2019 Rossendale Borough Council election

2019 local election results in Rossendale

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the wider 2019 UK local elections.

Councillors elected in 2015 were defending their seats this year, and they will be contested again in 2023. The Labour Party retained control of the Council.

State of the Parties

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	20	1
	Conservative	13	1
	Independent	3	2
Source: The Guardian^[1]

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5				41.7	44.1	6,370
Labour	5				41.7	44.0	6,363
Independent	2				16.6	6.7	972
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	560
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	191

Ward results

Cribden

Cribden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean Serridge	540	50.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	531	49.6
Rejected ballots			21	1.9
Majority			9	0.8
Turnout			1,092	39.4
Source returning officer.^[2]

Facit and Shawforth

Facit and Shawforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynda Barnes	425	55.1
	Labour	Rachael Barker	346	44.9
Rejected ballots			39	4.8
Majority			79	1.0
Turnout			810	29.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[3]

Greenfield

Greenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Pendlebury	753	57.9
	Labour	Thomas Leigh	548	42.1
Rejected ballots			55	4.0
Majority			205	15.1
Turnout			1,356	32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[4]

Greensclough

Greensclough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Steen	730	58.5
	Labour	Gareth Trickett	518	41.5
Rejected ballots			67	5.1
Majority			212	16.1
Turnout			1,315	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[5]

Hareholme

Hareholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Marriott	794	57.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdullah	591	42.7
Rejected ballots			40	2.8
Majority			203	14.2
Turnout			1,425	34.6
	Labour hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[6]

Healey and Whitworth

Healey and Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dayne Powell (Community First)	459	48.9
	Labour	Marilyn Jones	278	29.6
	Conservative	Scott Turner-Smith	202	21.5
Rejected ballots			11	1.1
Majority			181	19.1
Turnout			950	32.0
Source returning officer.^[7]

Helmshore

Helmshore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Haworth	1,115	61.9
	Labour	Mervyn Kay	687	38.1
Rejected ballots			50	2.7
Majority			428	23.1
Turnout			1,852	39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[8]

Irwell

Irwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Eaton	541	54.2
	Labour	Michelle Smith	457	45.8
Rejected ballots			64	6.0
Majority			84	7.9
Turnout			1,062	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[9]

Longholme

Longholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Brennan	742	53.9
	Conservative	Nicola May	634	46.1
Rejected ballots			35	2.5
Majority			108	7.6
Turnout			1,411	32.5
	Labour hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[10]

Stacksteads

Stacksteads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Terence Haslam-Jones	513	54.4
	Labour	Ross Charnock	304	32.2
	Conservative	Fouad Khattab	126	13.4
Rejected ballots			6	0.6
Majority			209	22.1
Turnout			949	33.8
Source returning officer.^[11]

Whitewell

Whitewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Adshead	518	35.2
	Conservative	Jennifer Rigby	497	33.8
	UKIP	Glenn Jones	266	18.1
	Green	John Payne	191	13.0
Rejected ballots			11	0.7
Majority			21	1.4
Turnout			1,411	35.5
Source returning officer.^[12]

Worsley

Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrian Lythgoe	631	54.9
	UKIP	Granville Barker	294	25.6
	Conservative	Mark Mills	225	19.6
Rejected ballots			16	1.4
Majority			337	28.9
Turnout			1,166	28.7
	Labour hold		Swing
Source returning officer.^[13]

References

^ Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019), "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils", The Guardian, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Cribden" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Facit & Shawforth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greenfield" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greensclough" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Hareholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Healey & Whitworth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Helmshore" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Irwell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Longholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Stacksteads" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Whitewell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020
^ Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Worsley" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[comp-1] Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019), "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils", The Guardian, retrieved 4 January 2020

[2] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Cribden" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[3] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Facit & Shawforth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[4] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greenfield" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[5] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Greensclough" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[6] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Hareholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[7] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Healey & Whitworth" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[8] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Helmshore" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[9] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Irwell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[10] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Longholme" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[11] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Stacksteads" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[12] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Whitewell" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

[13] Stuart Sugarman (2 May 2019), "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL: Worsley" (PDF), Rossendale Borough Council, retrieved 4 January 2020

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