2021 Burnley Borough Council election

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2021 local election results in Burnley

The 2021 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. [1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections. As with many other local elections in England, it was postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 2024. These seats were last contested in 2016.

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Following the 2019 election, a coalition executive was formed by all the other parties after Labour lost control of the council. [2] Led by Alan Hosker UKIP had collected all three seats in Hapton with Park ward after 2019. Its three councillors joined the Conservative group in 2020 with Hosker later being elected as group leader. [3] A rupture occurred within the Conservative group later in the year, amidst Hosker's attempts to obtain a position on the executive for himself. [4] This precipitated the collapse of the coalition in September 2020, with Labour's Mark Townsend temporally returning to the role of Council leader in a minority administration, but expected to stand down after the election to become Mayor. [5]

Andrew Newhouse, who won Cliviger with Worsthorne for the Conservatives in 2016, defected to the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party shortly afterward. [5] Bill Brindle, who won Coalclough and Deerplay for the Lib Dems in 2016 but (along with his wife) joined the Labour group in 2018, decided to retire rather than stand again. [5] [6] Mark Payne, who won Gannow for the Lib Dems in 2016, was one of the councillors who left the party over its stance on Brexit to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party in 2017. David Roper (Whittlefield with Ightenhill) who also left the party at that time but continued as an independent, [7] was another who did not stand for re-election.

After the election the council remained in no overall control, with Labour's Afrasiab Anwar taking over from Mark Townsend as council leader in a coalition with the Lib Dems. [8] [9]

State of the Parties

After the election, the composition of the council (compared with May 2019) was:

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Burnley Council composition 2021
PartySeats  ±  
Labour 18Decrease2.svg4
Conservative 9Increase2.svg5
Liberal Democrat 80
BAPIP 50
Green 5Increase2.svg3
UKIP 0Decrease2.svg3
Independent 0Decrease2.svg1

Election results

Overall election result

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PartyCouncillorsVotes
ElectedOf totalFull CouncilOf total
Labour Party 5
18 / 45
7,71934.5%
Conservative Party 4
9 / 45
7,26132.4%
Green Party 3
5 / 45
3,75516.8%
Liberal Democrats 2
8 / 45
2,0639.2%
Burnley and Padiham Independent Party 1
5 / 45
1,5296.8%
National Front 0
0 / 45
450.2%
Social Democratic Party 0
0 / 45
210.1%

Ward results

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Bank Hall

Bank Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lubna Khan 956 66.9 -3.3
Conservative Maison McGowan-Doe31422.0+9.9
Green Julie Hurt15811.1-6.6
Majority64244.9-7.6
Turnout 1,42834.1
Labour hold Swing

Briercliffe

Briercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lishman 693 49.9 -12.8
Conservative Mike Steel40429.1+18.6
Labour Shelagh Limmer21715.6+1.3
Green Victoria Alker765.5-4.8
Majority28920.8-27.6
Turnout 1,39032.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brunshaw

Brunshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andy Wight 462 38.7 +20.7
Conservative Claire Ingham39933.4+16.7
Labour Co-op Lian Pate33327.9-21.1
Majority635.3
Turnout 1,19425.6
Green gain from Labour Swing

Cliviger and Worsthorne

Cliviger and Worsthorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Scott Cunliffe 959 47.1 +34.4
Conservative Richard Piers75737.2-9.1
Labour Carol Lukey1527.5-6.8
BAPIP Andrew Newhouse713.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Pippa Lishman502.5N/A
National Front Steven Smith452.2N/A
Majority2029.9
Turnout 2,03447.4
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Coalclough and Deerplay

Coalclough and Deerplay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Inckle 508 36.5 +6.6
Conservative Linda Whittaker32323.2+11.2
Labour Bill Horrocks32223.1-0.2
BAPIP Jimmy Anderson 17812.8-14.7
Green Arash Sedighi604.3-3.0
Majority18513.3+10.9
Turnout 1,39135.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Daneshouse and Stoneyholme

Daneshouse and Stoneyholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saeed Chaudhary 1,376 70.6 -19.9
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hajji-Nazrul46123.6N/A
Conservative Tom Watson703.6-0.2
Green Janet Hall432.2-3.5
Majority91547.0-37.7
Turnout 1,950—
Labour hold Swing

Gannow

Gannow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BAPIP Mark Payne 508 40.4 -29.8
Labour Fiona Wild27822.1+6.7
Conservative Darren Broughton25019.9+12.1
Green Jai Redman15212.1+5.4
Liberal Democrats Lesley Sumner695.5N/A
Majority23018.3
Turnout 1,25729.5
BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Gawthorpe

Gawthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Ingham 776 56.0 +15.7
Labour Kate Proctor53038.2-2.7
Green Joseph Davis805.8-2.0
Majority24617.8
Turnout 1,38630.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hapton with Park

Hapton with Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hosker 1,256 73.8 +63.1
Labour Alun Lewis34020.0-0.8
Green Duncan Reed1066.2-13.2
Majority91653.8
Turnout 1,70236.8
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Lanehead

Lanehead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asif Raja 863 50.1 -0.1
Conservative Jamie McGowan66738.7+27.8
Green Mark Alker19411.3+0.5
Majority19611.4-10.6
Turnout 1,72437.8
Labour hold Swing

Queensgate

Queensgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arif Khan 1,105 64.5 -1.2
Conservative Alfie White44425.9+14.1
Green Helen Bridges1639.5-1.2
Majority66138.6-15.0
Turnout 1,71241.1
Labour hold Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Marcus Johnstone 387 30.5 -0.1
Conservative Joanne Broughton35327.8+17.5
BAPIP Dave Alexander35227.7-20.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Taylor1098.6N/A
Green Jane Davis695.4-5.2
Majority342.7
Turnout 1,27025.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Chamberlain 420 31.6 +22.3
Labour Margaret Brindle41130.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats Peter McCann37928.5-13.1
Green Tony Davis1209.0+2.2
Majority90.7
Turnout 1,33029.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trinity

Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martyn Hurt 634 57.4 -9.1
Labour Co-op Tony Martin24221.9+3.8
Conservative Susan Nutter16214.7+11.7
BAPIP Stephanie Forrest676.1-3.1
Majority39235.5
Turnout 1,10526.9
Green gain from Labour Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Don Whitaker 666 36.8 +14.4
Green Emma Simpkin47926.5-6.5
BAPIP Nicola Sedgwick35319.5-13.6
Labour Shaun Sproule20711.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Haworth834.6+1.3
SDP Mitchell Cryer211.2N/A
Majority18710.3
Turnout 1,80939.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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