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    Rossendale: 1997 local elections

    5 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1996) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 31 · Conservative 5 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0

    After (end of 1997) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 31 · Conservative 5 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Bacup1 seat · turnout 72.5%
    K. HoltConservative3,002 ✓
    D. EastonLabour2,914
    Haslingden1 seat · turnout 72.1%
    R. WilkinsonLabour4,281 ✓
    S BirtwellConservative3,945
    N O'BrienSOC LAB469
    N. ThompsonGreen426
    Rossendale East1 seat · turnout 71.6%
    H. QuinnLabour3,510 ✓
    D RuddickConservative2,253
    S. SandersonGreen449
    Rossendale West1 seat · turnout 75.6%
    H. HardingLabour4,861 ✓
    J CheethamConservative3,567
    J GaffneyGreen604
    Whitworth1 seat · turnout 70.6%
    E. KershawLabour3,099 ✓
    J GroganConservative2,769