2022 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 5 May 2022, as part of the wider 2022 UK local elections.^[1]

Results summary

2022 Rossendale Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	62.6	13	20	55.6	5,902	41.2	-5.0
	Conservative	3	3	18.2	10	12	33.3	5,129	35.8	-9.8
	Independent	1	1	9.1	2	3	8.3	901	6.3	+0.2
	Community First	1		9.1	0	1	2.8	611	4.3	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,767	12.3	+10.2

Ward results

Eden

Eden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Cheetham	577	51.1	+3.6
	Labour	David Hancock	419	37.1	−15.4
	Green	Gill Hewitt	134	11.9	N/A
Majority			158	14.0
Turnout			1,134	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.5

Goodshaw

Goodshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alyson Barnes	682	55.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	459	37.1	−15.3
	Green	Ingrid Falat	96	7.8	N/A
Majority			223	18.0
Turnout			1,243	40.9
	Labour hold		Swing	11.4

Greenfield

Greenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Granville Morris	751	49.3	−0.9
	Labour Co-op	Neil Looker	609	40.0	+2.3
	Green	Geoff Blow	120	7.9	N/A
	Independent	Val Roberts	44	2.9	−9.3
Majority			142	9.3
Turnout			1,532	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Greensclough

Greensclough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jimmy Eaton	809	54.1	*N/A*
	Green	Alexander Vijatov	408	27.3	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Haughan	278	18.6	−29.5
Majority			401	26.8
Turnout			1,500	34.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Hareholme

Hareholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie McMahon	793	53.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Matthew Littler	527	35.7	−12.0
	Green	Paul Chynoweth	158	10.7	N/A
Majority			266	18.0
Turnout			1,487	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

Healey & Whitworth

Healey & Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community First	Alan Neal	611	71.5	+22.6
	Conservative	Michael Whitworth	243	28.5	+7.0
Majority			368	43.0
Turnout			865	29.2
	Community First hold		Swing	7.8

Helmshore

Helmshore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Snowden	892	46.4	−5.4
	Labour	William Townsend	701	36.5	+4.3
	Green	Katrina Brockbank	219	11.4	‘’ N/A ‘’
	Independent	David Stansfield	101	5.3	−10.7
Majority			191	9.9	−9.7
Turnout			1,922	41.47	−2.83
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.85

Irwell

Irwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Smith	567	44.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Scott Smith	561	44.4	+0.9
	Green	Daniel Brogan	136	10.8	+3.4
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,277	30.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.6

Longholme

Longholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz McInnes	891	53.8	+8.1
	Conservative	Bob Smethurst	613	37.0	−2.5
	Green	Chich Hewitt	151	9.1	+2.6
Majority			278	16.8
Turnout			1,660	37.8
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Stacksteads

Stacksteads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Oakes	575	64.9	+8.1
	Conservative	David Watson	229	25.8	−17.4
	Green	Clare Pickup	82	9.3	N/A
Majority			346	39.1
Turnout			892	31.4
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

Whitewell

Whitewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Coogan	682	42.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Karl Kempson	558	34.6	−12.7
	Green	John Payne	324	20.1	+7.7
	Independent	Gareth Trickett	48	3.0	N/A
Majority			124	7.7
Turnout			1,622	39.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.4

Worsley

Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Kenyon	684	58.2	−8.2
	Conservative	Deborah Lord	333	28.3	−5.3
	Green	Richard Lord-Navin	158	13.4	N/A
Majority			351	29.9
Turnout			1,183	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

References

^ "May 2022 Local Elections". Rossendale Borough Council. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[1] "May 2022 Local Elections". Rossendale Borough Council. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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