1995 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections

Local elections were held in Hyndburn covering one-third of the council seats on 4 May 1995. Labour held 13 of the 16 seats and gained the other 3 seats (St Oswalds, Baxenden & Overton), winning all 16 seats contested. George Slynn was the Labour leader and he held his Netherton seat. Chris Stone had been a Labour Councillor but resigned just weeks before complaining about an authoritarian Labour leadership. The Conservatives had promised to cut Council Tax whilst Labour ran on the issue of huge Conservative cuts from central government to local schools.

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	283
	Conservative	Rennie Pinder	143
	Independent	Chris Stone	81
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bramhill	47
Turnout			554	53.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Eddleston	737
	Independent	William Henry Alvy	251
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	166
Turnout			1144	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Eric Bushell	644
	Conservative	Joan Scholes	603
	Liberal Democrats	Les Jones	329
Turnout			1676	40.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Altaf Hussein	567
	Conservative	Stephen George Crooks	462
Turnout			1029	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Grime	1139
	Conservative	Marion Rayner	489
Turnout			1628	37.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Brindle	1292
	Conservative	Wilfred MR Harrison	606
Turnout			1808	39.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Eachill, Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Tootle	566
	Conservative	Carol Hindle	363
Turnout			1132	35.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Parkins	729
	Independent	Jack Addison	438
	Conservative	Denis Haworth	148
Turnout			1313	42.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Roncoli	964
	Conservative	Marian Barret	475
Turnout			1439	38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ormerod	1235
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	694
Turnout			1929	46.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Slynn	1036
	Independent	David Mason	292
	Conservative	Neil Spencer	250
Turnout			1578	42.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Arnold Forshaw	1085
	Conservative	Frank Ford	570
Turnout			1655	42.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mirza Yousef	747
	Conservative	Derek Wolstenholme	353
Turnout			1090	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Goggin	901
	Conservative	Paul Travis	175
Turnout			1076	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

St Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Cowell	967
	Conservative	Brian Tomlinson	411
Turnout			1378	42.4
	Labour hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Peplow	1183
	Conservative	Ted Hill	485
Turnout			1568	36.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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