Rossendale Borough Council elections

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

Rossendale Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 36 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.^[1] At the 2024 election, new ward boundaries will be in effect and the number of councillors will decrease to 30.^[2]

Council elections

Borough result maps

2012 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-election results

2002-2006

Stacksteads By-Election 14 August 2003^[7]
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	411	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	312	35.8
	Conservative	149	17.1
Majority		99	11.3
Turnout		872	30.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Long Holme By-Election 30 September 2004^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	720	58.5	+3.2
	Labour	511	41.5	−3.2
Majority		209	17.0
Turnout		1,231	30.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Greenfield By-Election 5 May 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Pilling	1,419	56.0	+18.6
	Conservative	Granville Morris	1,112	44.0	+2.9
Majority			307	12.0
Turnout			2,531	61.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 20 October 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	585	44.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Mills	477	36.5	−19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Carr	244	18.7	+18.7
Majority			108	8.3
Turnout			1,306	30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006-2010

Cribden By-Election 30 September 2006^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	391	40.0	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sheffield	312	31.9	+31.9
	Conservative	Helen Marsden	186	19.0	−34.8
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	89	9.1	+9.1
Majority			79	8.1
Turnout			978	34.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Goodshaw By-Election 13 September 2007^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Farrington	634	59.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Judith Bates	300	28.1	−18.9
	BNP	Michael Crossley	80	7.5	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Dixon	52	4.9	+4.9
Majority			334	31.4
Turnout			1,066	33.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Irwell By-Election 13 September 2007^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Durkin	379	37.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	312	30.6	−1.6
	BNP	Kevin Bryan	281	27.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Pilling	48	4.7	−4.9
Majority			67	6.6
Turnout			1,020	27.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Whitewell By-Election 13 September 2007^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Nuttall	606	48.6	+11.9
	Labour	Patricia Dearden	399	32.0	−5.7
	Conservative	Peter Starkey	152	12.2	−13.5
	BNP	Peter Salt	91	7.3	+7.3
Majority			207	16.6
Turnout			1,248	28.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 22 November 2007^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Crawforth	591	53.2	+7.1
	Conservative	Jason Gledhill	520	46.8	+6.3
Majority			71	6.4
Turnout			1,111	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Helmshore By-Election 4 June 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Milling	1,015	53.6	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holland	490	25.9	+14.7
	Labour	Ann Kenyon	389	20.5	+0.8
Majority			525	27.7
Turnout			1,894	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010-2014

Healey and Whitworth By-Election 7 October 2010^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Joseph Michael Serridge	346	51.1	+18.3
	Community First Party	David Bradbury	165	24.4	−9.5
	Conservative	Marie Gibbons	156	23.0	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Laight	10	1.5	−9.7
Majority			181	26.7
Turnout			677	21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Irwell By-Election 7 October 2010^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jackson	277	37.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Anne Heath	220	29.6	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Jackson	183	24.6	+24.6
	Community First Party	Tina Durkin	64	8.6	+8.6
Majority			57	7.7
Turnout			744	17.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2014-2018

Helmshore By-Election 16 October 2014^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Haworth	771	48.8	−13.4
	Labour	Emma Harding	444	28.1	−9.7
	UKIP	Granville Barker	364	23.1	+23.1
Majority			327	20.7
Turnout			1,579
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longholme By-Election 4 December 2014^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie McMahon	505	43.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Mischa Charlton-Mockett	390	33.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Gary Barnes	258	22.4	−1.4
Majority			115	10.0
Turnout			1,153
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Facit and Shawforth By-Election 29 September 2022^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Smith	337	43.5	+12.4
	Independent	Kim Olaolu	214	27.6	+27.6
	Labour	Caitlin Chippendale	203	26.2	+0.4
	Green	Alex Vijatov	20	2.6	+2.6
Majority			123	20.7
Turnout			774
	Conservative hold		Swing

Helmshore By-Election 29 September 2022^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Hodgkiss	736	50.6	+4.0
	Labour	Neil Looker	504	37.1	+0.5
	Green	Katrina Brockbank	74	5.1	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Nelson	62	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	David Stansfield	42	2.9	−2.4
Majority			196	13.5
Turnout			1,454
	Conservative hold		Swing