2023 Burnley Borough Council election
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![]() The winner of each seat in the 2023 Burnley Borough Council Election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, led by Labour councillor Afrasiab Anwar. The council remained under no overall control after the election; Labour gained seats but remained two seats short of an overall majority.[4][5] A Labour minority administration formed after the election, with the Liberal Democrats withdrawing from the coalition.[6]
Election result
[edit]2023 Burnley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 8 | ![]() |
53.3 | 13 | 21 | 46.7 | 8,131 | 42.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | 2 | ![]() |
13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 4,342 | 22.5 | –3.6 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 3,229 | 16.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | ![]() |
13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 2,594 | 13.5 | +0.7 | |
BAPIP | 1 | ![]() |
6.7 | 2 | 3 | 6.7 | 824 | 4.3 | –1.1 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 0.5 | +0.3 | |
Heritage | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7] The results for each ward were as follows:[8]
Bank Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sehrish Lone* | 927 | 74.1 | –1.1 | |
Conservative | Susan Nutter | 130 | 10.4 | –4.7 | |
Green | Julie Hart | 109 | 8.7 | –1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Khalil Pascall | 85 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 797 | 63.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,251 | 30.3 | –0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,155 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Briercliffe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anne Kelly* | 614 | 49.6 | –0.9 | |
Labour | Pete Coles | 356 | 28.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Sagar | 219 | 17.7 | –6.4 | |
Green | Oliver Sanderson | 50 | 4.0 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 258 | 20.9 | –5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,239 | 29.2 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,259 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Brunshaw
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Townsend* | 573 | 45.3 | +3.4 | |
Green | Alex Hall | 514 | 40.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Claire Ingham | 177 | 14.0 | –7.7 | |
Majority | 59 | 4.6 | –0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,264 | 27.9 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,554 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Cliviger with Worsthorne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Beki Hughes | 799 | 44.1 | –3.5 | |
Conservative | Cosima Towneley* | 760 | 42.0 | –5.0 | |
Labour | Peter Kenyon | 151 | 8.3 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hill | 101 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 39 | 2.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,811 | 42.7 | –1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,253 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Coal Clough with Deerplay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Howard Baker* | 563 | 47.0 | –13.0 | |
Labour | Mubashar Lone | 274 | 22.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Jackie Clarke | 245 | 20.5 | +4.7 | |
Green | Janet Hall | 115 | 9.6 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 289 | 24.1 | –15.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,197 | 31.2 | –5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,853 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nussrat Kazmi | 1,137 | 76.5 | –10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Haji-Nazrul | 244 | 16.4 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Linda Whittaker | 54 | 3.6 | +0.3 | |
Green | Sarah Hall | 51 | 3.4 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 893 | 60.1 | –19.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,486 | 31.9 | –3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,694 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Gannow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BAPIP | Charlie Briggs* | 486 | 48.3 | +3.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Gemma Haigh | 371 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Tom Watson | 94 | 9.3 | –3.5 | |
Green | Jai Redman | 56 | 5.6 | –3.3 | |
Majority | 115 | 11.5 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,007 | 23.1 | –3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,356 | ||||
BAPIP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Gawthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Harbour* | 783 | 65.4 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Adam Brierley | 335 | 28.0 | –6.1 | |
Green | Nigel Baldwin | 79 | 6.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 448 | 37.4 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,197 | 27.5 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,397 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hapton with Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joanne Broughton | 738 | 55.1 | –11.9 | |
Labour | Ashley Brown | 481 | 35.9 | +14.8 | |
Green | Anna Hewitt | 121 | 9.0 | –2.9 | |
Majority | 257 | 19.2 | –26.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,340 | 28.2 | –2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,769 | ||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ![]() |
Lanehead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Fiona Wild | 655 | 50.5 | –5.4 | |
Conservative | Abdul Shahid | 348 | 26.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pippa Lishman | 217 | 16.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | Barbara Baldwin | 77 | 5.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 307 | 23.7 | –8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,297 | 28.7 | –0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,528 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Queensgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Ishtiaq* | 939 | 68.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Bailey Webster | 178 | 13.0 | –10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Taylor | 163 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Green | Fiona Hornby | 87 | 6.4 | –2.4 | |
Majority | 761 | 55.7 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,367 | 32.8 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,189 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Reynolds | 523 | 44.9 | +3.5 | |
BAPIP | Lorraine Mehanna* | 338 | 29.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Maison McGowan-Doe | 170 | 14.6 | –9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Haworth | 72 | 6.2 | +1.3 | |
Green | Jane Curran | 61 | 5.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 185 | 15.9 | –0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,164 | 23.7 | –1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,907 | ||||
Labour gain from BAPIP | Swing | ![]() |
Rosehill with Burnley Wood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Brindle | 480 | 38.4 | +14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Neal | 468 | 37.4 | –18.8 | |
Conservative | Kev Shackell | 168 | 13.4 | –1.7 | |
Green | Carol Fredlund | 68 | 5.4 | +0.3 | |
Heritage | Catherine Ramsay | 66 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,250 | 28.3 | –2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,438 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Helen Bridges | 552 | 64.0 | –2.7 | |
Labour | Shoaib Hashmi | 233 | 27.0 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Dale Ferrier | 78 | 9.0 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 319 | 37.0 | –5.8 | ||
Turnout | 863 | 21.9 | –2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,960 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() |
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lee Ashworth | 648 | 41.9 | +3.6 | |
Green | Andrew Newhouse | 490 | 31.7 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Shaun Sproule | 248 | 16.1 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Mitchell Cryer | 92 | 6.0 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Bartram | 67 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 158 | 10.2 | –0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,545 | 34.1 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,549 | ||||
Conservative gain from BAPIP | Swing | ![]() |
Changes between 2023–2024
[edit]The Burnley and Padiham Independent Party was wound up in August 2023.[9] Of that party's three councillors, Mark Payne and Neil Mottershead then sat as independents, while Charlie Briggs joined Labour.[10]
By-elections
[edit]Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Alexander Hall | 347 | 59.5 | –4.5 | |
Labour | Mubashar Lone | 163 | 28.0 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Nutter | 73 | 12.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 184 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 588 | 15.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,903 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() |
The Trinity ward and Burnley Central West division by-elections were triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ Including one vacant seat in Whittlefield and Ightenhill ward previously held by BAPIP councillor Emma Payne prior to her resignation in January 2023.[1]
- ^ Including one vacant seat in Hapton with Park ward previously held by Peter Gill, who was elected for UKIP in May 2019, changed to the Brexit Party in August 2019, joined the Conservatives in January 2020, left the party to sit as an independent in September 2022 and resigned his seat in April 2023 shortly before the election.[2]
- ^ Boothroyd, David (13 January 2023). "Did you insinuate we'd lost three seats on Plymouth". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (22 April 2023). "Burnley Labour set to make progress in its rebuilding programme". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Burnley Borough Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour narrowly fails to take control of Burnley". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Longworth, Laura (5 May 2023). "Burnley Council Election 2023 Results: Green Party unseats Mayor of Burnley Cosima Towneley after 16 years". Burnley Express. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (24 May 2023). "Burnley: Labour take control of council as a minority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Burnley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Elections and voting". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Burnley and Padiham Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (18 September 2023). "Two Burnley councillors defect to leave town on knife edge". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Longworth, Laura (19 September 2023). "Burnley Green Party leader praises former councillor who made history in Burnley". Burnley Express. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Longworth, Laura (27 October 2023). "Burnley Green Party successfully defends seats on Burnley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council". Burnley Express. Retrieved 27 October 2023.