Rossendale Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 36 councillors have been elected from 14 wards. At the 2024 election, new ward boundaries will be in effect and the number of councillors will decrease to 30.
Council elections
- 1973 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1976 Rossendale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
- 1979 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1980 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1982 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1983 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1984 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1986 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1987 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1988 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1990 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1991 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1992 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1994 Rossendale Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
- 1995 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1996 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1998 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 1999 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2000 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2002 Rossendale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
- 2003 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2004 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2006 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2007 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2008 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2010 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2011 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2012 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2014 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2016 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2018 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2019 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2021 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2022 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2023 Rossendale Borough Council election
- 2024 Rossendale Borough Council election (new ward boundaries - seats decreased to 30)
Borough result maps
- 2012 results map
- 2019 results map
- 2021 results map
- 2022 results map
- 2023 results map
- 2024 results map
By-election results
2002-2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 411 | 47.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 312 | 35.8 | |||
Conservative | 149 | 17.1 | |||
Majority | 99 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 872 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 720 | 58.5 | +3.2 | ||
Labour | 511 | 41.5 | −3.2 | ||
Majority | 209 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,231 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Pilling | 1,419 | 56.0 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Granville Morris | 1,112 | 44.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 307 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,531 | 61.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 585 | 44.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Mills | 477 | 36.5 | −19.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Carr | 244 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Majority | 108 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,306 | 30.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2006-2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Gill | 391 | 40.0 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Sheffield | 312 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
Conservative | Helen Marsden | 186 | 19.0 | −34.8 | |
BNP | Kevin Bryan | 89 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 79 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 978 | 34.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Farrington | 634 | 59.5 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Judith Bates | 300 | 28.1 | −18.9 | |
BNP | Michael Crossley | 80 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Dixon | 52 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 334 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,066 | 33.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tina Durkin | 379 | 37.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Hazel Steen | 312 | 30.6 | −1.6 | |
BNP | Kevin Bryan | 281 | 27.5 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Pilling | 48 | 4.7 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,020 | 27.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Nuttall | 606 | 48.6 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Patricia Dearden | 399 | 32.0 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Starkey | 152 | 12.2 | −13.5 | |
BNP | Peter Salt | 91 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 207 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,248 | 28.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Crawforth | 591 | 53.2 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Jason Gledhill | 520 | 46.8 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 71 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,111 | 26.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Milling | 1,015 | 53.6 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Holland | 490 | 25.9 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Ann Kenyon | 389 | 20.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 525 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,894 | 42.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2010-2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Joseph Michael Serridge | 346 | 51.1 | +18.3 | |
Community First Party | David Bradbury | 165 | 24.4 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Marie Gibbons | 156 | 23.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Laight | 10 | 1.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 181 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 677 | 21.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Jackson | 277 | 37.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Anne Heath | 220 | 29.6 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Jackson | 183 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Community First Party | Tina Durkin | 64 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 57 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 744 | 17.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2014-2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Haworth | 771 | 48.8 | −13.4 | |
Labour | Emma Harding | 444 | 28.1 | −9.7 | |
UKIP | Granville Barker | 364 | 23.1 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 327 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,579 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annie McMahon | 505 | 43.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Mischa Charlton-Mockett | 390 | 33.8 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Gary Barnes | 258 | 22.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 115 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,153 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2022-2026
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Smith | 337 | 43.5 | +12.4 | |
Independent | Kim Olaolu | 214 | 27.6 | +27.6 | |
Labour | Caitlin Chippendale | 203 | 26.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | Alex Vijatov | 20 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 123 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Hodgkiss | 736 | 50.6 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Neil Looker | 504 | 37.1 | +0.5 | |
Green | Katrina Brockbank | 74 | 5.1 | −6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Nelson | 62 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | David Stansfield | 42 | 2.9 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 196 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,454 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2430, retrieved 25 August 2022
- ^ LGBCE. "Rossendale | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk - The Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- "Rossendale". BBC Online. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Stacksteads Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
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- "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
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- "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitewell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- "Labour retains seat". Rossendale Free Press. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- "Helmshore By-Election - 4th June 2009". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Healey and Whitworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Irwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Helmshore Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Longholme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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