Rossendale Borough Council elections

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Rossendale shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (Unitary authorities excluded)

Rossendale Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 36 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.[1] At the 2024 election, new ward boundaries will be in effect and the number of councillors will decrease to 30.[2]

Council elections[edit]

Borough result maps[edit]

By-election results[edit]

Stacksteads By-Election 14 August 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 411 47.1
Liberal Democrats 312 35.8
Conservative 149 17.1
Majority 99 11.3
Turnout 872 30.7
Labour hold Swing
Long Holme By-Election 30 September 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 720 58.5 +3.2
Labour 511 41.5 -3.2
Majority 209 17.0
Turnout 1,231 30.0
Conservative hold Swing
Greenfield By-Election 5 May 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pilling 1,419 56.0 +18.6
Conservative Granville Morris 1,112 44.0 +2.9
Majority 307 12.0
Turnout 2,531 61.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hareholme By-Election 20 October 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Alcroft 585 44.8 +0.9
Conservative Mark Mills 477 36.5 -19.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr 244 18.7 +18.7
Majority 108 8.3
Turnout 1,306 30.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Cribden By-Election 30 September 2006[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Gill 391 40.0 -6.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Sheffield 312 31.9 +31.9
Conservative Helen Marsden 186 19.0 -34.8
BNP Kevin Bryan 89 9.1 +9.1
Majority 79 8.1
Turnout 978 34.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Goodshaw By-Election 13 September 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Farrington 634 59.5 +6.5
Conservative Judith Bates 300 28.1 -18.9
BNP Michael Crossley 80 7.5 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dixon 52 4.9 +4.9
Majority 334 31.4
Turnout 1,066 33.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Irwell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Durkin 379 37.2 +5.2
Conservative Hazel Steen 312 30.6 -1.6
BNP Kevin Bryan 281 27.5 +1.2
Liberal Democrats James Pilling 48 4.7 -4.9
Majority 67 6.6
Turnout 1,020 27.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whitewell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Nuttall 606 48.6 +11.9
Labour Patricia Dearden 399 32.0 -5.7
Conservative Peter Starkey 152 12.2 -13.5
BNP Peter Salt 91 7.3 +7.3
Majority 207 16.6
Turnout 1,248 28.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hareholme By-Election 22 November 2007[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Crawforth 591 53.2 +7.1
Conservative Jason Gledhill 520 46.8 +6.3
Majority 71 6.4
Turnout 1,111 26.2
Conservative hold Swing
Helmshore By-Election 4 June 2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Milling 1,015 53.6 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Holland 490 25.9 +14.7
Labour Ann Kenyon 389 20.5 +0.8
Majority 525 27.7
Turnout 1,894 42.0
Conservative hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth Ward by-election, 7 October 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Joseph Michael Serridge 346 51.1 +18.3
Community First Party David Bradbury 165 24.4 -9.5
Conservative Marie Gibbons 156 23.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Laight 10 1.5 -9.7
Majority 181 26.7
Turnout 677 21.7
Labour hold Swing
Irwell Ward by-election, 7 October 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Jackson 277 37.2 +0.5
Conservative Elizabeth Anne Heath 220 29.6 -13.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson 183 24.6 +24.6
Community First Party Tina Durkin 64 8.6 +8.6
Majority 57 7.7
Turnout 744 17.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Helmshore Ward by-election, 16 October 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Haworth 771 48.8 -13.4
Labour Emma Harding 444 28.1 -9.7
UKIP Granville Barker 364 23.1 +23.1
Majority 327 20.7
Turnout 1,579
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme Ward by-election, 4 December 2014[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annie McMahon 505 43.8 +0.9
Conservative Mischa Charlton-Mockett 390 33.8 +0.5
UKIP Gary Barnes 258 22.4 -1.4
Majority 115 10.0
Turnout 1,153
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2430, retrieved 25 August 2022
  2. ^ a b LGBCE. "Rossendale | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Rossendale". BBC Online. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  8. ^ "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  10. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Helmshore Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Longholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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