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Local Election Results 2008

Rossendale

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Healey and Whitworth or Stacksteads.

Other results for Rossendale: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Rossendale (may be incomplete): 14th August 2003 (Stacksteads) — 30th September 2004 (Longholme) — 5th May 2005 (Greenfield) — 20th October 2005 (Hareholme) — 28th September 2006 (Cribden) — 13th September 2007 (Goodshaw; Irwell; Whitewell) — 22nd November 2007 (Hareholme) — 4th June 2009 (Helmshore) — 7th October 2010 (Healey & Whitworth; Irwell) — 16th October 2014 (Helmshore) — 4th December 2014 (Longholme) — 29th September 2022 (Facit & Shawforth; Helmshore)
Results for Lancashire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Rossendale 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 7512 45.0% 10
Labour 5108 30.6% 1
Liberal Democrat 2396 14.4% 2
British National Party 998 6.0% 0
Independent 680 4.1% 0

Cribden

Janet Graham C 386 35.4%
Andrea Fletcher Lab 367 33.6%
Bob Sheffield LD 338 31.0%

Eden

Darryl Smith C 916 79.5%
John Pilling Lab 236 20.5%

Facit and Shawforth

Lynda Barnes C 336 29.0%
Reggie Lane LD 298 25.7%
Michael Crossley BNP 218 18.8%
Karen Ruane Ind 185 16.0%
Ian Mycock Lab 121 10.4%

Goodshaw [Lab gain from C]

Dorothy Farrington Lab 631 55.3%
Judy Bates C 510 44.7%

Greenfield

Gladys Sandiford C 993 60.8%
Sadaqut Amin LD 350 21.4%
John McManus Lab 290 17.8%

Greensclough

Judith Driver C 697 43.2%
Dale Connearn Lab 422 26.1%
Peter Salt BNP 273 16.9%
Michael Carr LD 223 13.8%

Hareholme

Nicola May C 775 53.3%
Amanda Hewlett Lab 679 46.7%

Helmshore

Peter Evans C 975 60.1%
Emma Harding Lab 320 19.7%
Cliff Adamson LD 181 11.2%
Noel O'Brien Ind 145 8.9%

Irwell

Hazel Steen C 529 41.1%
Tina Durkin Lab 450 35.0%
Kevin Bryan BNP 307 23.9%

Longholme

Jason Gledhill C 679 44.9%
Maurice Jones Lab 484 32.0%
Leonard Entwistle Ind 350 23.1%

Whitewell (2) [LD gain from C]

Tim Nuttall LD 1006 61.4%
Jim Pilling LD 733
Trisha Dearden Lab 433 26.4%
Michael Wilkinson Lab 277
Matthew Perry BNP 200 12.2%

Worsley

David Stansfield C 716 51.5%
Ann Kenyon Lab 675 48.5%

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