2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election

2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election
11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	2011 local election results in Hyndburn Labour Conservative Independent Not contested

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.

Background

Before the election Conservatives had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Labour had 15 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors.

Conservative and Labour candidates contested for every ward-seat. Independents were defending a single-seat, but 'various' candidates were contesting five-wards. Ukip's only single candidate contested in the Central-ward.

Local Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2011 - over just 12 wards
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	7	3	0	3	58.33	51.3	10,173	1,956
Conservative	3	0	4	-4	25.0	40.0	7,932	-680
Independent	2	1	0	1	8.6	8.3	1,639	801
UKIP	0	0	0	0	...	...	88	N/A

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2011 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Ward results

Altham

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	999	65.77	3.77
	Conservative	Paul Todd	520	34.23	−3.77
Turnout			1,519	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Harrison	756	50.98	20.28
	Conservative	Paul Barton	650	43.83	−12.07
	Independent	Tony Hindle	77	5.19	N/A
Turnout			1,483	44.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Baxenden

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath Pratt	845	57.44	−15.16
	Labour	David Hartley	626	42.56	15.16
Turnout			1,471	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	1602	71.71	14.31
	Conservative	Razaq Hussain	544	24.35	−18.25
	UKIP	Bobby Anwar	88	3.94	N/A
Turnout			2,234	59.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Broadley	845	66.12	4.22
	Conservative	Mohammed Hussain	433	33.88	−4.22
Turnout			1,278	39.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Clayton-le-Moors
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents in Hyndburn	Nick Collingridge	579	36.28	N/A
	Labour	Chris Fisher	575	36.03	−10.67
	Conservative	Janet Storey	442	27.69	−25.61
Turnout			1,596	43.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents in Hyndburn	David Parkins	980	63.64	9.84
	Conservative	Jean Hurn	345	22.40	4.7
	Labour	Sam Cudworth	215	13.96	−14.54
Turnout			1,540	44.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Immanuel

Immanuel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Addison	878	54.57	2.37
	Labour	John McCormack	731	45.43	−2.37
Turnout			1,609	45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Milnshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cox	710	45.37	−19.83
	Conservative	Roger Jepson	372	23.77	−11.03
	Independent	Malcolm Pritchard	460	29.39	N/A
	Independent	Christian Rayner	23	1.47	N/A
Turnout			1,565	44.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Molineux	988	44.34	1.94
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	740	33.21	−24.39
	Independents in Hyndburn	David Mason	500	22.44	N/A
Turnout			2,228	44.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rishton

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Cleary	1180	52.28	4.38
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	1077	47.72	−4.38
Turnout			2,257	44.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Oswald's

St. Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	1086	53.44	−9.36
	Labour	Stewart Eaves	946	46.56	9.36
Turnout			2,032	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing