2024 Burnley Borough Council election

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2024 Burnley Borough Council election
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15 out of 45 seats to Burnley Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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LeaderMark Townsend [lower-alpha 1] Alan Hosker
Party Labour Independent Conservative
Leader's seatBrunshawHapton with Park
Seats before11128
Seats after15108
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderHoward BakerScott Cunliffe
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seatCoalclough with DeerplayCliviger with Worsthorne
Seats before77
Seats after75
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2
Burnley Council Election Results Map 2024.svg
The winner of each seat in the 2024 Burnley Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Afrasiab Anwar
Independent
No overall control

Leader after election

Afrasiab Anwar
Independent
No overall control

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.

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Summary

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 Independent 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

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [5] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
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:

Results

Borough of Burnley Council's composition after the 2024 local elections Borough of Burnley Council 2024.svg
Borough of Burnley Council's composition after the 2024 local elections
2024 Burnley Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 6Increase2.svg 140.091533.36,34332.4-9.8
  Conservative 3Decrease2.svg 120.05817.85,15926.3+3.8
  Independent 3Increase2.svg 320.071022.24,29221.9+16.8
  Liberal Democrats 2Steady2.svg13.35715.61,8049.2-4.3
  Green 1Decrease2.svg 26.74511.11,98110.1-6.6

Ward results

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

Bank Hall [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lubna Khan* 737 55.0 N/A
Labour Hannah Till45634.0−40.1
Conservative Susan Nutter14711.0+0.6
Majority281
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Lubna Khan was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.

Briercliffe

Briercliffe [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lishman* 497 41.1 −8.5
Labour Pete Coles46838.7+10.0
Conservative Richard Sagar18215.1−2.6
Green Julie Hurt615.0+1.0
Majority29
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brunshaw

Brunshaw [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Sproule 520 50.6 +5.3
Green Andrew Newhouse26826.1−14.6
Conservative Claire Ingham20920.4+6.4
Independent Mubashar Lone302.9N/A
Majority252
Turnout
Labour gain from Green Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Cliviger with Worsthorne [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Emo 955 54.7 +12.7
Green Scott Cunliffe*57532.9−11.2
Labour Carol Lukey1619.2+0.9
Liberal Democrats Gorgyanna Kenzington553.2−2.4
Majority380
Turnout
Conservative gain from Green Swing

Coal Clough with Deerplay

Coal Clough with Deerplay [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Inckle* 450 40.4 −6.6
Labour Jeff Slee38034.1+11.2
Conservative Tom Watson21018.8−1.7
Green Anna Hewitt756.7−2.9
Majority70
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Saeed Chaudhary* 1,143 54.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ikram Rafiq37518.0+1.6
Conservative Mohammed Saleh34016.3+12.7
Labour James Harrison22710.9−65.6
Majority768
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Saeed Chaudhary was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.

Gannow

Gannow [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gemma Haigh 590 59.4 +22.6
Conservative Rhys Williams26927.1+17.8
Green Lewis Bridges717.1+1.5
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Haworth474.7N/A
Independent Khalil Pascall171.7N/A
Majority321
Turnout
Labour gain from BAPIP Swing

Gawthorpe

Gawthorpe [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Dole 658 60.8 −4.6
Conservative Karen Ingham*42439.2+11.2
Majority234
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hapton with Park

Hapton with Park [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hosker* 765 61.1 +6.0
Labour Elaine Cotterell38030.3−5.6
Green Sarah Hall1088.6−0.4
Majority385
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Lanehead

Lanehead [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Waddington 715 42.4 −8.1
Independent Asif Raja*71242.2N/A
Conservative Abdul Shahid26115.5−11.3
Majority3
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Asif Raja was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.

Queensgate

Queensgate [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Aurangzeb Ali 1,184 69.2 N/A
Labour Keith Till34320.0−48.7
Conservative Bailey Webster18410.8−2.2
Majority841
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Brown 395 37.4 −7.5
Conservative Abbey Hartley28627.1+12.5
Independent Bea Foster28326.8N/A
Green Chris Bridges918.6+3.4
Majority109
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Rosehill with Burnley Wood [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Horrocks* 467 41.2 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Russell Neal38033.5−3.9
Conservative Simon Bonney19517.2+3.8
Green Fi Hornby928.1+2.7
Majority87
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

This seat was gained by Labour in a by-election in November 2022. [13]

Trinity

Trinity [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martyn Hurt* 396 52.0 −12.0
Labour Tony Martin28036.8+9.8
Conservative Dale Ferrier8511.2+2.2
Majority116
Turnout
Green hold Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Don Whitaker* 647 46.8 +4.9
Labour Liam Walsh30522.1+6.0
Green Duncan Reed24417.7−14.0
Independent David Roper13910.1N/A
Independent Mitchell Cryer473.4−2.6
Majority342
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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  1. ↑ Ten of the eleven independents prior to the election sat together as the 'Burnley Independent Group', led by Afrasiab Anwar.
  2. ↑ Sit as part of the Burnley Independent Group, which is not registered as a political party
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