2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections

2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

7 May 2015
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Miles Parkinson Peter Britcliffe Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Altham St Andrew's Seats before 23 8 Seats won 25 8 Seat change 2   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paul Thompson Party UKIP Independent Leader's seat St Oswald's Seats before 2 2 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2
2015 local election results in Hyndburn   Labour   Conservative   Not contested

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015.^[1] Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election, and the General Election was held on the same day.

Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 23 councillors, Conservatives had 8 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors and UKIP had 2 councillors.

Labour, Conservative and UKIP candidates contested for every ward, Green candidates only contested for five-wards and just one Independent candidate contested in the Church-ward.

Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by two-seats, with independent councillors having lost their two (undefended) seats, and with no change to Conservative seats and where Ukip failed to gain any more seats:

After the election, the composition of the council was -

• Labour 24
• (Labour) Vacant 1
• Conservative 8
• UKIP 2

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2015 - electorate 48,101 (over just 12 wards) - with 62.53% turnout

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	2	0	2	75.0	42.32	12,727	2,554
	Conservative	3	0	0	0	25.0	31.98	9,618	1,686
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	23.84	7,169	N/A
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	349	N/A
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	0.15	45	-1,594
	Spoilt Ballots	...	...	...	...	0.0	0.56	168	N/A

Reference: 2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: One of the previous 23 Labour council seats, in the uncontested-Spring Hill-ward held by Councillor Pam Barton, became 'vacant' when she died on 5 May. Councillor Barton was previously elected to the Spring Hill ward in the 2014 Local Borough Council election. The subsequent by-election date for this Spring Hill council seat was set for 9 July, following the death of former Mayor Pam Barton.

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2015 included the following wards, Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - John Broadley (Lab) (Church), Nick Collingridge (Ind.) (Clayton-le-Moors), Dave Parkins (Ind.) (Huncoat) and Brian Roberts (Cons) (St. Oswalds).

Ward by ward

Altham

Altham - electorate 4,107

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	1,164	47.30	−18.47
	UKIP	Lee Entwistle	594	24.14	N/A
	Conservative	Stacey Melling	585	23.77	−10.46
	Green	John Patrick Bolam	103	4.19	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	15	...
Majority			570	23.16	N/A
Turnout			2,461	59.92
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Barnfield - electorate 3,396

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Lillian Mary Harrison	938	45.38	−5.6
	Conservative	Jean Hurn	691	33.43	−10.4
	UKIP	Walter Brown	425	20.56	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	13	...
Majority			247	11.95	N/A
Turnout			2,067	60.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden

Baxenden - electorate 3,333

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath Pratt	1,044	44.11	−13.33
	Labour	David Hartley	736	31.10	−11.46
	UKIP	Stewart Ian Scott	515	21.76	N/A
	Green	Kerry Gormley	62	2.62	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	10	...
Majority			308	13.01	N/A
Turnout			2,367	71.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central - electorate 3,744

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Ayub	1,563	65.81	−5.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Saleem	516	21.73	−2.62
	UKIP	Christopher Bret Matthew	224	9.43	5.49
	Independent	Aqeel Afzal	45	1.89	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	27	...
Majority			1047	44.08	N/A
Turnout			2,375	63.43
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church - electorate 3,505

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Loraine Ann Cox	1,029	56.17	−9.95
	UKIP	Dayle Taylor	456	24.89	N/A
	Conservative	Marion Raynor	338	18.45	−15.43
	...	spoilt votes	9	...
Majority			573	31.28	N/A
Turnout			1,832	52.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa Margaret Fisher	951	41.73	5.7
	Conservative	Stephen Brierley	776	34.05	6.36
	UKIP	Liam Finbar Clark	535	23.48	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	17	...
Majority			175	7.68	N/A
Turnout			2,279	61.88
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat - electorate 3,652

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eamonn Higgins	933	38.99	25.03
	Conservative	Nick Whittaker	809	33.81	11.41
	UKIP	Janet Brown	539	22.52	N/A
	Green	David Samuel Joseph Daly	106	4.43	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			124	5.18	N/A
Turnout			2,393	65.53
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Immanuel

Immanuel - electorate 3,613

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Helen Addison	986	43.0	−11.57
	Labour	Colette McCormack	706	30.79	−14.64
	UKIP	Mark Anthony Taylor	516	22.50	N/A
	Green	Simon Nicholas Woods	78	3.40	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	7	...
Majority			280	12.21	N/A
Turnout			2,293	63.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Milnshaw - electorate 3,587

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Ian Cox	1,179	53.40	8.03
	Conservative	Roger Jepson	542	24.55	0.78
	UKIP	John Errol Taylor	474	21.47	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	13	...
Majority			637	28.85	N/A
Turnout			2,208	61.56
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Overton - electorate 5,073

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Molineux	1,132	34.22	−10.12
	Conservative	Patrick McGinley	1,093	33.04	−0.17
	UKIP	Ian Robinson	900	27.21	N/A
	Green	Joan Elizabeth West	164	4.96	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	19	...
Majority			39	1.18	N/A
Turnout			3,308	65.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton

Rishton - electorate 5,255

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Andrea Cleary	1,391	42.33	−9.95
	Conservative	John Frank Bargh	971	29.55	−18.17
	UKIP	David George Dowling	904	27.51	N/A
	...	spoilt votes	20	...
Majority			420	12.78	N/A
Turnout			3,286	62.53
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's - electorate 5,153

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Allen	1,267	37.59	−15.85
	UKIP	Kenneth Edward Smith	1,087	32.25	N/A
	Labour	Susan Joy Young	1,005	29.81	−16.75
	...	spoilt votes	12	...
Majority			180	5.34	N/A
Turnout			3,371	65.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

• BBC Election 2015 England council results
• Hyndburn Borough Council Elections - 2015
• Accrington local election results 2015: Full breakdown from Hyndburn Borough Council