2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015.[1] Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election, and the General Election was held on the same day.

Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections
2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election
7 May 2015
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 23 8
Seats won 25 8
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party UKIP Independent
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 2
2015 local election results in Hyndburn
  Labour
  Conservative
  Not contested

Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 23 councillors, Conservatives had 8 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors and UKIP had 2 councillors.

Labour, Conservative and UKIP candidates contested for every ward, Green candidates only contested for five-wards and just one Independent candidate contested in the Church-ward.

Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by two-seats, with independent councillors having lost their two (undefended) seats, and with no change to Conservative seats and where Ukip failed to gain any more seats:

After the election, the composition of the council was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2015 - electorate 48,101 (over just 12 wards) - with 62.53% turnout
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 2 0 2 75.0 42.32 12,727 2,554
  Conservative 3 0 0 0 25.0 31.98 9,618 1,686
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 23.84 7,169 N/A
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.16 349 N/A
  Independent 0 0 2 -2 0 0.15 45 -1,594
  Spoilt Ballots ... ... ... ... 0.0 0.56 168 N/A

Reference: 2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: One of the previous 23 Labour council seats, in the uncontested-Spring Hill-ward held by Councillor Pam Barton, became 'vacant' when she died on 5 May. Councillor Barton was previously elected to the Spring Hill ward in the 2014 Local Borough Council election. The subsequent by-election date for this Spring Hill council seat was set for 9 July, following the death of former Mayor Pam Barton.

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2015 included the following wards, Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - John Broadley (Lab) (Church), Nick Collingridge (Ind.) (Clayton-le-Moors), Dave Parkins (Ind.) (Huncoat) and Brian Roberts (Cons) (St. Oswalds).

Ward by ward

Altham
Altham - electorate 4,107
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miles Parkinson 1,164 47.30 -18.47
UKIP Lee Entwistle 594 24.14 N/A
Conservative Stacey Melling 585 23.77 -10.46
Green John Patrick Bolam 103 4.19 N/A
... spoilt votes 15 ...
Majority 570 23.16 N/A
Turnout 2,461 59.92
Labour hold Swing

Barnfield
Barnfield - electorate 3,396
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Lillian Mary Harrison 938 45.38 -5.6
Conservative Jean Hurn 691 33.43 -10.4
UKIP Walter Brown 425 20.56 N/A
... spoilt votes 13 ...
Majority 247 11.95 N/A
Turnout 2,067 60.87
Labour hold Swing

Baxenden
Baxenden - electorate 3,333
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Pratt 1,044 44.11 -13.33
Labour David Hartley 736 31.10 -11.46
UKIP Stewart Ian Scott 515 21.76 N/A
Green Kerry Gormley 62 2.62 N/A
... spoilt votes 10 ...
Majority 308 13.01 N/A
Turnout 2,367 71.02
Conservative hold Swing

Central
Central - electorate 3,744
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Ayub 1,563 65.81 -5.9
Conservative Mohammed Saleem 516 21.73 -2.62
UKIP Christopher Bret Matthew 224 9.43 5.49
Independent Aqeel Afzal 45 1.89 N/A
... spoilt votes 27 ...
Majority 1047 44.08 N/A
Turnout 2,375 63.43
Labour hold Swing

Church
Church - electorate 3,505
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Loraine Ann Cox 1,029 56.17 -9.95
UKIP Dayle Taylor 456 24.89 N/A
Conservative Marion Raynor 338 18.45 -15.43
... spoilt votes 9 ...
Majority 573 31.28 N/A
Turnout 1,832 52.27
Labour hold Swing

Clayton-le-Moors
Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melissa Margaret Fisher 951 41.73 5.7
Conservative Stephen Brierley 776 34.05 6.36
UKIP Liam Finbar Clark 535 23.48 N/A
... spoilt votes 17 ...
Majority 175 7.68 N/A
Turnout 2,279 61.88
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Huncoat
Huncoat - electorate 3,652
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eamonn Higgins 933 38.99 25.03
Conservative Nick Whittaker 809 33.81 11.41
UKIP Janet Brown 539 22.52 N/A
Green David Samuel Joseph Daly 106 4.43 N/A
... spoilt votes 6 ...
Majority 124 5.18 N/A
Turnout 2,393 65.53
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Immanuel
Immanuel - electorate 3,613
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Helen Addison 986 43.0 -11.57
Labour Colette McCormack 706 30.79 -14.64
UKIP Mark Anthony Taylor 516 22.50 N/A
Green Simon Nicholas Woods 78 3.40 N/A
... spoilt votes 7 ...
Majority 280 12.21 N/A
Turnout 2,293 63.47
Conservative hold Swing

Milnshaw
Milnshaw - electorate 3,587
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Ian Cox 1,179 53.40 8.03
Conservative Roger Jepson 542 24.55 0.78
UKIP John Errol Taylor 474 21.47 N/A
... spoilt votes 13 ...
Majority 637 28.85 N/A
Turnout 2,208 61.56
Labour hold Swing

Overton
Overton - electorate 5,073
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Molineux 1,132 34.22 -10.12
Conservative Patrick McGinley 1,093 33.04 -0.17
UKIP Ian Robinson 900 27.21 N/A
Green Joan Elizabeth West 164 4.96 N/A
... spoilt votes 19 ...
Majority 39 1.18 N/A
Turnout 3,308 65.21
Labour hold Swing

Rishton
Rishton - electorate 5,255
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Andrea Cleary 1,391 42.33 -9.95
Conservative John Frank Bargh 971 29.55 -18.17
UKIP David George Dowling 904 27.51 N/A
... spoilt votes 20 ...
Majority 420 12.78 N/A
Turnout 3,286 62.53
Labour hold Swing

St. Oswald's
St. Oswald's - electorate 5,153
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lisa Allen 1,267 37.59 -15.85
UKIP Kenneth Edward Smith 1,087 32.25 N/A
Labour Susan Joy Young 1,005 29.81 -16.75
... spoilt votes 12 ...
Majority 180 5.34 N/A
Turnout 3,371 65.42
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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