2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.

The Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David Mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 21
• Labour 13
• Independent 1

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		8	1	0	+1	66.7	49.9	8,478	+1.7%
		4	0	1	-1	33.3	41.9	7,111	-4.1%
		0	0	0	0	0	4.8	817	+4.8%
		0	0	0	0	0	2.3	397	-2.4%
		0	0	0	0	0	1.1	181	+0.1%

NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards – Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Susan Haworth	653	52.4
		Paula Landers	594	47.6
Majority			59	4.8
Turnout			1,247	32.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Dobson	819	64.9
		Chris McCormack	261	20.7
		Kerry Gormley	181	14.4
Majority			558	44.2
Turnout			1,261	40.0
	hold		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Griffiths	866	71.0
		Vivienne Preston	227	18.6
		David Daly	126	10.3
Majority			639	52.4
Turnout			1,219	37.6
	hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Allah Dad	857	41.9
		Tariq Ali	637	31.2
		Ifty Khan	550	26.9
Majority			220	10.7
Turnout			2,044	56.7
	hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joan Smith	592	57.3
		Simon Taylor	442	42.7
Majority			150	14.6
Turnout			1,034	32.6
	hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lynn Wilson	486	37.0
		Robert Kearney	429	32.7
		Ian Robinson	397	30.3
Majority			57	4.3
Turnout			1,312	40.5
	hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Clarke	1,022	55.5
		Ciaran Wells	821	44.5
Majority			201	11.0
Turnout			1,843	37.7
	hold		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Graham Jones	584	71.7
		Clive Fisher	230	28.3
Majority			354	43.4
Turnout			814	26.4
	hold		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Grayson	1,403	62.8
		Dennis Baron	831	37.2
Majority			572	25.6
Turnout			2,234	46.2
	hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Munsif Dad	689	57.9
		Mohammed Safdar	502	42.1
Majority			187	15.8
Turnout			1,191	34.4
	hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Brian Walmsley	636	59.4
		John McCormack	294	27.5
		Bill Greene	141	13.2
Majority			342	31.9
Turnout			1,071	33.4
	hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marlene Haworth	1,134	66.2
		Bill Pinder	580	33.8
Majority			554	32.4
Turnout			1,714	33.7
	hold		Swing

References

• 2008 Hyndburn election result
• Ward results