2012 Rossendale Borough Council election

Main article: Rossendale Borough Council elections

Map of the results of the 2012 Rossendale council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012.

Councillors elected in 2008 were defending their seats this year, with their vote share change compared to that year.

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	National Front
	Independent

Ward results

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Fletcher	622	62.7	+27.3
	Conservative	Sandra McWicker	295	29.7	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Fox	75	7.6	−23.4

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darryl Smith	577	66.1	−13.4
	Labour	Janice Johnson	296	33.9	+13.4

Facit and Shawforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Madeline de Souza	512	59.2	N/A
	Conservative	Lynda Barnes	238	27.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Ham	115	13.3	−12.4

Goodshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Farrington	862	74.6	+19.3
	Conservative	Dean Bartlett-Smith	293	25.4	−19.3

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Sandiford	894	61.1	+0.3
	Labour	Gladys Sandiford	569	38.9	+21.1

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Ashworth	726	51.0	+24.9
	Conservative	Judith Driver	505	35.5	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Jackson	193	13.6	−0.2

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Bleakley	805	55.3	8.6
	Conservative	Michael Pickup	560	38.4	−14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Donnelly	92	6.3	N/A

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	674	37.7	−22.4
	Labour	John McManus	566	31.7	+12.0
	Independent	Vernon Hudson	548	30.6	N/A

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Hughes	551	51.9	+16.9
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	340	32.0	−9.1
	National Front	Kevin Bryan	170	16.0	N/A

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Knowles	757	54.1	+22.1
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdullah	401	28.6	−16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Laight	242	17.3	N/A

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Creaser	543	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Nuttall	480	37.8
	Conservative	Peter Steen	248	19.5

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Procter	663	53.1	+4.6
	Labour	Marilyn Procter	663	53.1	+4.6
	UKIP	Granville Barker	218	17.5	N/A
	Conservative	David Stansfield	368	29.5	−22.0