Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2012
Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2012 local election.
Labour in red and
Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 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 |
|
NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2012 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.
Ward results
Altham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Chris Fisher |
733 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Marion Raynor |
251 |
|
|
|
Independents in Hyndburn |
John Hodgkiss |
196 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm