# 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.

## State of the Parties

After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | 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 ||||

## Election results
### Overall election result

Overall result compared with 2018.
Burnley Borough Council election result, 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | 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
### Bank Hall

Bank Hall :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 724 | 52.5 | 7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Briercliffe ward

Briercliffe :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 637 | 48.4 | 19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1316 | 30.4 | 1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.9 | |

### Brunshaw ward

Brunshaw :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 347 | 31.0 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1118 | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 12.3 | |

### Cliviger with Worsthorne ward

Cliviger with Worsthorne :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 296 | 19.5 | 14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1520 | 35.8 | 2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 22.0 | |

### Coalclough with Deerplay ward

Coalclough with Deerplay :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30 | 2.4 | 18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1253 | 35.5 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 24.0 | |

### Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1361 | 84.7 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1606 | 38.2 | 5.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 | |

### Gannow ward

Gannow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 675 | 54.7 | 33.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1233 | 30.6 | 0.1 |
| | BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats | BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 17.2 | |

### Gawthorpe ward

Gawthorpe :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1344 | 30.4 | 1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 | |

### Hapton with Park ward

Hapton with Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 434 | 28.4 | 25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1530 | 34.0 | 0.6 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | 12.2 | |

### Lanehead ward

Lanehead :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 288 | 22.0 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1311 | 29.4 | 5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.5 | |

### Queensgate ward

Queensgate :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 826 | 53.8 | 31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1535 | 38.3 | 5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 | |

### Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 212 | 17.9 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1184 | 24.8 | 0.7 |
| | BAPIP gain from Labour | BAPIP gain from Labour | Swing | 19.3 | |

### Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward

Rosehill with Burnley Wood :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 242 | 18.9 | 6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1281 | 28.6 | 2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 2.3 | |

### Trinity ward

Trinity :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 561 | 48.5 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1157 | 28.8 | 0.9 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| | BAPIP gain from Conservative | BAPIP gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.0 | |