2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Two seats had been lost to Labour in by elections in 2005 (Rishton and Overton) but booth these were won back at this election. However the Conservatives did lose one seat to Labour, Immanuel Ward reducing their majority to 19. (18+2-1=19)

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 19
• Labour 15
• Independent 1

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	1	3	-2	54.5	49.8	7,566	+7.0%
	Conservative	4	2	1	+1	36.4	45.3	6,880	-2.9%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	9.1	3.6	553	+2.2%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	188	-3.6%

Ward results

Clayton-le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicholas Collingridge	553	40.0	+40.0
	Labour	Tim O'Kane	459	33.2	−13.2
	Conservative	Philip Storey	369	26.7	−26.9
Majority			94	6.8
Turnout			1,381	39.6
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Gott	593	54.1	−3.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Pratt	503	45.9	+3.5
Majority			90	8.2	−7.0
Turnout			1,096	33.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colette McCormack	640	51.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Sandra Hayes	611	48.8	−3.7
Majority			29	2.4
Turnout			1,251	36.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Pritchard	719	56.8	+3.1
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	546	43.2	−3.1
Majority			173	13.6	+6.2
Turnout			1,265	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Rahman	780	57.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Dennis Baron	585	42.9	−9.5
Majority			195	14.2
Turnout			1,365	41.6	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Susan Shorrocks had won the seat for Labour from the Conservatives 30 June 2005 after the resignation of Wyn Frankland. The Tories won it back at this election.

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	956	53.8	−1.3
	Labour	Rob Kearney	822	46.2	+1.3
Majority			134	7.6	−2.6
Turnout			1,778	36.0	−8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Dawson	514	67.4	−0.4
	Conservative	Derek Wolstenholme	249	32.6	+0.4
Majority			265	34.8	−0.8
Turnout			763	24.5	−9.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Claire Hamilton had won the seat for Labour from the Conservatives 17 March 2005 following the death of June Butler. The Tories won it back at this election.

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennet Liddle	1,022	51.2	−8.3
	Labour	Claire Hamilton	975	48.8	+8.3
Majority			47	2.4	−16.6
Turnout			1,997	39.7	−1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	704	49.1	+5.8
	Labour	Gayle Knight	542	37.8	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Greene	188	13.1	−10.4
Majority			162	11.3	+1.2
Turnout			1,434	43.7	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doug Hayes	997	59.3	+1.5
	Labour	William Pinder	684	40.7	−1.5
Majority			313	18.6	+3.0
Turnout			1,681	33.3	−8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Barton	838	71.3	+21.1
	Conservative	Imran Arif	338	28.7	−3.6
Majority			500	42.6	+24.7
Turnout			1,176	33.9	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Hyndburn election result
• Tories keep control of Hyndburn
• Ward results