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Main article: Rossendale Borough Council elections

The 2010 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Rossendale Borough CouncilinLancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

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Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 21 seats compared to 11 for Labour, 3 for the Liberal Democrats and 1 for the Community First Party.[3] 12 seats were being contested and the Conservatives were strongly favoured to remain in control of the council.[3]

Candidates stood in the election from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Community First, English Democrats, Greens and the National Front.[3] Before the election the key wards in the election were expected to be Goodshaw and Stacksteads.[3]

Election result

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The results saw the Conservatives maintain a majority on the council with 20 seats despite suffering a net loss of 1 seat to Labour.[2] Labour gained Stacksteads and Worsley from the Conservatives, but lost Irwell back to the Conservatives.[2] Labour also came up only 19 votes short of gaining Healey and Whitworth from the Community First councillor Alan Neal.[2] Overall turnout was high at 76.04% due to the election taking place at the same time as the 2010 general election.[2]

Rossendale Local Election Result 2010[2][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 5 1 2 -1 41.7 43.2 12,736 +0.8%
  Labour 5 2 1 +1 41.7 37.9 11,189 +7.5%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 8.3 13.8 4,084 -3.9%
  Community First 1 0 0 0 8.3 2.0 583 +2.0%
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 462 +1.6%
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 265 +0.9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 195 +0.7%

Ward results

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Eden[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Cheetham 1,083 54.1 −25.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Holland 465 23.2 +23.2
Labour Nick Pilling 453 22.6 +2.1
Majority 618 30.9 −28.1
Turnout 2,001
Conservative hold Swing
Goodshaw[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alyson Barnes 950 42.5 −12.8
Conservative Sandra McWicker 825 36.9 −7.8
English Democrat Tony Justice 462 20.7 +20.7
Majority 125 5.6 −5.0
Turnout 2,237
Labour hold Swing
Greenfield[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Granville Morris 1,476 50.0 −10.8
Labour Marilyn Procter 819 27.7 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Sadaqut Amin 658 22.3 +0.9
Majority 657 22.2 −17.2
Turnout 2,953
Conservative hold Swing
Greensclough[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jimmy Eaton 1,428 50.8 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Jackson 709 25.2 +11.4
Labour Amanda Hewlett 675 24.0 −2.1
Majority 719 25.6 +8.5
Turnout 2,812
Conservative hold Swing
Hareholme[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Crawforth 1,401 52.4 +5.7
Conservative Michael Pickup 1,274 47.6 −5.7
Majority 127 4.8
Turnout 2,675
Labour hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community First Alan Neal 583 33.9 +33.9
Labour Sean Serridge 564 32.8 −2.3
Conservative David Barnes 381 22.2 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Cunningham 192 11.2 +1.2
Majority 19 1.1
Turnout 1,720
Independent hold Swing
Helmshore[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Essex 1,969 61.9 +1.8
Labour Emma Harding 1,212 38.1 +18.4
Majority 757 23.8 −16.6
Turnout 3,181
Conservative hold Swing
Irwell[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Christie 984 43.1 +2.0
Labour Graham Haworth 837 36.7 +1.7
National Front Kevin Bryant 265 11.6 +11.6
Green Helen Jackson 195 8.5 +8.5
Majority 147 6.4 +0.3
Turnout 2,281
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Longholme[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz McInnes 991 36.2 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Bob Sheffield 965 35.2 +35.2
Conservative Mohammed Abdullah 785 28.6 −16.3
Majority 26 1.0
Turnout 2,741
Labour hold Swing
Stacksteads[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Oakes 1,039 64.5 +7.2
Conservative Fred Lynskey 573 35.5 +5.5
Majority 466 28.9 +1.6
Turnout 1,612
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whitewell[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Pilling 1,095 39.8
Conservative Barbara Marriott 833 30.2
Labour Jean Hayler 826 30.0
Majority 262 9.6
Turnout 2,754
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Worsley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Kenyon 1,422 55.8 +7.3
Conservative Mark Thomson 1,125 44.2 −7.3
Majority 297 11.6
Turnout 2,547
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Rossendale". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  • ^ a b c d e f "Rossendale bucks national trend as Labour gains one seat". Lancashire Telegraph. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  • ^ a b c d "Rossendale Borough Council election battle". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Borough Elections 2010". Rossendale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

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