The 2016 Rossendale Borough Council election Took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members to one third of Rossendale Borough Council in England prior to elections Labour held 19 seats Conservatives held 15 with 3 Independents. The results was a Labour Victory with 3 seats gained 2 from the Conservatives and 1 from Independent. UKIP The Green Party and National Front along with several Independents also fielded candidates. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was worth noting that the Conservative party were only requiring a net gain of three seats to take control of the council. The resulting Labour victory was a surprise. The most surprising was Labour's taking of the seemingly safe Conservative ward of Eden.
Rossendale Borough Council
Labour 22 Conservative 13 Community First 1 Lib Dem 0 UKIP 0 Green 0 Independent 0
RESULTS
Cribden Ward
Andrea FLETCHER (Labour Party) – 542 votes (ELECTED)
Michael PICKUP (UK Independence Party) – 152 votes
Jenny RIGBY (Conservative Party) – 391 votes
Hilary Jane WHITEHEAD (Green Party) – 71 votes
Result Labour HOLD
Ward turnout = 41.60%
Eden Ward
Janice Beverley JOHNSON (Labour Party) – 549 votes – (ELECTED)
Mischa MOCKETT (Conservative Party) – 492 votes
Incumbent Darryl Smith (Conservative) Not Standing
Ward Turnout = 36.32%
Result – Labour GAIN from Conservative
Facit & Shawforth Ward
Tom ALDRED (Labour Party) – 381 votes (ELECTED)
Max Alexander LAKE (UK Independence Party) – 200 votes
Dayne POWELL (Conservative Party) – 304 votes
Ward Turnout = 31.82%
Incumbent Mandalene De Souza (Independent) Not Standing
Result – Labour GAIN from Independent
Goodshaw Ward
Ronald Broadley ASHWORTH (UK Independence Party) – 122 votes
Dorothy FARRINGTON (Labour Party) – 709 votes (ELECTED)
Lynn TATT (Conservative Party) – 378
Ward Turnout = 38.60%
Result – Labour HOLD
Greenfield Ward
Lisa Michelle BLOOR (Labour Party) – 584 votes
Val ROBERTS (Conservative Party) – 693 votes (ELECTED)
Alan WEAVER (UK Independence Party) – 212 votes
Ward Turnout = 34.20%
Result – Conservative Hold
Greensclough Ward
Barbara Marion ASHWORTH (Labour Party) – 839 votes (ELECTED)
Mark MILLS (Conservative Party) – 630 votes
Ward Turnout = 34.10%
Result – Labour HOLD
Hareholme Ward
Clive BALCHIN (Independent) – 547 votes
David Alexander FOXCROFT (Conservative Party) – 477 votes
Andy MACNAE (Labour Party) – 615 votes (ELECTED)
Ward Turnout = 39.96%
Result – Labour HOLD
Helmshore Ward
Noel William O’BRIEN (Independent) – 236 votes
David STANSFIELD (Conservative Party) – 1003 votes (ELECTED)
Sam STUART-BOOTH (Labour Party) – 700 votes
Ward Turnout = 40.54%
Incumbent Peter Smith (Conservative) Not Standing
Result – Conservative HOLD
Irwell Ward
Kevin Alastair BRYAN (National Front) – 128 votes
Laura-Beth THOMPSON (Conservative Party) – 462 votes
Andrew WALMSLEY (Labour Party) – 661 votes (ELECTED)
Ward Turnout = 30.62%
Result – Labour HOLD
Longholme Ward
Gary BARNES (UK Independence Party) – 262 votes
Thomas Alfred BLACKBURN (Conservative Party) – 500 votes
Steve HUGHES (Labour Party) – 768 votes (ELECTED)
Ward Turnout = 36.83%
Result – Labour HOLD
Whitewell Ward
Pam BROMLEY (Labour Party) – 651 votes (ELECTED)
Sarah Elizabeth COLLINGE (Conservative Party) – 607 votes
John David PAYNE (Green Party) – 137 votes
Ward Turnout = 33.43%
Result – Labour GAIN from Conservative
Worsley Ward
Naomi ADAMS (Conservative Party) – 418 votes
Granville BARKER (UK Independence Party) – 265 votes
Marilyn Winifred Anne PROCTER (Labour Party) – 733 votes (ELECTED)
Ward Turnout = 33.81%
Result – Labour HOLD
Overall Local Election Turnout = 35.92%