Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election. Since there was also the General Election being held on the same day, overall voter turnout was much higher than usual, for such local elections.
Background Before the election Conservatives had a majority of 21 councillors, Labour had 13 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 1 councillor.
Conservative candidates contested every ward, Labour candidates contested all wards except Overton-ward. Independents contested seven-wards, not including their one-existing uncontested-seat. LibDem's only single candidate contested in the Spring Hill-ward. BNP's only single candidate contested in the Clayton-le-Moors-ward.
Local Election result After the election, the composition of the council was -
Conservative 18 Labour 15 Independent 2
Reference: 2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election#Local Election result
NB: Five (of the 16) Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2010 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
Ward results
Clayton-le-Moors
Huncoat
Immanuel
Milnshaw
Netherton
Overton
Peel
Rishton
Spring Hill
St. Andrew's
St. Oswald's
References
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3707.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200131/http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/elections/electionresults.php?electionid=1