Hyndburn Borough Council elections

Class of election in the United Kingdom

Hyndburn shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Hyndburn Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Hyndburn Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Hyndburn in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 35 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.

Council elections

Elections are usually by thirds, in three of every four years.

Year/Party		Labour		LibDems		Cons		Indep		UKIP		Other	Controlling party	Notes
1973	24		3		21								NOC
1976	14		1		33								Conservatives
1979	19				28								Conservatives	New ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 48 to 47 and all out election.
1980	27				20								Labour
1982	26		1		20								Labour
1983	25		2		20								Labour
1984	20		3		24								Conservatives
1986	25		6		16								Labour
1987	26		7		14								Labour	Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.
1988	25		6		16								Labour
1990	29		4		13						1		Labour
1991	34		3		9						1		Labour
1992	32		3		12								Labour
1994	33		1		13								Labour
1995	36		1		10								Labour
1996	44				3								Labour
1998	35				12								Labour
1999	23				23		1						NOC
2000	16				31								Conservative
2002	18				17								Labour	New ward boundaries. Councillors reduced from 47 to 35 and all out election.
2003	17				18								Conservative
2004	15				20								Conservative
2006	16				18		1						Conservative
2007	15				18		2						Conservative
2008	13				18		4						Conservative
2010	14				17		4						NOC
2011	18				14		3						Labour
2012	23				9		3						Labour
2014	23				8		2		2				Labour
2015	24				8		0		2				Labour
2016	26				7				2				Labour
2018	26				9		0						Labour
2019	26				9								Labour
2021	22				12		1						Labour
2022	14				14		6						NOC
2023	16				16		1				2		NOC
2024	22				11		1				1		Labour

Borough result maps

2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-election results

1998-2002

Netherton by-election 13 July 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	702	61.7	+14.8
	Conservative	436	38.3	−14.8
Majority		266	23.4
Turnout		1,138	31.9
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Huncoat by-election 11 October 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	339	64.1	+12.9
	Conservative	190	35.9	+35.9
Majority		149	28.2
Turnout		529	16.5
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Immanuel by-election 11 October 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	387	53.8	+11.2
	Conservative	333	46.2	−11.2
Majority		54	7.6
Turnout		720	19.5
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

2002-2006

Rishton by-election 17 March 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Hamilton	759	46.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Stan Horne	756	46.0	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Greene	129	7.8	+7.8
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			1,644	32.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Overton by-election 30 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Shorrock	774	47.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	593	36.4	−18.7
	BNP	Carrie Cassidy	191	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Greene	72	4.4	+4.4
Majority			178	11.1
Turnout			1,630	32.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006-2010

Spring Hill by-election 21 September 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad	528	68.1	−3.2
	Conservative	Michaek Szewczuk	247	31.9	+3.2
Majority			281	36.2
Turnout			775	22.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton by-election 2 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Grayson	1,112	55.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Stan Horne	848	42.1	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Green	54	2.7	+2.7
Majority			264	13.1
Turnout			2,014	39.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2010-2014

Peel by-election 1 July 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	592	75.8	TBC
	Conservative	Danny Cassidy	189	24.2	TBC
Majority			403	51.6	TBC
Turnout			781	25.7	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing	TBC

Baxenden by-election 18 November 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Hurn	693	58.2	TBC
	Labour	David Hartley	434	36.4	TBC
	Independent	Lesley Wolstencroft	47	3.9	TBC
	UKIP	Bobby Anwar	17	1.4	TBC
Majority			259	21.7	TBC
Turnout			1,191	36	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing	TBC

Spring Hill by-election 9 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Fielding	678	51.7	TBC
	Conservative	Mohammed Sadfar	475	36.2	TBC
	UKIP	Ken Smith	137	10.4	TBC
	Green	Kerry Gormley	17	1.3	TBC
Majority			203	15.5	TBC
Turnout			1312	TBC	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Overton by-election 14 July 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McKenzie	773	52.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Liz McGinley	600	40.5	−0.1
	Independent	Michael Miller	71	4.8	+4.8
	Reform UK	Richard Oakley	36	2.4	−10.1
Majority			173	11.7	+6.5
Turnout			1,482	31.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden by-election 6 February 2025
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	TBC
	Conservative	David Heap
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2469, retrieved 24 August 2022
The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
The Lancashire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
"By-election won by student, 21". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
"Labour candidate wins by-election victory". Blackburn Citizen. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
"Labour gains, Conservative pains". HyndburnOnline.com. 6 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Hyndburn Borough Council Archived 30 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine

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Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways
Railway stations	Accrington Church & Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton
Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

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Constituencies: Accrington Hyndburn North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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