Map of the results of the 2011 Hyndburn council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.
Before the election Conservatives had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Labour had 15 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors.
Conservative and Labour candidates contested for every ward-seat. Independents were defending a single-seat, but 'various' candidates were contesting five-wards. Ukip's only single candidate contested in the Central-ward.
Local Election result[]
After the election, the composition of the council was -
Labour 18
Conservative 14
Independent 3
Hyndburn Local Election Result 2011 - over just 12 wards
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
7
3
0
3
58.33
51.3
10,173
1,956
Conservative
3
0
4
-4
25.0
40.0
7,932
-680
Independent
2
1
0
1
8.6
8.3
1,639
801
UKIP
0
0
0
0
...
...
88
N/A
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2011 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.