Hyndburn Borough Council is split into 16 wards. Elections will be held on the 3 May 2018 in 11 of those wards. The hours of the Poll will be 7am to 10pm.
Elections will be held in:
- Clayton le Moors
- Huncoat
- Immanuel
- Milnshaw
- Netherton
- Overton
- Peel
- Rishton
- SpringHill
- St Andrews
- St Oswalds
2018 Statement of Persons Nominated
Mayoral Petition Notice
Under the Local Government Act 2000, you can petition the council to hold a referendum on whether local people should elect a Mayor to lead the council instead.
A directly-elected mayor is elected by all the voters in the council’s area to be the head of the council’s decision making body. Having a directly elected mayor is a constitutional change and a referendum is held to give all voters in Hyndburn a chance to choose if they would want this arrangement.
In order to call a referendum for a directly elected mayor, a petition must be raised which is signed by 5% of local government electors that are included in the current Register of Electors. The verification figure is published annually in a formal notice: