2018 Rossendale Borough Council election

The 2018 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rossendale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour remained in control of the council, despite losing one seat to the Conservatives.

Local election results in Rossendale

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Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	0	1	50.0	47.9	8,028	9.4
	Labour	5	0	1	1	41.7	47.7	8,002	9.1
	Community First	1	0	0		8.3	2.7	460	0.5
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	225	New
	National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	56	New

Ward results

Eden

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Cheetham	680	65.2	6.1
	Labour	David Rogerson	363	34.8	5.8
Majority			317	30.4	0.3
Turnout			1,047	37.1	1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goodshaw

Goodshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alyson Barnes	739	51.4	0.9
	Conservative	David Foxcroft	700	48.6	20.3
Majority			39	2.8	19.4
Turnout			1,447	46.3	7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenfield

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Morris	959	61.2	2.8
	Labour	Lisa Bloor	608	38.8	2.8
Majority			351	22.4	5.6
Turnout			1,578	36.9	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greensclough

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Eaton	856	53.3	14.0
	Labour	Susan Brennan	751	46.7	11.9
Majority			105	6.6	2.1
Turnout			1,618	37.4	0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hareholme

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	873	54.2	8.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdullah	739	45.8	17.6
Majority			134	8.4	9.2
Turnout			1,618	39.3	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey and Whitworth

Healey and Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community First	Ronald Neal	460	48.4	11.7
	Labour	Rachael Barker	333	35.1	New
	Conservative	Jonathan Foxcroft	157	16.5	2.2
Majority			127	13.3	21.2
Turnout			951	31.9	2.2
	Community First hold		Swing

Helmshore

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Essex	1,188	56.6	5.6
	Labour	Ross Charnock	911	43.4	5.6
Majority			277	13.2	11.2
Turnout			2,103	44.4	5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Irwell

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denis Kostyan	601	49.1	16.5
	Labour	Michelle Smith	566	46.3	10.5
	National Front	Kevin Bryan	56	4.6	New
Majority			35	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1,228	29.2	1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longholme

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Stevens	856	53.9	11.0
	Conservative	Thomas Blackburn	731	46.1	12.8
Majority			125	7.8	1.8
Turnout			1,599	36.6	3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Stacksteads

Stacksteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Oakes	638	70.5	13.9
	Conservative	Jennifer Rigby	267	29.5	18.0
Majority			371	41.0	16.3
Turnout			907	31.9	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitewell

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karl Kempson	812	53.6	12.8
	Labour	Alastair Price	704	46.4	6.5
Majority			108	7.2	6.3
Turnout			1,531	36.5	2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worsley

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Kenyon	660	54.0	9.1
	Conservative	Nicola May	338	27.6	3.1
	Independent	Granville Barker	225	18.4	New
Majority			322	26.4	12.0
Turnout			1,230	29.6	3.0
	Labour hold		Swing