2012 Rossendale Borough Council election
{{Short description|2012 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Main|Rossendale Borough Council elections}}
File:Rossendale UK local election 2012 map.svg 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 |title=Local elections 2012 |access-date=2012-04-30 |publisher=BBC News}}[http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/Statement_of_persons_nominated.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902113811/http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/Statement_of_persons_nominated.pdf |date=2 September 2012 }} Rossendale Borough Council
Councillors elected in 2008 were defending their seats this year, with their vote share change compared to that year.
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Rossendale Local Election Result 2012}}
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Ward results
{{Election box begin | title=Cribden}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrea Fletcher
|votes = 622
|percentage = 62.7
|change = +27.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra McWicker
|votes = 295
|percentage = 29.7
|change = -5.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham Fox
|votes = 75
|percentage = 7.6
|change = -23.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Eden}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Darryl Smith
|votes = 577
|percentage = 66.1
|change = -13.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Janice Johnson
|votes = 296
|percentage = 33.9
|change = +13.4
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Facit and Shawforth}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Madeline de Souza
|votes = 512
|percentage = 59.2
|change = N/A
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynda Barnes
|votes = 238
|percentage = 27.5
|change = -1.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lesley Ham
|votes = 115
|percentage = 13.3
|change = -12.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Goodshaw}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dorothy Farrington
|votes = 862
|percentage = 74.6
|change = +19.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dean Bartlett-Smith
|votes = 293
|percentage = 25.4
|change = -19.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Greenfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gladys Sandiford
|votes = 894
|percentage = 61.1
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gladys Sandiford
|votes = 569
|percentage = 38.9
|change = +21.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Greensclough}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Ashworth
|votes = 726
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +24.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Judith Driver
|votes = 505
|percentage = 35.5
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Bill Jackson
|votes = 193
|percentage = 13.6
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hareholme}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Bleakley
|votes = 805
|percentage = 55.3
|change = 8.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Pickup
|votes = 560
|percentage = 38.4
|change = -14.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Donnelly
|votes = 92
|percentage = 6.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Helmshore}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Evans
|votes = 674
|percentage = 37.7
|change = -22.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John McManus
|votes = 566
|percentage = 31.7
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vernon Hudson
|votes = 548
|percentage = 30.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Irwell}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Hughes
|votes = 551
|percentage = 51.9
|change = +16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Steen
|votes = 340
|percentage = 32.0
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Front
|candidate = Kevin Bryan
|votes = 170
|percentage = 16.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Longholme}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Knowles
|votes = 757
|percentage = 54.1
|change = +22.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mohammed Abdullah
|votes = 401
|percentage = 28.6
|change = -16.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Clive Laight
|votes = 242
|percentage = 17.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Whitewell}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Creaser
|votes = 543
|percentage = 42.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tim Nuttall
|votes = 480
|percentage = 37.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Steen
|votes = 248
|percentage = 19.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Worsley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marilyn Procter
|votes = 663
|percentage = 53.1
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marilyn Procter
|votes = 663
|percentage = 53.1
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Granville Barker
|votes = 218
|percentage = 17.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Stansfield
|votes = 368
|percentage = 29.5
|change = -22.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Lancashire elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2012}}