2003 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party. Overall turnout was 51.5%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 18
• Labour 17

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	1	+1	58.3	50.5	11,774	+1.1%
	Labour	5	1	2	-1	41.7	47.1	10,981	-2.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	545	+2.3%

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	948	56.1
	Conservative	Michael Taylor	743	43.9
Majority			205	12.2
Turnout			1,691
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barton	623	35.2
	Labour	Wendy Dwyer	601	34.0
	Green	Ian Dixon	545	30.8
Majority			22	1.2
Turnout			1,769
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dickinson	1,235	70.2
	Labour	William Whittaker	524	29.8
Majority			711	40.4
Turnout			1,759
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Siddique Kazi	1,137	62.0
	Labour	Richard Heap	697	38.0
Majority			440	24.0
Turnout			1,834
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Broadley	973	58.0
	Conservative	Edmund Hogan	706	42.0
Majority			267	16.0
Turnout			1,679
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Storey	953	53.6
	Labour	John Burke	824	46.4
Majority			129	7.2
Turnout			1,777
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Shiel	905	57.6
	Conservative	Patricia Day	666	42.4
Majority			239	15.2
Turnout			1,571
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Lockwood	908	52.5
	Labour	Edwina McCormack	822	47.5
Majority			186	5.0
Turnout			1,730
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Pritchard	1,061	53.7
	Conservative	Derek Scholes	914	46.3
Majority			147	7.4
Turnout			1,975
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mason	1,344	51.9
	Labour	Dennis Baron	1,246	48.1
Majority			98	3.8
Turnout			2,590
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Jackson	1,311	52.2
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	1,202	47.8
Majority			109	4.4
Turnout			2,513
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	1,343	55.7
	Labour	John McCormack	1,069	44.3
Majority			274	11.4
Turnout			2,412
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2003 Hyndburn election result
• Tory win 'the best birthday present'
• Ward results