Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 6 May 2021, as part of the wider 2021 UK local elections.

Councillors elected in 2016 were defending their seats this year, and they will be contested again in 2024. The Labour Party lost control of the council, however they continue to run a minority administration.

Results summary

2021 Rossendale Borough Council election[1][2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	2	61.5	10	18	50.0	8,226	46.2	+2.2
	Conservative	4	2	30.8	11	15	41.7	8,116	45.6	+1.5
	Independent	1		7.7	2	3	8.3	1,083	6.1	-0.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	377	2.1	+0.8

Ward results

Cribden

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gemma Rooke	618	51.9	+1.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	573	48.1	-1.5
Majority			41	3.8
Turnout			1,202	42.8
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Eden

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Johnson	606	52.5	+17.7
	Conservative	Charles Smethurst	549	47.5	-17.7
Majority			57	5.0
Turnout			1,169	41.5
	Labour hold		Swing	17.7

Facit & Shawforth

Facit & Shawforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Whitehead	425	42.9	N/A
	Conservative	Scott Smith	310	31.3	-23.8
	Labour	Thomas Aldred	255	25.8	-19.1
Majority			115	11.6
Turnout			1,000	35.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	33.4

Goodshaw

Goodshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Foxcroft	658	52.4	+3.8
	Labour	Christopher Hamer	598	47.6	-3.8
Majority			60	4.8
Turnout			1,269	40.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.8

Greenfield

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura-Beth Thompson	789	50.2	-7.7
	Labour Co-op	Neil Looker	592	37.7	-4.4
	Independent	Valerie Roberts	191	12.2	N/A
Majority			197	12.5
Turnout			1,597	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Greensclough

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ashworth	794	51.9	+10.4
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	737	48.1	-10.4
Majority			57	3.8
Turnout			1,565	35.8
	Labour hold		Swing	10.4

Hareholme

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samara Barnes	833	52.3	-5.0
	Conservative	Matthew Littler	759	47.7	+5.0
Majority			74	4.6
Turnout			1,611	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Helmshore

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Woods	1,081	51.8	-10.1
	Labour	William Townsend	673	32.2	-5.9
	Independent	David Stansfield	333	16.0	N/A
Majority			408	19.6
Turnout			2,101	44.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Irwell

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Walmsley	590	49.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Caroline Snowden	522	43.5	-10.7
	Green	Daniel Brogan	89	7.4	N/A
Majority			68	5.6
Turnout			1,210	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

Longholme

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Hughes	740	45.7	-8.2
	Conservative	Michael Walters	641	39.5	-6.6
	Independent	John Oliver	134	8.3	N/A
	Green	Julie White	106	6.5	N/A
Majority			99	6.2
Turnout			1,634	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Stacksteads

Stacksteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew MacNae	497	56.8	+24.6
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	378	43.2	+29.8
Majority			119	13.6
Turnout			899	31.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Whitewell

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Rigby	692	47.3	+13.5
	Labour	David Hancock	588	40.2	+5.0
	Green	John Payne	182	12.4	-0.6
Majority			104	7.1
Turnout			1,481	35.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.3

Worsley

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mariyn Procter	842	66.4	+11.5
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdullah	427	33.6	+14.0
Majority			415	32.8
Turnout			1,292	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3