Rossendale local elections

One third of Rossendale Council in Lancashire, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Lancashire County Council instead.

[edit] Political control

Labour 1986 - 2000

Labour 2002 - 2003

Conservative 2008 - present

Rossendale Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[1]

Stacksteads By-Election 14 August 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		411	47.1
	Liberal Democrat		312	35.8
	Conservative		149	17.1
Majority			99	11.3
Turnout			872	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Long Holme By-Election 30 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		720	58.5	+3.2
	Labour		511	41.5	-3.2
Majority			209	17.0
Turnout			1,231	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenfield By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Pilling	1,419	56.0	+18.6
	Conservative	Granville Morris	1,112	44.0	+2.9
Majority			307	12.0
Turnout			2,531	61.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 20 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	585	44.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Mills	477	36.5	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Carr	244	18.7	+18.7
Majority			108	8.3
Turnout			1,306	30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cribden By-Election 30 September 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	391	40.0	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sheffield	312	31.9	+31.9
	Conservative	Helen Marsden	186	19.0	-34.8
	British National Party	Kevin Bryan	89	9.1	+9.1
Majority			79	8.1
Turnout			978	34.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Goodshaw By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Farrington	634	59.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Judith Bates	300	28.1	-18.9
	British National Party	Michael Crossley	80	7.5	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Dixon	52	4.9	+4.9
Majority			334	31.4
Turnout			1,066	33.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Irwell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Durkin	379	37.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	312	30.6	-1.6
	British National Party	Kevin Bryan	281	27.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Pilling	48	4.7	-4.9
Majority			67	6.6
Turnout			1,020	27.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Whitewell By-Election 13 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Nuttall	606	48.6	+11.9
	Labour	Patricia Dearden	399	32.0	-5.7
	Conservative	Peter Starkey	152	12.2	-13.5
	British National Party	Peter Salt	91	7.3	+7.3
Majority			207	16.6
Turnout			1,248	28.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hareholme By-Election 22 November 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Crawforth	591	53.2	+7.1
	Conservative	Jason Gledhill	520	46.8	+6.3
Majority			71	6.4
Turnout			1,111	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing