2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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3 May 2012

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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Miles Parkinson	Peter Britcliffe	David Mason
Party	Labour	Conservative	Independents in Hyndburn
Leader's seat	Altham	St Andrew's
Seats before	18	14	3
Seats won	23	9	3
Seat change	5	5

2012 local election results in Hyndburn

Labour

Conservative

Not contested

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election.

Background

Before the election Labour had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Conservatives had 14 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 3 councillors.

Labour candidates contested every ward. Conservative candidates contested all wards except Peel-Ward. 'Various' Independent candidates contested five-wards. LibDem's just three-candidates contested in Barnfield-ward, Church-ward & Spring Hill-ward. Ukip's only-two candidates contested in Overton-ward & St. Oswalds-ward.

Local Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2012 - over just 12 wards
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	9	5	0	5	65.7	55.91	9351	2240
Conservative	3	0	5	-5	25.7	35.19	5885	-2593
Independents in Hyndburn	0	0	0	0	8.6	3.82	639	242
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	630	N/A
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	220	-597

NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2012 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

Ward results

Altham

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris FISHER	733	62.12	14.52
	Conservative	Marion RAYNOR	251	21.27	-31.13
	Independents in Hyndburn	John HODGKISS	196	16.61	N/A
Majority			482	40.85	N/A
Turnout			1,180	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barnfield

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony DOBSON	770	54.88	-10.02
	Labour	Joyce PLUMMER	609	43.41	22.71
	Liberal Democrats	Richard KELLY	24	1.71	N/A
Majority			161	11.48	N/A
Turnout			1,403	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry HURN	726	64.42	-6.58
	Labour	David HARTLEY	401	35.58	16.98
Majority			325	28.84	N/A
Turnout			1,127	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul KHAN	1163	57.83	26.63
	Conservative	Allah DAD	848	42.17	0.27
Majority			213	15.66	N/A
Turnout			2,011	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan SMITH	710	58.58	1.28
	Conservative	Basharat KHAN	325	26.82	-15.88
	Independent	Malcolm PRITCHARD	141	11.63	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen TALBOT	36	2.97	N/A
Majority			385	31.77	N/A
Turnout			1,212	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noordad AZIZ	834	65.26	32.56
	Conservative	Lynn WILSON	444	34.74	-2.26
Majority			390	30.52	N/A
Turnout			1,278	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Overton

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry MOLINEUX	868	45.80	1.3
	Conservative	Peter CLARKE	387	20.42	-35.08
	Independent	John DUCKWORTH	317	16.73	N/A
	UKIP	Graham DAVIDSON	224	11.82	N/A
	Great Harwood Independents	Jamie GLOVER	99	5.22	N/A
Majority			481	25.38	N/A
Turnout			1,895	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy DWYER	570	67.70	-4.0
	Independents in Hyndburn	Paul BROWN	272	32.30	N/A
Majority			298	35.39	N/A
Turnout			842	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry GRAYSON	1374	71.30	8.5
	Conservative	Warren MELIA	553	28.70	-8.5
Majority			821	42.61	N/A
Turnout			1,927	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Spring Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif DAD	940	60.22	2.32
	Conservative	Mohammed YOUNIS	400	25.62	-16.48
	Independents in Hyndburn	Kenneth SMITH	171	10.95	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kim FURNESS	50	3.20	N/A
Majority			540	34.59	N/A
Turnout			1,561	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill PINDER	543	52.62	25.12
	Conservative	Brian WALMSLEY	489	47.38	-12.02
Majority			53	5.14	N/A
Turnout			1,032	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene HAWORTH	692	40.61	-25.59
	Labour	Stewart EAVES	606	35.56	1.76
	UKIP	Paul THOMPSON	406	23.83	N/A
Majority			86	5.05	N/A
Turnout			1,704	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

^ "Hyndburn Borough Council Local Elections 2012 - Results". Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm

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