Rossendale Council election, 2008

Elections to Rossendale Council were held on 1 May, 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7379150.stm | title = Tories take control of Rossendale | accessdate = 2008-05-05 | date = 2008-05-02| publisher = "BBC Online"] Overall turnout was up by one per cent from the last election in 2007 at 36.3%.cite web| url = http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/s/1048115_tories_take_charge_in_election | title = Tories take charge in election | accessdate = 2008-05-05 | date = 2008-05-02| publisher = "Rossendale Free Press"]

The Conservative party gained three seats in the election including Worsley, the seat of the former Conservative leader of the council, Duncan Ruddick, who had defected from the party in 2007 to become an independent councillor. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat, while the Labour party lost three seats, with one defeated Labour councillor, Tina Durkin, blaming the Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the losses.cite web| url = http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2243580.mostviewed.rossendale_election_results_conservative_strengthen_control.php | title = Rossendale election results: Conservative strengthen control | accessdate = 2008-05-05 | date = 2008-05-02| publisher = "Lancashire Telegraph"]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 21
*Labour 11
*Liberal Democrat 3
*Independent 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 76.9
votes % = 42.4
votes = 7,512
plus/minus = +3.0%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 15.4
votes % = 17.7
votes = 3,129
plus/minus = -2.3%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 30.4
votes = 5,385
plus/minus = -4.9%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.6
votes = 998
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.8
votes = 680
plus/minus = +3.8%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Graham
votes = 386
percentage = 35.4
change = +14.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrea Fletcher
votes = 367
percentage = 33.6
change = -8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Sheffield
votes = 338
percentage = 31.0
change = +4.6Election box majority
votes = 19
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,091
percentage = 38.9
change = +0.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Darryl Smith
votes = 916
percentage = 79.5
change = +15.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Pilling
votes = 236
percentage = 20.5
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 680
percentage = 59.0
change = +18.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,152
percentage = 41.7
change = +2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lynda Barnes
votes = 336
percentage = 29.0
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Reggie Lane
votes = 298
percentage = 25.7
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Crossley
votes = 218
percentage = 18.8
change = +18.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Karen Ruane
votes = 185
percentage = 16.0
change = +16.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Mycock
votes = 121
percentage = 10.4
change = -29.7Election box majority
votes = 38
percentage = 3.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,158
percentage = 41.7
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Farrington
votes = 631
percentage = 55.3
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judy Bates
votes = 510
percentage = 44.7
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 121
percentage = 10.6
change = +4.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,141
percentage = 36.9
change = +0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gladys Sandiford
votes = 993
percentage = 60.8
change = +18.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sadaqut Amin
votes = 350
percentage = 21.4
change = -36.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John McManus
votes = 290
percentage = 17.8
change = +17.8Election box majority
votes = 643
percentage = 39.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,633
percentage = 37.4
change = +0.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Driver
votes = 697
percentage = 43.2
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dale Connearn
votes = 422
percentage = 26.1
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Peter Salt
votes = 273
percentage = 16.9
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Carr
votes = 223
percentage = 13.8
change = -9.5Election box majority
votes = 275
percentage = 17.1
change = +16.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,615
percentage = 36.5
change = -1.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicola May
votes = 775
percentage = 53.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Hewlett
votes = 679
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 96
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1454
percentage = 34.8
change = -0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Evans
votes = 975
percentage = 60.1
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Harding
votes = 320
percentage = 19.7
change = -8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cliff Adamson
votes = 181
percentage = 11.2
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Noel O'Brien
votes = 145
percentage = 8.9
change = +8.9Election box majority
votes = 655
percentage = 40.4
change = +12.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,621
percentage = 36.0
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Steen
votes = 529
percentage = 41.1
change = +8.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Durkin
votes = 450
percentage = 35.0
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Kevin Bryan
votes = 307
percentage = 23.9
change = -2.4Election box majority
votes = 79
percentage = 6.1
change = +5.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,286
percentage = 33.3
change = +1.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Gledhill
votes = 679
percentage = 44.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Jones
votes = 484
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Leonard Entwistle
votes = 350
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 195
percentage = 12.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1513
percentage = 36.3
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tim Nuttall
votes = 1,006
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jim Pilling
votes = 733
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trisha Dearden
votes = 433
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Wilkinson
votes = 277
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Matthew Perry
votes = 200
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,649
percentage = 34.1
change = +1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin | title=WorsleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Stansfield
votes = 716
percentage = 51.5
change = +8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Kenyon
votes = 675
percentage = 48.5
change = +12.3Election box majority
votes = 41
percentage = 3.0
change = -4.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,391
percentage = 32.5
change = -1.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/30um.stm 2008 Rossendale election result]
* [http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/Election_Results_Summary.pdf Ward results]
* [http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/elections/rossendale/ Rossendale Borough results]

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