# 2018 Burnley Borough Council election

The 2018 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. This was 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 2022. These seats were last contested in 2014.
At the start of March 2017, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) acrimoniously split with the local Liberal Democrats, but continued to sit on the council as independents. David Roper also left the party and continued as an independent. In November four more Lib Dems (including Neil Mottershead and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party.

## State of the Parties

The composition of the Council following the election was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 25 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 |
| BAPIP | 4 | 1 |
| Independent | 3 | |
| UKIP | 2 | 1 |
| Green | 1 | 1 |

## Overall results

Burnley Borough Council Election, 2018 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 46.6 | 41.3 | 9,156 | -3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 3,237 | -17.8 |
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13.3 | 17.8 | 3,950 | +11.7 |
| BAPIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 1,782 | +8.0 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 1,715 | +3.7 |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1,118 | -6.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 171 | +0.8 |
| VPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 22 | +0.1 |

## Results by ward
### Bank Hall ward

Bank Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Afrasiab Anwar | 1,096 | 75.1 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Diane Sunter | 228 | 15.6 | −19.6 |
| | Green | Martyn Hurt | 136 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 868 | 59.5 | +29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1460 | 34.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +15.0 | |

### Briercliffe ward

Briercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Arthur Lishman | 667 | 50.8 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Alun Christopher Lewis | 292 | 22.2 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | David Neil Heginbotham | 235 | 17.9 | +10.5 |
| | BAPIP | James Mellor | 71 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Sarah Elizabeth Hall | 48 | 3.7 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 28.6 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1313 | 29.4 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 | |

### Brunshaw ward

Brunshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Fraser Campbell | 648 | 60.0 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | Ellen Rosemary Sunter | 287 | 24.8 | +24.8 |
| | Independent | Steven Smith | 171 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Green | Janet Renata Hall | 52 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 31.2 | +19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1158 | 24.3 | −1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |

### Cliviger with Worsthorne ward

Cliviger with Worsthorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ivor Christopher Emo | 1,035 | 63.5 | +28.5 |
| | Labour | Andy Devanney | 475 | 29.1 | +9.9 |
| | Green | Ceri Jane Carmichael | 121 | 7.4 | +7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 34.3 | +22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1631 | 38.0 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +9.3 | |

### Coalclough with Deerplay ward

Coalclough with Deerplay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 654 | 50.3 | −15.1 |
| | Labour | Bill Horrocks | 377 | 29.0 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Tom Watson | 193 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Green | Anne Whittles | 76 | 5.8 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 21.3 | −16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1300 | 32.3 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -8.6 | |

### Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shah Hussain | 1,693 | 91.9 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Kennedy | 74 | 4.0 | −8.3 |
| | Green | Alex Hall | 42 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Sheldon Slater | 33 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1619 | 91.6 | +16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1842 | 44.0 | +2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.3 | |

### Gannow ward

Gannow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BAPIP | Neil Mottershead | 655 | 50.7 | +50.7 |
| | Labour | Christine Sollis | 390 | 30.2 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Don Whitaker | 152 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Haworth | 70 | 5.4 | −47.6 |
| | Green | Jai Redman | 25 | 1.9 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 21.3 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1292 | 30.7 | −0.5 |
| | BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats | BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +49.2 | |

### Gawthorpe ward

Gawthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Cant | 463 | 35.4 | −31.5 |
| | UKIP | Lenny Johnson | 390 | 29.8 | +29.8 |
| | Conservative | Phillip James Clarke | 212 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | BAPIP | Brendan John Morris | 198 | 15.1 | +15.1 |
| | Green | Clare Mary Long-Summers | 45 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 5.6 | −28.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1308 | 29.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -30.7 | |

### Hapton with Park ward

Hapton with Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Tom Commis | 565 | 36.3 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | Jean Cunningham | 512 | 32.3 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Ben Thomas Page | 213 | 13.7 | +2.5 |
| | BAPIP | Dave Alexander | 160 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Ann Byrne | 84 | 5.4 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Stephen Murphy | 24 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 3.4 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1558 | 33.6 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | -0.7 | |

### Lanehead ward

Lanehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shbana Khan | 870 | 55.0 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pippa Lishman | 339 | 21.4 | −18.8 |
| | Conservative | Narayana Picton | 281 | 17.8 | +17.8 |
| | Green | Crissie Fay Amber Harter | 91 | 5.8 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 531 | 33.6 | +25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1581 | 23.9 | −13.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +13.0 | |

### Queensgate ward

Queensgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Graham | 693 | 50.1 | −7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Naweed Manzur | 386 | 27.9 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Gavin Hartley | 221 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
| | Green | Nigel Andrew Baldwin | 83 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 22.2 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1383 | 33.2 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |

### Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bea Foster | 537 | 46.1 | −3.4 |
| | BAPIP | Lorraine Bernice Mehanna | 297 | 25.5 | +25.5 |
| | Conservative | Mathew John Nuttall | 176 | 15.1 | +15.1 |
| | Green | Barbara Pauline Baldwin | 81 | 7.0 | +2.2 |
| | UKIP | Ernest Stuart Calderbank | 74 | 6.4 | −16.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 20.6 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1165 | 24.1 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.5 | |

### Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward

Rosehill with Burnley Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Sumner | 699 | 48.5 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Gail Barton | 493 | 34.2 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Phil Chamberlain | 188 | 13.0 | +13.0 |
| | Green | Georgina Hannah Ormrod | 62 | 4.3 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 14.3 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1442 | 31.4 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.7 | |

### Trinity ward

Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Andy Fewings | 789 | 65.8 | +41.7 |
| | Labour | Howard Baker | 291 | 24.3 | −25.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Paterson | 75 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | BAPIP | Jan Weaver | 45 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 498 | 41.5 | +17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1200 | 29.7 | +5.6 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | +33.6 | |

### Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward

Whittlefield with Ightenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dale Joseph Ferrier | 415 | 27.4 | −5.1 |
| | BAPIP | Emma Louise Victoria Payne | 356 | 23.5 | +23.5 |
| | Labour | Grace Elizabeth Donovan | 326 | 21.6 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter McCann | 264 | 17.5 | −15.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter Gill | 89 | 5.9 | −12.2 |
| | Green | Laura Fisk | 40 | 2.6 | +0.4 |
| | VPP | Ray Hogan | 22 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 3.9 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1512 | 32.0 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.0 | |