2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election May 2015 May 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council elections 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election parliamentary 2014_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2014 2016_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2016 12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 7 May 2015 18 Labour Party (UK) 23 25 2 Conservative Party (UK) 8 8 UKIP 2 2 Independent (politician) 2 0 2 Hyndburn UK local election 2015 map.svg 2015 local election results in Hyndburn #dc241f Labour #0087dc Conservative #808080 Not contested Miles Parkinson Altham Peter Britcliffe St Andrew's Paul Thompson St Oswald's A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums Upcoming elections & referendums 1 April 2015 The Electoral Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums 15 March 2015 live 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. 3 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 - Labour 24 (Labour) Vacant 1 Conservative 8 UKIP 2 Hyndburn Local Election Result 2015 - electorate 48,101 (over just 12 wards) - with 62.53% turnout Labour Party (UK) 9 2 0 2 75.0 42.32 12,727 2,554 Conservative Party (UK) 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 Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.16 349 N/A Independent (politician) 0 0 2 -2 0 0.15 45 -1,594 Spoilt ... ... ... ... 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 Labour Party (UK) Miles Parkinson 1,164 47.30 -18.47 UKIP Lee Entwistle 594 24.14 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Stacey Melling 585 23.77 -10.46 Green Party of England and Wales John Patrick Bolam 103 4.19 N/A ... spoilt votes 15 ... 570 23.16 N/A 2,461 59.92 Labour Party (UK) Barnfield Barnfield - electorate 3,396 Labour Party (UK) June Lillian Mary Harrison 938 45.38 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Hurn 691 33.43 -10.4 UKIP Walter Brown 425 20.56 N/A ... spoilt votes 13 ... 247 11.95 N/A 2,067 60.87 Labour Party (UK) Baxenden Baxenden - electorate 3,333 Conservative Party (UK) Kath Pratt 1,044 44.11 -13.33 Labour Party (UK) David Hartley 736 31.10 -11.46 UKIP Stewart Ian Scott 515 21.76 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Kerry Gormley 62 2.62 N/A ... spoilt votes 10 ... 308 13.01 N/A 2,367 71.02 Conservative Party (UK) Central Central - electorate 3,744 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Ayub 1,563 65.81 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Saleem 516 21.73 -2.62 UKIP Christopher Bret Matthew 224 9.43 5.49 Independent (politician) Aqeel Afzal 45 1.89 N/A ... spoilt votes 27 ... 1047 44.08 N/A 2,375 63.43 Labour Party (UK) Church Church - electorate 3,505 Labour Party (UK) Loraine Ann Cox 1,029 56.17 -9.95 UKIP Dayle Taylor 456 24.89 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Marion Raynor 338 18.45 -15.43 ... spoilt votes 9 ... 573 31.28 N/A 1,832 52.27 Labour Party (UK) Clayton-le-Moors Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683 Labour Party (UK) Melissa Margaret Fisher 951 41.73 5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Brierley 776 34.05 6.36 UKIP Liam Finbar Clark 535 23.48 N/A ... spoilt votes 17 ... 175 7.68 N/A 2,279 61.88 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Huncoat Huncoat - electorate 3,652 Labour Party (UK) Eamonn Higgins 933 38.99 25.03 Conservative Party (UK) Nick Whittaker 809 33.81 11.41 UKIP Janet Brown 539 22.52 N/A Green Party of England and Wales David Samuel Joseph Daly 106 4.43 N/A ... spoilt votes 6 ... 124 5.18 N/A 2,393 65.53 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Immanuel Immanuel - electorate 3,613 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Helen Addison 986 43.0 -11.57 Labour Party (UK) Colette McCormack 706 30.79 -14.64 UKIP Mark Anthony Taylor 516 22.50 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Simon Nicholas Woods 78 3.40 N/A ... spoilt votes 7 ... 280 12.21 N/A 2,293 63.47 Conservative Party (UK) Milnshaw Milnshaw - electorate 3,587 Labour Party (UK) Paul Ian Cox 1,179 53.40 8.03 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Jepson 542 24.55 0.78 UKIP John Errol Taylor 474 21.47 N/A ... spoilt votes 13 ... 637 28.85 N/A 2,208 61.56 Labour Party (UK) Overton Overton - electorate 5,073 Labour Party (UK) Gareth Molineux 1,132 34.22 -10.12 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick McGinley 1,093 33.04 -0.17 UKIP Ian Robinson 900 27.21 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Joan Elizabeth West 164 4.96 N/A ... spoilt votes 19 ... 39 1.18 N/A 3,308 65.21 Labour Party (UK) Rishton Rishton - electorate 5,255 Labour Party (UK) Clare Andrea Cleary 1,391 42.33 -9.95 Conservative Party (UK) John Frank Bargh 971 29.55 -18.17 UKIP David George Dowling 904 27.51 N/A ... spoilt votes 20 ... 420 12.78 N/A 3,286 62.53 Labour Party (UK) St. Oswald's St. Oswald's - electorate 5,153 Conservative Party (UK) Lisa Allen 1,267 37.59 -15.85 UKIP Kenneth Edward Smith 1,087 32.25 N/A Labour Party (UK) Susan Joy Young 1,005 29.81 -16.75 ... spoilt votes 12 ... 180 5.34 N/A 3,371 65.42 Conservative Party (UK) References BBC Election 2015 England council results Hyndburn Borough Council Elections - 2015 Accrington local election results 2015: Full breakdown from Hyndburn Borough Council Hyndburn Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Lancashire