2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 2 May 2019. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.

Background
Before the election Labour had a majority of 26 councillors, Conservatives had 9 councillors.

Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


 * Labour 26
 * Conservative 9

Labour defended 9-seats and Conservatives defended 3-seats.

The local Labour and Conservative party's both ran candidates in each of the 12 wards.

No candidates stood as potential Green or Independents councillors, in any Hyndburn ward, but UKIP candidates stood across only 2 wards.

Local Election result
The majority grouping of councillors as the headline result of the election, was unchanged; with Labour retaining an overall 26-seat majority, but with two seats switching hands, one from Labour to Conservative, one from Conservative to Labour.

After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -


 * Labour 26
 * Conservative 9

Reference: 2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election

NB: Four (of the 16) Council wards, where seats will NOT be up for re-election in 2019, include the following wards - Netherton, Peel, Spring Hill and St. Andrews' in Oswaldtwistle.

Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Clare Cleary (Lab) (Rishton).