Hyndburn

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a non-metropolitan district covering the territory of six former districts, which were abolished at the same time, plus a single parish from a seventh district:{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=22 August 2022}}

• Accrington Municipal Borough
• Altham parish from Burnley Rural District
• Church Urban District
• Clayton-le-Moors Urban District
• Great Harwood Urban District
• Oswaldtwistle Urban District
• Rishton Urban District

The new district was given the name Hyndburn, taken from the River Hyndburn which passes through the district.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=22 August 2022}} The new district was awarded borough status on the day that it came into being, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=16 January 2012}}

In 2007, the council proposed changing the name from Hyndburn to "Accrington and Districts", to aid recognition of the borough by those not familiar with the area.{{cite web|title=Should it be Hyndburn or Accrington?|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1440747.Should_it_be_Hyndburn_or_Accrington_/|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|date=June 1, 2007|access-date=June 2, 2015}} After a public consultation, the change of name did not go ahead.{{cite web|title=Name change bid on ice|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1881134.Name_change_bid_on_ice/|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|date=December 4, 2007|access-date=June 2, 2015}}

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| name = Hyndburn Borough Council

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| house_type = Non-metropolitan district

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| foundation = 1 April 1974

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| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Josh Allen

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Conservative

| election1 = 15 May 2025

| leader2_type = Leader

| leader2 = Munsif Dad

| party2 =
Labour

| election2 = 23 May 2024

| leader3_type = Chief Executive

| leader3 = David Welsby

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| seats = 35 councillors

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: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Labour (21)

; Other parties (14)

: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Conservative (13)}}

: {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|border=darkgray}} Green (1)

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| voting_system1 = First past the post

| last_election1 = 2 May 2024

| next_election1 = 7 May 2026

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| website = {{URL|www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk}}

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Hyndburn Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. Altham is a civil parish, which forms a third tier of local government for that part of the borough.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}

In March 2010, Hyndburn Borough Council was voted the 10th best council in The Times "Best Public Sector Places to Work".{{cite web|title=Hyndburn Council in top 75 places to work|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5069480.Hyndburn_Council_in_top_75_places_to_work/|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|date=March 18, 2010|access-date=June 2, 2015}} The borough also made it to The Times Best Companies Guide.

The council has been under no overall control since 2022. Following the 2023 election a Conservative minority administration formed.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=20 August 2022}}{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3707.stm | title = Hyndburn | access-date = 2010-05-07 | work = BBC News Online | date=2009-04-19}}

The role of Mayor of Hyndburn is largely ceremonial, with political leadership instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://democracy.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Hyndburn Borough Council |access-date=24 August 2022}}

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was:{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Ian |title=Hyndburn local election results 2024 in full |url=https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/hyndburn-local-election-results-2024-29052820 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=Lancs Live |date=2 May 2024}}

The next election is due in 2026.

{{also|Hyndburn Borough Council elections}}

Since the last boundary changes in 2002 the council has comprised 35 councillors representing 16 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four year term of office. Lancashire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001|year=2001|number=2469|access-date=11 October 2023}}

File:Scaitcliffe House - geograph.org.uk - 1181745.jpg

The council's main offices are at Scaitcliffe House on Ormerod Street in Accrington, being part of a converted textile mill. The council moved there in 2002.{{cite news |title=Council seeks title for new HQ |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5979787.council-seeks-title-new-hq/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=15 March 2002}} Full council meetings are usually held at Accrington Town Hall.{{cite web |title=Council agenda, 30 June 2022 |url=https://democracy.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=130&MId=2707&Ver=4 |website=Hyndburn Borough Council | date=30 June 2022 |access-date=25 August 2022}}

There are approximately nine state secondary schools in Hyndburn. These include The Hyndburn Academy, St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington Academy, Rhyddings, Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, The Hollins, along with Broadfield Specialist School, and North Cliffe School.{{cite web| url = http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/services_info.php?serviceID=243| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724142309/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/services_info.php?serviceID=243| archive-date = 2011-07-24| title = A to Z of services - Secondary Schools in Hyndburn}}

The percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C has increased from 43.7% in 2001 up to 75.9% in 2011. Absences dropped from 12,052 in 2006 to 9,545 in 2011, mainly due to schools competing.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/areas/education.asp |title=Lancashire County Council: Lancashire Profile |access-date=2011-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413141733/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/areas/education.asp |archive-date=2010-04-13 |url-status=dead }}

The district is polycentric and is located between the larger settlements of Blackburn and Burnley. It is linked to both areas by the M65 motorway and the East Lancashire railway line.

The borough had a population of 80,734 at the 2011 census.{{cite web |title=Hyndburn Local Authority |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E07000120 |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=25 August 2022}} Much of the borough forms part of the Accrington/Rossendale Built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which covers the borough and parts of the neighbouring borough of Rossendale. The Accrington/Rossendale built-up area extends from the town of Accrington to Rawtenstall and Bacup, taking in parts of the boroughs of Hyndburn and Rossendale. The Accrington/Rossendale built-up area was recorded at having a population of 125,059 at the 2011 census.{{cite web |title=Accrington/Rossendale Built-up area |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E34004905 |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=25 August 2022}}

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• Accrington
• Altham
• Baxenden
• Belthorn (part)
• Church
• Clayton-le-Moors
• Great Harwood
• Huncoat
• Knuzden (considered a suburb of Blackburn)
• Oswaldtwistle
• Rishton
• Tottleworth
• Whitebirk (part) (considered a suburb of Blackburn)

Altham is the only civil parish in Hyndburn. The rest of the borough is an unparished area.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=11 October 2023}}

The role of mayor is usually held by a different councillor each year. They chair meetings of the full council and are expected to be politically impartial during their term of office, but they do get an additional casting vote in the event of a tie. The mayors since 1974 have been:{{cite web |title=The Mayor's Office |url=https://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/the-mayors-office/8/ |website=Hyndburn Borough Council |date=18 May 2018 |access-date=24 August 2022}}

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• 1974–1975: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Wallace Haines
• 1975–1976: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Donald John McNeil
• 1976–1977: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Allan Critchlow
• 1977–1978: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jessie Marie Hall
• 1978–1979: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Doris Grant
• 1979–1980: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves
• 1980–1981: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Christopher Dillon
• 1981–1982: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jennie Jackson
• 1982–1983: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Phyllis Hargreaves
• 1983–1984: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Thomas Wilfred Renshaw
• 1984–1985: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jack Grime
• 1985–1986: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Edward Francis Hill
• 1986–1987: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Leonard Dickinson
• 1987–1988: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} William Parkinson
• 1988–1989: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Clifford Westell
• 1989–1990: {{Color box|{{party colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} Alan Dunwoodie Lund
• 1990–1991: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} William Birch Sumner
• 1991–1992: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} John Culshaw
• 1992–1993: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mary Catherine Thom
• 1993–1994: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Sonia Mary Bramley-Howarth
• 1994–1995: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Reginald George Goggin
• 1995–1996: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jean Battle
• 1996–1997: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mirza Mohammed Yousaf
• 1997–1998: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Maurice Samuel Cowell
• 1998–1999: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Ian James Ormerod
• 1999–2000: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Bernard Dawson
• 2000–2001: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Douglas Hayes
• 2001–2002: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} David Parkins
• 2002–2003: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Sandra Katherine Hayes
• 2003–2004: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Winifred Margaret Frankland
• 2004–2005: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Miles Parkinson
• 2005–2006: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Janet Storey
• 2006–2007: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mohammed Rahman
• 2007–2008: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Anthony Dobson
• 2008–2009: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Pamela Barton
• 2009–2010: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Paul Barton
• 2010–2011: {{Color box|{{party colour|Independent politician}}|border=silver}} Malcolm Pritchard
• 2011–2012: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Colette McCormack
• 2012–2013: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} John Broadley
• 2013–2014: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Judith Addison
• 2014–2015: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Munsif Dad
• 2015–2016: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Marlene Howarth
• 2016–2017: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Tim O'Kane
• 2017–2018: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Peter Britcliffe
• 2018–2019: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mohammad Ayub
• 2019–2021: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} June Harrisson
• 2021–2022: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Kathleen Pratt
• 2022–2023: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Abdul Khan
• 2023–2024: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Terry Hurn
• 2024–2025: {{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mike Booth
• 2025–2026: {{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Josh Allen

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The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Hyndburn.

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• Ronald Hill: 10 July 2012{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-18772353 |title=Ron Hill receives Freedom of the Borough of Hyndburn |last= |first= |date=10 July 2012 |website=BBC News |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021 |quote=}}
• Julie Hesmondhalgh: 28 January 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-31021485 |title=Julie Hesmondhalgh awarded Freedom of Hyndburn |last= |first= |date=28 January 2015 |website=BBC News |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021 |quote=}}
• David Lloyd: 6 July 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.lancs.live/news/cricket-star-david-lloyd-bernard-14876451 |title=Cricket star David Lloyd and Bernard Dawson receive Freedom of the Borough |last=Pike |first=Stuart |date=6 July 2018 |website=Lancs Live |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021 |quote=}}
• Bernard Dawson: 6 July 2018

• The Queen's Lancashire Regiment: 29 June 2002.{{cite web |url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/206138 |title=Queen's Lancashire Regiment Freedom of the Borough (Accrington Pals) |last= |first= |date= |website=War Memorials Online |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2021 |quote=}}

{{reflist}}

• {{official website|https://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk}}
• [http://www.accringtonweb.com Accrington Web] Hyndburn's local community forum
• [http://www.civicartscentre.co.uk Civic Arts Centre] Listings for what's on at the Civic Arts Centre

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