2019 Rossendale Borough Council election
2019 UK local government election
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Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the wider 2019 UK local elections.
Councillors elected in 2015 were defending their seats this year, and they will be contested again in 2023. The Labour Party retained control of the Council.
State of the Parties
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 20 |  1 | |
| Conservative | 13 | 1 | |
| Independent | 3 |  2 | |
| Source: The Guardian[1] | |||
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 5 | 41.7 | 44.1 | 6,370 | |||||
| Labour | 5 | 41.7 | 44.0 | 6,363 | |||||
| Independent | 2 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 972 | |||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 560 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 191 | ||
Ward results
Cribden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sean Serridge | 540 | 50.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Foxcroft | 531 | 49.6 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.9 | |||
| Majority | 9 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,092 | 39.4 | |||
| Source: returning officer.[2] | |||||
Facit and Shawforth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lynda Barnes | 425 | 55.1 | ||
| Labour | Rachael Barker | 346 | 44.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 39 | 4.8 | |||
| Majority | 79 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 810 | 29.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: returning officer.[3] | |||||
Greenfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Pendlebury | 753 | 57.9 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Leigh | 548 | 42.1 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 55 | 4.0 | |||
| Majority | 205 | 15.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,356 | 32.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: returning officer.[4] | |||||
Greensclough
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Steen | 730 | 58.5 | ||
| Labour | Gareth Trickett | 518 | 41.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 67 | 5.1 | |||
| Majority | 212 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,315 | 31.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: returning officer.[5] | |||||
Hareholme
Healey and Whitworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dayne Powell (Community First) | 459 | 48.9 | ||
| Labour | Marilyn Jones | 278 | 29.6 | ||
| Conservative | Scott Turner-Smith | 202 | 21.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 1.1 | |||
| Majority | 181 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 950 | 32.0 | |||
| Source: returning officer.[7] | |||||
Helmshore
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Haworth | 1,115 | 61.9 | ||
| Labour | Mervyn Kay | 687 | 38.1 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 50 | 2.7 | |||
| Majority | 428 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,852 | 39.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: returning officer.[8] | |||||
Irwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janet Eaton | 541 | 54.2 | ||
| Labour | Michelle Smith | 457 | 45.8 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 64 | 6.0 | |||
| Majority | 84 | 7.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,062 | 25.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: returning officer.[9] | |||||
Longholme
Stacksteads
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Terence Haslam-Jones | 513 | 54.4 | ||
| Labour | Ross Charnock | 304 | 32.2 | ||
| Conservative | Fouad Khattab | 126 | 13.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.6 | |||
| Majority | 209 | 22.1 | |||
| Turnout | 949 | 33.8 | |||
| Source: returning officer.[11] | |||||