2000 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2000 local election results in Hyndburn. Blue is for wards won by the Conservatives. Red is for wards won by Labour. Grey is for wards that were not contested at this election.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 31
• Labour 15
• Independent 1

Election result

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Ward results

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Dobson	394
		Brenda Haworth	354
Majority			40
Turnout			748	26.6%
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jim Dickenson	1008
		Denis Baron	276
Majority			732
Turnout			1284	32.5
	hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mohammed Kazi	890
		Richard Ellis Heap	400
Majority			490
Turnout			1290	32.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eddie Hogan	721
		Jack Grime	610
Majority			111
Turnout			1331	32.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Timothy O'Kane	758
		Shirley Davies	756
Majority			2
Turnout			1514	30.8
	hold		Swing

Eachill, Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anne Scaife	416
		Lesley Jackson	329
Majority			87
Turnout			745	29.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Walsh	528
		Peter Cottam	504
Majority			24
Turnout			1032	31.4
	hold		Swing

Immanuel (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Maureen Duffy	697
		Jean Lockwood	668
		Len Neil	518
		Harold Tootle	494
Majority			203
Majority			150
Turnout			1184	34.1
	hold		Swing
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ian Ormerod	732
		Gordon Mills	685
		Joan Pilkington	664
		Geoffrey Sargison	638
		M Pritchard	234
Majority			94
Majority			21
Turnout			1477	41.2
	hold		Swing
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roy Atkinson	571
		David Forshaw	505
Majority			66
Turnout			1076	30.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Norden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stan Horne	505
		Francis Molloy	261
Majority			246
Turnout			766	30.3
	hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Mason	790
		Dr Mohammed Rahman	745
Majority			45
Turnout			1,535	33.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernard Dawson	477
		Derek Wolstenholme	296
Majority			181
Turnout			773	23.7
	hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clifford Westell	613
		Allah Dad	491
Majority			122
Turnout			1,104	31.2
	hold		Swing

St Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Britcliffe	943
		Maurice Cowell	451
Majority			492
Turnout			1,394	42.6
	hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Brian Roberts	894
		Margaret Cowell	454
Majority			440
Turnout			1,348	27.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

References

• 2000 Hyndburn election result