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2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election
2010 UK local government election
2010 UK local government election
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| previous_election | 2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election | ||
| previous_year | 2008 | ||
| next_election | 2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election | ||
| next_year | 2011 | ||
| seats_for_election | 11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council | ||
| election_date | 6 May 2010 | ||
| majority_seats | 18 | ||
| party1 | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| image1 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| leader1 | Peter Britcliffe | ||
| seats_before1 | 21 | ||
| seats_after1 | 18 | ||
| seat_change1 | 3 | ||
| party2 | Democratic Party (USA) | ||
| image2 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| leader2 | Graham Jones | ||
| seats_before2 | 13 | ||
| seats_after2 | 15 | ||
| seat_change2 | 2 | ||
| party4 | Independent politician | ||
| image4 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| leader4 | Ian Robinson | ||
| seats_before4 | 1 | ||
| seats_after4 | 2 | ||
| seat_change4 | 1 | ||
| map_image | Hyndburn_UK_local_election_2010_map_Revised.svg | ||
| map_caption | 2010 local election results in Hyndburn | ||
| leaders_seat1 | St Andrew's | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Peel |
Main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections
Background
Before the election Conservatives had a majority of 21 councillors, Labour had 13 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 1 councillor.
Conservative candidates contested every ward, Labour candidates contested all wards except Overton-ward. Independents contested seven-wards, not including their one-existing uncontested-seat. LibDem's only single candidate contested in the Spring Hill-ward. BNP's only single candidate contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward.
Local Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was -
- Conservative 18
- Labour 15
- Independent 2
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Reference: 2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result
NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2010 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
Ward results
Clayton-le-Moors
Huncoat
Immanuel
Milnshaw
Netherton
Overton
Peel
Rishton
Spring Hill
St. Andrew's
St. Oswald's
References
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3707.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200131/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/elections/electionresults.php?electionid=1
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