Rossendale Borough Council election, 2006

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 25
Labour 9
Liberal Democrat 1
Independent 1

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	1	+2	53.8	47.1	7,928	-3.8%
	Labour	5	1	2	-1	38.5	35.2	5,924	-4.3%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	7.7	3.5	587	+3.5%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	-1	0	10.2	1,714	+0.6%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	369	+2.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	299	+1.8%

Ward results

Eden (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Cheetham	684
	Conservative	Darryl Smith	666
	Labour	William Barnfield	415
Turnout			1,765	40.3	-9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goodshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alyson Barnes	596	53.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Helen Marsden	528	47.0	-3.8
Majority			68	6.0
Turnout			1,124	36.7	-11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Morris	684	44.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Pilling	582	37.8	+0.4
	Labour	Jennifer Shilliday	275	17.8	-3.7
Majority			102	6.6	+2.9
Turnout			1,541	36.3	-12.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Greensclough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Eaton	876	49.6	+12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Carr	512	29.0	-6.1
	Labour	Elizabeth Thomas	379	21.4	-6.2
Majority			364	20.6	+18.4
Turnout			1,767	40.6	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hareholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gill	803	53.4	+9.5
	Conservative	Mark Mills	700	46.6	-9.5
Majority			103	6.8
Turnout			1,503	36.2	-11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey and Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Neal	587	57.5	+57.5
	Conservative	Valerie Pearson	258	25.3	-29.1
	Labour	Bernadette O'Connor	175	17.2	-28.4
Majority			329	32.2
Turnout			1,020	35.5	+8.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Helmshore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Essex	897	52.1	+3.2
	Labour	Stuart Haines	549	31.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Pilling	275	16.0	-6.6
Majority			348	20.2	-0.1
Turnout			1,721	38.2	-11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Irwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Haworth	432	35.7	-9.7
	Conservative	Michael Christie	409	33.8	-20.8
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	369	30.5	+30.5
Majority			23	1.9
Turnout			1,210	33.3	-6.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Longholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Forshaw	642	42.7	-2.0
	Conservative	Nicole Lumb	564	37.5	-17.8
	Green	Linda Hemsley	299	19.9	+19.9
Majority			78	5.2
Turnout			1,505	36.6	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Stacksteads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Lynskey	452	50.7
	Labour	Denise Hancock	440	49.3
Majority			12	1.4
Turnout			892	31.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Whitewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hancock	740	53.4	+8.3
	Conservative	Jane Blezard	646	46.6	-8.3
Majority			94	6.8
Turnout			1,386	32.6	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Dickinson	564	40.7	-10.1
	Labour	Marilyn Procter	478	34.5	-14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sheffield	345	24.9	+24.9
Majority			86	6.2	+4.6
Turnout			1,387	32.9	-7.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

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