Photo: John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Hyndburn Borough Council
Rishton is run by Hyndburn Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. Labour has a majority on Hyndburn Borough Council. Reform UK has a majority on Lancashire County Council. Its MP is Sarah Smith (Labour), member for Hyndburn.
£2,465
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Rishton’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Hyndburn Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Hyndburn Borough Council: 18 of its 35 seats as elected. Reform UK holds 8, the Conservatives 7, the Greens 1 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Lancashire changed hands in 2025
Lancashire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (47 of 84 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 53 of 84 seats. Lancashire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Rishton’s wards, Reform UK took 49.8%, the Conservatives took 20.7% and Labour took 16.9% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Rishton has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Rishton is £2,465 for 2026–27; Hyndburn Borough Council keeps 11% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 51% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Rishton’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 18 of Hyndburn’s 35 or 43 of Lancashire’s 84 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour18
- Reform UK8
- Conservative7
- Green1
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2026.
- Reform UK53+53
- Conservative8−39
- Independent7+7
- Labour5−28
- Liberal Democrat5+3
- Green4+2
- Our West Lancashire2+2
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Rishton has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Rishton is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Rishton, from the most recent elections.
- 1Hyndburn Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsLance Miles Lee ParkinsonEthan Jack RawcliffeKate Walsh
- 2Lancashire County Council1 division · 2 councillorsJordan John FoxLance Miles Lee Parkinson
- 3Police and crime commissionerLancashire Constabulary · elected May 2024Clive Grunshaw
- 4House of CommonsHyndburn
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Lance Miles Lee ParkinsonReform UK · May 2026
- Ethan Jack RawcliffeLabour · May 2024
- Kate WalshLabour and Co-operative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Lancashire County Council’s 1 division (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishtonall in Rishton · 6,653 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Lance Miles Lee ParkinsonEthan Jack RawcliffeKate Walsh | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Lancashire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-Moors ED24% in Rishton · 6,653 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Jordan John FoxLance Miles Lee Parkinson | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Hyndburn Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Who led each council vote, 2021–2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Rishton’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Labour | 35.5% | 34.5% | 55.9% | 59.9% | 16.9% |
| Independent | 23.5% | 28.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Conservative | 37.6% | 32% | 37.8% | 40.1% | 20.7% |
| Reform UK | 2.2% | 5.1% | 0% | 0% | 49.8% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 1 of the 1 seats up in Rishton’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Hyndburn council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Rishton, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Hyndburn elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Rishton’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,812 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Rishton is in Hyndburn constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Rishton).
36,374 votes for candidates · majority 1,687
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 36,374 votes from 67,147 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 1,687 of 36,374 votes (4.6%): the 87th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Rishton’s Band D council tax is £2,465 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Hyndburn Borough Council keeps £276.46 of a Band D bill (11%); the rest goes to Lancashire County Council, the Lancashire police and crime commissioner and the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Hyndburn’s Band D bill has risen 51% in ten years, from £1,633.70 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £634.50 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Hyndburn, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Lancashire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included; the 11 nearest of 14. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Lancashire
| Hyndburn + Lancashire | Rishton’s councils | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £522 | £533 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £249 | £295 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £49 | £44 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £26 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £136 | £135 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £51 | £56 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £27 | £16 | £26 |
| Public health | £78 | £92 | £78 |
| Running the council | £100 | £73 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £13 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,238 | £1,281 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Hyndburn per its residents plus Lancashire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Lancashire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Rishton is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
hyndburnbc.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
hyndburnbc.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Rishton is run
Which council runs Rishton?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Rishton have a town council?
No. Rishton is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Rishton?
Sarah Smith (Labour) is the MP for Hyndburn, which covers Rishton.
How many councillors does Rishton have?
3 ward councillors represent Rishton’s 1 ward, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Rishton?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Rishton’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Rishton?
Band D council tax in Rishton is £2,465 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Hyndburn Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 18 of 35 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Lancashire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 53 of 84 seats as elected.
Who won the 2026 council election in Rishton?
In Rishton’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 1 of the 1 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 49.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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