2024 Rossendale Borough Council election

2024 Rossendale Borough Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 30 seats to Rossendale Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alyson Barnes David Foxcroft
Party Labour Conservative Green
Last election 22 seats, 44.6% 9 seats, 34.1% 1 seat, 14.4%
Seats before 22 9 1
Seats won 20 5 3
Seat change 2 4 2
Popular vote 18,794 12,915 10,041
Percentage 42.8% 29.4% 22.9%
Swing 1.7% 4.7% 8.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Community First Independent
Last election 2 seats, 5.4% 2 seats, 1.2%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change 2
Popular vote 1,527 585
Percentage 3.5% 1.3%
Swing 1.9% 0.1%
Results by ward
Leader before election

Alyson Barnes
Labour

Leader after election

Alyson Barnes
Labour

The 2024 Rossendale Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day.[1] It will elect all 30 seats to the council.[2]

Background

This election marked a change in the electoral pattern for the Council. Prior to this election a third of the council was elected at a time three years out of every four. From this election onwards the whole council would be elected together every four years. Due to a boundary review of the wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, the number of seats has been decreased to 30 seats from 36.[2]

At the previous election, held in 2023, the Labour Party increased their majority by 3 seats, leading to them having 22 seats and keeping the council under Labour control.[3] The Green Party also gained representation on the council for the first time.[4]

Pre-Election Composition[5][4]
Party Seats
Labour 21
Conservative 9
Community First 2
Independent 2
Green 1
Vacant 1

Summary

Election result

2024 Rossendale Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 26 20 1 0 2 66.7 42.8 18,794 –1.7
  Conservative 25 5 0 1 4 16.7 29.4 12,915 –4.7
  Green 30 3 0 0 2 10.0 22.9 10,041 +8.5
  Community First 2 2 0 0 6.7 3.5 1,527 –1.9
  Independent 1 0 0 0 2 0.0 1.3 585 +0.1

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Rossendale Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[6] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bacup

Bacup (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Driver* 767 57.9
Labour Jimmy Eaton 744 56.2
Labour David Hancock 661 49.9
Conservative Deborah Lord 373 28.2
Conservative Jayde Holmes 305 23.0
Green Helen Bauld 210 15.9
Green Daniel Brogan 151 11.4
Green Dympna Bull 135 10.2
Turnout 1,334 28.49
Registered electors 4,682
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Britannia & Lee Mill

Britannia & Lee Mill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Walmsley* 667 53.7
Labour Danielle Ashworth* 619 49.8
Labour Michelle Smith* 595 47.9
Conservative Robert Wells 447 36.0
Conservative Jenny Rigby* 401 32.3
Green Joanne Jackson 211 17.0
Green James Delargy 124 10.0
Green Alex Vijatov 119 9.6
Turnout 1,248 27.69
Registered electors 4,507
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Goodshaw & Cribden

Goodshaw & Cribden (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alyson Barnes* 1,014 51.5
Labour Christine Gill* 847 43.0
Labour Greg Bleakley 804 40.9
Conservative John Greenwood 764 38.8
Conservative Jonathan Foxcroft 672 34.1
Conservative Tony Cope 615 31.3
Green Ingrid Falat 279 14.2
Green Maureen Anderson 270 13.7
Green David Goodwin 213 10.8
Turnout 1,981 38.65
Registered electors 5,126
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Greenfield & Eden

Greenfield & Eden (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Cheetham* 843 44.6
Labour Co-op Neil Looker* 773 40.9
Conservative Simon Holland 761 40.3
Labour Co-op Nick Pilling 722 38.2
Conservative Christian Lee 678 35.9
Green Jacob Rorke 502 26.6
Green Sharon Green 431 22.8
Green Gillian Hewitt 332 17.6
Turnout 1,903 36.31
Registered electors 5,228
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hareholme & Waterfoot

Hareholme & Waterfoot (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Harris 831 46.8
Labour Annie McMahon* 793 44.7
Labour Tom Belli 765 43.1
Green Sara Bird 503 28.3
Green Chris Adams 437 24.6
Conservative Matthew Littler 430 24.2
Green Elliot Green 421 23.7
Conservative Barbara Marriott 400 22.5
Conservative Kenneth Slaughter 379 21.4
Turnout 1,783 32.85
Registered electors 5,427
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Haslingden

Haslingden (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrian Lythgoe* 644 45.6
Labour Ann Kenyon* 632 44.8
Labour Marilyn Procter* 630 44.6
Green Katrina Brockbank 414 29.3
Conservative Toby Cheetham 356 25.2
Conservative Ken Booth 335 23.7
Green Hazel Armor 331 23.5
Green Kamran Shah 309 21.9
Turnout 1,421 26.02
Registered electors 5,462
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Helmshore

Helmshore (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Hodgkiss* 1,003 47.5
Labour Samara Barnes* 986 46.7
Conservative Alan Woods* 965 45.7
Conservative Caroline Snowden* 883 41.8
Labour Ann McIntyre 880 41.7
Green Jean Duckworth 318 15.1
Green Geoff Blow 259 12.3
Green Chich Hewitt 146 6.9
Turnout 2,120 42.48
Registered electors 4,991
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Longholme

Longholme (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samantha Harris 847 53.3
Labour Liz McInnes* 844 53.1
Labour Matt Norton* 718 45.2
Conservative Elaine Brignall 416 26.2
Conservative Margaret Pendlebury 399 25.1
Green Terry Bird 328 20.6
Green Rosie Jones 321 20.2
Conservative Mohammed Abdullah 304 19.1
Green Harold Duckworth 208 13.1
Turnout 1,601 31.39
Registered electors 5,101
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Whitewell & Stacksteads

Whitewell & Stacksteads (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julie Adshead* 985 60.4
Green Bob Bauld 819 50.2
Green John Payne 764 46.8
Labour Jackie Oakes* 674 41.3
Labour Gill Windwood 432 26.5
Labour Marie Rolli 424 26.0
Conservative David Watson 188 11.5
Conservative Jan Brindley 166 10.2
Conservative John Lowe 153 9.4
Turnout 1,640 32.67
Registered electors 5,020
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Whitworth

Whitworth (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community First Alan Neal* 866 52.0
Conservative Scott Smith* 679 40.8
Community First Mike Royds 661 39.7
Independent Janet Whitehead* 585 35.1
Labour Caitlin Chippendale 481 28.9
Green Vivienne Hall 254 15.3
Green Andrew Ovens 168 10.1
Green Paul Shellard 79 4.7
Turnout 1,669 28.94
Registered electors 5,768
Community First win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Community First win (new seat)

By-elections

Whitworth

Whitworth by-election: 26 June 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Mackenzie Ritson 733 47.5 N/A
Conservative Matthew Carr 449 29.1 –0.7
Labour Caitlin Chippendale 251 16.3 –4.8
Green Vivienne Hall 110 7.1 –4.0
Majority 284 18.4 N/A
Turnout 1,548 26.2 –2.7
Registered electors 5,906
Reform UK gain from Community First

References

  1. ^ "Next election date for Rossendale". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 1 Jan 2024. Retrieved 1 Jan 2024.
  2. ^ a b LGBCE. "Rossendale | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Tom (2023-05-05). "Rossendale's local election results in full for 2023". Lancs Live. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  4. ^ a b "Rossendale result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  5. ^ "Composition of Rossendale Borough Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 1 Jan 2024. Retrieved 1 Jan 2024.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Rossendale Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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