2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2016 UK local government election May 2016 May 2016 Hyndburn Borough Council elections 2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election parliamentary 2015_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2015 2018_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election 2018 12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 5 May 2016 18 Labour Party (UK) 25 26 1 Conservative Party (UK) 8 7 1 UKIP 2 2 Hyndburn UK local election 2016 map.svg 2016 local election results in Hyndburn #dc241f Labour #0087dc Conservative #808080 Not contested Miles Parkinson Altham Tony Dobson Barnfield Paul Thompson St Oswald's A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 5 May 2016.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 local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. The following year (one year out of four, next due in 2017) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough. 3 Background Before the election Labour had a majority of 25 councillors, Conservatives had 8 councillors, while UKIP had 2 councillors. Labour candidates contested every ward, Conservative candidates contested every ward except Peel-ward, UKIP Candidates contested eight wards (not including their two-uncontested-seats, already won in 2014) and Greens only had two candidates in Altham-ward and Overton-ward. Local Election result The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, was that Labour's majority was reinforced by one, with Conservatives having lost one of their seats to Labour, Ukip failed to gain any additional seats: After the election, the composition of the council was - Labour 26 Conservative 7 UKIP 2 Hyndburn Local Election Result 2016 – Electorate 46,874 (over just 12 wards) - with 35.8% turnout Labour Party (UK) 10 1 0 1 83.33% 51.14% 8,592 -759 Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 1 -1 16.67% 33.05% 5,553 -332 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14.71% 2,471 1,841 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0% 1.11% 186 N/A Spoilt ... ... ... ... 0.0% 0.83% 141 N/A The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2016 include the following wards, Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. The Church Ward seat, formerly held by Labour Councillor Joan Smith since 2012, and following her resignation in October 2015, was left vacated without a by election called. Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Chris Fisher (Lab) (Altham), Joan Smith (Lab) (Church), Kerry Molineux (Lab) (Overton), Wendy Dwyer (Lab) (Peel), Harry Grayson (Lab) (Rishton), Bill Pinder (Lab) (St. Andrews). Ward by ward Altham Altham – Electorate 4,064 Labour Party (UK) Steve Button 551 46.46 -15.66 Conservative Party (UK) John Frank Bargh 278 23.24 1.97 UKIP Janet Brown 245 20.48 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Patrick Bolam 115 9.62 N/A ... spoilt votes 7 ... 273 22.83 N/A 1,196 29.43 Labour Party (UK) Barnfield Barnfield – Electorate 3,394 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Dobson 635 46.93 -9.95 Labour Party (UK) Jodie Travis 588 43.46 0.05 UKIP John Errol Taylor 126 9.31 N/A ... spoilt votes 4 ... 47 3.47 N/A 1,353 39.86 Conservative Party (UK) Baxenden Baxenden – Electorate 3,341 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Keith Hurn 654 50.74 -13.68 Labour Party (UK) David Hartley 407 31.57 -4.01 UKIP Stewart Ian Scott 226 17.53 N/A ... spoilt votes 2 ... 247 19.16 N/A 1,289 38.58 Conservative Party (UK) Central Central – Electorate 3,788 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Ghafar Khan 1157 59.73 1.90 Conservative Party (UK) Kazi Siddique 753 38.87 -3.30 ... spoilt votes 27 ... 404 20.86 N/A 1,937 51.14 Labour Party (UK) Church Church – Electorate 3,446 Labour Party (UK) Jean Battle 777 80.02 21.44 Conservative Party (UK) Marion Raynor 176 18.13 -8.69 ... spoilt votes 18 ... 601 61.89 N/A 971 28.18 Labour Party (UK) Netherton Netherton – Electorate 3,287 Labour Party (UK) Noordad Aziz 698 50.95 -14.31 Conservative Party (UK) Liz McGinley 388 28.32 -6.42 UKIP Tom Linklater 273 19.93 N/A ... spoilt votes 11 ... 310 22.63 N/A 1,370 41.68 Labour Party (UK) Overton Overton – Electorate 5,078 Labour Party (UK) Stephanie Haworth 771 39.48 -6.32 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick John McGinley 702 35.94 15.52 UKIP Ian Robinson 403 20.63 8.81 Green Party of England and Wales Joan Elizabeth West 71 3.64 N/A ... spoilt votes 6 ... 69 3.53 N/A 1,953 38.46 Labour Party (UK) Peel Peel – Electorate 3,137 Labour Party (UK) Paddy Short 593 69.19 1.49 UKIP Liam Finbar Clark 259 30.22 N/A ... spoilt votes 5 ... 334 38.97 N/A 857 27.32 Labour Party (UK) Rishton Rishton – Electorate 5,161 Labour Party (UK) Jeff Scales 766 41.56 -29.74 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Scaife 632 34.29 5.59 UKIP David George Dowling 439 23.82 N/A ... spoilt votes 6 ... 134 7.27 N/A 1,843 35.71 Labour Party (UK) Spring Hill Spring Hill – Electorate 3,654 Labour Party (UK) Munsif Dad 998 76.48 16.26 Conservative Party (UK) Abdul Qayyum 271 20.77 -4.85 ... spoilt votes 36 ... 727 55.71 N/A 1,305 35.71 Labour Party (UK) St. Andrew's St. Andrew's – Electorate 3,409 Labour Party (UK) Stewart Thurston Eaves 573 53.90 1.28 Conservative Party (UK) Josh Blayne Allen 476 44.78 -2.60 ... spoilt votes 14 ... 97 9.13 N/A 1,063 31.18 Labour Party (UK) St. Oswald's St. Oswald's – Electorate 5,115 Labour Party (UK) Glen Kevin Harrison 713 39.48 3.92 Conservative Party (UK) Marlene Heather Haworth 588 32.56 -8.05 UKIP Christopher Bret Matthew 500 27.69 3.86 ... spoilt votes 5 ... 125 6.92 N/A 1,806 35.31 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hyndburn Borough Council Local Elections 2016 - Results http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=4971 Hyndburn Borough Council 9 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121044/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=4971 5 June 2016 dead References Hyndburn 2016 Category:2010s in Lancashire