Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The total registered electorate across Hyndburn comes to 43,404 potential voters. In this May 2014 election 16,766 turned out to vote - 38.63%. There was also the European Election being held on the same day and voter turnout, across ALL voters in every Hyndburn-Ward, was much higher than usual.