2022 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, will be held on Thursday 5 May 2022. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats will fall up for election on that day.^[1]

2022 Hyndburn Borough Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader TBC Marlene Haworth Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat N/A St Oswald's Seats before 22 12 Seats won 22 12 Seat change 0 0
2018 local election results in Hyndburn   Labour   Conservative   Not contested

Background[]

Before the election Labour had a majority of 19 councillors, Conservatives had 12 councillors, with 3 Independent councillors and 1-vacant (following Chris Knight's (Lab-St. Oswalds) March-23rd announcement^[2] that he has stood down as a councillor with immediate effect, despite not being up for re-election until May next year) in addition to the announcement (March-24th) that Leader of Hyndburn Council, Miles Parkinson, resigned from the Labour Party and will now be an independent councillor.

In this election, Labour will be defending 6-ward-seats with Conservatives defending 4-ward-seats. In 2018, Overton was won by Labour's Jennifer MOLINEUX, who later left the Party to become an Independent councillor, but she is standing down in this election. Former Labour candidate Shahid MAHMOOD also quit Labour last year and is standing for the Conservatives in Milnshaw ward.

Local Election result[]

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -

• Labour 20
• Conservative 12
• Independent 3
• Vacant 1

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2022 - electorate TBC (over just 11 wards) - with TBC turnout

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6
	Conservative	4
	Independent	1
	Green	0
	Reform UK	0
	Spoilt Ballots	0

Reference: 2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: Five (of the 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2022, included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Bernadette Parkinson (Lab-Netherton), David Parkins (Lab-Huncoat), Diane Fielding (Lab-Spring Hill) and Jenny Molineux (Ind-Overton).

Ward Results[]

Clayton-le-Moors[]

Clayton-le-Moors - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Aidan O'KANE
	Conservative	Peter EDWARDS
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Huncoat[]

Huncoat - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samina MAHMOOD
	Conservative	Danny CASSIDY
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel[]

Immanuel - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Blayne ALLEN
	Labour	TBC
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw[]

Milnshaw - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Steven CLEGG
	Conservative	Shahed MAHMOOD
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Netherton[]

Netherton - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jodi CLEMENTS
	Conservative	Naveed AFZAL
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton[]

Overton - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott BRERTON
	Conservative	Gareth Jason MOLINEUX
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Peel[]

Peel - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Nicholson PLUMMER
	Conservative	Jean HURN
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton[]

Rishton - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael MILLER
	Labour	Bernard DAWSON
	Independent	Andrew Joseph HARRIS
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Spring Hill[]

Spring Hill - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kimberley WHITEHEAD
	Conservative	Allah DAD
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Lee SMITHSON
	Labour	Stewart Thurston EAVES
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's[]

St Oswald's - electorate TBC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene Heather HAWORTH
	Labour	Glen Kevin HARRISON
	...	spoilt votes
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References[]

External links[]

• Hyndburn Borough Council - Elections
• Electoral Commission - May 2022 elections guide