Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2016

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.

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 5 May 2016, on the same day as the UK's General Election.[1] Approximately one-third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. The fallow year (one year out of four, next due in 2017) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough.

Result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by one, with Conservatives having lost one of their seats to Labour, and became:

Hyndburn Local Election

Result 2016 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards)

Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 10 1 0 1 83.33 51.14 8,592 -759
  Conservative 2 0 1 -1 16.67 33.05 5,553 -332
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 14.71 2,471 1841
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.11 186 N/A

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that are NOT up for re-election in 2016 include the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanual in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. NB: ALL Residents have the chance to vote in the Lancashire PCC elections.

The CHURCH-Ward seat, formerly held by Labour Councillor Joan Smith since 2012 and following her resignation back in October-2015, was left Vacated without a by-election called in the meantime. LABOUR veteran Jean Battle will stand for CHURCH-Ward in May’s local elections. Five other Labour councillors are also standing down and will not be defending their existing seats in May’s local elections; including Chris Fisher in Altham-Ward, Wendy Dwyer in Peel-Ward, Bill Pinder in St Andrew’s-Ward, Kerry Molyneaux in Overton-Ward, and Harry Grayson in Rishton-Ward who moved to Ireland in July-2015.

Ward by ward

Altham - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Steve BUTTON 551 46.46 -15.66
Conservative John Frank BARGH 278 23.24 1.97
UKIP Janet BROWN 245 20.48 N/A
Green Patrick BOLAM 115 9.62 N/A
... spoilt votes 7 ...
Majority 273 22.83 N/A
Turnout 1,196 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Barnfield - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony DOBSON 635 46.93 -9.95
Labour Jodie TRAVIS 588 43.46 0.05
UKIP John Errol TAYLOR 126 9.31 N/A
... spoilt votes 4 ...
Majority 47 3.47 N/A
Turnout 1,353 TBC
Conservative hold Swing
Baxenden - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Terence Keith HURN 654 50.74 -13.68
Labour David HARTLEY 407 31.57 -4.01
UKIP Stewart Ian SCOTT 226 17.53 N/A
... spoilt votes 2 ...
Majority 247 19.16 N/A
Turnout 1,289 TBC
Conservative hold Swing
Central - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Abdul Ghafar KHAN 1157 59.73 1.90
Conservative Kazi SIDDIQUE 753 38.87 -3.30
... spoilt votes 27 ...
Majority 404 20.86 N/A
Turnout 1,937 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Church - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jean BATTLE 777 80.02 21.44
Conservative Marion RAYNOR 176 18.13 -8.69
... spoilt votes 18 ...
Majority 601 61.89 N/A
Turnout 971 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Netherton - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Noordad AZIZ 698 50.95 -14.31
Conservative Liz McGINLEY 388 28.32 -6.42
UKIP Tom LINKLATER 273 19.93 N/A
... spoilt votes 11 ...
Majority 310 22.63 N/A
Turnout 1,370 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Overton - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stephanie HAWORTH 771 39.48 -6.32
Conservative Patrick John McGINLEY 702 35.94 15.52
UKIP Ian ROBINSON 403 20.63 8.81
Green Joan Elizabeth WEST 71 3.64 N/A
... spoilt votes 6 ...
Majority 69 3.53 N/A
Turnout 1,953 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Peel - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paddy SHORT 593 69.19 1.49
UKIP Liam Finbar CLARK 259 30.22 N/A
... spoilt votes 5 ...
Majority 334 38.97 N/A
Turnout 857 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Rishton - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeff SCALES 766 41.56 -29.74
Conservative Ann SCAIFE 632 34.29 5.59
UKIP David George DOWLING 439 23.82 N/A
... spoilt votes 6 ...
Majority 134 7.27 N/A
Turnout 1,843 TBC
Labour hold Swing
Spring Hill - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Munsif DAD 998 76.48 16.26
Conservative Abdul QAYYUM 271 20.77 -4.85
... spoilt votes 36 ...
Majority 727 55.71 N/A
Turnout 1,305 TBC
Labour hold Swing
St. Andrew's - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stewart Thurston EAVES 573 53.90 1.28
Conservative Josh Blayne ALLEN 476 44.78 -2.60
... spoilt votes 14 ...
Majority 97 9.13 N/A
Turnout 1,063 TBC
Labour hold Swing
St Oswald's - electorate TBC
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Glen Kevin HARRISON 713 39.48 3.92
Conservative Marlene Heather HAWORTH 588 32.56 -8.05
UKIP Christopher Bret MATTHEW 500 27.69 3.86
... spoilt votes 5 ...
Majority 125 6.92 N/A
Turnout 1,806 TBC
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Hyndburn Borough Council Local Elections 2016 - Results". Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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