2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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12 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Leader	Miles Parkinson	Peter Britcliffe	David Mason
Party	Labour	Conservative	Independents in Hyndburn
Leader's seat	Altham	St Andrew's
Seats before	18	14	3
Seats won	23	9	3
Seat change	Increase 5	Decrease 5	Steady

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Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election.

Before the election Labour had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Conservatives had 14 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 3 councillors.

Labour candidates contested every ward. Conservative candidates contested all wards except Peel-Ward. 'Various' Independent candidates contested five-wards. LibDem's just three-candidates contested in Barnfield-ward, Church-ward & Spring Hill-ward. Ukip's only-two candidates contested in Overton-ward & St. Oswalds-ward.

After the election, the composition of the council was -

• Labour 23
• Conservative 9
• Independent 3

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2012 - over just 12 wards

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	5	0	5	65.7	55.91	9351	2240
	Conservative	3	0	5	-5	25.7	35.19	5885	-2593
	Independents in Hyndburn	0	0	0	0	8.6	3.82	639	242
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	630	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	220	-597

NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2012 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.

Altham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Chris FISHER	733	62.12	14.52
Conservative	Marion RAYNOR	251	21.27	−31.13
Independents in Hyndburn	John HODGKISS	196	16.61	N/A
Majority			482	40.85	N/A
Turnout			1,180	TBC
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Tony DOBSON	770	54.88	−10.02
Labour	Joyce PLUMMER	609	43.41	22.71
Liberal Democrats	Richard KELLY	24	1.71	N/A
Majority			161	11.48	N/A
Turnout			1,403	TBC
Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Terry HURN	726	64.42	−6.58
Labour	David HARTLEY	401	35.58	16.98
Majority			325	28.84	N/A
Turnout			1,127	TBC
Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Abdul KHAN	1163	57.83	26.63
Conservative	Allah DAD	848	42.17	0.27
Majority			213	15.66	N/A
Turnout			2,011	TBC
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Joan SMITH	710	58.58	1.28
Conservative	Basharat KHAN	325	26.82	−15.88
Independent	Malcolm PRITCHARD	141	11.63	N/A
Liberal Democrats	Stephen TALBOT	36	2.97	N/A
Majority			385	31.77	N/A
Turnout			1,212	TBC
Labour hold		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Noordad AZIZ	834	65.26	32.56
Conservative	Lynn WILSON	444	34.74	−2.26
Majority			390	30.52	N/A
Turnout			1,278	TBC
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Kerry MOLINEUX	868	45.80	1.3
Conservative	Peter CLARKE	387	20.42	−35.08
Independent	John DUCKWORTH	317	16.73	N/A
UKIP	Graham DAVIDSON	224	11.82	N/A
Great Harwood Independents	Jamie GLOVER	99	5.22	N/A
Majority			481	25.38	N/A
Turnout			1,895	TBC
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Wendy DWYER	570	67.70	−4.0
Independents in Hyndburn	Paul BROWN	272	32.30	N/A
Majority			298	35.39	N/A
Turnout			842	TBC
Labour hold		Swing

Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Harry GRAYSON	1374	71.30	8.5
Conservative	Warren MELIA	553	28.70	−8.5
Majority			821	42.61	N/A
Turnout			1,927	TBC
Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Munsif DAD	940	60.22	2.32
Conservative	Mohammed YOUNIS	400	25.62	−16.48
Independents in Hyndburn	Kenneth SMITH	171	10.95	N/A
Liberal Democrats	Kim FURNESS	50	3.20	N/A
Majority			540	34.59	N/A
Turnout			1,561	TBC
Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Bill PINDER	543	52.62	25.12
Conservative	Brian WALMSLEY	489	47.38	−12.02
Majority			53	5.14	N/A
Turnout			1,032	TBC
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Marlene HAWORTH	692	40.61	−25.59
Labour	Stewart EAVES	606	35.56	1.76
UKIP	Paul THOMPSON	406	23.83	N/A
Majority			86	5.05	N/A
Turnout			1,704	TBC
Conservative hold		Swing

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000120.stm