2019 Burnley Borough Council election

The 2019 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England.^[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023. These seats were last contested in 2015.

In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats (including Charlie Briggs and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party.^[2] However in early 2019 Christine White (elected in 2016) stepped down following a complaint from a resident, prompting a by-election in the Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward which was won by Peter McCann of the Liberal Democrats.^[3] After the 2018 election, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) who had been sitting on the council as independents after also splitting with the local Lib Dems, joined the Labour group.^[4]

Following the election Labour lost control of the council and a coalition of all the other parties formed a new executive with Charlie Briggs returning to the role of Council leader to replace Mark Townsend.^[5]

State of the Parties

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Burnley Council composition 2019

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	22	5
	Liberal Democrat	8	2
	BAPIP	5	2
	Conservative	4	1
	UKIP	3	1
	Green	2	1
	Independent	1	-
Source: The Guardian^[6]

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2018.

Burnley Borough Council election result, 2019

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	15	6	0	5	5	40.0	36.0	7,395	7.3
	Green	15	1	1	0	1	6.7	16.1	3,310	8.0
	Conservative	15	1	0	1	1	6.7	13.8	2,843	4.9
	BAPIP	6	3	2	0	2	20.0	13.4	2,744	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	7	3	2	0	2	20.0	11.6	2,380	3.7
	UKIP	3	1	1	0	1	6.7	8.3	1,700	3.0
	National Front	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	182	New

^[1]

Ward results

^[7]

Bank Hall

Bank Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sehrish Lone	968	70.2	4.9
	Green	Martyn Hurt	244	17.7	8.4
	Conservative	Nicola Thompson	167	12.1	3.5
Majority			724	52.5	7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Briercliffe ward

Briercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Rosemarie Kelly	825	62.7	11.9
	Labour	Brian Cooper	188	14.3	7.9
	Conservative	Susan Margaret Nutter	167	10.5	2.2
	Green	Mark David Alker	136	10.3	6.6
Majority			637	48.4	19.8
Turnout			1316	30.4	1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.9

Brunshaw ward

Brunshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mark Townsend	548	49.0	11.0
	Green	Janet Renata Hall	201	18.0	13.5
	Conservative	Ellen Rosemary Sunter	187	16.7	8.1
	National Front	Steven Smith	182	16.3	16.3
Majority			347	31.0	0.2
Turnout			1118	24.3	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	12.3

Cliviger with Worsthorne ward

Cliviger with Worsthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cosima Cecilia Towneley	703	46.3	17.2
	UKIP	Ernest Stuart Calderbank	407	26.8	26.8
	Labour	Peter Leslie Pike	217	14.3	14.8
	Green	Andrew Edward Wight	193	12.7	5.3
Majority			296	19.5	14.8
Turnout			1520	35.8	2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	22.0

Coalclough with Deerplay ward

Coalclough with Deerplay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Howard Baker	375	29.9	20.4
	BAPIP	James Ward Anderson	345	27.5	27.5
	Labour	Bill Horrocks	291	23.3	5.7
	Conservative	David Neil Heginbotham	150	12.0	2.8
	Green	Stephen Murphy	92	7.3	1.5
Majority			30	2.4	18.9
Turnout			1253	35.5	3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	24.0

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wajid Iltaf Khan	1,453	90.5	1.5
	Green	Alex James Hall	92	5.7	3.4
	Conservative	Claire Elizabeth Ingham	61	3.8	2.0
Majority			1361	84.7	7.1
Turnout			1606	38.2	5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Gannow ward

Gannow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Charlie Briggs	865	70.2	19.5
	Labour	Peter John Kenyon	190	15.4	14.8
	Conservative	Joanne Broughton	96	7.8	4.0
	Green	Jai Redman	82	6.7	4.8
Majority			675	54.7	33.4
Turnout			1233	30.6	0.1
	BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	17.2

Gawthorpe ward

Gawthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Harbour	550	40.9	5.5
	UKIP	Karen Ingham	541	40.3	10.5
	Conservative	Phillip Clarke	148	11.0	5.2
	Green	Clare Mary Long-Summers	105	7.8	4.4
Majority			9	0.7	4.9
Turnout			1344	30.4	1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Hapton with Park ward

Hapton with Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Peter Phillip Gill	752	49.2	12.9
	Labour	Jean Cunningham	318	20.8	11.5
	Green	Clare Elizabeth Hales	297	19.4	17.9
	Conservative	Aaron Luke Mark Lewis	163	10.7	3.0
Majority			434	28.4	25.0
Turnout			1530	34.0	0.6
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	12.2

Lanehead ward

Lanehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Royle	658	50.2	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Lishman	370	28.2	6.8
	Conservative	Narayana Picton	143	10.9	6.9
	Green	Crissie Fay Amber Harter	140	10.8	5.0
Majority			288	22.0	11.6
Turnout			1311	29.4	5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Queensgate ward

Queensgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ishtiaq	1,008	65.7	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Helen Cunliffe	182	11.9	16.0
	Conservative	Gavin Hartley	181	11.8	4.4
	Green	Nigel Andrew Baldwin	164	10.7	4.7
Majority			826	53.8	31.6
Turnout			1535	38.3	5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	15.8

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Lorraine Bernice Mehanna	574	48.5	23.0
	Labour	Gail Barton	362	30.6	15.5
	Green	Barbara Pauline Baldwin	126	10.6	3.6
	Conservative	Thomas James Watson	122	10.3	4.8
Majority			212	17.9	2.7
Turnout			1184	24.8	0.7
	BAPIP gain from Labour		Swing	19.3

Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Kennedy	533	41.6	6.9
	Labour	Margaret Brindle	291	22.4	11.4
	BAPIP	Dave Alexander	260	20.3	20.3
	Conservative	Phil Chamberlain	119	9.3	3.7
	Green	Georgina Hannah Ormrod	78	6.8	2.6
Majority			242	18.9	6.6
Turnout			1281	28.6	2.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	2.3

Trinity ward

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Elizabeth Hall	770	66.5	0.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Mary Monk	209	18.1	6.2
	BAPIP	Stephanine Forrest	107	9.2	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Weaver	36	3.1	3.1
	Conservative	Michael Paterson	35	3.0	3.3
Majority			561	48.5	7.0
Turnout			1157	28.8	0.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	3.5

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Emma Payne	593	33.1	9.6
	Green	Laura Fisk	590	33.0	30.4
	Conservative	Donald Whitaker	401	22.4	5.0
	Labour	Shaun Sproule	147	8.2	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Haworth	59	3.3	14.2
Majority			3	0.2	3.7
	BAPIP gain from Conservative		Swing	2.0

References

^ ^a ^b "Results 2019". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Collis, Dominic (13 November 2017). "Shock as four Liberal Democrat councillors quit". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Peter Magill (14 April 2019). "By-election win for Lib Dems in Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Collis, Dominic (13 June 2018). "Two former Burnley Lib Dems join Labour group". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ Peter Magill (30 May 2019). "New leader takes charge of rainbow coalition for Burnley Council". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Results 2019". burnley.gov.uk. Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[twenty-1] "Results 2019". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[2] Collis, Dominic (13 November 2017). "Shock as four Liberal Democrat councillors quit". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[3] Peter Magill (14 April 2019). "By-election win for Lib Dems in Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[4] Collis, Dominic (13 June 2018). "Two former Burnley Lib Dems join Labour group". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[5] Peter Magill (30 May 2019). "New leader takes charge of rainbow coalition for Burnley Council". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[comp-6] Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[7] "Results 2019". burnley.gov.uk. Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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