Year/Party |
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Labour |
|
LibDems |
|
Cons |
|
Indep |
|
UKIP |
|
SDP |
Controlling party |
Council Leader |
Opposition Leader |
Mayor |
2014 |
23 |
|
8 |
2 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Munsif Dad (Lab) (Spring Hill) |
2013 |
No Elections |
Labour |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Judith Addison (Cons) (Immanuel) |
2012 |
23 |
|
9 |
3 |
|
|
Labour |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
John Broadley (Lab) (Church) |
2011 |
18 |
|
14 |
3 |
|
|
Labour |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Colette McCormack (Lab) (Immanuel) |
2010 |
14 |
|
17 |
4 |
|
|
NOC |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) |
Malcolm Pritchard (Ind) (Milnshaw) |
2009 |
No Elections |
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Graham Jones (Lab) |
Paul Barton (Cons) (Barnfield) |
2008 |
13 |
|
18 |
4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Graham Jones (Lab) |
Pam Barton JP (Lab) (Spring Hill) |
2007 |
14 |
|
19 |
3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Graham Jones (Lab) |
Tony Dobson (Cons) (Barnfield) |
2006 |
15 |
|
19 |
1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Graham Jones (Lab) |
Dr Moh. Rahmaen (Lab) (Netherton) |
2005 |
No Elections |
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
David Myles (Lab) |
Janet Storey (Cons) (Clayton) |
2004 |
15 |
|
20 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Jean Battle (Lab) |
Miles Parkinson (Lab) (Altham) |
2003 |
17 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Jean Battle (Lab) |
Wyn Frankland (Cons) (Overton) |
2002 |
18 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ian Ormerod f/b Jean Battle (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Sandra Heyes (Cons) (Immanuel) |
Boundary changes. Councillors reduced from 47 to 35 & all out election. |
2001 |
No Elections |
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Ian Ormerod (Lab) |
Dave Parkins (Lab) (Huncoat) |
2000 |
15 |
|
31 |
1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Ken Curtis f/b Ian Ormerod (Lab) |
Doug Hayes (Cons) (St Oswalds) |
1999 |
23 |
|
23 |
1 |
|
|
NOC |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Ken Curtis (Lab) |
Bernard Dawson (Lab) (Peel) |
1998 |
35 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Ian Ormerod (Lab) (Milnshaw) |
1997 |
No Elections |
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Maurice Cowell (Lab) (St Andrews) |
1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Mirza Moh Yousaf JP (Lab) (Peel) |
1995 |
44 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Jean Battle (Lab) (Milnshaw) |
1994 |
41 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Reginald Goggin (Lab) (Spring Hill) |
1993 |
No Elections |
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Cons) |
Sonia Bramley-Howarth (Con) |
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
Peter Britcliffe (Con) |
Mary Catherine Thom (Lab) (Clayton-Le-Moors) |
1991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
|
John Culshaw (Lab) |
1990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
George Slynn (Lab) |
|
William Sumner (Cons) (Great Harwood North & West) |
1989 |
No Elections |
Labour |
|
|
Alan Dunwoodie Lund (Lib) (Baxenden) |
1988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
Clifford Westell (Lab) (Central) |
1987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
William Parkinson (cons) (Accrington East) |
1986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
Leonard Dickinson JP (Lab) (Church St. James ) |
1985 |
No Elections |
Conservatives |
|
|
Ted Francis Hill (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds) |
1984 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservatives |
|
|
Jack Grime MBE, JP (Lab) (Church Chapel & Elmfield) |
1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
Thomas Renshaw (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds) |
1982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
Phyllis Hargreaves (Lab) (Accrington West) |
1981 |
No Elections |
Labour |
|
|
Jennie Jackson (Cons) (Clayton-Le-Moors) |
1980 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
|
|
Christopher Dillon (Lab) (Spring Hill) |
1979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservatives |
|
|
Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves MP, A.C.I.S, (Cons) (Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds) |
Boundary changes. Councillors reduced from 48 to 47 & all out election. |
1978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservatives |
|
|
Doris Grant (Lab) (Huncoat) |
1977 |
No Elections |
Conservatives |
|
|
Jessie Hall (Cons) (Great Harwood North & West) |
1976 |
14 |
1 |
33 |
|
|
|
Conservatives |
|
|
Allan Critchlow JP (Lab) (Rishton) |
1975 |
24 |
3 |
21 |
|
|
|
NOC |
|
|
Donald John McNeil (Cons) (Rishton) |
1974 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOC |
|
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Wallace Haines (Lab) (Accrington Central) |