2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 Independent councillor supporting the Conservatives and with 2 Green Party (all formerly Labour) councillors also supporting the Conservatives, and where Labour had only a minority of 16 councillors. 18 or more seats are needed for Overall-Control of the council.

In this election, Labour would be defending 6-ward-seats (where 2 of those seats [Barnfield & Peel], were formerly won by councillors [Caroline Montague & Paddy Short] who both later switched to the Green Party following the May 2022 election) and Conservatives would also be defending 6-ward-seats. All previous 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.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 16
• Green Party of England and Wales 2
• Independent 1
• Labour 16

Labour are defending 6-seats and Conservatives are defending 6-seats.

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 -

• Conservative 16
• Green Party of England and Wales 2
• Independent 1
• Labour 16

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.

Previous Councillors who are looking to Stand-Down in May 2024 include – Caroline Montague (Green-Barnfield), Paddy Short (Green-Peel).

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