2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 2 May 2019.^[1] Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.^[2]

2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election

← 2018 2 May 2019 2021 →
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Miles Parkinson Tony Dobson Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Altham Barnfield Seats before 26 9 Seats won 26 9 Seat change
2019 local election results in Hyndburn   Labour   Conservative   Not contested

Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 26 councillors, Conservatives had 9 councillors.^[3]

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

• Labour 26
• Conservative 9

Labour defended 9-seats and Conservatives defended 3-seats.

The local Labour and Conservative Party's both ran candidates in each of the 12 wards.

No candidates stood as potential Green or Independents councillors, in any Hyndburn ward, but UKIP candidates stood across only 2 wards.^[4]

Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was unchanged; with Labour retaining an overall 26-seat majority, but with two seats switching hands, one from Labour to Conservative, one from Conservative to Labour.

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -

• Labour 26
• Conservative 9

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2019 - electorate 48,191 (over just 12 wards) - with 31.44% turnout

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	1	-1	0	75.0	51.66	7,827	-4,900
	Conservative	3	1	-1	0	25.0	40.11	6,077	-3,541
	UKIP	0	0	-0	0	0.0	4.48	679	-6,490
	Spoilt Ballots	...	...	...	...	0.0	3.72	563	395

Reference: 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: Four (of the 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2019, included the following wards - Netherton, Peel, Spring Hill and St. Andrews' in Oswaldtwistle.

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Clare Cleary (Lab) (Rishton).

Ward results

Altham

Altham - electorate 4,088

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles PARKINSON	685	58.85	11.55
	Conservative	Cheryl DUFFY	404	34.71	10.94
	...	Spoilt Ballots	76	6.53
Majority			281	24.14	N/A
Turnout			1,164	28.47	−31.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Barnfield - electorate 3,411

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Lillian Mary HARRISON	630	60.99	15.61
	Conservative	Dominic BRITCLIFFE	358	34.66	1.23
	...	Spoilt Ballots	44	4.26
Majority			282	27.30	N/A
Turnout			1,033	30.24	−30.63
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden

Baxenden - electorate 3,282

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Iris PRATT	672	54.63	10.52
	Labour	Kimberley Jane WHITEHEAD	525	42.68	11.58
	...	Spoilt Ballots	34	2.76
Majority			153	12.44	N/A
Turnout			1,230	37.48	−33.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central - electorate 3,822

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad AYUB	1,107	58.82	−6.99
	Conservative	Saghir HUSSAIN	756	40.17	18.44
	...	Spoilt Ballots	19	1.01
Majority			351	18.65	N/A
Turnout			1,882	49.24	−14.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church - electorate 3,591

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Loraine Ann COX	661	62.36	6.19
	Conservative	Raja Basharat KHAN	360	33.96	15.51
	...	Spoilt Ballots	39	3.68
Majority			301	28.40	N/A
Turnout			1,060	29.52	−22.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,635

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa Margaret FISHER	526	51.27	9.54
	Conservative	Kelly Amanda PRINCE	439	42.79	8.74
	...	Spoilt Ballots	60	5.85
Majority			87	8.48	N/A
Turnout			1,026	28.23	−33.65
	Labour hold		Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat - electorate 3,674

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eamonn HIGGINS	625	61.52	22.53
	Conservative	Jake ALLEN	305	30.02	−3.79
	...	Spoilt Ballots	86	8.46
Majority			320	31.50	N/A
Turnout			1,016	27.65	−37.88
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel

Immanuel - electorate 3,549

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Helen ADDISON	619	65.99	22.99
	Labour	Marion HARRISON	279	29.74	−1.05
	...	Spoilt Ballots	40	4.26
Majority			340	36.25	N/A
Turnout			938	26.43	−37.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Milnshaw - electorate 3,760

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Ian COX	719	62.69	9.29
	UKIP	Ken SMITH	228	19.88	−1.59
	Conservative	Robyn BRADSHAW	186	16.22	−8.33
	...	Spoilt Ballots	12	1.05
Majority			491	42.81	N/A
Turnout			1,147	30.51	−31.05
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Overton - electorate 5,076

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McGINLEY	804	50.89	17.85
	Labour	Gareth MOLINEUX	708	44.81	10.59
	...	Spoilt Ballots	67	4.24
Majority			96	6.08	N/A
Turnout			1,580	31.13	−34.08
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rishton

Rishton - electorate 5,231

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate WALSH	695	49.82	7.49
	Conservative	Sarah McCROSSAN	632	45.30	17.79
	...	Spoilt Ballots	66	4.73
Majority			63	4.52	N/A
Turnout			1,395	26.67	−35.86
	Labour hold		Swing

St Oswald's

St Oswald's - electorate 5,067

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris KNIGHT	667	39.70	9.89
	Conservative	Lisa ALLEN	542	32.26	−5.33
	UKIP	Janet BROWN	451	26.85	−5.4
	...	Spoilt Ballots	20	1.19
Majority			125	7.44	N/A
Turnout			1,680	33.16	−32.26
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing