Rossendale Borough Council elections
One third of Rossendale Borough Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Lancashire County Council instead.
Political control[]
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party | Period | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973 – 1976 | |
Conservative | 1976 – 1986 | |
Labour | 1986 – 2000 | |
Conservative | 2000 – 2002 | |
Labour | 2002 – 2003 | |
No overall control | 2003 – 2004 | |
Conservative | 2004 – 2007 | |
No overall control | 2007 – 2008 | |
Conservative | 2008 – 2011 | |
No overall control | 2011 – 2012 | |
Labour | 2012 – 2021 | |
No overall control | 2021 – present |
Council elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[2]
- (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3][4]
- 1998 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1999 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2000 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2002 Rossendale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[5][6]
- 2003 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2004 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2006 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2007 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2008 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2010 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2011 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2012 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2014 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2016 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2019 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2021 Rossendale Borough Council election
Borough result maps[]
2012 results map
2021 results map
By-election results[]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Joseph Michael Serridge | 346 | |||
Community First Party | David Bradbury | 165 | |||
Conservative | Marie Gibbons | 156 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Albert Laight | 10 | |||
Majority | 181 | ||||
Turnout | 677 | 21.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Jackson | 277 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Anne Heath | 220 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Jackson | 183 | |||
Community First Party | Tina Durkin | 64 | |||
Majority | 57 | ||||
Turnout | 744 | 17.7 |
References[]
- ^ "Rossendale". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Rossendale". BBC Online. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- Rossendale Borough Council elections
- Council elections in Lancashire
- District council elections in England