Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2012

Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2012 local election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party increased its overall control of the council with an eleven-seat majority.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 9
• Labour 23
• Independent 3

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	5	0	5	65.7	55.91	9351	2240
	Conservative	3	0	4	-4	25.7	35.19	5885	-2593
	Independents in Hyndburn	0	0	1	-1	8.6	3.82	639	242
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	630	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	220	-597

NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2012 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris FISHER	733	62.12	14.52
	Conservative	Marion RAYNOR	251	21.27	-31.13
	Independents in Hyndburn	John HODGKISS	196	16.61	N/A
Majority			482	40.85	N/A
Turnout			1,180	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony DOBSON	770	54.88	-10.02
	Labour	Joyce PLUMMER	609	43.41	22.71
	Liberal Democrat	Richard KELLY	24	1.71	N/A
Majority			161	11.48	N/A
Turnout			1,403	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry HURN	726	64.42	-6.58
	Labour	David HARTLEY	401	35.58	16.98
Majority			325	28.84	N/A
Turnout			1,127	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul KHAN	1163	57.83	26.63
	Conservative	Allah DAD	848	42.17	0.27
Majority			213	15.66	N/A
Turnout			2,011	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan SMITH	710	58.58	1.28
	Conservative	Basharat KHAN	325	26.82	-15.88
	Independent	Malcolm PRITCHARD	141	11.63	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen TALBOT	36	2.97	N/A
Majority			385	31.77	N/A
Turnout			1,212	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noordad AZIZ	834	65.26	32.56
	Conservative	Lynn WILSON	444	34.74	-2.26
Majority			390	30.52	N/A
Turnout			1,278	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry MOLINEUX	868	45.80	1.3
	Conservative	Peter CLARKE	387	20.42	-35.08
	Independent	John DUCKWORTH	317	16.73	N/A
	UKIP	Graham DAVIDSON	224	11.82	N/A
	Great Harwood Independents	Jamie GLOVER	99	5.22	N/A
Majority			481	25.38	N/A
Turnout			1,895	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy DWYER	570	67.70	-4.0
	Independents in Hyndburn	Paul BROWN	272	32.30	N/A
Majority			298	35.39	N/A
Turnout			842	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry GRAYSON	1374	71.30	8.5
	Conservative	Warren MELIA	553	28.70	-8.5
Majority			821	42.61	N/A
Turnout			1,927	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif DAD	940	60.22	2.32
	Conservative	Mohammed YOUNIS	400	25.62	-16.48
	Independents in Hyndburn	Kenneth SMITH	171	10.95	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Kim FURNESS	50	3.20	N/A
Majority			540	34.59	N/A
Turnout			1,561	TBC
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill PINDER	543	52.62	25.12
	Conservative	Brian WALMSLEY	489	47.38	-12.02
Majority			53	5.14	N/A
Turnout			1,032	TBC
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene HAWORTH	692	40.61	-25.59
	Labour	Stewart EAVES	606	35.56	1.76
	UKIP	Paul THOMPSON	406	23.83	N/A
Majority			86	5.05	N/A
Turnout			1,704	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm