# 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015. 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 570 | 23.16 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,461 | 59.92 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Barnfield

Barnfield - electorate 3,396 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 247 | 11.95 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,067 | 60.87 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baxenden

Baxenden - electorate 3,333 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 308 | 13.01 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,367 | 71.02 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central - electorate 3,744 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1047 | 44.08 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 63.43 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church - electorate 3,505 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 573 | 31.28 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,832 | 52.27 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 3,683 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 175 | 7.68 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | 61.88 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Huncoat

Huncoat - electorate 3,652 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 124 | 5.18 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 65.53 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Immanuel

Immanuel - electorate 3,613 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 280 | 12.21 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,293 | 63.47 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Milnshaw

Milnshaw - electorate 3,587 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 637 | 28.85 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,208 | 61.56 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Overton

Overton - electorate 5,073 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 39 | 1.18 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,308 | 65.21 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rishton

Rishton - electorate 5,255 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 420 | 12.78 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,286 | 62.53 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's - electorate 5,153 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 180 | 5.34 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | 65.42 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |