Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2016
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election will take place on 5 May 2016.[1] Approximately one-third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day. The fallow year (one year out of four) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough.
Result
The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by one, with Conservatives having lost one of their seats to Labour, and became:
- Labour 26
- Conservative 7
- UKIP 2
Hyndburn Local Election
Result 2016 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards) |
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 | 51.14 | 8,592 | -759 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16.67 | 33.05 | 5,553 | -332 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.71 | 2,471 | 1841 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.11 | 186 | N/A |
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that are NOT up for re-election in 2016 include the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanual in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. NB: ALL Residents have the chance to vote in the Lancashire PCC elections.
The CHURCH-Ward seat, formerly held by Labour Councillor Joan Smith since 2012 and following her resignation back in October-2015, was left Vacated without a by-election called in the meantime. LABOUR veteran Jean Battle will stand for CHURCH-Ward in May’s local elections. Five other Labour councillors are also standing down and will not be defending their existing seats in May’s local elections; including Chris Fisher in Altham-Ward, Wendy Dwyer in Peel-Ward, Bill Pinder in St Andrew’s-Ward, Kerry Molyneaux in Overton-Ward, and Harry Grayson in Rishton-Ward who moved to Ireland in July-2015.
Ward by ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve BUTTON | 551 | 46.46 | -15.66 | |
Conservative | John Frank BARGH | 278 | 23.24 | 1.97 | |
UKIP | Janet BROWN | 245 | 20.48 | N/A | |
Green | Patrick BOLAM | 115 | 9.62 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 7 | ... | ||
Majority | 273 | 22.83 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,196 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony DOBSON | 635 | 46.93 | -9.95 | |
Labour | Jodie TRAVIS | 588 | 43.46 | 0.05 | |
UKIP | John Errol TAYLOR | 126 | 9.31 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 4 | ... | ||
Majority | 47 | 3.47 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,353 | TBC | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Keith HURN | 654 | 50.74 | -13.68 | |
Labour | David HARTLEY | 407 | 31.57 | -4.01 | |
UKIP | Stewart Ian SCOTT | 226 | 17.53 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 2 | ... | ||
Majority | 247 | 19.16 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,289 | TBC | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Abdul Ghafar KHAN | 1157 | 59.73 | 1.90 | |
Conservative | Kazi SIDDIQUE | 753 | 38.87 | -3.30 | |
... | spoilt votes | 27 | ... | ||
Majority | 404 | 20.86 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,937 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jean BATTLE | 777 | 80.02 | 21.44 | |
Conservative | Marion RAYNOR | 176 | 18.13 | -8.69 | |
... | spoilt votes | 18 | ... | ||
Majority | 601 | 61.89 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 971 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noordad AZIZ | 698 | 50.95 | -14.31 | |
Conservative | Liz McGINLEY | 388 | 28.32 | -6.42 | |
UKIP | Tom LINKLATER | 273 | 19.93 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 11 | ... | ||
Majority | 310 | 22.63 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,370 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephanie HAWORTH | 771 | 39.48 | -6.32 | |
Conservative | Patrick John McGINLEY | 702 | 35.94 | 15.52 | |
UKIP | Ian ROBINSON | 403 | 20.63 | 8.81 | |
Green | Joan Elizabeth WEST | 71 | 3.64 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... | ||
Majority | 69 | 3.53 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,953 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paddy SHORT | 593 | 69.19 | 1.49 | |
UKIP | Liam Finbar CLARK | 259 | 30.22 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... | ||
Majority | 334 | 38.97 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 857 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff SCALES | 766 | 41.56 | -29.74 | |
Conservative | Ann SCAIFE | 632 | 34.29 | 5.59 | |
UKIP | David George DOWLING | 439 | 23.82 | N/A | |
... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... | ||
Majority | 134 | 7.27 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,843 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Munsif DAD | 998 | 76.48 | 16.26 | |
Conservative | Abdul QAYYUM | 271 | 20.77 | -4.85 | |
... | spoilt votes | 36 | ... | ||
Majority | 727 | 55.71 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,305 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stewart Thurston EAVES | 573 | 53.90 | 1.28 | |
Conservative | Josh Blayne ALLEN | 476 | 44.78 | -2.60 | |
... | spoilt votes | 14 | ... | ||
Majority | 97 | 9.13 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,063 | TBC | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glen Kevin HARRISON | 713 | 39.48 | 3.92 | |
Conservative | Marlene Heather HAWORTH | 588 | 32.56 | -8.05 | |
UKIP | Christopher Bret MATTHEW | 500 | 27.69 | 3.86 | |
... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... | ||
Majority | 125 | 6.92 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,806 | TBC | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |