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Originally Posted by Gremlin
I am a bit confused (OK it's early am) about the election results.
I do not see PB's name mentioned in the results table.
Did he stand or was his ward not due for an election? Which ward did he represent apart from the "Peter Britcliffe want to be King" ward.
I am not very well up in politics. Can some one explain to me how he became the Council leader and apparently is no longer.
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Peter Britcliffe was up for election last year and each councillor gets four years once elected. The Conservative party had 17 seats in Hyndburn plus support from Malcolm Pritchard to give them the 18 they needed to retain control of the council in 2010. His own party then elected him as Leader of the Council at the Council AGM last May.
Labour now hold 18 seats on the council, enough for an outright majority, therefore we have control and the new Leader will be Miles Parkinson by the time of the next Council AGM in just under two weeks.