2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.

The Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to Independent who also included David mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 21
• Labour 13
• Independent 1

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	0	+1	66.7	49.9	8,478	+1.7%
	Labour	4	0	1	-1	33.3	41.9	7,111	-4.1%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	817	+4.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	397	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	181	+0.1%

NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Haworth	653	52.4	+14.4
	Labour	Paula Landers	594	47.6	−14.4
Majority			59	4.8
Turnout			1,247	32.1	−2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Dobson	819	64.9	+9.0
	Labour	Chris McCormack	261	20.7	−10.0
	Green	Kerry Gormley	181	14.4	+1.1
Majority			558	44.2	+19.0
Turnout			1,261	40.0	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths	866	71.0	−1.6
	Labour	Vivienne Preston	227	18.6	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Daly	126	10.3	+10.3
Majority			639	52.4	+7.2
Turnout			1,219	37.6	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allah Dad	857	41.9	−0.7
	Labour	Tariq Ali	637	31.2	−26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ifty Khan	550	26.9	+26.9
Majority			220	10.7
Turnout			2,044	56.7	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Smith	592	57.3	−4.6
	Conservative	Simon Taylor	442	42.7	+4.6
Majority			150	14.6	−9.2
Turnout			1,034	32.6	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	486	37.0	−5.9
	Labour	Robert Kearney	429	32.7	−24.4
	Independent	Ian Robinson	397	30.3	+30.3
Majority			57	4.3
Turnout			1,312	40.5	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	1,022	55.5	−2.1
	Labour	Ciaran Wells	821	44.5	+2.1
Majority			201	11.0	−4.2
Turnout			1,843	37.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Jones	584	71.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Clive Fisher	230	28.3	−4.3
Majority			354	43.4	+8.6
Turnout			814	26.4	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Grayson	1,403	62.8	+14.9
	Conservative	Dennis Baron	831	37.2	−14.9
Majority			572	25.6
Turnout			2,234	46.2	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad	689	57.9	−13.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Safdar	502	42.1	+13.4
Majority			187	15.8	−26.8
Turnout			1,191	34.4	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	636	59.4	+10.3
	Labour	John McCormack	294	27.5	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Greene	141	13.2	+0.1
Majority			342	31.9	+20.6
Turnout			1,071	33.4	−10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene Haworth	1,134	66.2	+3.4
	Labour	Bill Pinder	580	33.8	−3.4
Majority			554	32.4	+6.8
Turnout			1,714	33.7	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2008 Hyndburn election result
• Ward results