2000 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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2000 local election results in Hyndburn. Blue is for wards won by the Conservatives. Red is for wards won by Labour. Grey is for wards that were not contested at this election.

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

Election result

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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

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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 440
Turnout 1,348 27.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

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