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Elections toHyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day, overall voter turnout was much higher than usual, for such local elections.
Before the electionConservatives had a majority of 21 councillors,Labour had 13 councillors, whileIndependent (politician) had 1 councillor.
Conservative candidates contested every ward, Labour candidates contested all wards except Overton-ward. Independents contested seven-wards, not including their one-existing uncontested-seat. LibDem's only single candidate contested in the Spring Hill-ward. BNP's only single candidate contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward.
After the election, the composition of the council was -
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 63.6 | 41.2 | 11,047 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 27.3 | 39.8 | 10,579 | +9.7 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9.1 | 16.8 | 4,480 | +14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 281 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 192 | ||
| Turnout | 26,579 | ||||||||
Reference:2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result
NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2010 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tim O'Kane | 800 | 33.77 | ||
| Conservative | Jennie Anderson | 722 | 30.48 | ||
| Independent | Nick Collingridge | 655 | 27.65 | ||
| BNP | Andrew Eccles | 192 | 8.10 | ||
| Turnout | 2,369 | 67.2 | |||
| Labourgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nick Whittaker | 797 | 35.50 | ||
| Labour | Martyn Isherwood | 779 | 34.70 | ||
| Independent | Paul Gott | 669 | 29.80 | ||
| Turnout | 2,245 | 65.5 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Colette McCormack | 1163 | 50.46 | ||
| Conservative | Simon James Taylor | 1142 | 49.54 | ||
| Turnout | 2,305 | 67.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clare Pritchard | 1230 | 57.40 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Jepson | 913 | 42.60 | ||
| Turnout | 2,143 | 64.8 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Ciaran Wells | 1137 | 56.18 | ||
| Conservative | Dennis Baron | 540 | 26.68 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Aspin | 347 | 17.14 | ||
| Turnout | 2,024 | 65.9 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Robinson | 1614 | 51.78 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Atkinson | 1503 | 48.22 | ||
| Turnout | 3,117 | 67.0 | |||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernard Dawson | 1168 | 71.31 | ||
| Conservative | Danny Cassidy | 470 | 28.69 | ||
| Turnout | 1,638 | 56.0 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Moss | 1,535 | 46.53 | ||
| Conservative | Ross Sourbutts | 1384 | 41.95 | ||
| Independent | Chris Fisher | 380 | 11.52 | ||
| Turnout | 3,299 | 68.3 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pam Barton | 1291 | 63.94 | ||
| Conservative | Mohammed Safdar | 447 | 22.14 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Akhtar Hussain | 281 | 13.92 | ||
| Turnout | 2,019 | 59.1 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 1060 | 51.78 | ||
| Labour Co-op | John McCormack | 744 | 36.35 | ||
| Independent | Tony Hindley | 243 | 11.87 | ||
| Turnout | 2,047 | 63.4 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Doug Hayes | 1584 | 47.20 | ||
| Labour | Stewart Eaves | 1200 | 35.76 | ||
| Independent | Brian Andrew Smith | 572 | 17.04 | ||
| Turnout | 3,356 | 66.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
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