Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 7 1 3 -2 46.7 39.4 7,588 -7.7%
  Labour 7 2 0 +2 46.7 35.3 6,806 +0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 6.7 20.0 3,856 +9.8%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 1,024 +3.1%
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 -3.5%

Ward results

Cribden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Gill 456 41.6 -4.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Sheffield 290 26.4 +26.4
Conservative Judy Bates 231 21.1 -32.7
BNP Rita O'Brien 120 10.9 +10.9
Majority 166 15.2
Turnout 1,097 38.9 -9.2
Labour hold Swing
Eden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Cheetham 708 64.3
Labour Margaret Stanley 266 24.2
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling 127 11.5
Majority 442 40.1
Turnout 1,101 39.3 -1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Facit and Shawforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Aldred 431 40.1 -4.6
Liberal Democrats Reginald Lane 393 36.6 +36.6
Conservative Hazel Steen 251 23.3 -32.0
Majority 38 3.5
Turnout 1,075 39.5 -6.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Greenfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 919 57.5 +19.7
Conservative Peter Starkey 680 42.5 -1.9
Majority 239 15.0
Turnout 1,599 37.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Greensclough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Challinor 469 27.8 -21.8
Labour Bernadette O'Connor 457 27.1 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr 394 23.3 -5.7
BNP Peter Salt 369 21.8 +21.8
Majority 12 0.7 -19.9
Turnout 1,689 38.1 -2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hareholme (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Unsworth 713
Labour Amanda Hewlett 693
Conservative Mark Mills 626
Conservative Michael Christie 560
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dixon 206
Turnout 2,798 35.0 -1.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Wilson 344 35.1 +17.9
Conservative David Barnes 318 32.4 +7.1
BNP Michael Crossley 220 22.4 +22.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Karoo 98 10.0 +10.0
Majority 26 2.7
Turnout 980 33.8 -1.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Helmshore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Pawson 859 55.9 +3.8
Labour Marilyn Procter 434 28.2 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Marc Karoo 244 15.9 -0.1
Majority 425 27.7 +7.5
Turnout 1,537 33.8 -4.4
Conservative hold Swing
Irwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Steen 386 32.2 -1.6
Labour Tina Durkin 384 32.0 -3.7
BNP Kevin Bryan 315 26.3 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Cliff Adamson 115 9.6 +9.6
Majority 2 0.2
Turnout 1,200 31.8 -1.5
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Swain 663
Conservative Alison Tickner 586
Labour Denise Hancock 554
Labour John Pilling 528
Liberal Democrats Farzana Quraishi 147
Turnout 2,478 34.1 -2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Stacksteads
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Lamb 485 57.3 +8.0
Conservative Susan Popland 254 30.0 -20.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Workman 107 12.6 +12.6
Majority 231 27.3
Turnout 846 30.6 -1.1
Labour hold Swing
Whitewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Robertson 529 37.7 -15.7
Liberal Democrats Tim Nuttall 515 36.7 +36.7
Conservative Barbara Marriott 361 25.7 -20.9
Majority 14 1.0 -5.8
Turnout 1,405 32.7 +0.1
Labour hold Swing
Worsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Thorne 636 43.3 +2.6
Labour Ann Kenyon 532 36.2 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Sadaqut Amin 301 20.5 -4.4
Majority 104 7.1 +0.9
Turnout 1,469 34.2 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing

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