Hyndburn Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 31
• Labour 15
• Independent 1

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31			+8	72.2
	Labour	15			-8	27.8
	Independent	1

Ward results

Barnfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Dobson	394
	Labour	Brenda Haworth	354
Majority			40
Turnout			748	26.6%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Baxenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Dickenson	1008
	Labour	Denis Baron	276
Majority			732
Turnout			1284	32.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Kazi	890
	Labour	Richard Ellis Heap	400
Majority			490
Turnout			1290	32.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Hogan	721
	Labour	Jack Grime	610
Majority			111
Turnout			1331	32.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy O'Kane	758
	Conservative	Shirley Davies	756
Majority			2
Turnout			1514	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Eachill, Rishton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Scaife	416
	Labour	Lesley Jackson	329
Majority			87
Turnout			745	29.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Huncoat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Walsh	528
	Conservative	Peter Cottam	504
Majority			24
Turnout			1032	31.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Duffy	697
	Conservative	Jean Lockwood	668
	Labour	Len Neil	518
	Labour	Harold Tootle	494
Majority			203
Majority			150
Turnout			1184	34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Milnshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ormerod	732
	Conservative	Gordon Mills	685
	Conservative	Joan Pilkington	664
	Labour	Geoffrey Sargison	638
	Independent	M Pritchard	234
Majority			94
Majority			21
Turnout			1477	41.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Atkinson	571
	Labour	David Forshaw	505
Majority			66
Turnout			1076	30.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Norden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stan Horne	505
	Labour	Francis Molloy	261
Majority			246
Turnout			766	30.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Overton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mason	790
	Labour	Dr Mohammed Rahman	745
Majority			45
Turnout			1,535	33.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Peel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Dawson	477
	Conservative	Derek Wolstenholme	296
Majority			181
Turnout			773	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Westell	613
	Conservative	Allah Dad	491
Majority			122
Turnout			1,104	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Britcliffe	943
	Labour	Maurice Cowell	451
Majority			492
Turnout			1,394	42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Oswald's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Roberts	894
	Labour	Margaret Cowell	454
Majority			400
Turnout			1,348	27.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2000 Hyndburn election result