2008 Rossendale Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 Rossendale Borough Council elections Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7379150.stm Tories take control of Rossendale 2008-05-05 2008-05-02 BBC Online Overall turnout was up by one per cent from the last election in 2007 at 36.3%. http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/s/1048115_tories_take_charge_in_election Tories take charge in election 2008-05-05 2008-05-02 Rossendale Free Press The Conservative party gained three seats in the election including Worsley, the seat of the former Conservative leader of the council, Duncan Ruddick, who had defected from the party in 2007 to become an independent councillor. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, while the Labour party lost three seats, with one defeated Labour councillor, Tina Durkin, blaming the Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the losses. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2243580.mostviewed.rossendale_election_results_conservative_strengthen_control.php Rossendale election results: Conservative strengthen control 2008-05-05 2008-05-02 Lancashire Telegraph https://web.archive.org/web/20080507112323/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2243580.mostviewed.rossendale_election_results_conservative_strengthen_control.php 2008-05-07 After the election, the composition of the council was Conservative 21 Labour 11 Liberal Democrat 3 Independent 1 Election result Rossendale local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 10 3 0 +3 76.9 42.4 7,512 +3.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 0 +1 15.4 17.7 3,129 -2.3% Labour Party (UK) 1 0 3 -3 7.7 30.4 5,385 -4.9% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 998 +0.3% Independent (politician) 0 0 1 -1 0 3.8 680 +3.8% Ward results Cribden Conservative Party (UK) Janet Graham 386 35.4 +14.3 Labour Party (UK) Andrea Fletcher 367 33.6 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bob Sheffield 338 31.0 +4.6 19 1.8 1,091 38.9 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Eden Conservative Party (UK) Darryl Smith 916 79.5 +15.2 Labour Party (UK) John Pilling 236 20.5 -3.7 680 59.0 +18.9 1,152 41.7 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Facit and Shawforth Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Barnes 336 29.0 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Reggie Lane 298 25.7 -10.9 British National Party Michael Crossley 218 18.8 +18.8 Independent (politician) Karen Ruane 185 16.0 +16.0 Labour Party (UK) Ian Mycock 121 10.4 -29.7 38 3.3 1,158 41.7 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Goodshaw Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Farrington 631 55.3 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Judy Bates 510 44.7 -2.3 121 10.6 +4.6 1,141 36.9 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) Greenfield Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Sandiford 993 60.8 +18.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadaqut Amin 350 21.4 -36.1 Labour Party (UK) John McManus 290 17.8 +17.8 643 39.4 1,633 37.4 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Greensclough Conservative Party (UK) Judith Driver 697 43.2 +15.4 Labour Party (UK) Dale Connearn 422 26.1 -1.0 British National Party Peter Salt 273 16.9 -4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Carr 223 13.8 -9.5 275 17.1 +16.4 1,615 36.5 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Hareholme Conservative Party (UK) Nicola May 775 53.3 Labour Party (UK) Amanda Hewlett 679 46.7 96 6.6 1454 34.8 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Helmshore Conservative Party (UK) Peter Evans 975 60.1 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Emma Harding 320 19.7 -8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cliff Adamson 181 11.2 -4.7 Independent (politician) Noel O'Brien 145 8.9 +8.9 655 40.4 +12.7 1,621 36.0 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Irwell Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Steen 529 41.1 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Tina Durkin 450 35.0 +3.0 British National Party Kevin Bryan 307 23.9 -2.4 79 6.1 +5.9 1,286 33.3 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Longholme Conservative Party (UK) Jason Gledhill 679 44.9 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Jones 484 32.0 Independent (politician) Leonard Entwistle 350 23.1 195 12.9 1513 36.3 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Whitewell (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Tim Nuttall 1,006 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jim Pilling 733 Labour Party (UK) Trisha Dearden 433 Labour Party (UK) Michael Wilkinson 277 British National Party Matthew Perry 200 2,649 34.1 +1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Worsley Conservative Party (UK) David Stansfield 716 51.5 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) Ann Kenyon 675 48.5 +12.3 41 3.0 -4.1 1,391 32.5 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) References 2008 Rossendale election result Ward resultsAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Rossendale Borough results 2008 Category:2008 English local elections Category:2000s in Lancashire