Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2015
Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2015 local election.
Labour in red and
Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2015.
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015.[1] Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election, and the General Election was held on the same day. The fallow year (one year out of four) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough, the top tier local authority.
Result
The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by one, independent councillors having lost their two (undefended) seats, and became:
Hyndburn Local Election
Result 2015 - electorate 48,101 (over just 12 wards) |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
9 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
75.0 |
26.45 |
12,727 |
2,554 |
|
Conservative |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25.0 |
20.00 |
9,618 |
1,686 |
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14.90 |
7,169 |
N/A |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.73 |
349 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
0.09 |
45 |
-1,594 |
NB: One of the previous 23 Labour council seats, in the Spring Hill ward held by Councillor Pam Barton, became 'vacant' when she died on 5 May. Councillor Barton was previously elected to the Spring Hill ward in the 2014 Local Borough Council election. The subsequent by election date for this Spring Hill council seat was set for 9 July, following the death of former Mayor Pam Barton.
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2015 included the following wards, Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.
Ward by ward
Altham - electorate 4,107
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Miles Parkinson |
1,164 |
47.30 |
-18.47 |
|
UKIP |
Lee Entwistle |
594 |
24.14 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Stacey Melling |
585 |
23.77 |
-10.46 |
|
Green |
John Patrick Bolam |
103 |
4.19 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
15 |
... |
|
Majority |
570 |
23.16 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,461 |
59.92 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Barnfield - electorate 3,396
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
June Lillian Mary Harrison |
938 |
45.38 |
-5.6 |
|
Conservative |
Jean Hurn |
691 |
33.43 |
-10.4 |
|
UKIP |
Walter Brown |
425 |
20.56 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
13 |
... |
|
Majority |
247 |
11.95 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,067 |
60.87 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Baxenden - electorate 3,333
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Kath Pratt |
1,044 |
44.11 |
-13.33 |
|
Labour |
David Hartley |
736 |
31.10 |
-11.46 |
|
UKIP |
Stewart Ian Scott |
515 |
21.76 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Kerry Gormley |
62 |
2.62 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
10 |
... |
|
Majority |
308 |
13.01 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,367 |
71.02 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Central - electorate 3,744
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Mohammad Ayub |
1,563 |
65.81 |
-5.9 |
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Saleem |
516 |
21.73 |
-2.62 |
|
UKIP |
Christopher Bret Matthew |
224 |
9.43 |
5.49 |
|
Independent |
Aqeel Afzal |
45 |
1.89 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
27 |
... |
|
Majority |
1047 |
44.08 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,375 |
63.43 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Church - electorate 3,505
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Loraine Ann Cox |
1,029 |
56.17 |
-9.95 |
|
UKIP |
Dayle Taylor |
456 |
24.89 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Marion Raynor |
338 |
18.45 |
-15.43 |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
9 |
... |
|
Majority |
573 |
31.28 |
N/A |
Turnout |
1,832 |
52.27 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Melissa Margaret Fisher |
951 |
41.73 |
5.7 |
|
Conservative |
Stephen Brierley |
776 |
34.05 |
6.36 |
|
UKIP |
Liam Finbar Clark |
535 |
23.48 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
17 |
... |
|
Majority |
175 |
7.68 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,279 |
61.88 |
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Huncoat - electorate 3,652
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Eamonn Higgins |
933 |
38.99 |
25.03 |
|
Conservative |
Nick Whittaker |
809 |
33.81 |
11.41 |
|
UKIP |
Janet Brown |
539 |
22.52 |
N/A |
|
Green |
David Samuel Joseph Daly |
106 |
4.43 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
6 |
... |
|
Majority |
124 |
5.18 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,393 |
65.53 |
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Immanuel - electorate 3,613
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Judith Helen Addison |
986 |
43.0 |
-11.57 |
|
Labour |
Colette McCormack |
706 |
30.79 |
-14.64 |
|
UKIP |
Mark Anthony Taylor |
516 |
22.50 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Simon Nicholas Woods |
78 |
3.40 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
7 |
... |
|
Majority |
280 |
12.21 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,293 |
63.47 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Milnshaw - electorate 3,587
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Paul Ian Cox |
1,179 |
53.40 |
8.03 |
|
Conservative |
Roger Jepson |
542 |
24.55 |
0.78 |
|
UKIP |
John Errol Taylor |
474 |
21.47 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
13 |
... |
|
Majority |
637 |
28.85 |
N/A |
Turnout |
2,208 |
61.56 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Overton - electorate 5,073
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Gareth Molineux |
1,132 |
34.22 |
-10.12 |
|
Conservative |
Patrick McGinley |
1,093 |
33.04 |
-0.17 |
|
UKIP |
Ian Robinson |
900 |
27.21 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Joan Elizabeth West |
164 |
4.96 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
19 |
... |
|
Majority |
39 |
1.18 |
N/A |
Turnout |
3,308 |
65.21 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Rishton - electorate 5,255
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Clare Andrea Cleary |
1,391 |
42.33 |
-9.95 |
|
Conservative |
John Frank Bargh |
971 |
29.55 |
-18.17 |
|
UKIP |
David George Dowling |
904 |
27.51 |
N/A |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
20 |
... |
|
Majority |
420 |
12.78 |
N/A |
Turnout |
3,286 |
62.53 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Oswald's - electorate 5,153
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Lisa Allen |
1,267 |
37.59 |
-15.85 |
|
UKIP |
Kenneth Edward Smith |
1,087 |
32.25 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Susan Joy Young |
1,005 |
29.81 |
-16.75 |
|
... |
spoilt votes |
12 |
... |
|
Majority |
180 |
5.34 |
N/A |
Turnout |
3,371 |
65.42 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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