# 2002 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

## Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 18 | 0 | 51.4 | 49.7 | 22,083 |
| Conservative | 17 | -12 | 48.6 | 49.4 | 21,947 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 377 |
Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election. The number of councillors was reduced from 45 to 35 but the number of wards remained similar but not exactly the same.

## Ward results

Altham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Myles | 583 |
| | Labour | Miles Parkinson | 577 |
| | Conservative | Janet Storey | 449 |
| | Conservative | Alison Gabryszak | 447 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,056 |
Barnfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony Dobson | 625 |
| | Labour | Wendy Dwyer | 614 |
| | Conservative | Derek Scholes | 582 |
| | Labour | Stephen Walsh | 534 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,355 |
Baxenden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Griffiths | 808 |
| | Conservative | James Dickinson | 807 |
| | Labour | Ian Mason | 412 |
| | Labour | Anne Ormerod | 367 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,394 |
Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Sardar Ali | 720 |
| | Conservative | Siddique Kazi | 686 |
| | Labour | Abdul Khan | 657 |
| | Conservative | Alma Pilkington | 542 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,605 |
Church (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jean Battle | 788 |
| | Labour | John Broadley | 771 |
| | Conservative | Edmund Hogan | 450 |
| | Conservative | Marion Raynor | 434 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,443 |
Clayton-Le-Moors (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Timothy O'Kane | 569 |
| | Labour | John Burke | 510 |
| | Conservative | Angela Taylor | 478 |
| | Conservative | Michael Taylor | 476 |
| | Independent | John Cooper | 377 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,410 |
Huncoat (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Parkins | 859 |
| | Labour | Brendan Shiel | 678 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Scholes | 326 |
| | Conservative | Elsbeth Mills | 326 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,189 |
Immanuel (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sandra Hayes | 644 |
| | Conservative | Jean Lockwood | 597 |
| | Labour | Edwina McCormack | 575 |
| | Labour | Dennis Baron | 541 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,357 |
Milnshaw (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ian Ormerod | 805 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Pritchard | 726 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Mills | 637 |
| | Conservative | Paul Travis | 612 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,780 |
Netherton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mohamed Rahman | 684 |
| | Labour | Susan Shorrock | 601 |
| | Conservative | Keith Hargreaves | 551 |
| | Conservative | Adele Atkinson | 539 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 |
Overton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Winifred Frankland | 963 |
| | Conservative | Peter Clarke | 936 |
| | Conservative | David Mason | 880 |
| | Labour | George Slynn | 698 |
| | Labour | William Whitaker | 684 |
| | Labour | Brenda Haworth | 638 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,799 |
Peel (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Bernard Dawson | 601 |
| | Labour | Graham Jones | 569 |
| | Conservative | John Cunliffe | 295 |
| | Conservative | Derek Barden | 272 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,737 |
Rishton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | June Butler | 1,026 |
| | Conservative | Anne Scaife | 881 |
| | Conservative | Stanley Horne | 813 |
| | Labour | Winifred Jackson | 734 |
| | Labour | Gerald Newton | 693 |
| | Labour | Frances Molloy | 663 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,810 |
St Andrew's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 729 |
| | Conservative | Brian Walmsley | 705 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Westell | 594 |
| | Labour | Maurice Cowell | 545 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,573 |
St Oswald's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Douglas Hayes | 924 |
| | Conservative | George Griffiths | 858 |
| | Conservative | Brian Roberts | 850 |
| | Labour | John McCormack | 639 |
| | Labour | Leonard Neil | 559 |
| | Labour | Gary Jones | 550 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,380 |
Spring Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Pamela Barton | 696 |
| | Labour | Edith Dunston | 649 |
| | Conservative | Paul Barton | 401 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Qayyum | 398 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,144 |