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Rossendale 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

10 ward races

30 seats

30 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 30 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	18,794	42.8%	20	66.7%	13	43.3%	+7
Conservative and Unionist Party	12,915	29.4%	5	16.7%	9	30.0%	-4
Green Party	10,041	22.9%	3	10.0%	7	23.3%	-4
CMTY 1ST	1,527	3.5%	2	6.7%	1	3.3%	+1
Independent	585	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	43,862	100.0%	30	100.0%	30	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Goodshaw and Cribden · 3 seats · won at 14.7% · +10.3 pts below quota
Greenfield and Eden · 3 seats · won at 15.1% · +9.9 pts below quota
Hareholme and Waterfoot · 3 seats · won at 15.4% · +9.6 pts below quota
Longholme · 3 seats · won at 16.4% · +8.6 pts below quota
Whitewell and Stacksteads · 3 seats · won at 16.6% · +8.4 pts below quota
Haslingden · 3 seats · won at 17.3% · +7.7 pts below quota
Whitworth · 3 seats · won at 17.5% · +7.5 pts below quota
Helmshore · 3 seats · won at 17.7% · +7.3 pts below quota
Britannia and Lee Mill · 3 seats · won at 18.7% · +6.3 pts below quota
Bacup · 3 seats · won at 19.8% · +5.2 pts below quota

Race results

Goodshaw and Cribden · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +10.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,478

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Barnes, A.	Labour Party	1,014	18.5%	Elected
2	Gill, C.	Labour Party	847	15.5%	Elected
3	Bleakley, G.	Labour Party	804	14.7%	Elected
4	Greenwood, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	764	13.9%
5	Foxcroft, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	672	12.3%
6	Cope, T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	615	11.2%
7	Falat, I.	Green Party	279	5.1%
8	Anderson, M.	Green Party	270	4.9%
9	Goodwin, D.	Green Party	213	3.9%

Electorate 5,126 · Ballots cast 5,478 · EC ward code E05015819 · Back to ward index

Greenfield and Eden · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,042

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cheetham, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	843	16.7%	Elected
2	Looker, N.	Labour Party	773	15.3%	Elected
3	Holland, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	761	15.1%	Elected
4	Pilling, N.	Labour Party	722	14.3%
5	Lee, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	678	13.4%
6	Rorke, J.	Green Party	502	10.0%
7	Green, S.	Green Party	431	8.5%
8	Hewitt, G.	Green Party	332	6.6%

Electorate 5,241 · Ballots cast 5,042 · EC ward code E05015820 · Back to ward index

Hareholme and Waterfoot · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,959

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Harris, N.	Labour Party	831	16.8%	Elected
2	McMahon, A.	Labour Party	793	16.0%	Elected
3	Belli, T.	Labour Party	765	15.4%	Elected
4	Bird, S.	Green Party	503	10.1%
5	Adams, C.	Green Party	437	8.8%
6	Littler, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	430	8.7%
7	Green, E.	Green Party	421	8.5%
8	Marriott, B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	400	8.1%
9	Slaughter, K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	379	7.6%

Electorate 5,427 · Ballots cast 4,959 · EC ward code E05015821 · Back to ward index

Longholme · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,385

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Harrison, S.	Labour Party	847	19.3%	Elected
2	McInnes, L.	Labour Party	844	19.2%	Elected
3	Norton, M.	Labour Party	718	16.4%	Elected
4	Brignall, E.	Conservative and Unionist Party	416	9.5%
5	Pendlebury, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	399	9.1%
6	Bird, T.	Green Party	328	7.5%
7	Jones, R.	Green Party	321	7.3%
8	Abdullah, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	304	6.9%
9	Duckworth, H.	Green Party	208	4.7%

Electorate 5,101 · Ballots cast 4,385 · EC ward code E05015824 · Back to ward index

Whitewell and Stacksteads · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,605

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Adshead, J.	Green Party	985	21.4%	Elected
2	Bauld, B.	Green Party	819	17.8%	Elected
3	Payne, J.	Green Party	764	16.6%	Elected
4	Oakes, J.	Labour Party	674	14.6%
5	Windwood, G.	Labour Party	432	9.4%
6	Rolli, M.	Labour Party	424	9.2%
7	Watson, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	188	4.1%
8	Brindley, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	166	3.6%
9	Lowe, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	153	3.3%

Electorate 5,020 · Ballots cast 4,605 · EC ward code E05015825 · Back to ward index

Haslingden · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,651

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Lythgoe, A.	Labour Party	644	17.6%	Elected
2	Kenyon, A.	Labour Party	632	17.3%	Elected
3	Procter, M.	Labour Party	630	17.3%	Elected
4	Brockbank, K.	Green Party	414	11.3%
5	Cheetham, T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	356	9.8%
6	Booth, K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	335	9.2%
7	Armor, H.	Green Party	331	9.1%
8	Shah, K.	Green Party	309	8.5%

Electorate 5,462 · Ballots cast 3,651 · EC ward code E05015822 · Back to ward index

Whitworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +7.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,773

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Neal, A.	CMTY 1ST	866	23.0%	Elected
2	Smith, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	679	18.0%	Elected
3	Royds, M.	CMTY 1ST	661	17.5%	Elected
4	Whitehead, J.	Independent	585	15.5%
5	Chippendale, C.	Labour Party	481	12.7%
6	Hall, V.	Green Party	254	6.7%
7	Ovens, A.	Green Party	168	4.5%
8	Shellard, P.	Green Party	79	2.1%

Electorate 5,768 · Ballots cast 3,773 · EC ward code E05015826 · Back to ward index

Helmshore · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +7.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,440

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hodgkiss, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,003	18.4%	Elected
2	Barnes, S.	Labour Party	986	18.1%	Elected
3	Woods, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	965	17.7%	Elected
4	Snowden, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	883	16.2%
5	McIntyre, A.	Labour Party	880	16.2%
6	Duckworth, J.	Green Party	318	5.8%
7	Blow, G.	Green Party	259	4.8%
8	Hewitt, C.	Green Party	146	2.7%

Electorate 4,991 · Ballots cast 5,440 · EC ward code E05015823 · Back to ward index

Britannia and Lee Mill · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,183

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Walmsley, A.	Labour Party	667	21.0%	Elected
2	Ashworth, D.	Labour Party	619	19.4%	Elected
3	Smith, M.	Labour Party	595	18.7%	Elected
4	Wells, R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	447	14.0%
5	Rigby, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	401	12.6%
6	Jackson, J.	Green Party	211	6.6%
7	Delargy, J.	Green Party	124	3.9%
8	Vijatov, A.	Green Party	119	3.7%

Electorate 4,507 · Ballots cast 3,183 · EC ward code E05015818 · Back to ward index

Bacup · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 19.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +5.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,346

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Driver, J.	Labour Party	767	22.9%	Elected
2	Eaton, J.	Labour Party	744	22.2%	Elected
3	Hancock, D.	Labour Party	661	19.8%	Elected
4	Lord, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	373	11.1%
5	Holmes, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	305	9.1%
6	Bauld, H.	Green Party	210	6.3%
7	Brogan, D.	Green Party	151	4.5%
8	Bull, D.	Green Party	135	4.0%

Electorate 4,682 · Ballots cast 3,346 · EC ward code E05015817 · Back to ward index