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A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day[1].
The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Elections will also take place on that same day, across all polling stations[2].
Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 Independent councillor supporting the Conservatives and with 2 Green Party of England and Wales (all three, formerly Labour) councillors also supporting the Conservatives, and where Labour had only a minority of 16 councillors. Where 18 or more seats are needed for Overall-Control of the council.
In this election, Labour would be defending 4 of their previously won 6-ward-seats (where 2 of those seats [Barnfield & Peel], were formerly won by Labour councillors Caroline Montague & Paddy Short, who both later switched to the Green Party following the May 2022 election), and the Conservatives would be defending 6-ward-seats. All previously winning ward-candidates had only served out the last 3-years of a standard 4-year term in office, since the covid-postponed election in May 2021, which should normally have been held 12-months earlier, back in May 2020.
As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors will again be required to present photographic identification to polling staff in order to cast their vote. Postal voters are not affected.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
Where the 16 Conservatives, with the support of the 2 Greens and the 1 Independent, had overall control of the council, over the previous year.
Conservatives are defending 6-seats whilst Labour are defending 4-seats and where 2-seats were both held by Greens (formerly Labour) and where those councillors are both stepping down this year. There are also an additional 3-Green Party Candidates, standing in Central, Church, Spring-Hill wards this year.
The local Labour and Conservative party's will both run candidates in each of the 12 wards.
The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was unchanged; with Conservatives retaining an overall 19-seat majority.
After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 4 | ||||||||
Conservative | 6 | ||||||||
Green | 2 | ||||||||
Reform UK | 0 | ||||||||
Workers Party GB | 0 | ||||||||
Independent | 0 | ||||||||
Spoilt Ballots | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.0 |
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election
NB: Four (of 16) Council wards, where seats are NOT up for re-election in 2024, include the following wards – Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. Although, as the Lancashire PCC Elections are also taking place on the same day, all polling stations will be open, across every ward.
Previous Councillors who are looking to Stand-Down in May 2024 include – Dominik Allen (Conservatives - Altham), Caroline Montague (Green - Barnfield), Abdul Khan (Labour - Central), Colin McKenzie (Labour - Overton), Paddy Short (Green - Peel) and Susan Hayes[3] (Conservatives - St. Oswalds). Former Conservative councillor Michael Miller will be standing this year for the Green party in Peel ward.
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David HEAP | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Vanessa ALEXANDER | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Joan WEST | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Clare McKENNA | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Foyzun NUR | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Keith HURN* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Edward BLAKE | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ijaz AHMED | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Allah DAD | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Green | Shabir FAZAL | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Workers Party GB | Mohammed IRFAN | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sajid MAHMOOD* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Stewart EAVES | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Green | Sohail ASGHAR | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noordad AZIZ* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Mohammed RIAZ | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clare YATES | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Judith McKELVEY | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Green | Julie STUBBINS | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
No Description | Paul KNIGHTON | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Michael MILLER | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Clare PRITCHARD | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Jean HURN | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Nav AFZAL | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Anne HAYTHORNTHWAITE* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Ethan RAWCLIFFE | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Munsif DAD* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Saeed ULLAH | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Green | Wayne FITZHARRIS | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter BRITCLIFFE* | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Andrew GILBERT | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tina WALKER | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Reform UK | Richard OAKLEY | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Andy TATCHELL | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |