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Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the wider 2019 UK local elections.
Councillors elected in 2015 were defending their seats this year, and they will be contested again in 2023. The Labour Party retained control of the Council.
State of the Parties
[edit]After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 20 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 13 | ![]() | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() | |
Source: The Guardian[1] |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 5 | 41.7 | 44.1 | 6,370 | |||||
Labour | 5 | 41.7 | 44.0 | 6,363 | |||||
Independent | 2 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 972 | |||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 560 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 191 |
Ward results
[edit]Cribden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Serridge | 540 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Foxcroft | 531 | 49.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.9 | |||
Majority | 9 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,092 | 39.4 | |||
Source returning officer.[2] |
Facit and Shawforth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynda Barnes | 425 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Rachael Barker | 346 | 44.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 39 | 4.8 | |||
Majority | 79 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 810 | 29.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[3] |
Greenfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Pendlebury | 753 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | Thomas Leigh | 548 | 42.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 55 | 4.0 | |||
Majority | 205 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,356 | 32.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[4] |
Greensclough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Steen | 730 | 58.5 | ||
Labour | Gareth Trickett | 518 | 41.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 67 | 5.1 | |||
Majority | 212 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,315 | 31.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[5] |
Hareholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Marriott | 794 | 57.3 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Abdullah | 591 | 42.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 40 | 2.8 | |||
Majority | 203 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,425 | 34.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[6] |
Healey and Whitworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dayne Powell (Community First) | 459 | 48.9 | ||
Labour | Marilyn Jones | 278 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative | Scott Turner-Smith | 202 | 21.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 1.1 | |||
Majority | 181 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 950 | 32.0 | |||
Source returning officer.[7] |
Helmshore
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Haworth | 1,115 | 61.9 | ||
Labour | Mervyn Kay | 687 | 38.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 50 | 2.7 | |||
Majority | 428 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,852 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[8] |
Irwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Eaton | 541 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Michelle Smith | 457 | 45.8 | ||
Rejected ballots | 64 | 6.0 | |||
Majority | 84 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,062 | 25.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[9] |
Longholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Brennan | 742 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | Nicola May | 634 | 46.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 35 | 2.5 | |||
Majority | 108 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,411 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[10] |
Stacksteads
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terence Haslam-Jones | 513 | 54.4 | ||
Labour | Ross Charnock | 304 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Fouad Khattab | 126 | 13.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 209 | 22.1 | |||
Turnout | 949 | 33.8 | |||
Source returning officer.[11] |
Whitewell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Adshead | 518 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Rigby | 497 | 33.8 | ||
UKIP | Glenn Jones | 266 | 18.1 | ||
Green | John Payne | 191 | 13.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.7 | |||
Majority | 21 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,411 | 35.5 | |||
Source returning officer.[12] |
Worsley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Lythgoe | 631 | 54.9 | ||
UKIP | Granville Barker | 294 | 25.6 | ||
Conservative | Mark Mills | 225 | 19.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.4 | |||
Majority | 337 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,166 | 28.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Source returning officer.[13] |
References
[edit]- ^ Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019), "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils", The Guardian, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Cribden" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Facit & Shawforth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greenfield" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greensclough" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Hareholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Healey & Whitworth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Helmshore" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Irwell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Longholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Stacksteads" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Whitewell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
- ^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Worsley" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020