2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 Hyndburn Borough Council elections 2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election parliamentary 2007_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2007 2010_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2010 12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 1 May 2008 18 Conservative Party (UK) 18 21 3 Labour Party (UK) 15 13 2 Hyndburn_UK_local_election_2008_map.svg 2008 local election results in Hyndburn #dc241f Labour #0087dc Conservative #808080 Not contested Peter Britcliffe Graham Jones St Andrew's PeelElections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/elections/display.var.2242100.0.hyndburn_election_results_tories_tighten_grip.php Hyndburn election results: Tories tighten grip 2008-05-26 2008-05-02 Lancashire Telegraph The Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David Mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent.. After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 21 Labour 13 Independent 1 Election result Hyndburn local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 0 +1 66.7 49.9 8,478 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) 4 0 1 -1 33.3 41.9 7,111 -4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.8 817 +4.8 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 397 -2.4 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 181 +0.1 NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards – Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. Ward results Altham Conservative Party (UK) Susan Haworth 653 52.4 +14.4 Labour Party (UK) Paula Landers 594 47.6 -14.4 59 4.8 1,247 32.1 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Barnfield Conservative Party (UK) Tony Dobson 819 64.9 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) Chris McCormack 261 20.7 -10.0 Green Party of England and Wales Kerry Gormley 181 14.4 +1.1 558 44.2 +19.0 1,261 40.0 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Baxenden Conservative Party (UK) John Griffiths 866 71.0 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Vivienne Preston 227 18.6 -8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Daly 126 10.3 +10.3 639 52.4 +7.2 1,219 37.6 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Central Conservative Party (UK) Allah Dad 857 41.9 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Tariq Ali 637 31.2 -26.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ifty Khan 550 26.9 +26.9 220 10.7 2,044 56.7 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Church Labour Party (UK) Joan Smith 592 57.3 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Taylor 442 42.7 +4.6 150 14.6 -9.2 1,034 32.6 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) Netherton Conservative Party (UK) Lynn Wilson 486 37.0 -5.9 Labour Party (UK) Robert Kearney 429 32.7 -24.4 Independent (politician) Ian Robinson 397 30.3 +30.3 57 4.3 1,312 40.5 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Overton Conservative Party (UK) Peter Clarke 1,022 55.5 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Ciaran Wells 821 44.5 +2.1 201 11.0 -4.2 1,843 37.7 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peel Labour Party (UK) Graham Jones 584 71.7 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Fisher 230 28.3 -4.3 354 43.4 +8.6 814 26.4 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Rishton Labour Party (UK) Harry Grayson 1,403 62.8 +14.9 Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Baron 831 37.2 -14.9 572 25.6 2,234 46.2 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) Spring Hill Labour Party (UK) Munsif Dad 689 57.9 -13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Safdar 502 42.1 +13.4 187 15.8 -26.8 1,191 34.4 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) St. Andrew's Conservative Party (UK) Brian Walmsley 636 59.4 +10.3 Labour Party (UK) John McCormack 294 27.5 -10.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Greene 141 13.2 +0.1 342 31.9 +20.6 1,071 33.4 -10.3 Conservative Party (UK) St Oswald's Conservative Party (UK) Marlene Haworth 1,134 66.2 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Bill Pinder 580 33.8 -3.4 554 32.4 +6.8 1,714 33.7 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) References 2008 Hyndburn election result Ward results Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in Lancashire