Hyndburn Council election, 2008

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Elections to Hyndburn Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.^[1]

The Conservative party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham ward from the Labour party to extend their majority to three.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	8	1	0	+1	66.7	49.9	8,478	+1.7%
	Labour	4	0	1	-1	33.3	41.9	7,111	-4.1%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	817	+4.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	397	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	181	+0.1%

[edit] Ward results

Altham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Haworth	653	52.4	+14.4
	Labour	Paula Landers	594	47.6	-14.4
Majority			59	4.8
Turnout			1,247	32.1	-2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Dobson	819	64.9	+9.0
	Labour	Chris McCormack	261	20.7	-10.0
	Green	Kerry Gormley	181	14.4	+1.1
Majority			558	44.2	+19.0
Turnout			1,261	40.0	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths	866	71.0	-1.6
	Labour	Vivienne Preston	227	18.6	-8.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Daly	126	10.3	+10.3
Majority			639	52.4	+7.2
Turnout			1,219	37.6	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allah Dad	857	41.9	-0.7
	Labour	Tariq Ali	637	31.2	-26.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ifty Khan	550	26.9	+26.9
Majority			220	10.7
Turnout			2,044	56.7	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Smith	592	57.3	-4.6
	Conservative	Simon Taylor	442	42.7	+4.6
Majority			150	14.6	-9.2
Turnout			1,034	32.6	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	486	37.0	-5.9
	Labour	Robert Kearney	429	32.7	-24.4
	Independent	Ian Robinson	397	30.3	+30.3
Majority			57	4.3
Turnout			1,312	40.5	-1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	1,022	55.5	-2.1
	Labour	Ciaran Wells	821	44.5	+2.1
Majority			201	11.0	-4.2
Turnout			1,843	37.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Jones	584	71.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Clive Fisher	230	28.3	-4.3
Majority			354	43.4	+8.6
Turnout			814	26.4	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Grayson	1,403	62.8	+14.9
	Conservative	Dennis Baron	831	37.2	-14.9
Majority			572	25.6
Turnout			2,234	46.2	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Walmsley	636	59.4	+10.3
	Labour	John McCormack	294	27.5	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Greene	141	13.2	+0.1
Majority			342	31.9	+20.6
Turnout			1,071	33.4	-10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlene Haworth	1,134	66.2	+3.4
	Labour	Bill Pinder	580	33.8	-3.4
Majority			554	32.4	+6.8
Turnout			1,714	33.7	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munsif Dad	689	57.9	-13.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Safdar	502	42.1	+13.4
Majority			187	15.8	-26.8
Turnout			1,191	34.4	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing