- Rossendale local elections
One third of
Rossendale Council inLancashire ,England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to LancashireCounty Council instead.Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1976Conservative 1976 - 1986
Labour 1986 - 2000
Conservative 2000 - 2002
Labour 2002 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2004Conservative 2004 - 2007
No overall control 2007 - 2008Conservative 2008 - present
Council elections
Rossendale Council election, 1998 Rossendale Council election, 1999 Rossendale Council election, 2000 Rossendale Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/115.stm | title =Rossendale | accessdate = 2008-05-05 | publisher = "BBC Online "]Rossendale Council election, 2003 Rossendale Council election, 2004 Rossendale Council election, 2006 Rossendale Council election, 2007 Rossendale Council election, 2008 By-election results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 411
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 312
percentage = 35.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 149
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 99
percentage = 11.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 872
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 720
percentage = 58.5
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 511
percentage = 41.5
change = -3.2Election box majority
votes = 209
percentage = 17.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,231
percentage = 30.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Pilling
votes = 1,419
percentage = 56.0
change = +18.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Granville Morris
votes = 1,112
percentage = 44.0
change = +2.9Election box majority
votes = 307
percentage = 12.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,531
percentage = 61.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Alcroft
votes = 585
percentage = 44.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Mills
votes = 477
percentage = 36.5
change = -19.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Carr
votes = 244
percentage = 18.7
change = +18.7Election box majority
votes = 108
percentage = 8.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,306
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Gill
votes = 391
percentage = 40.0
change = -6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Sheffield
votes = 312
percentage = 31.9
change = +31.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Marsden
votes = 186
percentage = 19.0
change = -34.8Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Kevin Bryan
votes = 89
percentage = 9.1
change = +9.1Election box majority
votes = 79
percentage = 8.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 978
percentage = 34.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Farrington
votes = 634
percentage = 59.5
change = +6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Bates
votes = 300
percentage = 28.1
change = -18.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Crossley
votes = 80
percentage = 7.5
change = +7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Dixon
votes = 52
percentage = 4.9
change = +4.9Election box majority
votes = 334
percentage = 31.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,066
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Durkin
votes = 379
percentage = 37.2
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Steen
votes = 312
percentage = 30.6
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Kevin Bryan
votes = 281
percentage = 27.5
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Pilling
votes = 48
percentage = 4.7
change = -4.9Election box majority
votes = 67
percentage = 6.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,020
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Nuttall
votes = 606
percentage = 48.6
change = +11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Dearden
votes = 399
percentage = 32.0
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Starkey
votes = 152
percentage = 12.2
change = -13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Peter Salt
votes = 91
percentage = 7.3
change = +7.3Election box majority
votes = 207
percentage = 16.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,248
percentage = 28.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Crawforth
votes = 591
percentage = 53.2
change = +7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Gledhill
votes = 520
percentage = 46.8
change = +6.3Election box majority
votes = 71
percentage = 6.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,111
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/30um.stm Rossendale election results]
* [http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm By-election results]External links
* [http://www.rossendale.gov.uk Rossendale Council]
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