2015 Rossendale Borough Council election

The 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rossendale Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Councillors elected in 2011 were defending their seats this year, and they were contested again in 2019.

Rossendale Local Election Result 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7
	Labour	7
	UKIP	0
	Green	0
	Independent	0
	Liberal Democrats	0

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gill	828	40.4
	Conservative	Janet Graham	836	40.7
	Green	Angela Hall	108	5.3
	UKIP	Thomas Richardson	268	13.1
Rejected ballots			11	0.5
Majority			8	0.4
Turnout			2,051	72.0
Source returning officer.[2]

Facit and Shawforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Aldred	565	31.1
	Conservative	Lynda Barnes	602	33.1
	Independent	Maureen Jones (Community First)	207	11.4
	UKIP	Max Lake	436	24.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.4
Majority			37	2.0
Turnout			1,818	62.4
Source returning officer.[2]

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hayden Kenyon	945	40.4
	Green	Terence Parker	162	5.3
	Conservative	Annabel Shipley	1,440	55.5
	UKIP	Alan Weaver	431	13.1
Rejected ballots			13	4.0
Majority			1,009	33.7
Turnout			2,991	67.3
Source returning officer.[2]

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Macnae	1,074	38.1
	UKIP	Susan Nangle	641	22.7
	Conservative	Peter Steen	1,084	38.5
Rejected ballots			20	0.7
Majority			10	0.4
Turnout			2,819	69.3
Source returning officer.[2]

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Clive Balchin	690	23.5
	Labour	Michael Marriott	1,209	41.2
	Conservative	Nicola May	1,018	34.7
Rejected ballots			18	0.6
Majority			191	6.5
Turnout			2,935	69.3
Source returning officer.[2]

Healey and Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Martin Harrison	350	18.3
	Conservative	Dayne Powell	509	26.6
	Independent	Karen Ruane (Community First)	418	21.9
	Labour	Sean Serridge	627	32.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.3
Majority			118	6.2
Turnout			1,910	62.1
Source returning officer.[2]

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anita Davies	175	4.9
	Labour	Emma Harding	1,049	29.5
	Conservative	Tony Haworth	1,894	53.3
	UKIP	Michael Pickup	423	11.9
Rejected ballots			15	0.4
Majority			845	23.8
Turnout			3,556	74.0
Source returning officer.[2]

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Eaton	967
	Labour	Michelle Smith	884
	Conservative	Laura-Beth Thompson	790
	Labour	Andrew Walmsley	803
	UKIP	John Wells	608
	Green	Hilary Whitehead	197
Rejected ballots			4
Majority
Turnout			2,541	60.7
Source returning officer.[2]

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Gary Barnes	509
	Conservative	Mischa Charlton-Mockett	1,082
	Green	Karen Pollard-Rylance	162
	Labour	Samuel Smallridge	1,142
Rejected ballots			12
Majority			60
Turnout			2,907	69.3
Source returning officer.[2]

Stacksteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Donald Gordon	343
	Labour	Christine Lamb	919
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	495
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			424
Turnout			1,768	33.8
Source returning officer.[2]

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Collinge	861
	UKIP	Susan Francis	615
	Labour	Valerie Hogan	807
	Liberal Democrats	William Nuttall	611
	Green	John Payne	308
	Conservative	Jennifer Rigby	746
	Labour	Amanda Robertson	518
Rejected ballots			13
Majority
Turnout			2,852	65.5
Source returning officer.[2]

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Granville Barker	575
	Labour	Adrian Lythgoe	1,203
	Conservative	David Stansfield	779
Rejected ballots			22
Majority			337	28.9
Turnout			2,603	60.3
Source returning officer.[2]