Burnley council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 15 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
8
Labour Party
Seats contested
15
across 15 wards
Turnout
29.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 8 +1 8,131 42.2% +3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 +0 4,342 22.5% -3.6
Green Party 2 +0 3,229 16.7% +0.1
Liberal Democrats 2 -1 2,594 13.5% +0.6
Burnley and Padiham independent Party 1 +0 824 4.3% -1.1
Independent 0 +0 92 0.5% +0.3
Heritage Party 0 +0 66 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 15
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Green Party 15
Labour Party 15
Liberal Democrats 10
Burnley and Padiham independent Party 2
Heritage Party 1
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 15 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bank Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sehrish Lone Elected 927 74.1% -1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Margaret Nutter 130 10.4% -4.7
Green Party Julie Ann Hurt 109 8.7% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Khalil Pascall 85 6.8% —
Majority797
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors4,155
Ballots cast1,251

Labour Party hold

Briercliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anne Rosemarie Kelly Elected 614 49.6% -1.0
Labour Party Pete Coles 356 28.7% +8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Michael Piers Sagar 219 17.7% -6.4
Green Party Oliver James Sanderson 50 4.0% -1.0
Majority258
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,259
Ballots cast1,239

Liberal Democrats hold

Brunshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mark Townsend Elected 573 45.3% +3.4
Green Party Alex Hall 514 40.7% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Ingham 177 14.0% -7.7
Majority59
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,554
Ballots cast1,264

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Beki Hughes Elected 799 44.1% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Cosima Towneley 760 42.0% -5.1
Labour Party Peter John Kenyon 151 8.3% +3.0
Liberal Democrats John Benson Hill 101 5.6% —
Majority39
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors4,253
Ballots cast1,811

Green Party hold

Coal Clough with Deerplay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Howard Baker Elected 563 47.0% -12.9
Labour Party Mubashar Lone 274 22.9% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Clarke 245 20.5% +4.7
Green Party Janet Hall 115 9.6% +5.5
Majority289
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors3,853
Ballots cast1,197

Liberal Democrats hold

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nussrat Kazmi Elected 1,137 76.5% -10.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hajji-Nazrul 244 16.4% +8.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Kay Whittaker 54 3.6% +0.3
Green Party Sarah Hall 51 3.4% +1.1
Majority893
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors4,694
Ballots cast1,486

Labour Party hold

Gannow

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Burnley and Padiham independent Party Charlie Briggs Elected 486 48.3% +3.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Gemma Haigh 371 36.8% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Watson 94 9.3% -3.4
Green Party Jai Redman 56 5.6% -3.3
Majority115
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,356
Ballots cast1,007

Burnley and Padiham independent Party hold

Gawthorpe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Harbour Elected 783 65.4% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Jake Brierley 335 28.0% -6.1
Green Party Nigel Andrew Baldwin 79 6.6% +0.1
Majority448
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,397
Ballots cast1,197

Labour Party hold

Hapton with Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joanne Broughton Elected 738 55.1% -11.9
Labour Party Ashley Brown 481 35.9% +14.8
Green Party Anna Maria Hewitt 121 9.0% -2.9
Majority257
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,769
Ballots cast1,340

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lanehead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Fiona Louise Wild Elected 655 50.5% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdul Shahid 348 26.8% +2.6
Liberal Democrats Pippa Lishman 217 16.7% +1.6
Green Party Barbara Pauline Baldwin 77 5.9% +1.2
Majority307
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,528
Ballots cast1,297

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Queensgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Ishtiaq Elected 939 68.7% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Bailey Webster 178 13.0% -10.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Mary Taylor 163 11.9% —
Green Party Fiona Kay Hornby 87 6.4% -2.4
Majority761
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors4,189
Ballots cast1,367

Labour Party hold

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Reynolds Elected 523 44.9% +3.5
Burnley and Padiham independent Party Lorraine Mehanna 338 29.0% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Maison McGowan-Doe 170 14.6% -9.6
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Haworth 72 6.2% +1.3
Green Party Jane Curran 61 5.2% +0.8
Majority185
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,907
Ballots cast1,164

Labour Party hold

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Brindle Elected 480 38.4% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Russell Neal 468 37.4% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Kev Shackell 168 13.4% +0.4
Green Party Carol Anne Fredlund 68 5.4% -3.8
Heritage Party Catherine Patricia Anne Ramsay 66 5.3% —
Majority12
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,438
Ballots cast1,250

Labour Party hold

Trinity

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Helen Joy Bridges Elected 552 64.0% -2.7
Labour Party Shoaib Hashmi 233 27.0% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Dale Joseph Ferrier 78 9.0% -0.3
Majority319
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors3,960
Ballots cast863

Green Party hold

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee James Ashworth Elected 648 41.9% +3.6
Green Party Andrew Robert Newhouse 490 31.7% +3.7
Labour Party Shaun Sproule 248 16.1% +1.2
Independent Mitchell James Cryer 92 6.0% +3.9
Liberal Democrats Frank Bartram 67 4.3% —
Majority158
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors4,549
Ballots cast1,545

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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