2023 Rossendale Borough Council election

2023 English local election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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12 out of 36 seats to Rossendale Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alyson Barnes	David Foxcroft
Party	Labour	Conservative	Community First
Last election	19 seats, 41.4%	12 seats, 35.8%	2 seats, 4.3%
Seats won	8	2	1
Seats after	22	9	2
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	6,470	4,957	783
Percentage	44.5%	34.1%	5.4%
Swing	3.3%	1.7%	1.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Green
Last election	3 seats, 6.3%	0 seats, 12.3%
Seats won	0	1
Seats after	2	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	169	2,090
Percentage	1.2%	14.4%
Swing	5.1%	2.1%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Rossendale Borough Council election

Leader before election

Alyson Barnes
Labour

Leader after election

Alyson Barnes
Labour

The 2023 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 12 members (one-third) of Rossendale Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

Following the results, the council remained under Labour control.

Election result

2023 Rossendale Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	3	66.7	14	22	61.1	6,470	44.5	+3.3
	Conservative	2	3	16.7	7	9	25.0	4,957	34.1	–1.7
	Community First	1		8.3	1	2	5.6	783	5.4	+1.1
	Independent	0	1	0.0	2	2	5.6	169	1.2	–5.1
	Green	1	1	8.3	0	1	2.8	2,090	14.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	84	0.6	N/A

Results by ward

The results for each ward were as follows:

Cribden

Cribden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	592	56.1	+4.7
	Conservative	John Greenwood	359	34.0	–13.8
	Green	David Goodwin	95	9.0	N/A
Majority			233	25.2	+21.4
Turnout			1,055	37.1	–5.7
Registered electors			2,843
	Labour hold		Swing	9.3

Facit & Shawforth

Facit & Shawforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Smith	381	43.8	+12.7
	Community First	Michael Whitworth	240	27.6	N/A
	Labour	Caitlin Chippendale	207	23.8	–1.9
	Green	Gillian Hewitt	38	4.4	N/A
Majority			141	16.2	N/A
Turnout			870	31.3	–4.5
Registered electors			2,781
	Conservative hold

Greenfield

Greenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Neil Looker	624	44.2	+4.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	593	42.0	–7.3
	Green	Katrina Brockbank	191	13.5	+5.7
Majority			31	2.2	N/A
Turnout			1,412	33.7	–2.6
Registered electors			4,190
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	5.8

Greensclough

Greensclough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Driver	697	48.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Peter Steen	599	41.9	+23.3
	Green	Alexander Vijatov	133	9.3	–18.0
Majority			98	6.6	N/A
Turnout			1,437	33.2	–1.5
Registered electors			4,328
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hareholme

Hareholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Marriott	744	55.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Deborah Lord	418	31.3	–4.4
	Green	Sara Bird	174	13.0	+2.3
Majority			326	24.4	+6.4
Turnout			1,344	33.1	–3.9
Registered electors			4,063
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Healey & Whitworth

Healey & Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community First	Dayne Powell	543	70.0	–1.4
	Conservative	John Lowe	140	18.1	–10.4
	Green	Chich Hewitt	92	11.9	N/A
Majority			403	51.9	+8.9
Turnout			776	26.2	–3.0
Registered electors			2,965
	Community First hold		Swing	4.5

Helmshore

Helmshore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Hodgkiss	1,014	51.8	+5.4
	Labour	Ann McIntyre	742	37.9	+1.4
	Green	Liz Baker	116	5.9	–5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Nelson	84	4.3	N/A
Majority			272	13.8	+3.9
Turnout			1,963	42.4	+0.9
Registered electors			4,625
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Irwell

Irwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy MacNae	544	49.2	+4.3
	Conservative	Stuart Haughan	317	28.7	–15.7
	Independent	Janet Eaton	169	15.3	N/A
	Green	Daniel Brogan	75	6.8	–4.0
Majority			227	20.5	+20.0
Turnout			1,107	26.3	–3.9
Registered electors			4,212
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.0

Longholme

Longholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mat Norton	778	54.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Matthew Littler	469	33.0	–4.0
	Green	Terry Bird	174	12.2	+3.1
Majority			309	21.8	+5.0
Turnout			1,427	32.5	–5.3
Registered electors			4,394
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Stacksteads

Stacksteads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danielle Ashworth	472	62.5	–2.4
	Conservative	David Watson	203	26.9	+1.1
	Green	Geoff Blow	80	10.6	+1.3
Majority			269	35.6	–3.5
Turnout			763	27.3	–4.1
Registered electors			2,794
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	1.8

Whitewell

Whitewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julie Adshead	773	54.2	+34.1
	Labour	Amanda Robertson	451	31.6	–10.7
	Conservative	Anthony Cope	201	14.1	–20.5
Majority			322	22.6	N/A
Turnout			1,435	35.0	–4.7
Registered electors			4,104
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	22.4

Worsley

Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Lythgoe	619	60.0	+1.8
	Conservative	Mark Mills	263	25.5	–2.8
	Green	Richard Lord-Navin	149	14.5	+1.1
Majority			356	34.5	+4.6
Turnout			1,037	25.0	–3.6
Registered electors			4,141
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

References

Jacobs, Bill (2023-04-13). "Rossendale local elections 2023 - full list of candidates after your vote". LancsLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
"Rossendale result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
"Declaration of result of poll". Rossendale Borough Council. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
Earnshaw, Tom (5 May 2023). "Rossendale Borough Council's local election results in full for 2023 with ward by ward results". Lancs Live. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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