2024 Burnley Borough Council election
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15 out of 45 seats to Burnley Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() The winner of each seat in the 2024 Burnley Borough Council Election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Burnley Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. One-third of the 45 members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire were elected.
Summary
[edit]Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control. Following the previous election in 2023, a minority Labour administration had been running the council.[1] However, in October 2023, eleven councillors left the Labour Party over the party's stance on the Israel–Hamas war. They then sat as a group of independent councillors called the 'Burnley Independent Group', which formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party, which together held a majority of the seats on the council.[2][3]
The 2024 election saw the Labour party regain some of the seats they had held at the 2023 election. However, they were unable to secure a majority of the seats, and the council remained under no overall control. The coalition of the Burnley Independet Group, Liberal Democrats and Greens continued to form the council's administration after the election, albeit as a minority administration having lost the majority it had held prior to the election.[4]
Previous council composition
[edit]After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[5] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 21 | Labour | 11 | Labour | 15 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 12 | Independent | 10 | |||
Conservative | 7 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | |||
Green | 7 | Green | 7 | Green | 5 | |||
BAPIP | 3 | BAPIP | 0 | BAPIP | Dissolved |
Changes:
- August 2023: BAPIP dissolved - Charlie Briggs, Neil Mottershead and Mark Payne sit as independents[6]
- September 2023: Charlie Briggs (independent) joins Labour;[7] Andy Fewings (Green) resigns - by-election held October 2023
- October 2023: Afrasiab Anwar, Saeed Chaudhary, Shah Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq, Nussrat Kazmi, Syeda Kazmi, Arif Khan, Lubna Khan, Sehrish Lone, Asif Raja, and Christine Sollis leave Labour to sit as independents;[b][8] Alexander Hall (Green) wins by-election[9]
- February 2024: Neil Mottershead (independent) joins Conservatives[10]
Results
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Borough_of_Burnley_Council_2024.svg/220px-Borough_of_Burnley_Council_2024.svg.png)
2024 Burnley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 6 | ![]() |
40.0 | 9 | 15 | 33.3 | 6,343 | 32.4 | -9.8 | |
Conservative | 3 | ![]() |
20.0 | 5 | 8 | 17.8 | 5,159 | 26.3 | +3.8 | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() |
20.0 | 7 | 10 | 22.2 | 4,292 | 21.9 | +16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | ![]() |
13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 1,804 | 9.2 | -4.3 | |
Green | 1 | ![]() |
6.7 | 4 | 5 | 11.1 | 1,981 | 10.1 | -6.6 |
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.[11] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Bank Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Lubna Khan* | 737 | 55.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Hannah Till | 456 | 34.0 | −40.1 | |
Conservative | Susan Nutter | 147 | 11.0 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 281 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Lubna Khan was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Briercliffe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Margaret Lishman* | 497 | 41.1 | −8.5 | |
Labour | Pete Coles | 468 | 38.7 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Sagar | 182 | 15.1 | −2.6 | |
Green | Julie Hurt | 61 | 5.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 29 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Brunshaw
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shaun Sproule | 520 | 50.6 | +5.3 | |
Green | Andrew Newhouse | 268 | 26.1 | −14.6 | |
Conservative | Claire Ingham | 209 | 20.4 | +6.4 | |
Independent | Mubashar Lone | 30 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing |
Cliviger with Worsthorne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ivor Emo | 955 | 54.7 | +12.7 | |
Green | Scott Cunliffe* | 575 | 32.9 | −11.2 | |
Labour | Carol Lukey | 161 | 9.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gorgyanna Kenzington | 55 | 3.2 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 380 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Green | Swing |
Coal Clough with Deerplay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Inckle* | 450 | 40.4 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Jeff Slee | 380 | 34.1 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Tom Watson | 210 | 18.8 | −1.7 | |
Green | Anna Hewitt | 75 | 6.7 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 70 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Saeed Chaudhary* | 1,143 | 54.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ikram Rafiq | 375 | 18.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Saleh | 340 | 16.3 | +12.7 | |
Labour | James Harrison | 227 | 10.9 | −65.6 | |
Majority | 768 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Saeed Chaudhary was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Gannow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gemma Haigh | 590 | 59.4 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | Rhys Williams | 269 | 27.1 | +17.8 | |
Green | Lewis Bridges | 71 | 7.1 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Haworth | 47 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Khalil Pascall | 17 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 321 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from BAPIP | Swing |
Gawthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Dole | 658 | 60.8 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Karen Ingham* | 424 | 39.2 | +11.2 | |
Majority | 234 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hapton with Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Hosker* | 765 | 61.1 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Elaine Cotterell | 380 | 30.3 | −5.6 | |
Green | Sarah Hall | 108 | 8.6 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 385 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lanehead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Waddington | 715 | 42.4 | −8.1 | |
Independent | Asif Raja* | 712 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Abdul Shahid | 261 | 15.5 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 3 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Asif Raja was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Queensgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Aurangzeb Ali | 1,184 | 69.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Keith Till | 343 | 20.0 | −48.7 | |
Conservative | Bailey Webster | 184 | 10.8 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 841 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ashley Brown | 395 | 37.4 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Abbey Hartley | 286 | 27.1 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Bea Foster | 283 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Bridges | 91 | 8.6 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 109 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rosehill with Burnley Wood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Horrocks* | 467 | 41.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Neal | 380 | 33.5 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Bonney | 195 | 17.2 | +3.8 | |
Green | Fi Hornby | 92 | 8.1 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 87 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
This seat was gained by Labour in a by-election in November 2022.[13]
Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Martyn Hurt* | 396 | 52.0 | −12.0 | |
Labour | Tony Martin | 280 | 36.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Dale Ferrier | 85 | 11.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 116 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Green hold | Swing |
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Don Whitaker* | 647 | 46.8 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Liam Walsh | 305 | 22.1 | +6.0 | |
Green | Duncan Reed | 244 | 17.7 | −14.0 | |
Independent | David Roper | 139 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Mitchell Cryer | 47 | 3.4 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 342 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Jacobs, Bill (24 May 2023). "Labour take control of council as a minority administration". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (17 November 2023). "Labour loses control of council as Independents form new coalition". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (17 November 2023). "Burnley councillors who resigned over Gaza form coalition". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (8 May 2024). "Burnley Council's three-way coalition to stay as minority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Burnley and Padiham Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (18 September 2023). "Double politicians' switch leaves council control on a knife edge". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Ambrose, Tom (5 November 2023). "Burnley council leader quits over Starmer's failure to call for Gaza ceasefire". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Trinity Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Bill (28 February 2024). "Veteran Independent councillor joins borough's Conservative group". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Burnley Borough Council. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "Burnley local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Rosehill with Burnley Wood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2024.