# 2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 5 May 2016. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. The following year (one year out of four, next due in 2017) sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough.

## Background

Before the election Labour had a majority of 25 councillors, Conservatives had 8 councillors, while UKIP had 2 councillors.
Labour candidates contested every ward, Conservative candidates contested every ward except Peel-ward, UKIP Candidates contested eight wards (not including their two-uncontested-seats, already won in 2014) and Greens only had two candidates in Altham-ward and Overton-ward.

## Local Election result

The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, was that Labour's majority was reinforced by one, with Conservatives having lost one of their seats to Labour, Ukip failed to gain any additional seats:
After the election, the composition of the council was -
* Labour 26
* Conservative 7
* UKIP 2
Hyndburn Local Election Result 2016 – Electorate 46,874 (over just 12 wards) - with 35.8% turnout :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83.33% | 51.14% | 8,592 | -759 |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16.67% | 33.05% | 5,553 | -332 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 14.71% | 2,471 | 1,841 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.11% | 186 | N/A |
| Spoilt Ballots | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.0% | 0.83% | 141 | N/A |
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2016 include the following wards, Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.
The Church Ward seat, formerly held by Labour Councillor Joan Smith since 2012, and following her resignation in October 2015, was left vacated without a by election called.
Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Chris Fisher (Lab) (Altham), Joan Smith (Lab) (Church), Kerry Molineux (Lab) (Overton), Wendy Dwyer (Lab) (Peel), Harry Grayson (Lab) (Rishton), Bill Pinder (Lab) (St. Andrews).

## Ward by ward
### Altham

Altham – Electorate 4,064 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Button | 551 | 46.46 | −15.66 |
| | Conservative | John Frank Bargh | 278 | 23.24 | 1.97 |
| | UKIP | Janet Brown | 245 | 20.48 | N/A |
| | Green | Patrick Bolam | 115 | 9.62 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 7 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 22.83 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,196 | 29.43 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Barnfield

Barnfield – Electorate 3,394 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Dobson | 635 | 46.93 | −9.95 |
| | Labour | Jodie Travis | 588 | 43.46 | 0.05 |
| | UKIP | John Errol Taylor | 126 | 9.31 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 4 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 3.47 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,353 | 39.86 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Baxenden

Baxenden – Electorate 3,341 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terence Keith Hurn | 654 | 50.74 | −13.68 |
| | Labour | David Hartley | 407 | 31.57 | −4.01 |
| | UKIP | Stewart Ian Scott | 226 | 17.53 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 2 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 247 | 19.16 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,289 | 38.58 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central – Electorate 3,788 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abdul Ghafar Khan | 1157 | 59.73 | 1.90 |
| | Conservative | Kazi Siddique | 753 | 38.87 | −3.30 |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 27 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 404 | 20.86 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,937 | 51.14 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church – Electorate 3,446 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Battle | 777 | 80.02 | 21.44 |
| | Conservative | Marion Raynor | 176 | 18.13 | −8.69 |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 18 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 601 | 61.89 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 971 | 28.18 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherton

Netherton – Electorate 3,287 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Noordad Aziz | 698 | 50.95 | −14.31 |
| | Conservative | Liz McGinley | 388 | 28.32 | −6.42 |
| | UKIP | Tom Linklater | 273 | 19.93 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 11 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 22.63 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,370 | 41.68 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Overton

Overton – Electorate 5,078 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephanie Haworth | 771 | 39.48 | −6.32 |
| | Conservative | Patrick John McGinley | 702 | 35.94 | 15.52 |
| | UKIP | Ian Robinson | 403 | 20.63 | 8.81 |
| | Green | Joan Elizabeth West | 71 | 3.64 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 3.53 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,953 | 38.46 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Peel

Peel – Electorate 3,137 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paddy Short | 593 | 69.19 | 1.49 |
| | UKIP | Liam Finbar Clark | 259 | 30.22 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 38.97 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 857 | 27.32 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rishton

Rishton – Electorate 5,161 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Scales | 766 | 41.56 | −29.74 |
| | Conservative | Ann Scaife | 632 | 34.29 | 5.59 |
| | UKIP | David George Dowling | 439 | 23.82 | N/A |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 7.27 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,843 | 35.71 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Spring Hill

Spring Hill – Electorate 3,654 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Munsif Dad | 998 | 76.48 | 16.26 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Qayyum | 271 | 20.77 | −4.85 |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 36 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 727 | 55.71 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,305 | 35.71 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's – Electorate 3,409 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stewart Thurston Eaves | 573 | 53.90 | 1.28 |
| | Conservative | Josh Blayne Allen | 476 | 44.78 | −2.60 |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 14 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 9.13 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,063 | 31.18 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's – Electorate 5,115 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glen Kevin Harrison | 713 | 39.48 | 3.92 |
| | Conservative | Marlene Heather Haworth | 588 | 32.56 | −8.05 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Bret Matthew | 500 | 27.69 | 3.86 |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 6.92 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,806 | 35.31 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |