Spring Hill: Diane Fielding wins for Labour in by-election

Diane Fielding has retained the Spring Hill seat for Labour in Hyndburn and will now fill the vacant seat left upon the sad death of former Councillor Pam Barton on 2nd June 2015.

The results were as follows:

Diane Fielding (Labour) - 678
Mohammed Safdar (Conservatives) - 475
Kenneth Smith (UKIP) - 137
Kerry Gormley (Green) - 17

The turnout of voters was 37.4% which, although leaving a considerable number of non-voters, is exceptional for a local election.

Cllr Fielding said, "I am very excited and relieved to have won! I have been chair of various community groups for over ten years and have had plenty of well-wishers along the campaign but the one which means most of all is the text I got from Pam Barton's daughter this morning. It means more than she will ever know, I'm glad to have done it for Pam."