2024 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2024
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Munsif Dad Marlene Howarth Mohammed Fazal
Party Labour Conservative Green
Leader's seat Spring Hill St Oswald's Central
Seats before 16 16 2
Seats won 22 11 1
Seat change Increase6 Decrease5 Decrease1
2024 local election results in Hyndburn
  Labour
  Conservative
  Green
  Not contested

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.[1]

The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Elections also tooe place on that same day, across all polling stations.[2]

Background[edit]

Before the election the Conservatives had 16 councillors, with 1 Independent councillor and 2 Green Party of England and Wales councillors (all three, formerly Labour party members) supporting the Conservatives, and where Labour had only a minority of 16 councillors. Where 18 or more seats are needed for Overall-Control of the council.

In this election, Labour defended 4 of their previously won 6-ward-seats (where 2 of those seats [Barnfield & Peel], were formerly won by Labour councillors Caroline Montague & Paddy Short, who both later switched to the Green Party following the May 2022 election), and the Conservatives defended 6-ward-seats.

All previously winning ward-candidates had only served out the last 3-years of a standard 4-year term in office, since the Covid-postponed election in May 2021, which should normally have been held 12-months earlier, back in May 2020.

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

Council composition[edit]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

Where the 16 Conservatives, with the support of the 2 Greens and the 1 Independent, had overall control of the council, over the previous year.

The Conservatives were defending 6-seats whilst Labour were defending 4-seats and where 2-seats were both held by Greens (formerly Labour) and where those councilors are both stepping down this year. In addition,there were one Reform UK and one Workers Party GB candidates in addition to two Independent candidates standing in various wards. 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 & 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.

After this election with the Conservatives losing 4 of their Councillors seats to Labour Candidates, including their former Tory Leader Peter Britcliffe, and with both of the previous 2 Green-Council seats (both formerly Labour Party members) being re-taken by Labour, and with only one existing Labour seat falling to a new Green Candidate, Labour also managed to hold on to 3 of their existing 4 seats in this election. Now, with a controlling Labour majority of 22 Councillors, compared to the Conservatives 11, with just one new Green Councillor and just 1 existing Independant in the Hyndburn Borough Council, until the next Local Council Elections, due in May 2026.

Local Election result[edit]

The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was that Labour re-took majority control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2024 - electorate TBC (over just 12 wards) - with TBC% turnout
Party 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

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Hyndburn_Borough_Council_election

NB: Four (of 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2024, include the following wards – Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington. Although, as the Lancashire PCC Elections took place on the same day, all polling stations were open, across every ward.

Previous Councillors who stood down 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[3] (Conservative - St. Oswalds). Former Conservative councillor Michael Miller stood for the Green party in Peel ward.

Ward results[edit]

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

Altham[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Baxenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward BLAKE 553 51.1 +10.5
Conservative Terence Keith 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Nav 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

St. Oswald's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina WALKER 812 53.4 +2.6
Labour Andy 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections in your area". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Elections & Referendums – what we do". Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Election Information. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Labour call for Tory councillor who has moved to other side of county to quit". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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