Elections to
Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the
Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.
The
Conservative Party made the only gain of the election, taking Altham
ward from the
Labour Party to extend their majority to 6 following the defection of Malcolm Pritchard form Labour to
Independent who also included David Mason who had left the Conservatives to go Independent..
After the election, the composition of the council was
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Conservative 21
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Labour 13
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Independent 1
Election result
NB: Four (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2008 included the following wards - Clayton Le Moors, Huncoat, Immanuel in Oswaldtwistle and Milnshaw in Accrington.
Ward results
References
2008 Hyndburn election resultWard results
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2008 English local elections
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