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Rossendale 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

17 ward races

17 seats

7 elected below the proportional quota

41.2% 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 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 17 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	15,659	43.7%	10	58.8%	8	47.1%	+2
Conservative and Unionist Party	15,476	43.2%	6	35.3%	8	47.1%	-2
Independent	2,530	7.1%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	0
Green Party	1,149	3.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
CF	980	2.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	35,794	100.0%	17	100.0%	17	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.

Whitworth And Bacup · 1 seat · won at 33.4% · +16.6 pts below quota
Rossendale East · 1 seat · won at 41.5% · +8.5 pts below quota
Facit & Shawforth · 1 seat · won at 42.9% · +7.1 pts below quota
Rossendale West · 1 seat · won at 44.0% · +6.0 pts below quota
Longholme · 1 seat · won at 45.7% · +4.3 pts below quota
Whitewell · 1 seat · won at 47.3% · +2.7 pts below quota
Irwell · 1 seat · won at 49.1% · +0.9 pts below quota
Rossendale South · 1 seat · won at 50.1% · above quota
Greenfield · 1 seat · won at 50.2% · above quota
Mid Rossendale · 1 seat · won at 50.7% · above quota
Helmshore · 1 seat · won at 51.8% · above quota
Greensclough · 1 seat · won at 51.9% · above quota
Cribden · 1 seat · won at 51.9% · above quota
Hareholme · 1 seat · won at 52.3% · above quota
Goodshaw · 1 seat · won at 52.4% · above quota
Eden · 1 seat · won at 52.5% · above quota
Worsley · 1 seat · won at 66.4% · above quota

Race results

Whitworth And Bacup · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +16.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,118

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Smith S.D.I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,040	33.4%	Elected
2	Neal A.	CF	980	31.4%
3	Ashworth B.M.	Labour Party	894	28.7%
4	Brogan D.J.	Green Party	204	6.5%

Electorate 10,048 · Ballots cast 3,118 · EC ward code E58000830 · Back to ward index

Rossendale East · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,484

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Oakes J.	Labour Party	1,445	41.5%	Elected
2	Pendlebury M.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	910	26.1%
3	Eaton J.	Independent	891	25.6%
4	Payne J.D.	Green Party	238	6.8%

Electorate 10,199 · Ballots cast 3,484 · EC ward code E58000815 · Back to ward index

Facit & Shawforth · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 990

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Whitehead J.M.	Independent	425	42.9%	Elected
2	Smith S.D.I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	310	31.3%
3	Aldred T.	Labour Party	255	25.8%

Electorate 2,795 · Ballots cast 990 · EC ward code E05005318 · Back to ward index

Rossendale West · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,009

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Barnes S.J.V.	Labour Party	1,765	44.0%	Elected
2	Thompson L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,688	42.1%
3	Stansfield D.	Independent	556	13.9%

Electorate 10,677 · Ballots cast 4,009 · EC ward code E58000817 · Back to ward index

Longholme · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,621

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hughes S.	Labour Party	740	45.7%	Elected
2	Walters M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	641	39.5%
3	Oliver J.D.	Independent	134	8.3%
4	White J.	Green Party	106	6.5%

Electorate 4,414 · Ballots cast 1,621 · EC ward code E05005326 · Back to ward index

Whitewell · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,462

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rigby J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	692	47.3%	Elected
2	Hancock D.J.	Labour Party	588	40.2%
3	Payne J.D.	Green Party	182	12.4%

Electorate 4,155 · Ballots cast 1,462 · EC ward code E05005328 · Back to ward index

Irwell · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,201

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Walmsley A.	Labour Party	590	49.1%	Elected
2	Snowden C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	522	43.5%
3	Brogan D.J.	Green Party	89	7.4%

Electorate 4,262 · Ballots cast 1,201 · EC ward code E05005325 · Back to ward index

Rossendale South · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.1 pts Valid ballots 3,734

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cheetham A.C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,869	50.1%	Elected
2	Marriott P.	Labour Party	1,535	41.1%
3	White J.	Green Party	330	8.8%

Electorate 9,681 · Ballots cast 3,734 · EC ward code E58000816 · Back to ward index

Greenfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.2 pts Valid ballots 1,572

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Thompson L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	789	50.2%	Elected
2	Looker N.A.	Labour Party	592	37.7%
3	Roberts V.	Independent	191	12.2%

Electorate 4,234 · Ballots cast 1,572 · EC ward code E05005320 · Back to ward index

Mid Rossendale · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.7 pts Valid ballots 4,522

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Serridge S.J.M.	Labour Party	2,291	50.7%	Elected
2	Rigby J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,231	49.3%

Electorate 11,232 · Ballots cast 4,522 · EC ward code E58000789 · Back to ward index

Helmshore · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.8 pts Valid ballots 2,087

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Woods A.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,081	51.8%	Elected
2	Townsend W.R.	Labour Party	673	32.2%
3	Stansfield D.	Independent	333	16.0%

Electorate 4,739 · Ballots cast 2,087 · EC ward code E05005324 · Back to ward index

Greensclough · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.9 pts Valid ballots 1,531

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ashworth B.M.	Labour Party	794	51.9%	Elected
2	Snowden A.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	737	48.1%

Electorate 4,367 · Ballots cast 1,531 · EC ward code E05005321 · Back to ward index

Cribden · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.9 pts Valid ballots 1,191

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rooke G.C.	Labour Party	618	51.9%	Elected
2	Foxcroft J.C.L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	573	48.1%

Electorate 2,808 · Ballots cast 1,191 · EC ward code E05005316 · Back to ward index

Hareholme · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.3 pts Valid ballots 1,592

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Barnes S.J.V.	Labour Party	833	52.3%	Elected
2	Littler M.T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	759	47.7%

Electorate 4,116 · Ballots cast 1,592 · EC ward code E05005322 · Back to ward index

Goodshaw · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.4 pts Valid ballots 1,256

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Foxcroft D.A.L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	658	52.4%	Elected
2	Hamer C.D.	Labour Party	598	47.6%

Electorate 3,130 · Ballots cast 1,256 · EC ward code E05005319 · Back to ward index

Eden · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.5 pts Valid ballots 1,155

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Johnson J.B.	Labour Party	606	52.5%	Elected
2	Smethurst B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	549	47.5%

Electorate 2,815 · Ballots cast 1,155 · EC ward code E05005317 · Back to ward index

Worsley · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.4 pts Valid ballots 1,269

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Procter M.W.A.	Labour Party	842	66.4%	Elected
2	Abdullah M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	427	33.6%

Electorate 4,158 · Ballots cast 1,269 · EC ward code E05005329 · Back to ward index