Rossendale & Darwen        Lab  hold
                                        
                                    3/6 
 J Anderson        Lab    27,470   53.6%
 P Buzzard         Con    16,521   32.3%
 B Dunning         LibD    5,435   10.6%
 R Newstead        Ref     1,108    2.2%
 A Wearden         BNP       674    1.3%
 Turnout 73.4%; Lab majority 10,949     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 10.6%         
                                        
    Rother Valley              Lab  hold
                                        
                                        
 K Barron          Lab    31,184   67.6%
 S Stanbury        Con     7,699   16.7%
 S Burgess         LibD    5,342   11.6%
 S Cook            Ref     1,932    4.2%
 Turnout 67.2%; Lab majority 23,485     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 8.6%          
                                        
                                        
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