See main article: Hyndburn Borough Council elections.
| Election Name: | 2010 Hyndburn Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 of 35 seats to Hyndburn Borough Council |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Peter Britcliffe |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Graham Jones |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Leader4: | Ian Robinson |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Leaders Seat1: | St Andrew's |
| Leaders Seat2: | Peel |
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.
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.
After the election, the composition of the council was -
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 2014 included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.
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