Map of Hyndburn, Lancashire, UK showing the results of the 2010 local election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day, overall voter turnout was much higher than usual, for such local elections.
Before the election Conservatives had a majority of 21 councillors, Labour had 13 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 1 councillor.
Conservative candidates contested every ward, Labour candidates contested all wards except Overton-ward. Independents contested seven-wards, not including their one-existing uncontested-seat. LibDem's only single candidate contested in the Spring Hill-ward. BNP's only single candidate contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward.
Local Election result[]
After the election, the composition of the council was -
Conservative 18
Labour 15
Independent 2
Hyndburn Local Election Result 2010 - over just 11 wards
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
7
3
1
2
63.6%
41.2%
11,047
+0.4%
Conservative
3
1
4
-3
27.3%
39.8%
10,579
+9.7%
Independent
1
1
0
1
9.1
16.8
4,480
+14.0%
Liberal Democrats
0
0
0
0
...
...
281
BNP
0
0
0
0
...
...
192
Turnout
26,579
Reference: 2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result
NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2014 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.