2008 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was up by one per cent from the last election in 2007 at 36.3%.

The Conservative party gained three seats in the election including Worsley, the seat of the former Conservative leader of the council, Duncan Ruddick, who had defected from the party in 2007 to become an independent councillor. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, while the Labour party lost three seats, with one defeated Labour councillor, Tina Durkin, blaming the Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the losses.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 21
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrat 3
• Independent 1

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		10	3	0	+3	76.9	42.4	7,512	+3.0%
		2	1	0	+1	15.4	17.7	3,129	-2.3%
		1	0	3	-3	7.7	30.4	5,385	-4.9%
		0	0	0	0	0	5.6	998	+0.3%
		0	0	1	-1	0	3.8	680	+3.8%

Ward results

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Janet Graham	386	35.4
		Andrea Fletcher	367	33.6
		Bob Sheffield	338	31.0
Majority			19	1.8
Turnout			1,091	38.9
	hold		Swing

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Darryl Smith	916	79.5
		John Pilling	236	20.5
Majority			680	59.0
Turnout			1,152	41.7
	hold		Swing

Facit and Shawforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lynda Barnes	336	29.0
		Reggie Lane	298	25.7
		Michael Crossley	218	18.8
		Karen Ruane	185	16.0
		Ian Mycock	121	10.4
Majority			38	3.3
Turnout			1,158	41.7
	hold		Swing

Goodshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dorothy Farrington	631	55.3
		Judy Bates	510	44.7
Majority			121	10.6
Turnout			1,141	36.9
	hold		Swing

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gladys Sandiford	993	60.8
		Sadaqut Amin	350	21.4
		John McManus	290	17.8
Majority			643	39.4
Turnout			1,633	37.4
	hold		Swing

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Judith Driver	697	43.2
		Dale Connearn	422	26.1
		Peter Salt	273	16.9
		Michael Carr	223	13.8
Majority			275	17.1
Turnout			1,615	36.5
	hold		Swing

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nicola May	775	53.3
		Amanda Hewlett	679	46.7
Majority			96	6.6
Turnout			1454	34.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Evans	975	60.1
		Emma Harding	320	19.7
		Cliff Adamson	181	11.2
		Noel O'Brien	145	8.9
Majority			655	40.4
Turnout			1,621	36.0
	hold		Swing

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hazel Steen	529	41.1
		Tina Durkin	450	35.0
		Kevin Bryan	307	23.9
Majority			79	6.1
Turnout			1,286	33.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jason Gledhill	679	44.9
		Maurice Jones	484	32.0
		Leonard Entwistle	350	23.1
Majority			195	12.9
Turnout			1513	36.3
	hold		Swing

Whitewell (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tim Nuttall	1,006
		Jim Pilling	733
		Trisha Dearden	433
		Michael Wilkinson	277
		Matthew Perry	200
Turnout			2,649	34.1
	hold		Swing
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Stansfield	716	51.5
		Ann Kenyon	675	48.5
Majority			41	3.0
Turnout			1,391	32.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

References

• 2008 Rossendale election result
• Ward results
• Rossendale Borough results