← Rossendale (all cycles) · 2 May 2024 cohort
Rossendale 2024
Local elections held 2 May 2024.
Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →
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 shared out in proportion to votes received (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; 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 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.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2024 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2024 election (current) and on the eve of it (2023), so you can see what the result replaced.
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 44.0% · above quota
- Greenfield and Eden · 3 seats · won at 45.3% · above quota
- Hareholme and Waterfoot · 3 seats · won at 46.3% · above quota
- Longholme · 3 seats · won at 49.1% · above quota
- Whitewell and Stacksteads · 3 seats · won at 49.8% · above quota
- Haslingden · 3 seats · won at 51.8% · above quota
- Whitworth · 3 seats · won at 52.6% · above quota
- Helmshore · 3 seats · won at 53.2% · above quota
- Britannia and Lee Mill · 3 seats · won at 56.1% · above quota
- Bacup · 3 seats · won at 59.3% · above quota
Race results
Goodshaw and Cribden · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 44.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +19.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,826
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes, A. | Labour Party | 1,014 | 18.5% | 55.5% | +30.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gill, C. | Labour Party | 847 | 15.5% | 46.4% | +21.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Bleakley, G. | Labour Party | 804 | 14.7% | 44.0% | +19.0 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Greenwood, J. | Conservative Party | 764 | 13.9% | 41.8% | — | |
| 5 | Foxcroft, J. | Conservative Party | 672 | 12.3% | 36.8% | — | |
| 6 | Cope, T. | Conservative Party | 615 | 11.2% | 33.7% | — | |
| 7 | Falat, I. | Green Party | 279 | 5.1% | 15.3% | — | |
| 8 | Anderson, M. | Green Party | 270 | 4.9% | 14.8% | — | |
| 9 | Goodwin, D. | Green Party | 213 | 3.9% | 11.7% | — |
Greenfield and Eden · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 45.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +20.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,681
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheetham, A. | Conservative Party | 843 | 16.7% | 50.2% | +25.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Looker, N. | Labour Party | 773 | 15.3% | 46.0% | +21.0 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Holland, S. | Conservative Party | 761 | 15.1% | 45.3% | +20.3 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Pilling, N. | Labour Party | 722 | 14.3% | 43.0% | — | |
| 5 | Lee, C. | Conservative Party | 678 | 13.4% | 40.3% | — | |
| 6 | Rorke, J. | Green Party | 502 | 10.0% | 29.9% | — | |
| 7 | Green, S. | Green Party | 431 | 8.5% | 25.6% | — | |
| 8 | Hewitt, G. | Green Party | 332 | 6.6% | 19.8% | — |
Hareholme and Waterfoot · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 46.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +21.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,653
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris, N. | Labour Party | 831 | 16.8% | 50.3% | +25.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | McMahon, A. | Labour Party | 793 | 16.0% | 48.0% | +23.0 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Belli, T. | Labour Party | 765 | 15.4% | 46.3% | +21.3 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Bird, S. | Green Party | 503 | 10.1% | 30.4% | — | |
| 5 | Adams, C. | Green Party | 437 | 8.8% | 26.4% | — | |
| 6 | Littler, M. | Conservative Party | 430 | 8.7% | 26.0% | — | |
| 7 | Green, E. | Green Party | 421 | 8.5% | 25.5% | — | |
| 8 | Marriott, B. | Conservative Party | 400 | 8.1% | 24.2% | — | |
| 9 | Slaughter, K. | Conservative Party | 379 | 7.6% | 22.9% | — |
Longholme · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 49.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +24.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,462
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison, S. | Labour Party | 847 | 19.3% | 57.9% | +32.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | McInnes, L. | Labour Party | 844 | 19.2% | 57.7% | +32.7 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Norton, M. | Labour Party | 718 | 16.4% | 49.1% | +24.1 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Brignall, E. | Conservative Party | 416 | 9.5% | 28.5% | — | |
| 5 | Pendlebury, M. | Conservative Party | 399 | 9.1% | 27.3% | — | |
| 6 | Bird, T. | Green Party | 328 | 7.5% | 22.4% | — | |
| 7 | Jones, R. | Green Party | 321 | 7.3% | 22.0% | — | |
| 8 | Abdullah, M. | Conservative Party | 304 | 6.9% | 20.8% | — | |
| 9 | Duckworth, H. | Green Party | 208 | 4.7% | 14.2% | — |
Whitewell and Stacksteads · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 49.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +24.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,535
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adshead, J. | Green Party | 985 | 21.4% | 64.2% | +39.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bauld, B. | Green Party | 819 | 17.8% | 53.4% | +28.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Payne, J. | Green Party | 764 | 16.6% | 49.8% | +24.8 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Oakes, J. | Labour Party | 674 | 14.6% | 43.9% | — | |
| 5 | Windwood, G. | Labour Party | 432 | 9.4% | 28.1% | — | |
| 6 | Rolli, M. | Labour Party | 424 | 9.2% | 27.6% | — | |
| 7 | Watson, D. | Conservative Party | 188 | 4.1% | 12.2% | — | |
| 8 | Brindley, J. | Conservative Party | 166 | 3.6% | 10.8% | — | |
| 9 | Lowe, J. | Conservative Party | 153 | 3.3% | 10.0% | — |
Haslingden · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 51.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +26.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,217
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lythgoe, A. | Labour Party | 644 | 17.6% | 52.9% | +27.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kenyon, A. | Labour Party | 632 | 17.3% | 51.9% | +26.9 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Procter, M. | Labour Party | 630 | 17.3% | 51.8% | +26.8 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Brockbank, K. | Green Party | 414 | 11.3% | 34.0% | — | |
| 5 | Cheetham, T. | Conservative Party | 356 | 9.8% | 29.3% | — | |
| 6 | Booth, K. | Conservative Party | 335 | 9.2% | 27.5% | — | |
| 7 | Armor, H. | Green Party | 331 | 9.1% | 27.2% | — | |
| 8 | Shah, K. | Green Party | 309 | 8.5% | 25.4% | — |
Whitworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 52.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +27.6 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,258
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neal, A. | CMTY 1ST | 866 | 23.0% | 68.9% | +43.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Smith, S. | Conservative Party | 679 | 18.0% | 54.0% | +29.0 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Royds, M. | CMTY 1ST | 661 | 17.5% | 52.6% | +27.6 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Whitehead, J. | Independent | 585 | 15.5% | 46.5% | — | |
| 5 | Chippendale, C. | Labour Party | 481 | 12.7% | 38.2% | — | |
| 6 | Hall, V. | Green Party | 254 | 6.7% | 20.2% | — | |
| 7 | Ovens, A. | Green Party | 168 | 4.5% | 13.4% | — | |
| 8 | Shellard, P. | Green Party | 79 | 2.1% | 6.3% | — |
Helmshore · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 53.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +28.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,813
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hodgkiss, A. | Conservative Party | 1,003 | 18.4% | 55.3% | +30.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Barnes, S. | Labour Party | 986 | 18.1% | 54.4% | +29.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Woods, A. | Conservative Party | 965 | 17.7% | 53.2% | +28.2 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Snowden, C. | Conservative Party | 883 | 16.2% | 48.7% | — | |
| 5 | McIntyre, A. | Labour Party | 880 | 16.2% | 48.5% | — | |
| 6 | Duckworth, J. | Green Party | 318 | 5.8% | 17.5% | — | |
| 7 | Blow, G. | Green Party | 259 | 4.8% | 14.3% | — | |
| 8 | Hewitt, C. | Green Party | 146 | 2.7% | 8.1% | — |
Britannia and Lee Mill · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 56.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +31.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,061
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmsley, A. | Labour Party | 667 | 21.0% | 62.9% | +37.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ashworth, D. | Labour Party | 619 | 19.4% | 58.3% | +33.3 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Smith, M. | Labour Party | 595 | 18.7% | 56.1% | +31.1 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Wells, R. | Conservative Party | 447 | 14.0% | 42.1% | — | |
| 5 | Rigby, J. | Conservative Party | 401 | 12.6% | 37.8% | — | |
| 6 | Jackson, J. | Green Party | 211 | 6.6% | 19.9% | — | |
| 7 | Delargy, J. | Green Party | 124 | 3.9% | 11.7% | — | |
| 8 | Vijatov, A. | Green Party | 119 | 3.7% | 11.2% | — |
Bacup · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 59.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +34.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 3 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,115
This is a 3-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~3×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 3, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Driver, J. | Labour Party | 767 | 22.9% | 68.8% | +43.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Eaton, J. | Labour Party | 744 | 22.2% | 66.7% | +41.7 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Hancock, D. | Labour Party | 661 | 19.8% | 59.3% | +34.3 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Lord, D. | Conservative Party | 373 | 11.1% | 33.4% | — | |
| 5 | Holmes, J. | Conservative Party | 305 | 9.1% | 27.3% | — | |
| 6 | Bauld, H. | Green Party | 210 | 6.3% | 18.8% | — | |
| 7 | Brogan, D. | Green Party | 151 | 4.5% | 13.5% | — | |
| 8 | Bull, D. | Green Party | 135 | 4.0% | 12.1% | — |