2022 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 5 May 2022, as part of the wider 2022 UK local elections.

Results by ward

Results summary

2022 Rossendale Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	62.6	13	20	55.6	5,902	41.2	-5.0
	Conservative	3	3	18.2	10	12	33.3	5,129	35.8	-9.8
	Independent	1	1	9.1	2	3	8.3	901	6.3	+0.2
	Community First	1		9.1	0	1	2.8	611	4.3	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,767	12.3	+10.2

Ward results

Eden

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Cheetham	577	51.1	+3.6
	Labour	David Hancock	419	37.1	−15.4
	Green	Gill Hewitt	134	11.9	N/A
Majority			158	14.0
Turnout			1,134	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.5

Goodshaw

Goodshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alyson Barnes	682	55.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	459	37.1	−15.3
	Green	Ingrid Falat	96	7.8	N/A
Majority			223	18.0
Turnout			1,243	40.9
	Labour hold		Swing	11.4

Greenfield

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Granville Morris	751	49.3	−0.9
	Labour Co-op	Neil Looker	609	40.0	+2.3
	Green	Geoff Blow	120	7.9	N/A
	Independent	Val Roberts	44	2.9	−9.3
Majority			142	9.3
Turnout			1,532	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Greensclough

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jimmy Eaton	809	54.1	N/A
	Green	Alexander Vijatov	408	27.3	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Haughan	278	18.6	−29.5
Majority			401	26.8
Turnout			1,500	34.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Hareholme

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie McMahon	793	53.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Matthew Littler	527	35.7	−12.0
	Green	Paul Chynoweth	158	10.7	N/A
Majority			266	18.0
Turnout			1,487	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

Healey & Whitworth

Healey & Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community First	Alan Neal	611	71.5	+22.6
	Conservative	Michael Whitworth	243	28.5	+7.0
Majority			368	43.0
Turnout			865	29.2
	Community First hold		Swing	7.8

Helmshore

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Snowden	892	46.4	−5.4
	Labour	William Townsend	701	36.5	+4.3
	Green	Katrina Brockbank	219	11.4	‘’ N/A ‘’
	Independent	David Stansfield	101	5.3	−10.7
Majority			191	9.9	−9.7
Turnout			1,922	41.47	−2.83
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.85

Irwell

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Smith	567	44.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Scott Smith	561	44.4	+0.9
	Green	Daniel Brogan	136	10.8	+3.4
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,277	30.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.6

Longholme

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz McInnes	891	53.8	+8.1
	Conservative	Bob Smethurst	613	37.0	−2.5
	Green	Chich Hewitt	151	9.1	+2.6
Majority			278	16.8
Turnout			1,660	37.8
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Stacksteads

Stacksteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Oakes	575	64.9	+8.1
	Conservative	David Watson	229	25.8	−17.4
	Green	Clare Pickup	82	9.3	N/A
Majority			346	39.1
Turnout			892	31.4
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

Whitewell

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Coogan	682	42.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Karl Kempson	558	34.6	−12.7
	Green	John Payne	324	20.1	+7.7
	Independent	Gareth Trickett	48	3.0	N/A
Majority			124	7.7
Turnout			1,622	39.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.4

Worsley

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Kenyon	684	58.2	−8.2
	Conservative	Deborah Lord	333	28.3	−5.3
	Green	Richard Lord-Navin	158	13.4	N/A
Majority			351	29.9
Turnout			1,183	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5