Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and theConservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 46.7 | 39.4 | 7,588 | -7.7% | |
| Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 46.7 | 35.3 | 6,806 | +0.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 3,856 | +9.8% | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 1,024 | +3.1% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.5% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Gill | 456 | 41.6 | −4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Sheffield | 290 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
| Conservative | Judy Bates | 231 | 21.1 | −32.7 | |
| BNP | Rita O'Brien | 120 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
| Majority | 166 | 15.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,097 | 38.9 | −9.2 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Cheetham | 708 | 64.3 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Stanley | 266 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Pilling | 127 | 11.5 | ||
| Majority | 442 | 40.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,101 | 39.3 | −1.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tom Aldred | 431 | 40.1 | −4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Reginald Lane | 393 | 36.6 | +36.6 | |
| Conservative | Hazel Steen | 251 | 23.3 | −32.0 | |
| Majority | 38 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,075 | 39.5 | −6.4 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Pilling | 919 | 57.5 | +19.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Starkey | 680 | 42.5 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 239 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,599 | 37.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Challinor | 469 | 27.8 | −21.8 | |
| Labour | Bernadette O'Connor | 457 | 27.1 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Carr | 394 | 23.3 | −5.7 | |
| BNP | Peter Salt | 369 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
| Majority | 12 | 0.7 | −19.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,689 | 38.1 | −2.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trevor Unsworth | 713 | |||
| Labour | Amanda Hewlett | 693 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Mills | 626 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Christie | 560 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Dixon | 206 | |||
| Turnout | 2,798 | 35.0 | −1.2 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roger Wilson | 344 | 35.1 | +17.9 | |
| Conservative | David Barnes | 318 | 32.4 | +7.1 | |
| BNP | Michael Crossley | 220 | 22.4 | +22.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Karoo | 98 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
| Majority | 26 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 980 | 33.8 | −1.7 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barry Pawson | 859 | 55.9 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Marilyn Procter | 434 | 28.2 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marc Karoo | 244 | 15.9 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 425 | 27.7 | +7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,537 | 33.8 | −4.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Steen | 386 | 32.2 | −1.6 | |
| Labour | Tina Durkin | 384 | 32.0 | −3.7 | |
| BNP | Kevin Bryan | 315 | 26.3 | −4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cliff Adamson | 115 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,200 | 31.8 | −1.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Swain | 663 | |||
| Conservative | Alison Tickner | 586 | |||
| Labour | Denise Hancock | 554 | |||
| Labour | John Pilling | 528 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Farzana Quraishi | 147 | |||
| Turnout | 2,478 | 34.1 | −2.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Lamb | 485 | 57.3 | +8.0 | |
| Conservative | Susan Popland | 254 | 30.0 | −20.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Workman | 107 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
| Majority | 231 | 27.3 | |||
| Turnout | 846 | 30.6 | −1.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Amanda Robertson | 529 | 37.7 | −15.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Nuttall | 515 | 36.7 | +36.7 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Marriott | 361 | 25.7 | −20.9 | |
| Majority | 14 | 1.0 | −5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,405 | 32.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joyce Thorne | 636 | 43.3 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Ann Kenyon | 532 | 36.2 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadaqut Amin | 301 | 20.5 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 104 | 7.1 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,469 | 34.2 | +1.3 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||