2019 Burnley Borough Council election
The 2019 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023. These seats were last contested in 2015.
In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats (including Charlie Briggs and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party.[2] However in early 2019 Christine White (elected in 2016) stepped down following a complaint from a resident, prompting a by-election in the Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward which was won by Peter McCann of the Liberal Democrats.[3] After the 2018 election, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) who had been sitting on the council as independents after also splitting with the local Lib Dems, joined the Labour group.[4]
Following the election Labour lost control of the council and a coalition of all the other parties formed a new executive with Charlie Briggs returning to the role of Council leader to replace Mark Townsend.[5]
State of the Parties
[edit]After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 |  5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8 |  2 | |
| BAPIP | 5 | 2 | |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | |
| UKIP | 3 | 1 | |
| Green | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | - | |
| Source: The Guardian[6] | |||
Election results
[edit]Overall election result
[edit]Overall result compared with 2018.
| Burnley Borough Council election result, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Labour | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 7,395 | 7.3 | ||||||
| Green | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 3,310 | 8.0 | ||||||
| Conservative | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 2,843 | 4.9 | ||||||
| BAPIP | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 13.4 | 2,744 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 11.6 | 2,380 | 3.7 | ||||||
| UKIP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 1,700 | 3.0 | ||||||
| National Front | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.0 | 0.9 | 182 | New | ||||||
Ward results
[edit]Bank Hall
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sehrish Lone | 968 | 70.2 | 4.9 | |
| Green | Martyn Hurt | 244 | 17.7 | 8.4 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Thompson | 167 | 12.1 | 3.5 | |
| Majority | 724 | 52.5 | 7.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.5 | |||
Briercliffe ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Rosemarie Kelly | 825 | 62.7 | 11.9 | |
| Labour | Brian Cooper | 188 | 14.3 | 7.9 | |
| Conservative | Susan Margaret Nutter | 167 | 10.5 | 2.2 | |
| Green | Mark David Alker | 136 | 10.3 | 6.6 | |
| Majority | 637 | 48.4 | 19.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1316 | 30.4 | 1.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.9 | |||
Brunshaw ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Mark Townsend | 548 | 49.0 | 11.0 | |
| Green | Janet Renata Hall | 201 | 18.0 | 13.5 | |
| Conservative | Ellen Rosemary Sunter | 187 | 16.7 | 8.1 | |
| National Front | Steven Smith | 182 | 16.3 | 16.3 | |
| Majority | 347 | 31.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1118 | 24.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 12.3 | |||
Cliviger with Worsthorne ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cosima Cecilia Towneley | 703 | 46.3 | 17.2 | |
| UKIP | Ernest Stuart Calderbank | 407 | 26.8 | 26.8 | |
| Labour | Peter Leslie Pike | 217 | 14.3 | 14.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Edward Wight | 193 | 12.7 | 5.3 | |
| Majority | 296 | 19.5 | 14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1520 | 35.8 | 2.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 22.0 | |||
Coalclough with Deerplay ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Howard Baker | 375 | 29.9 | 20.4 | |
| BAPIP | James Ward Anderson | 345 | 27.5 | 27.5 | |
| Labour | Bill Horrocks | 291 | 23.3 | 5.7 | |
| Conservative | David Neil Heginbotham | 150 | 12.0 | 2.8 | |
| Green | Stephen Murphy | 92 | 7.3 | 1.5 | |
| Majority | 30 | 2.4 | 18.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1253 | 35.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 24.0 | |||
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wajid Iltaf Khan | 1,453 | 90.5 | 1.5 | |
| Green | Alex James Hall | 92 | 5.7 | 3.4 | |
| Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Ingham | 61 | 3.8 | 2.0 | |
| Majority | 1361 | 84.7 | 7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1606 | 38.2 | 5.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 | |||
Gannow ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPIP | Charlie Briggs | 865 | 70.2 | 19.5 | |
| Labour | Peter John Kenyon | 190 | 15.4 | 14.8 | |
| Conservative | Joanne Broughton | 96 | 7.8 | 4.0 | |
| Green | Jai Redman | 82 | 6.7 | 4.8 | |
| Majority | 675 | 54.7 | 33.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1233 | 30.6 | 0.1 | ||
| BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 17.2 | |||
Gawthorpe ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Harbour | 550 | 40.9 | 5.5 | |
| UKIP | Karen Ingham | 541 | 40.3 | 10.5 | |
| Conservative | Phillip Clarke | 148 | 11.0 | 5.2 | |
| Green | Clare Mary Long-Summers | 105 | 7.8 | 4.4 | |
| Majority | 9 | 0.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1344 | 30.4 | 1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 | |||
Hapton with Park ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKIP | Peter Phillip Gill | 752 | 49.2 | 12.9 | |
| Labour | Jean Cunningham | 318 | 20.8 | 11.5 | |
| Green | Clare Elizabeth Hales | 297 | 19.4 | 17.9 | |
| Conservative | Aaron Luke Mark Lewis | 163 | 10.7 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | 434 | 28.4 | 25.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1530 | 34.0 | 0.6 | ||
| UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | 12.2 | |||
Lanehead ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Royle | 658 | 50.2 | 4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pippa Lishman | 370 | 28.2 | 6.8 | |
| Conservative | Narayana Picton | 143 | 10.9 | 6.9 | |
| Green | Crissie Fay Amber Harter | 140 | 10.8 | 5.0 | |
| Majority | 288 | 22.0 | 11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1311 | 29.4 | 5.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 5.5 | |||
Queensgate ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Ishtiaq | 1,008 | 65.7 | 15.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Helen Cunliffe | 182 | 11.9 | 16.0 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Hartley | 181 | 11.8 | 4.4 | |
| Green | Nigel Andrew Baldwin | 164 | 10.7 | 4.7 | |
| Majority | 826 | 53.8 | 31.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1535 | 38.3 | 5.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 | |||
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPIP | Lorraine Bernice Mehanna | 574 | 48.5 | 23.0 | |
| Labour | Gail Barton | 362 | 30.6 | 15.5 | |
| Green | Barbara Pauline Baldwin | 126 | 10.6 | 3.6 | |
| Conservative | Thomas James Watson | 122 | 10.3 | 4.8 | |
| Majority | 212 | 17.9 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1184 | 24.8 | 0.7 | ||
| BAPIP gain from Labour | Swing | 19.3 | |||
Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tracy Kennedy | 533 | 41.6 | 6.9 | |
| Labour | Margaret Brindle | 291 | 22.4 | 11.4 | |
| BAPIP | Dave Alexander | 260 | 20.3 | 20.3 | |
| Conservative | Phil Chamberlain | 119 | 9.3 | 3.7 | |
| Green | Georgina Hannah Ormrod | 78 | 6.8 | 2.6 | |
| Majority | 242 | 18.9 | 6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1281 | 28.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 2.3 | |||
Trinity ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sarah Elizabeth Hall | 770 | 66.5 | 0.7 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Mary Monk | 209 | 18.1 | 6.2 | |
| BAPIP | Stephanine Forrest | 107 | 9.2 | 5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Weaver | 36 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
| Conservative | Michael Paterson | 35 | 3.0 | 3.3 | |
| Majority | 561 | 48.5 | 7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1157 | 28.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | 3.5 | |||
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPIP | Emma Payne | 593 | 33.1 | 9.6 | |
| Green | Laura Fisk | 590 | 33.0 | 30.4 | |
| Conservative | Donald Whitaker | 401 | 22.4 | 5.0 | |
| Labour | Shaun Sproule | 147 | 8.2 | 13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Haworth | 59 | 3.3 | 14.2 | |
| Majority | 3 | 0.2 | 3.7 | ||
| BAPIP gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.0 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Results 2019". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Collis, Dominic (13 November 2017). "Shock as four Liberal Democrat councillors quit". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Peter Magill (14 April 2019). "By-election win for Lib Dems in Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Collis, Dominic (13 June 2018). "Two former Burnley Lib Dems join Labour group". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Peter Magill (30 May 2019). "New leader takes charge of rainbow coalition for Burnley Council". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Holder, Josh; Voce, Antonio (3 May 2019). "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Results 2019". burnley.gov.uk. Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
