Hyndburn Borough Council is split into 16 wards. Elections will take place on Thursday 4 May 2023 in 12 of those wards. The hours of Poll will be 7:00am to 10:00pm
Elections will be held in :
Altham
Barnfield
Baxenden
Central
Church
Clayton le Moors
Huncoat
Immanuel
Milnshaw
Overton
Rishton
St Oswalds
2023 Statement of Persons Nominated
2022 Statement of Persons Nominated
2022 Notice of Election Agents
Statement of Persons Nominated HBC May 2021
Notice of Elections Agents HBC May 2021
2019 Notice of Election Borough
2019 Statement of Persons Nominated
2019 Notice of Election Agents
2019 Notice of Election Parish
2019 Statement of Persons Nominated Parish
2019 Notice of Return of Result of Uncontested Parish
2018 Statement of Persons Nominated
Mayoral Petition Notice
Under the Local Authorities (Referendums)(Petitions)(England) Regulations 2011, 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: