2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.

2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election
← 2010 5 May 2011 2012 →

11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Miles Parkinson Peter Britcliffe
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Altham St Andrew's
Seats before 15 18
Seats after 18 14
Seat change Increase3 Decrease4

  Third party
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Leader David Mason
Party Independents in Hyndburn
Seats before 2
Seats after 3
Seat change Increase1

2011 local election results in Hyndburn
  Labour
  Not contested

Background

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Before the election Conservatives had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Labour had 15 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors.

Conservative and Labour candidates contested for every ward-seat. Independents were defending a single-seat, but 'various' candidates were contesting five-wards. Ukip's only single candidate contested in the Central-ward.

Local Election result

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After the election, the composition of the council was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2011 - over just 12 wards
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 3 0 3 58.33 51.3 10,173 1,956
  Conservative 3 0 4 -4 25.0 40.0 7,932 -680
  Independent 2 1 0 1 8.6 8.3 1,639 801
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 ... ... 88 N/A

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2011 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Ward results

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Altham

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Altham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miles Parkinson 999 65.77 3.77
Conservative Paul Todd 520 34.23 −3.77
Turnout 1,519 37.9
Labour hold Swing

Barnfield

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Barnfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Harrison 756 50.98 20.28
Conservative Paul Barton 650 43.83 −12.07
Independent Tony Hindle 77 5.19 N/A
Turnout 1,483 44.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Baxenden

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Baxenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Pratt 845 57.44 −15.16
Labour David Hartley 626 42.56 15.16
Turnout 1,471 45.2
Conservative hold Swing

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 1602 71.71 14.31
Conservative Razaq Hussain 544 24.35 −18.25
UKIP Bobby Anwar 88 3.94 N/A
Turnout 2,234 59.9
Labour hold Swing

Church

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Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Broadley 845 66.12 4.22
Conservative Mohammed Hussain 433 33.88 −4.22
Turnout 1,278 39.7
Labour hold Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

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Clayton-le-Moors
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents in Hyndburn Nick Collingridge 579 36.28 N/A
Labour Chris Fisher 575 36.03 −10.67
Conservative Janet Storey 442 27.69 −25.61
Turnout 1,596 43.5
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Huncoat

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Huncoat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents in Hyndburn David Parkins 980 63.64 9.84
Conservative Jean Hurn 345 22.40 4.7
Labour Sam Cudworth 215 13.96 −14.54
Turnout 1,540 44.3
Independent hold Swing

Immanuel

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Immanuel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Addison 878 54.57 2.37
Labour John McCormack 731 45.43 −2.37
Turnout 1,609 45.7
Conservative hold Swing

Milnshaw

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Milnshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Cox 710 45.37 −19.83
Conservative Roger Jepson 372 23.77 −11.03
Independent Malcolm Pritchard 460 29.39 N/A
Independent Christian Rayner 23 1.47 N/A
Turnout 1,565 44.6
Labour hold Swing

Overton

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Overton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Molineux 988 44.34 1.94
Conservative Roy Atkinson 740 33.21 −24.39
Independents in Hyndburn David Mason 500 22.44 N/A
Turnout 2,228 44.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Rishton

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Rishton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Cleary 1180 52.28 4.38
Conservative Stanley Horne 1077 47.72 −4.38
Turnout 2,257 44.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. Oswald's

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St. Oswald's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Roberts 1086 53.44 −9.36
Labour Stewart Eaves 946 46.56 9.36
Turnout 2,032 39.9
Conservative hold Swing

References

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