2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election November 2025 November 2025 Hyndburn Borough Council elections 2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election parliamentary 2011_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2011 2014_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2014 12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 3 May 2012 18 Labour Party (UK) 18 23 5 Conservative Party (UK) 14 9 5 Independents in Hyndburn 3 3 Hyndburn UK local election 2012 map.svg 2012 local election results in Hyndburn #dc241f Labour #0087dc Conservative #808080 Not contested Miles Parkinson Altham Peter Britcliffe St Andrew's David Mason Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election. 3 Background Before the election Labour had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Conservatives had 14 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 3 councillors. Labour candidates contested every ward. Conservative candidates contested all wards except Peel-Ward. Various independent candidates contested five-wards. LibDem's just three-candidates contested in Barnfield Ward, Church Ward and Spring Hill Ward. UkKIP's only-two candidates contested in Overton Ward and St. Oswalds Ward. Local election result After the election, the composition of the council was - Labour 23 Conservative 9 Independent 3 Hyndburn local election result 2012 - over just 12 wards Labour Party (UK) 9 5 0 5 65.7 55.91 9351 2240 Conservative Party (UK) 3 0 5 -5 25.7 35.19 5885 -2593 Independents in Hyndburn 0 0 0 0 8.6 3.82 639 242 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 3.77 630 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 1.32 220 -597 NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2012 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. Ward results Altham Altham Labour Party (UK) Chris Fisher 733 62.12 14.52 Conservative Party (UK) Marion Raynor 251 21.27 -31.13 Independents in Hyndburn John Hodgkiss 196 16.61 N/A 482 40.85 N/A 1,180 TBC Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Barnfield Barnfield Conservative Party (UK) Tony Dobson 770 54.88 -10.02 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Plummer 609 43.41 22.71 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Kelly 24 1.71 N/A 161 11.48 N/A 1,403 TBC Conservative Party (UK) Baxenden Baxenden Conservative Party (UK) Terry Hurn 726 64.42 -6.58 Labour Party (UK) David Hartley 401 35.58 16.98 325 28.84 N/A 1,127 TBC Conservative Party (UK) Central Central Labour Party (UK) Abdul Khan 1163 57.83 26.63 Conservative Party (UK) Allah Dad 848 42.17 0.27 213 15.66 N/A 2,011 TBC Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Church Church Labour Party (UK) Joan Smith 710 58.58 1.28 Conservative Party (UK) Basharat Khan 325 26.82 -15.88 Independent Malcolm Pritchard 141 11.63 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Talbot 36 2.97 N/A 385 31.77 N/A 1,212 TBC Labour Party (UK) Netherton Netherton Labour Party (UK) Noordad Aziz 834 65.26 32.56 Conservative Party (UK) Lynn Wilson 444 34.74 -2.26 390 30.52 N/A 1,278 TBC Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Overton Overton Labour Party (UK) Kerry Molineux 868 45.80 1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Clarke 387 20.42 -35.08 Independent John Duckworth 317 16.73 N/A UK Independence Party Graham Davidson 224 11.82 N/A Great Harwood Independents Jamie Glover 99 5.22 N/A 481 25.38 N/A 1,895 TBC Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Peel Peel Labour Party (UK) Wendy Dwyer 570 67.70 -4.0 Independents in Hyndburn Paul Brown 272 32.30 N/A 298 35.39 N/A 842 TBC Labour Party (UK) Rishton Rishton Labour Party (UK) Harry Grayson 1374 71.30 8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Warren Melia 553 28.70 -8.5 821 42.61 N/A 1,927 TBC Labour Party (UK) Spring Hill Spring Hill Labour Party (UK) Munsif Dad 940 60.22 2.32 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Younis 400 25.62 -16.48 Independents in Hyndburn Kenneth Smith 171 10.95 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Kim Furness 50 3.20 N/A 540 34.59 N/A 1,561 TBC Labour Party (UK) St. Andrew's St. Andrew's Labour Party (UK) Bill Pinder 543 52.62 25.12 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Walmsley 489 47.38 -12.02 53 5.14 N/A 1,032 TBC Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St. Oswald's St. Oswald's Conservative Party (UK) Marlene Haworth 692 40.61 -25.59 Labour Party (UK) Stewart Eaves 606 35.56 1.76 UK Independence Party Paul Thompson 406 23.83 N/A 86 5.05 N/A 1,704 TBC Conservative Party (UK) Hyndburn Borough Council Local Elections 2012 - Results http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=1119&fileID=3307 Hyndburn Borough Council 5 May 2012 28 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120728165522/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=1119&fileID=3307 dead References https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm Hyndburn 2012 Category:2010s in Lancashire