Rossendale Borough Council elections

One third of Rossendale Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Lancashire County Council instead.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1986
Labour	1986–2000
Conservative	2000–2002
Labour	2002–2003
No overall control	2003–2004
Conservative	2004–2007
No overall control	2007–2008
Conservative	2008–2011
No overall control	2011-2012
Labour	2012-present

Council elections

By-election results

Stacksteads By-Election 14 August 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		411	47.1
	Liberal Democrat		312	35.8
	Conservative		149	17.1
Majority			99	11.3
Turnout			872	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Long Holme By-Election 30 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		720	58.5	+3.2
	Labour		511	41.5	-3.2
Majority			209	17.0
Turnout			1,231	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenfield By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Pilling	1,419	56.0	+18.6
	Conservative	Granville Morris	1,112	44.0	+2.9
Majority			307	12.0
Turnout			2,531	61.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 20 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	585	44.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Mills	477	36.5	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Carr	244	18.7	+18.7
Majority			108	8.3
Turnout			1,306	30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cribden By-Election 30 September 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	391	40.0	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sheffield	312	31.9	+31.9
	Conservative	Helen Marsden	186	19.0	-34.8
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	89	9.1	+9.1
Majority			79	8.1
Turnout			978	34.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Goodshaw By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Farrington	634	59.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Judith Bates	300	28.1	-18.9
	BNP	Michael Crossley	80	7.5	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Dixon	52	4.9	+4.9
Majority			334	31.4
Turnout			1,066	33.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Irwell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Durkin	379	37.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	312	30.6	-1.6
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	281	27.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Pilling	48	4.7	-4.9
Majority			67	6.6
Turnout			1,020	27.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Whitewell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Nuttall	606	48.6	+11.9
	Labour	Patricia Dearden	399	32.0	-5.7
	Conservative	Peter Starkey	152	12.2	-13.5
	BNP	Peter Salt	91	7.3	+7.3
Majority			207	16.6
Turnout			1,248	28.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 22 November 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Crawforth	591	53.2	+7.1
	Conservative	Jason Gledhill	520	46.8	+6.3
Majority			71	6.4
Turnout			1,111	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Helmshore By-Election 4 June 2009^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Milling	1,015	53.6	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Holland	490	25.9	+14.7
	Labour	Ann Kenyon	389	20.5	+0.8
Majority			525	27.7
Turnout			1,894	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Healey and Whitworth Ward by-election, 7 October 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Joseph Michael Serridge	346
	Community First Party	David Bradbury	165
	Conservative	Marie Gibbons	156
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Albert Laight	10
Majority			181
Turnout			677	21.7

Irwell Ward by-election, 7 October 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jackson	277
	Conservative	Elizabeth Anne Heath	220
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Jackson	183
	Community First Party	Tina Durkin	64
Majority			57
Turnout			744	17.7

References

↑ "Rossendale". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Rossendale". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
↑ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

By-election results

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