2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2014 UK local government election May 2014 May 2014 Hyndburn Borough Council elections 2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election parliamentary 2012_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2012 2015_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2015 11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 22 May 2014 18 Labour Party (UK) 23 23 Conservative Party (UK) 9 8 1 UKIP 0 2 2 Independent (politician) 3 2 1 Hyndburn_UK_local_election_2014_map_(Revised).svg 2014 local election results in Hyndburn #6d3177ff UKIP #dc241fff Labour #0087dcff Conservative #808080 Not contested Miles Parkinson Peter Britcliffe Altham St Andrew's Paul Thompson St Oswald's Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The total registered electorate across Hyndburn comes to 43,404 potential voters. In this May 2014 election 16,766 turned out to vote - 38.63%. There was also the European Election being held on the same day and voter turnout, across ALL voters in every Hyndburn-Ward, was much higher than usual. Party votes (2013) Votes % (2013) Votes (2009) Votes % (2009) +/- UKIP 7,694 34.6% 3,906 17.5% +16.9% Labour Party 7,173 32.2% 5,020 22.5% +9.7% Conservative Party 4,454 20.0% 6,037 27.0% -7.0% BNP 787 3.5% 2,371 10.6% -7.1% Green 950 4.3% 1,135 5.1% -2.5% Liberal Democrats 360 1.6% 1,285 5.8% -4.2% English Democrats 272 1.2% 542 2.4%% -1.2% Pirate Party 84 0.4% An Ind. from Europe Party 400 1.8% No2EU 56 0.3% 348 1.6% -1.3% Socialist Equality Party 39 0.2% Christian Party Did not stand 368 1.6% Jury Team Did not stand 136 0.6% Pro Democracy Did not stand 81 0.4% Socialist Labour Party Did not stand 371 1.7% Francis Apaloo Ind Did not stand 93 0.4% Rejected 183 0.8% 300 1.3% -0.5% TURNOUT 22,269 37.32% 22,353 3 Background Before the election Labour had a majority of 23 councillors, Conservatives had 9 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 3 councillors. Labour and UKIP candidates contested for every ward, Conservative candidates contested all except Milnshaw-ward & Peel-Ward, only four Independent candidates contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward, Netherton-ward, Peel-ward & Rishton-ward and just three Green candidates contested for Huncoat-ward, Overton-Ward & Peel-ward. Local Election result The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, with Labour's majority unchanged, Independent and Conservative councillors having lost one seat each overall, and UKIP gaining two new seats: After the election, the composition of the council was - Labour 23 Conservative 8 Independent 2 UKIP 2 Hyndburn Local Election Result 2014 - electorate 43,412 (over just 11 wards) Labour Party (UK) 7 2 -2 0 65.7 40.3% 6,694 -0.9% UKIP 2 2 0 2 5.7 30.1% 4,990 +30.1% Conservative Party (UK) 2 1 -2 -1 22.8 25.3% 4,197 -13.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 -1 -1 5.7 2.9% 487 -14.0% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.4% 227 +1.4% Reference: 2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2014 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington. Although voters across those same Five wards, were also still able to vote in the European Election. Ward results Clayton-le-Moors Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3688 Labour Party (UK) Tim O'Kane 465 35.33 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Brierley 364 27.66 UKIP Peter Street 325 24.69 Independent (politician) Janet Storey 152 11.55 ... spoilt votes 8 ... 101 2.74 N/A 1,316 35.89 Labour Party (UK) Huncoat Huncoat - electorate 3658 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Dawson 457 34.54 Conservative Party (UK) Nick Whittaker 396 29.93 UKIP Mark Anthony Taylor 377 28.49 Green Party of England and Wales David Daly 89 6.72 ... spoilt votes 4 ... 61 1.67 N/A 1,323 36.22 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Immanuel Immanuel - electorate 3382 Conservative Party (UK) Julie Anne Livesey 516 37.63 Labour Party (UK) Colette McCormack 480 35.01 UKIP Christopher Matthew 365 26.62 ... spoilt votes 8 ... 36 1.06 N/A 1,371 38.48 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Milnshaw Milnshaw - electorate 3574 UKIP Malcolm Eric Pritchard 701 51.62 Labour Party (UK) Clare Pritchard 589 43.37 ... spoilt votes 68 ... 112 3.13 N/A 1,358 38.32 UKIP Labour Party (UK) Netherton Netherton - electorate 3340 Labour Party (UK) Bernadette Parkinson 731 51.47 UKIP Carole Guilfoyle 330 23.23 Independent (politician) Maureen Tomlinson 197 13.87 Conservative Party (UK) Josh Allen 158 11.12 ... spoilt votes 6 ... 401 12.01 N/A 1,420 42.77 Labour Party (UK) Overton Overton - electorate 5055 Labour Party (UK) Jenny Nedwell 722 36.50 UKIP Ian Robinson 713 36.04 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Clarke 439 22.19 Green Party of England and Wales Joan Elizabeth West 99 5.00 ... spoilt votes 6 ... 9 0.18 N/A 1,978 39.24 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Peel Peel - electorate 3198 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Plummer 568 60.81 UKIP Alex Ross 266 28.47 Independent (politician) Sarah Susan Johnson 57 6.10 Green Party of England and Wales Kerry Gormley 39 4.17 ... spoilt votes 4 ... 302 9.44 N/A 934 29.32 Labour Party (UK) Rishton Rishton - electorate 5214 Labour Party (UK) Ken Moss 924 46.29 UKIP David George Dowling 554 27.75 Conservative Party (UK) Warren Melia 426 21.34 Independent (politician) Sam Howarth 81 4.05 ... spoilt votes 10 ... 370 7.10 N/A 1,993 38.43 Labour Party (UK) Spring Hill Spring Hill - electorate 3701 Labour Party (UK) Pam Barton 877 49.66 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Safdar 601 34.04 UKIP Ken Smith 278 15.74 ... spoilt votes 10 ... 276 7.46 N/A 1,766 48.11 Labour Party (UK) St. Andrew's St. Andrew's - electorate 3498 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Britcliffe 646 48.64 Labour Party (UK) Stewart Thurston Eaves 368 27.71 UKIP Dayle Taylor 301 22.66 ... spoilt votes 14 ... 278 7.95 N/A 1,328 38.15 Conservative Party (UK) St. Oswald's St. Oswald's - electorate 5104 UKIP Paul Thompson 801 40.53 Conservative Party (UK) Doug Hayes 651 32.94 Labour Party (UK) Susan Young 531 26.87 ... spoilt votes 6 ... 150 2.94 N/A 1,976 38.87 UKIP Conservative Party (UK) References 2014 Hyndburn election result Ward results Persons Nominated in each Ward Hyndburn 2014 Category:2010s in Lancashire