Hyndburn Labour Group take 5 of the 6 County Council seats

Counting of votes in the local elections is now complete and Labour have taken five of the six Hyndburn seats in the County Council election, unseating the Conservatives from control in County Hall. The elections results are as follows:

OSWALDTWISTLE

Colette McCormack (Labour) - 1126

Paul Thompson (UKIP) - 1076

Regrettably, Colette lost out to the Conservative candidate, who explicitly forbade that his party's participation in the election count was recorded by the Labour group.

ACCRINGTON WEST

Munsif Dad (Labour) - 2492

Bobby Anwar (UKIP) - 528

ACCRINGTON SOUTH

Bernard Dawson (Labour) - 1231

Alex Ross (Independent) - 63

Kasia Jewell (Green) - 57

Christopher Matthew (UKIP) - 579

ACCRINGTON NORTH

Clare Pritchard (Labour) - 1168

Malcolm Pritchard (Independent) - 925

RISHTON, ALTHAM & CLAYTON-LE-MOORS

Miles Parkinson (Labour) - 1866

Craig Ramplee (UKIP) - 650 

GREAT HARWOOD

Gareth Molineux (Labour) - 1279

Ian Robinson (Independent) - 889