2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	2024 local election results in Hyndburn Labour Conservative Green Not contested
Leader before election; Marlene Haworth; Conservative; No overall control	Leader after election ; Munsif Dad; Labour

The 2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, to elect 12 of the 35 members of Hyndburn Borough Council in Lancashire, England, being the usual approximate third of the council. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country, including for the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner.^[1]^[2]

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration. The election saw Labour gain a majority of the seats on the council.

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 independent councillor and 2 Green councillors (the latter three all having previously been elected for Labour), and Labour had 16 councillors. Eighteen or more seats are needed for overall control of the council. The Conservatives were running the council as a minority administration with informal support from the independent and Green councillors.^[3]^[4]

The seats up for election in 2024 had last been contested in 2021. That election had originally been due in 2020 but had been delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the subsequent term of office from four years to three. In 2021, the Conservatives and Labour had won six seats each. Two of the six Labour councillors elected in 2021 (Caroline Montague of Barnfield ward and Paddy Short of Peel ward) had left the party in May 2022.^[5] They both subsequently joined the Green Party.^[6]

As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors were required to present photographic identification to polling staff in order to cast their vote. Postal voters were not affected.^[7]

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

The Conservatives were defending six seats, Labour were defending four seats, and two were held by Greens (formerly Labour). Neither of those Green councillors stood for re-election in 2024. In addition to candidates from these parties, there were one Reform UK, one Workers Party of Britain candidate and two independent candidates standing. There were also an additional four new Green Party candidates, standing in the Central, Church, Overton & Spring-Hill wards, alongside replacements for the two previous Green councillors for Barnfield and Peel (who both stood down), making six new Green candidates in total. The local Labour and Conservative parties both ran candidates in each of the 12 wards.^[8]^[9]

At the election, the Conservatives lost four seats to Labour, including their former leader, Peter Britcliffe. Labour regained both of the seats where its previous councillors had defected to the Greens, but lost one other existing Labour seat to a Green candidate.^[10]

Local Election result

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was:^[11]

The Labour group leader, Munsif Dad, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024. The previous Conservative leader, Marlene Howarth, stood down as her party's group leader after the election, being replaced by Zak Khan.^[12]

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2024 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards) - with TBC% turnout
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	10	7	1	+6		47.7	6,950
Conservative	1	0	5	-5		35.2	5,125
Green	1	1	2	-1		13.9	2,020
Reform UK	0	0	0	0		1.7	244
Workers Party GB	0	0	0	0		1.0	146
Independent	0	0	0	0		0.6	90
Spoilt Ballots	...	...	...	...	0.0		232

The results for when this set of seats were last contested are at 2021 Hyndburn Borough Council election.

NB: Four (of 16) council wards were not up for re-election in 2024, being Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. However, as the election for Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner took place on the same day, all polling stations were open, across every ward in the borough.

Previous councillors who did not stand for re-election in May 2024 include – Dominik Allen (Conservative - Altham), Caroline Montague (Green - Barnfield), Abdul Khan (Labour - Central), Colin McKenzie (Labour - Overton), Paddy Short (Green - Peel) and Susan Hayes^[13] (Conservative - St. Oswalds). Former Conservative councillor Michael Miller stood for the Green party in Peel ward.

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.^[14]^[15]

Altham

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vanessa Alexander	687	64.8	+20.5
	Conservative	David Heap	374	35.2	−20.5
Majority			313	29.6	N/A
Rejected ballots			33	3.0
Turnout			1,094	28.3	−1.5
Registered electors			3,866
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+20.5

Barnfield

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare McKenna	546	58.1	+5.9
	Conservative	Foyzun Nur	249	26.5	−21.3
	Green	Joan West	145	15.4	N/A
Majority			297	31.6	+27.3
Rejected ballots			14	1.5
Turnout			954	28.8	−6.5
Registered electors			3,318
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+13.6

Baxenden

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Blake	553	51.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Terence Hurn*	529	48.9	−10.5
Majority			24	2.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			14	1.3
Turnout			1,096	35.7	−5.1
Registered electors			3,070
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.5

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shabir Fazal	818	41.9	N/A
	Conservative	Allah Dad	516	26.4	−23.0
	Labour	Ijaz Ahmed	471	24.1	−26.5
	Workers Party	Mohammed Irfan	146	7.5	N/A
Majority			302	15.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			22	1.1
Turnout			1,973	49.9	−2.5
Registered electors			3,953
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart Eaves	441	37.7	−10.1
	Green	Sohail Asghar	366	31.3	N/A
	Conservative	Sajid Mahmood*	363	31.0	−21.2
Majority			75	6.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			23	1.9
Turnout			1,193	33.3	−0.2
Registered electors			3,578
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Netherton

Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noordad Aziz*	774	67.4	+6.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Riaz	374	32.6	−1.2
Majority			400	34.8	+8.2
Rejected ballots			24	2.0
Turnout			1,173	33.5	−3.3
Registered electors			3,504
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Overton

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Yates	798	58.4	+12.1
	Conservative	Judith McKelvey	425	31.3	−9.8
	Green	Julie Stubbins	91	6.7	N/A
	No Description	Paul Knighton	52	3.8	N/A
Majority			373	27.1	+21.9
Rejected ballots			10	0.7
Turnout			1,376	29.4	−6.5
Registered electors			4,681
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.9

Peel

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Pritchard	359	51.7	−15.5
	Green	Michael Miller	159	22.9	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Hurn	139	20.0	−12.8
	Independent	Navid Afzal	38	5.5	N/A
Majority			200	28.8	−5.7
Rejected ballots			11	1.6
Turnout			700	22.9	−3.0
Registered electors			3,053
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	N/A

Rishton

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ethan Rawcliffe	832	59.9	+24.4
	Conservative	Carole Haythornthwaite*	556	40.1	+2.4
Majority			276	19.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			32	2.2
Turnout			1,430	29.0	−6.2
Registered electors			4,931
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.0

Spring Hill

Spring Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad*	532	41.1	−18.8
	Green	Wayne Fitzharris	441	34.1	N/A
	Conservative	Saeed Ullah	322	24.9	−14.5
Majority			91	7.0	−13.5
Rejected ballots			18	1.4
Turnout			1,314	35.0	−2.3
Registered electors			3,758
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gilbert	492	51.4	+14.7
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe*	466	48.6	−6.7
Majority			26	2.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			14	1.4
Turnout			972	29.4	−2.5
Registered electors			3,309
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Walker	812	53.4	+2.6
	Labour	Andrew Tatchell	465	30.6	−15.7
	Reform UK	Richard Oakley	244	16.0	N/A
Majority			347	22.7	+18.2
Rejected ballots			17	1.1
Turnout			1,542	32.2	−6.4
Registered electors			4,786
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.1

References

^ "Elections in your area". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Elections & Referendums – what we do". Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Election Information. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ Jacobs, Bill (19 May 2023). "Hyndburn Tories take control of divided council by two votes". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ Jacobs, Bill (26 April 2024). "Hyndburn's spicy election sees Tories and Labour neck and neck". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Jacobs, Bill (18 May 2022). "Hynburn Labour group gets new leader as two more councillors quit". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Jacobs, Bill (27 September 2022). "Hyndburn Labour councillors join Green party - after quitting to become Independents". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Voting and elections". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Hughes, Ian (23 April 2024). "All the Hyndburn local election candidates 2024 as voters prepare to head to polls". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Macpherson, Jon (3 May 2024). "Lancashire local elections 2024". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Hyndburn election result". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Jacobs, Bill (24 May 2024). "Hyndburn Council's new Labour leader promises fresh start". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Labour call for Tory councillor who has moved to other side of county to quit". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Hyndburn local election". Democracy Club. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

External links

Hyndburn Borough Council – Elections

[TEC-Notice-1] "Elections in your area". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[2024_Lancashire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner_Election-2] "Elections & Referendums – what we do". Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Election Information. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[3] Jacobs, Bill (19 May 2023). "Hyndburn Tories take control of divided council by two votes". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[4] Jacobs, Bill (26 April 2024). "Hyndburn's spicy election sees Tories and Labour neck and neck". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[5] Jacobs, Bill (18 May 2022). "Hynburn Labour group gets new leader as two more councillors quit". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[6] Jacobs, Bill (27 September 2022). "Hyndburn Labour councillors join Green party - after quitting to become Independents". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[7] "Voting and elections". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[8] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[9] Hughes, Ian (23 April 2024). "All the Hyndburn local election candidates 2024 as voters prepare to head to polls". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[10] Macpherson, Jon (3 May 2024). "Lancashire local elections 2024". Lancs Live. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[11] "Hyndburn election result". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[12] Jacobs, Bill (24 May 2024). "Hyndburn Council's new Labour leader promises fresh start". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[13] "Labour call for Tory councillor who has moved to other side of county to quit". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[14] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[15] "Hyndburn local election". Democracy Club. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

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