2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election
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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Miles Parkinson Tony Dobson
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Altham Barnfield
Seats before 26 9
Seats won 26 9
Seat change Steady Steady
2019 local election results in Hyndburn
  Labour
  Conservative
  Not contested

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 2 May 2019.[1] Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.[2]

Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 26 councillors, Conservatives had 9 councillors.[3]

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Labour defended 9-seats and Conservatives defended 3-seats.

The local Labour and Conservative party's both ran candidates in each of the 12 wards.

No candidates stood as potential Green or Independents councillors, in any Hyndburn ward, but UKIP candidates stood across only 2 wards.[4]

Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was unchanged; with Labour retaining an overall 26-seat majority, but with two seats switching hands, one from Labour to Conservative, one from Conservative to Labour.

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2019 - electorate 48,191 (over just 12 wards) - with 31.44% turnout
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 1 -1 0 75.0 51.66 7,827 -4,900
  Conservative 3 1 -1 0 25.0 40.11 6,077 -3,541
  UKIP 0 0 -0 0 0.0 4.48 679 -6,490
  Spoilt Ballots ... ... ... ... 0.0 3.72 563 395

Reference: 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: Four (of the 16) Council wards, where seats will NOT be up for re-election in 2019, include the following wards - Netherton, Peel, Spring Hill and St. Andrews' in Oswaldtwistle.

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Clare Cleary (Lab) (Rishton).

Ward results

Altham

Altham - electorate 4,088
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miles PARKINSON 685 58.85 11.55
Conservative Cheryl DUFFY 404 34.71 10.94
... Spoilt Ballots 76 6.53
Majority 281 24.14 N/A
Turnout 1,164 28.47 -31.45
Labour hold Swing

Barnfield

Barnfield - electorate 3,411
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Lillian Mary HARRISON 630 60.99 15.61
Conservative Dominic BRITCLIFFE 358 34.66 1.23
... Spoilt Ballots 44 4.26
Majority 282 27.30 N/A
Turnout 1,033 30.24 -30.63
Labour hold Swing

Baxenden

Baxenden - electorate 3,282
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Iris PRATT 672 54.63 10.52
Labour Kimberley Jane WHITEHEAD 525 42.68 11.58
... Spoilt Ballots 34 2.76
Majority 153 12.44 N/A
Turnout 1,230 37.48 -33.54
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central - electorate 3,822
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad AYUB 1,107 58.82 -6.99
Conservative Saghir HUSSAIN 756 40.17 18.44
... Spoilt Ballots 19 1.01
Majority 351 18.65 N/A
Turnout 1,882 49.24 -14.19
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church - electorate 3,591
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Loraine Ann COX 661 62.36 6.19
Conservative Raja Basharat KHAN 360 33.96 15.51
... Spoilt Ballots 39 3.68
Majority 301 28.40 N/A
Turnout 1,060 29.52 -22.75
Labour hold Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,635
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melissa Margaret FISHER 526 51.27 9.54
Conservative Kelly Amanda PRINCE 439 42.79 8.74
... Spoilt Ballots 60 5.85
Majority 87 8.48 N/A
Turnout 1,026 28.23 -33.65
Labour hold Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat - electorate 3,674
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eamonn HIGGINS 625 61.52 22.53
Conservative Jake ALLEN 305 30.02 -3.79
... Spoilt Ballots 86 8.46
Majority 320 31.50 N/A
Turnout 1,016 27.65 -37.88
Labour hold Swing

Immanuel

Immanuel - electorate 3,549
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Helen ADDISON 619 65.99 22.99
Labour Marion HARRISON 279 29.74 -1.05
... Spoilt Ballots 40 4.26
Majority 340 36.25 N/A
Turnout 938 26.43 -37.04
Conservative hold Swing

Milnshaw

Milnshaw - electorate 3,760
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Ian COX 719 62.69 9.29
UKIP Ken SMITH 228 19.88 -1.59
Conservative Robyn BRADSHAW 186 16.22 -8.33
... Spoilt Ballots 12 1.05
Majority 491 42.81 N/A
Turnout 1,147 30.51 -31.05
Labour hold Swing

Overton

Overton - electorate 5,076
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick McGINLEY 804 50.89 17.85
Labour Gareth MOLINEUX 708 44.81 10.59
... Spoilt Ballots 67 4.24
Majority 96 6.08 N/A
Turnout 1,580 31.13 -34.08
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Rishton

Rishton - electorate 5,231
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate WALSH 695 49.82 7.49
Conservative Sarah McCROSSAN 632 45.30 17.79
... Spoilt Ballots 66 4.73
Majority 63 4.52 N/A
Turnout 1,395 26.67 -35.86
Labour hold Swing

St Oswald's

St Oswald's - electorate 5,067
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris KNIGHT 667 39.70 9.89
Conservative Lisa ALLEN 542 32.26 -5.33
UKIP Janet BROWN 451 26.85 -5.4
... Spoilt Ballots 20 1.19
Majority 125 7.44 N/A
Turnout 1,680 33.16 -32.26
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ "Hyndburn Borough Council - 2019 Notice of Election Borough". The Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Hyndburn Borough Council - Your councillors by political party". The Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Hyndburn Borough Council - 2019 Statement of Persons Nominated". The Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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