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
Barnfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Dobson 770
Labour Joyce Plummer 609
Liberal Democrat Richard Kelly 24
Baxenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Hurn 726
Labour David Hartley 401
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Khan 1163
Conservative Allah Dad 848
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Smith 710
Conservative Basharat Khan 325
Independent Malcolm Pritchard 141
Liberal Democrat Stephen Talbot 36
Netherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Noordad Aziz 834
Conservative Lynn Wilson 444
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
Spring Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Munsif Dad 940
Conservative Mohammed Younis 400
Independents in Hyndburn Kenneth Smith 171
Liberal Democrat Kim Furness 50

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References

  1. "Hyndburn Borough Council Local Elections 2012 - Results". Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm

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