2022 Burnley Borough Council election

The 2022 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

2022 local election results in Burnley

Results summary

Party		Councillors			Votes
		Elected	Of total	Full Council		Of total
	Labour Party	7	46.7%	18 / 45	7,934	38.9%
	Conservative Party	2	13.3%	8 / 45	5,316	26.1%
	Green Party	2	13.3%	6 / 45	3,387	16.6%
	Liberal Democrats	3	20.0%	8 / 45	2,611	12.8%
	Burnley and Padiham Independent Party	1	6.7%	5 / 45	1,101	5.4%
	Independent	0	0.0%	0 / 45	34	0.2%

Ward results

Bank Hall

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Afrasiab Anwar	977	75.2	+8.3
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	196	15.1	−6.9
	Green	Julie Hurt	126	9.7	−1.4
Majority			781	60.1
Turnout			1,299	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Briercliffe

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Gordon Lishman	618	50.5	+0.6
	Conservative	Richard Sagar	295	24.1	−5.0
	Labour Co-op	Lian Pate	248	20.3	+4.7
	Green	Vic Alker	62	5.1	−0.4
Majority			323	26.4
Turnout			1,223	28.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.8

Brunshaw

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Sollis	526	41.9	+14.0
	Green	Alex Hall	456	36.4	−2.3
	Conservative	Claire Ingham	272	21.7	−11.7
Majority			70	5.5
Turnout			1,254	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jack Launer	892	47.6	+0.5
	Conservative	Ivor Emo	881	47.0	+9.8
	Labour	Nussrat Kazmi	100	5.3	−2.2
Majority			11	0.6
Turnout			1,873	44.2
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	4.7

Coalclough with Deerplay

Coalclough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Birtwistle	840	60.0	+23.5
	Labour	Bill Horrocks	283	20.2	−2.9
	Conservative	Linda Whittaker	221	15.8	−7.4
	Green	Janet Hall	57	4.1	−0.2
Majority			557	39.8
Turnout			1,401	36.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.2

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shah Hussain	1,401	86.9	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Haji-Nazrul	121	7.5	−16.1
	Conservative	Josh Gillies	53	3.3	−0.3
	Green	Craig Simpkin	38	2.4	+0.2
Majority			1,280	79.4
Turnout			1,613	35.3
	Labour hold		Swing	16.2

Gannow

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Neil Mottershead	506	44.5	+4.1
	Labour	Fiona Wild	385	33.9	+11.8
	Conservative	Thomas Watson	145	12.8	−7.1
	Green	Helen Bridges	101	8.9	−3.2
Majority			121	10.6
Turnout			1,137	26.5
	BAPIP hold		Swing	3.9

Gawthorpe

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Lewis	719	59.5	+21.3
	Conservative	Nicola Thompson	412	34.1	−21.9
	Green	Joe Davis	78	6.5	+0.7
Majority			307	25.4
Turnout			1,209	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing	21.6

Hapton with Park

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie McGowan	969	67.0	−6.8
	Labour	Abdul Salek	305	21.1	+1.1
	Green	Duncan Reed	172	11.9	+5.7
Majority			664	45.9
Turnout			1,446	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.0

Lanehead

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Graham	736	55.9	+5.8
	Conservative	Tom Commis	319	24.2	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Lishman	199	15.1	N/A
	Green	Mark Alker	63	4.8	−6.5
Majority			417	31.7
Turnout			1,317	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Queensgate

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syeda Kazmi	929	68.0	+3.5
	Conservative	Bailey Webster	318	23.3	−2.6
	Green	Jai Redman	120	8.8	−0.7
Majority			611	44.7
Turnout			1,367	32.7
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Barton	530	41.4	+10.9
	BAPIP	James Anderson	320	25.0	−2.7
	Conservative	Maison McGowan-Doe	309	24.2	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McCann	63	4.9	−3.7
	Green	Jane Davis	57	4.5	−0.9
Majority			210	16.4
Turnout			1,279	25.6
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Sumner	770	56.2	+27.7
	Labour	Margaret Brindle	323	23.6	−7.3
	Conservative	Kev Shackell	207	15.1	−16.5
	Green	Tony Davis	70	5.1	−3.9
Majority			447	32.6
Turnout			1,370	30.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	17.5

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Fewings	635	66.7	+9.3
	Labour	Stephen Reynolds	228	23.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Dale Ferrier	89	9.3	−5.4
Majority			407	42.8
Turnout			952	23.9
	Green hold		Swing	3.7

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Steel	630	38.3	+1.5
	Green	Andrew Newhouse	460	28.0	+1.5
	BAPIP	Nicola Sedgwick	275	16.7	−2.8
	Labour	Shaun Sproule	244	14.9	+3.5
	Independent	Mitchell Cryer	34	2.1	N/A
Majority			170	10.3
Turnout			1,643	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A