
|
Spring Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Munsif Dad |
940 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Younis |
400 |
|
|
|
Independents in Hyndburn |
Kenneth Smith |
171 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kim Furness |
50 |
|
|
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References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm