Rossendale Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 36 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.[1] At the 2024 election, new ward boundaries will be in effect and the number of councillors will decrease to 30.[2]
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Council elections
edit- 1973 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1976 Rossendale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1979 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1980 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1982 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1983 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1984 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1986 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1987 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1988 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1990 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1991 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1992 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1994 Rossendale Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4][5]
- 1995 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1996 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1998 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1999 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2000 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2002 Rossendale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[6][1]
- 2003 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2004 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2006 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2007 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2008 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2010 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2011 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2012 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2014 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2016 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2018 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2019 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2021 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2022 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2023 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2024 Rossendale Borough Council election (new ward boundaries - seats decreased to 30)[2]
Borough result maps
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2012 results map
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2019 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
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2023 results map
By-election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 411 | 47.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 312 | 35.8 | |||
Conservative | 149 | 17.1 | |||
Majority | 99 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 872 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 720 | 58.5 | +3.2 | ||
Labour | 511 | 41.5 | −3.2 | ||
Majority | 209 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,231 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Pilling | 1,419 | 56.0 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Granville Morris | 1,112 | 44.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 307 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,531 | 61.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 585 | 44.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Mills | 477 | 36.5 | −19.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Carr | 244 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Majority | 108 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,306 | 30.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Gill | 391 | 40.0 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Sheffield | 312 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
Conservative | Helen Marsden | 186 | 19.0 | −34.8 | |
BNP | Kevin Bryan | 89 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 79 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 978 | 34.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Farrington | 634 | 59.5 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Judith Bates | 300 | 28.1 | −18.9 | |
BNP | Michael Crossley | 80 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Dixon | 52 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 334 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,066 | 33.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tina Durkin | 379 | 37.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Hazel Steen | 312 | 30.6 | −1.6 | |
BNP | Kevin Bryan | 281 | 27.5 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Pilling | 48 | 4.7 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,020 | 27.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Nuttall | 606 | 48.6 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Patricia Dearden | 399 | 32.0 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Starkey | 152 | 12.2 | −13.5 | |
BNP | Peter Salt | 91 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 207 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,248 | 28.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colin Crawforth | 591 | 53.2 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Jason Gledhill | 520 | 46.8 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 71 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,111 | 26.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Milling | 1,015 | 53.6 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Holland | 490 | 25.9 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Ann Kenyon | 389 | 20.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 525 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,894 | 42.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sean Joseph Michael Serridge | 346 | 51.1 | +18.3 | |
Community First Party | David Bradbury | 165 | 24.4 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Marie Gibbons | 156 | 23.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Laight | 10 | 1.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 181 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 677 | 21.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Helen Jackson | 277 | 37.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Anne Heath | 220 | 29.6 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Jackson | 183 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Community First Party | Tina Durkin | 64 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 57 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 744 | 17.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Haworth | 771 | 48.8 | −13.4 | |
Labour | Emma Harding | 444 | 28.1 | −9.7 | |
UKIP | Granville Barker | 364 | 23.1 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 327 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,579 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annie McMahon | 505 | 43.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Mischa Charlton-Mockett | 390 | 33.8 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Gary Barnes | 258 | 22.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 115 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,153 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ a b "The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2430, retrieved 25 August 2022
- ^ a b LGBCE. "Rossendale | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Rossendale". BBC Online. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Helmshore Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.