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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 CouncilinLancashire were elected. The Labour Party managed to regained some of the seats they'd previously held at the 2023 elections before half of the Labour councillors resigned in October 2023. However, they were unable to secure a majority of the seats, leaving Burnley Borough Council in control of a Liberal Democrat-Green-Burnley Independence Group coalition; albeit one that had lost enough seats in the election to make them a minority administration.[1]
Burnley was historically a strong council for Labour. Labour held a majority on the council from its creation in 1973 until 2000, before winning the council back in 2002.[2] The BNP became the second largest party on the council in 2003 (winning the popular vote),[3] and Labour lost their majority the following year. The Liberal Democrats won their first majority on the council in 2010, but the council fell back into no overall controlin2011.[2] Labour retook Burnley in 2012,[4] and maintained control until 2019;[5] opposition groups formed a coalition, but Labour formed a minority administration after its collapse.[6]
In the 2023 election, Labour won 8 seats (up 2) with 42.2% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (up 1) with 22.5%, the Green Party won 2 (up 1) with 16.7%, the Liberal Democrats won 2 (down 1) with 13.5%, the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party won 1 (down 2) with 4.3%, and UKIP did not defend their seat up for election. Following the election, Labour formed a minority administration.[7] However, in October 2023 11 councillors left the Labour Party over the party's stance on the Israel–Hamas war. These 11 independents joined with the Green Party and Liberal Democrats to form a majority coalition.[8]
The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, Labour won 5 seats with 34.5% of the vote, the Conservatives won 4 with 32.4%, the Green Party won 3 with 16.8%, the Liberal Democrats won 2 with 9.2%, and the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party won 1 with 6.8%.
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[9] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 21 | Labour | 11 | Labour | 15 | |||
Independent (Burnley Independent Group) |
0 | Independent (Burnley Independent Group) |
11 | Independent (Burnley Independent Group) |
10 | |||
Conservative | 7 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | |||
Green | 7 | Green | 7 | Green | 5 | |||
Independent (Non-aligned) |
0 | Independent (Non-aligned) |
1 | Independent (Non-aligned) |
0 | |||
BAPIP | 3 | BAPIP | 0 | BAPIP | Dissolved |
Changes:
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 | 1 | 40.0 | 9 | 15 | 33.3 | 6,343 | 32.4 | -9.8 | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 8 | 17.8 | 5,159 | 26.3 | +3.8 | |
Independent | 3 | 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 | 2 | 6.7 | 4 | 5 | 11.1 | 1,981 | 10.1 | -6.6 |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations.[15] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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.[17]
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 |
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 |
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