Burnley council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 15 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
6
Labour Party
Seats contested
15
across 15 wards
Turnout
29.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 6 -2 6,345 32.4% -9.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +1 5,159 26.3% +3.8
Independent 3 +3 4,292 21.9% +21.4
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 1,804 9.2% -4.2
Green Party 1 -1 1,981 10.1% -6.6
Burnley and Padiham independent Party 0 -1 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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
Labour Party 15
Green Party 10
Independent 9
Liberal Democrats 6

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 +/−
Independent Lubna Khan Elected 737 54.3% —
Labour Party Hannah Till 456 33.6% -40.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Margaret Nutter 147 10.8% +0.4
Majority281
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors4,241
Ballots cast1,357

Independent gain from Labour Party

Briercliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ann Lishman Elected 497 40.7% -8.8
Labour Party Pete Coles 468 38.4% +9.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Michael Piers Sagar 182 14.9% -2.8
Green Party Julie Ann Hurt 61 5.0% +1.0
Majority29
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,207
Ballots cast1,220

Liberal Democrats hold

Brunshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shaun Sproule Elected 520 50.1% +4.8
Green Party Andrew Robert Newhouse 268 25.8% -14.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Ingham 209 20.1% +6.1
Independent Mubashar Lone 30 2.9% —
Majority252
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,513
Ballots cast1,038

Labour Party hold

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ivor Christopher Emo Elected 955 54.4% +12.4
Green Party Scott Cunliffe 575 32.7% -11.4
Labour Party Carol Lukey 161 9.2% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Gorgyanna Kenzington 55 3.1% -2.4
Majority380
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors4,283
Ballots cast1,756

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Green Party

Coal Clough with Deerplay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Inckle Elected 450 40.1% -6.9
Labour Party Jeffrey Slee 380 33.9% +11.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Watson 210 18.7% -1.7
Green Party Anna Maria Hewitt 75 6.7% -2.9
Majority70
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors3,866
Ballots cast1,121

Liberal Democrats hold

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Saeed Akhtar Chaudhary Elected 1,143 54.2% —
Liberal Democrats Ikram Rafiq 375 17.8% +1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Abu Saleh 340 16.1% +12.5
Labour Party James David Harrison 227 10.8% -65.7
Majority768
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors4,900
Ballots cast2,107

Independent gain from Labour Party

Gannow

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Gemma Haigh Elected 590 58.5% +21.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhys Williams 269 26.7% +17.4
Green Party Lewis Bridges 71 7.0% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Haworth 47 4.7% —
Independent Khalil Pascall 17 1.7% —
Majority321
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,383
Ballots cast1,008

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Burnley and Padiham independent Party

Gawthorpe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barbara Dole Elected 658 59.9% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Ingham 424 38.6% +10.6
Majority234
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,392
Ballots cast1,098

Labour Party hold

Hapton with Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Hosker Elected 765 60.7% +5.6
Labour Party Elaine Julie Cotterell 380 30.2% -5.7
Green Party Sarah Hall 108 8.6% -0.5
Majority385
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,846
Ballots cast1,260

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lanehead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Waddington Elected 715 41.9% -8.6
Independent Asif Raja 712 41.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdul Shahid 261 15.3% -11.5
Majority3
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors4,608
Ballots cast1,705

Labour Party hold

Queensgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Aurangzeb Ali Elected 1,184 68.3% —
Labour Party Keith Till 343 19.8% -48.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Bailey Webster 184 10.6% -2.4
Majority841
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors4,335
Ballots cast1,734

Independent gain from Labour Party

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ashley Stephen Brown Elected 395 37.4% -7.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Abbey Hartley 286 27.1% +12.5
Independent Bea Foster 283 26.8% —
Green Party Christopher Paul Bridges 91 8.6% +3.4
Majority109
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors4,800
Ballots cast1,056

Labour Party hold

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bill Horrocks Elected 467 40.8% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Russell Neal 380 33.2% -4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon John Bonney 195 17.0% +3.6
Green Party Fi Hornby 92 8.0% +2.6
Majority87
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,400
Ballots cast1,144

Labour Party hold

Trinity

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Martyn Hurt Elected 396 51.7% -7.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Tony Martin 280 36.6% +8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Dale Joseph Ferrier 85 11.1% -1.4
Majority116
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors4,032
Ballots cast766

Green Party hold

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Don Whitaker Elected 647 46.5% +4.6
Labour Party Liam Walsh 305 21.9% +5.9
Green Party Duncan Reed 244 17.5% -14.2
Independent David Roper 139 10.0% +4.0
Independent Mitchell James Cryer 47 3.4% —
Majority342
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors4,487
Ballots cast1,391

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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