2010 Rossendale Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election October 2019 November 2013 Rossendale Borough Council elections The 2010 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Rossendale Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3743.stm Rossendale 10 May 2010 BBC News Online 19 April 2009 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 20 Labour 12 Liberal Democrat 3 Community First Party 1 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/rossendale/8133734.Rossendale_bucks_national_trend_as_Labour_gains_one_seat/ Rossendale bucks national trend as Labour gains one seat 10 May 2010 8 May 2010 Lancashire Telegraph Background Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 21 seats compared to 11 for Labour, 3 for the Liberal Democrats and 1 for the Community First Party. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8096715.Rossendale_Borough_Council_election_battle/ Rossendale Borough Council election battle 10 May 2010 5 May 2010 Lancashire Telegraph 12 seats were being contested and the Conservatives were strongly favoured to remain in control of the council. Candidates stood in the election from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Community First, English Democrats, Greens and the National Front. Before the election the key wards in the election were expected to be Goodshaw and Stacksteads. Election result The results saw the Conservatives maintain a majority on the council with 20 seats despite suffering a net loss of 1 seat to Labour. Labour gained Stacksteads and Worsley from the Conservatives, but lost Irwell back to the Conservatives. Labour also came up only 19 votes short of gaining Healey and Whitworth from the Community First councillor Alan Neal. Overall turnout was high at 76.04% due to the election taking place at the same time as the 2010 general election. Rossendale local election result 2010 http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=524&documentID=759 Borough Elections 2010 10 May 2010 Rossendale Borough Council dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142200/http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=524&documentID=759 16 July 2011 dmy-all Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 2 -1 41.7 43.2 12,736 +0.8% Labour Party (UK) 5 2 1 +1 41.7 37.9 11,189 +7.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 8.3 13.8 4,084 -3.9% Community First 1 0 0 0 8.3 2.0 583 +2.0% English Democrats Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 462 +1.6% British National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 265 +0.9% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 195 +0.7% Ward results Eden Conservative Party (UK) Anne Cheetham 1,083 54.1 -25.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Holland 465 23.2 +23.2 Labour Party (UK) Nick Pilling 453 22.6 +2.1 618 30.9 -28.1 2,001 Conservative Party (UK) Goodshaw Labour Party (UK) Alyson Barnes 950 42.5 -12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra McWicker 825 36.9 -7.8 English Democrats Party Tony Justice 462 20.7 +20.7 125 5.6 -5.0 2,237 Labour Party (UK) Greenfield Conservative Party (UK) Granville Morris 1,476 50.0 -10.8 Labour Party (UK) Marilyn Procter 819 27.7 +9.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadaqut Amin 658 22.3 +0.9 657 22.2 -17.2 2,953 Conservative Party (UK) Greensclough Conservative Party (UK) Jimmy Eaton 1,428 50.8 +7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Jackson 709 25.2 +11.4 Labour Party (UK) Amanda Hewlett 675 24.0 -2.1 719 25.6 +8.5 2,812 Conservative Party (UK) Hareholme Labour Party (UK) Colin Crawforth 1,401 52.4 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Pickup 1,274 47.6 -5.7 127 4.8 2,675 Labour Party (UK) Healey and Whitworth Community First Alan Neal 583 33.9 +33.9 Labour Party (UK) Sean Serridge 564 32.8 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Barnes 381 22.2 -10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Cunningham 192 11.2 +1.2 19 1.1 1,720 Independent (politician) Helmshore Conservative Party (UK) Brian Essex 1,969 61.9 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) Emma Harding 1,212 38.1 +18.4 757 23.8 -16.6 3,181 Conservative Party (UK) Irwell Conservative Party (UK) Michael Christie 984 43.1 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Graham Haworth 837 36.7 +1.7 British National Front Kevin Bryant 265 11.6 +11.6 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Jackson 195 8.5 +8.5 147 6.4 +0.3 2,281 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Longholme Labour Party (UK) Liz McInnes 991 36.2 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bob Sheffield 965 35.2 +35.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Abdullah 785 28.6 -16.3 26 1.0 2,741 Labour Party (UK) Stacksteads Labour Party (UK) Jackie Oakes 1,039 64.5 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Fred Lynskey 573 35.5 +5.5 466 28.9 +1.6 1,612 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Whitewell Liberal Democrats (UK) Jim Pilling 1,095 39.8 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Marriott 833 30.2 Labour Party (UK) Jean Hayler 826 30.0 262 9.6 2,754 Liberal Democrats (UK) Worsley Labour Party (UK) Ann Kenyon 1,422 55.8 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Thomson 1,125 44.2 -7.3 297 11.6 2,547 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 2010 Category:2010 English local elections Category:2010s in Lancashire