2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day, overall voter turnout was much higher than usual, for such local elections.
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Background edit
Before the election Conservatives had a majority of 21 councillors, Labour had 13 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 1 councillor.
Conservative candidates contested every ward, Labour candidates contested all wards except Overton-ward. Independents contested seven-wards, not including their one-existing uncontested-seat. LibDem's only single candidate contested in the Spring Hill-ward. BNP's only single candidate contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward.
Local Election result edit
After the election, the composition of the council was -
- Conservative 18
- Labour 15
- Independent 2
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 63.6% | 41.2% | 11,047 | +0.4% | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 27.3% | 39.8% | 10,579 | +9.7% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 16.8 | 4,480 | +14.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 281 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 192 | ||
Turnout | 26,579 |
Reference: 2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result
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 edit
Clayton-le-Moors edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tim O'Kane | 800 | 33.77 | ||
Conservative | Jennie Anderson | 722 | 30.48 | ||
Independent | Nick Collingridge | 655 | 27.65 | ||
BNP | Andrew Eccles | 192 | 8.10 | ||
Turnout | 2,369 | 67.2 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Huncoat edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Whittaker | 797 | 35.50 | ||
Labour | Martyn Isherwood | 779 | 34.70 | ||
Independent | Paul Gott | 669 | 29.80 | ||
Turnout | 2,245 | 65.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Immanuel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Colette McCormack | 1163 | 50.46 | ||
Conservative | Simon James Taylor | 1142 | 49.54 | ||
Turnout | 2,305 | 67.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Milnshaw edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare Pritchard | 1230 | 57.40 | ||
Conservative | Roger Jepson | 913 | 42.60 | ||
Turnout | 2,143 | 64.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ciaran Wells | 1137 | 56.18 | ||
Conservative | Dennis Baron | 540 | 26.68 | ||
Independent | Stephen Aspin | 347 | 17.14 | ||
Turnout | 2,024 | 65.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Overton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Robinson | 1614 | 51.78 | ||
Conservative | Roy Atkinson | 1503 | 48.22 | ||
Turnout | 3,117 | 67.0 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Peel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bernard Dawson | 1168 | 71.31 | ||
Conservative | Danny Cassidy | 470 | 28.69 | ||
Turnout | 1,638 | 56.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rishton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Moss | 1,535 | 46.53 | ||
Conservative | Ross Sourbutts | 1384 | 41.95 | ||
Independent | Chris Fisher | 380 | 11.52 | ||
Turnout | 3,299 | 68.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Spring Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pam Barton | 1291 | 63.94 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Safdar | 447 | 22.14 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Akhtar Hussain | 281 | 13.92 | ||
Turnout | 2,019 | 59.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Andrew's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 1060 | 51.78 | ||
Labour Co-op | John McCormack | 744 | 36.35 | ||
Independent | Tony Hindley | 243 | 11.87 | ||
Turnout | 2,047 | 63.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Oswald's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Doug Hayes | 1584 | 47.20 | ||
Labour | Stewart Eaves | 1200 | 35.76 | ||
Independent | Brian Andrew Smith | 572 | 17.04 | ||
Turnout | 3,356 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References edit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3707.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200131/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/elections/electionresults.php?electionid=1