2015 Rossendale Borough Council election
{{short description|United Kingdom local election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Main|Rossendale Borough Council elections}}
The 2015 Rossendale Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rossendale Borough Council in England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums |title=Upcoming elections & referendums |access-date=14 April 2015 |work=The Electoral Commission | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums | archive-date= 15 March 2015 | url-status= live}} 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.
Election result
{{Election Summary Begin|title = Rossendale Local Election Result 2019}}
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|seats = 7
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|seats = 0
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Ward results
=Cribden=
{{Election box begin | title=Cribden}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Gill
|votes = 828
|percentage = 40.4
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Janet Graham
|votes = 836
|percentage = 40.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Angela Hall
|votes = 108
|percentage = 5.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Thomas Richardson
|votes = 268
|percentage = 13.1
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8
|percentage = 0.4
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,051
|percentage = 72.0
|change =
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{{Election box source|
|source=returning officer.{{Citation|url=https://www.rossendale.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/13902/summary_of_election_results_7th_may_2015.pdf |title=Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Rossendale Borough Council Summary of Results |date=7 May 2015|access-date=5 January 2020| website=Rossendale Borough Council|author=The Returning Officer}}}}
{{Election box end}}
=Facit and Shawforth=
{{Election box begin | title=Facit and Shawforth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Aldred
|votes = 565
|percentage = 31.1
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynda Barnes
|votes = 602
|percentage = 33.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Maureen Jones (Community First)
|votes = 207
|percentage = 11.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Max Lake
|votes = 436
|percentage = 24.0
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 8
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 37
|percentage = 2.0
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,818
|percentage = 62.4
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Greenfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Greenfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hayden Kenyon
|votes = 945
|percentage = 40.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Terence Parker
|votes = 162
|percentage = 5.3
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Annabel Shipley
|votes = 1,440
|percentage = 55.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alan Weaver
|votes = 431
|percentage = 13.1
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 13
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,009
|percentage = 33.7
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,991
|percentage = 67.3
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Greensclough=
{{Election box begin | title=Greensclough}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andy MacNae
|votes = 1,074
|percentage = 38.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Susan Nangle
|votes = 641
|percentage = 22.7
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Steen
|votes = 1,084
|percentage = 38.5
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 20
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,819
|percentage = 69.3
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Hareholme=
{{Election box begin | title=Hareholme}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Clive Balchin
|votes = 690
|percentage = 23.5
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Marriott
|votes = 1,209
|percentage = 41.2
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicola May
|votes = 1,018
|percentage = 34.7
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 18
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 191
|percentage = 6.5
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,935
|percentage = 69.3
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Healey and Whitworth=
{{Election box begin | title=Healey and Whitworth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Martin Harrison
|votes = 350
|percentage = 18.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dayne Powell
|votes = 509
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Karen Ruane (Community First)
|votes = 418
|percentage = 21.9
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sean Serridge
|votes = 627
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 6
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 118
|percentage = 6.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,910
|percentage = 62.1
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Helmshore=
{{Election box begin | title=Helmshore}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Anita Davies
|votes = 175
|percentage = 4.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Emma Harding
|votes = 1,049
|percentage = 29.5
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Haworth
|votes = 1,894
|percentage = 53.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Michael Pickup
|votes = 423
|percentage = 11.9
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 15
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 845
|percentage = 23.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,556
|percentage = 74.0
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Irwell=
{{Election box begin | title=Irwell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Janet Eaton
|votes = 967
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michelle Smith
|votes = 884
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Laura-Beth Thompson
|votes = 790
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Walmsley
|votes = 803
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Wells
|votes = 608
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Hilary Whitehead
|votes = 197
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 4
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,541
|percentage = 60.7
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Longholme=
{{Election box begin | title=Longholme}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Gary Barnes
|votes = 509
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mischa Charlton-Mockett
|votes = 1,082
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Karen Pollard-Rylance
|votes = 162
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Smallridge
|votes = 1,142
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 12
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 60
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,907
|percentage = 69.3
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Stacksteads=
{{Election box begin | title=Stacksteads}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Donald Gordon
|votes = 343
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Lamb
|votes = 919
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Steen
|votes = 495
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 11
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 424
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,768
|percentage = 33.8
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Whitewell=
{{Election box begin | title=Whitewell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Collinge
|votes = 861
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Susan Francis
|votes = 615
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Valerie Hogan
|votes = 807
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = William Nuttall
|votes = 611
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Payne
|votes = 308
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Rigby
|votes = 746
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Amanda Robertson
|votes = 518
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 13
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,852
|percentage = 65.5
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
=Worsley=
{{Election box begin | title=Worsley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Granville Barker
|votes = 575
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Lythgoe
|votes = 1,203
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Stansfield
|votes = 779
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 22
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 337
|percentage = 28.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,603
|percentage = 60.3
|change =
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{{Election box source|
{{Election box end}}
References
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