Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2010
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council with the help of at least one Independent councillor. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day, voter turnout was much higher than usual local election turnouts.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 17
- Labour 14
- Independent 4
Election result
Hyndburn Local Election
Result 2010 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 63.6 | 41.2 | 11,047 | |||
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 27.3 | 39.8 | 10,579 | |||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 16.8 | 4,480 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 281 | |||||
British National Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 192 | |||
Turnout | 26,579 | |||||||||
NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2014 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
Ward results
Clayton-le-Moors | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tim O'Kane | 800 | |||
Conservative | Jennie Anderson | 722 | |||
Independent | Nick Collingridge | 655 | |||
British National Party | Andrew Eccles | 192 | |||
Turnout | 2,369 | 67.2 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Huncoat | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Whittaker | 797 | |||
Labour | Martyn Isherwood | 779 | |||
Independent | Paul Gott | 669 | |||
Turnout | 2,245 | 65.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Immanuel | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Colette McCormack | 1163 | |||
Conservative | Simon James Taylor | 1142 | |||
Turnout | 2,305 | 67.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Milnshaw | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Clare Pritchard | 1230 | |||
Conservative | Roger Jepson | 913 | |||
Turnout | 2,143 | 64.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Netherton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Ciaran Wells | 1137 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Baron | 540 | |||
Independent | Stephen Aspin | 347 | |||
Turnout | 2,024 | 65.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Overton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Ian Robinson | 1614 | |||
Conservative | Roy Atkinson | 1503 | |||
Turnout | 3,117 | 67.0 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Peel | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Dawson | 1168 | |||
Conservative | Danny Cassidy | 470 | |||
Turnout | 1,638 | 56.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rishton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ken Moss | 1,535 | |||
Conservative | Ross Sourbutts | 1384 | |||
Independent | Chris Fisher | 380 | |||
Turnout | 3,299 | 68.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Spring Hill | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Pam Barton | 1291 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Safdar | 447 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Akhtar Hussain | 281 | |||
Turnout | 2,019 | 59.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Andrew's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 1060 | |||
Labour Co-op | John McCormack | 744 | |||
Independent | Tony Hindley | 243 | |||
Turnout | 2,047 | 63.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St Oswald's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Doug Hayes | 1584 | |||
Labour | Stewart Eaves | 1200 | |||
Independent | Brian Andrew Smith | 572 | |||
Turnout | 3,356 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3707.stm http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/elections/electionresults.php?electionid=1
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