A by-thirdsHyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.[1][2]
Before the electionLabour had a majority of 26 councillors,Conservatives had 7 councillors, whileUKIP 'formerly' had 2 councillors, who have since resigned from that party and had both reverted to becomeIndependents and where one of those seats had been left Vacated, following the death of that councillor.
The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, unchanged with Labour retaining an overall 26-seat majority, but with Conservatives increasing their numbers by 2 seats, as UKIP lost their 2-seats.
After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -
NB: Five (of the 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2018, included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
The St Oswalds ward seat, formerly held by UKIP Councillor Paul Thompson since 2014, and following his Death in October 2017, was left vacated without a by election called.
Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Bernard Dawson (Lab) (Huncoat), Julie Livesey (Con) (Immanuel) and Peter Britcliffe (Con) (St. Andrew’s).
