Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Hyndburn council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council with just a single seat majority.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 18
• Conservative 14
• Independent 3

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	3	0	3	58.33	51.3	10,173	1,956
	Conservative	3	0	4	-4	25.0	40.0	7,932	-680
	Independent	2	1	0	1	8.6	8.3	1,639	801

The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2011 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.

Ward results

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miles Parkinson	999	65.77	3.77
	Conservative	Paul Todd	520	34.23	-3.77
Turnout			1,519	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Harrison	756	50.98	20.28
	Conservative	Paul Barton	650	43.83	-12.07
	Independent	Tony Hindle	77	5.19	N/A
Turnout			1,483	44.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath Pratt	845	57.44	-15.16
	Labour	David Hartley	626	42.56	15.16
Turnout			1,471	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	1602	71.71	14.31
	Conservative	Razaq Hussain	544	24.35	-18.25
	UKIP	Bobby Anwar	88	3.94	N/A
Turnout			2,234	59.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Broadley	845	66.12	4.22
	Conservative	Mohammed Hussain	433	33.88	-4.22
Turnout			1,278	39.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents in Hyndburn	Nick Collingridge	579	36.28	N/A
	Labour	Chris Fisher	575	36.03	-10.67
	Conservative	Janet Storey	442	27.69	-25.61
Turnout			1,596	43.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents in Hyndburn	David Parkins	980	63.64	9.84
	Conservative	Jean Hurn	345	22.40	4.7
	Labour	Sam Cudworth	215	13.96	-14.54
Turnout			1,540	44.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Immanuel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Addison	878	54.57	2.37
	Labour	John McCormack	731	45.43	-2.37
Turnout			1,609	45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cox	710	45.37	-19.83
	Conservative	Roger Jepson	372	23.77	-11.03
	Independent	Malcolm Pritchard	460	29.39	N/A
	Independent	Christian Rayner	23	1.47	N/A
Turnout			1,565	44.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Molineux	988	44.34	1.94
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	740	33.21	-24.39
	Independents in Hyndburn	David Mason	500	22.44	N/A
Turnout			2,228	44.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Cleary	1180	52.28	4.38
	Conservative	Stanley Horne	1077	47.72	-4.38
Turnout			2,257	44.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	1086	53.44	-9.36
	Labour	Stewart Eaves	946	46.56	9.36
Turnout			2,032	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing