# 2023 Burnley Borough Council election

The 2023 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Summary

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, led by Labour councillor Afrasiab Anwar. The council remained under no overall control after the election; Labour gained seats but remained two seats short of an overall majority. A Labour minority administration formed after the election, with the Liberal Democrats withdrawing from the coalition.

### Election result

2023 Burnley Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 8 | 2 | 53.3 | 13 | 21 | 46.7 | 8,131 | 42.2 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | 2 | 1 | 13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 4,342 | 22.5 | –3.6 |
| | Green | 2 | 1 | 13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 3,229 | 16.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 13.3 | 5 | 7 | 15.6 | 2,594 | 13.5 | +0.7 |
| | BAPIP | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 3 | 6.7 | 824 | 4.3 | –1.1 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| | Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |

## Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows:

### Bank Hall

Bank Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sehrish Lone* | 927 | 74.1 | –1.1 |
| | Conservative | Susan Nutter | 130 | 10.4 | –4.7 |
| | Green | Julie Hart | 109 | 8.7 | –1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khalil Pascall | 85 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | 63.7 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | 30.3 | –0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,155 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.8 | |

### Briercliffe

Briercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Kelly* | 614 | 49.6 | –0.9 |
| | Labour | Pete Coles | 356 | 28.7 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sagar | 219 | 17.7 | –6.4 |
| | Green | Oliver Sanderson | 50 | 4.0 | –1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 20.9 | –5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,239 | 29.2 | +0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,259 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.7 | |

### Brunshaw

Brunshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Mark Townsend* | 573 | 45.3 | +3.4 |
| | Green | Alex Hall | 514 | 40.7 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Claire Ingham | 177 | 14.0 | –7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 4.6 | –0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,264 | 27.9 | +0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,554 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.6 | |

### Cliviger with Worsthorne

Cliviger with Worsthorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Beki Hughes | 799 | 44.1 | –3.5 |
| | Conservative | Cosima Towneley* | 760 | 42.0 | –5.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Kenyon | 151 | 8.3 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hill | 101 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 2.1 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,811 | 42.7 | –1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,253 | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.7 | |

### Coal Clough with Deerplay

Coal Clough with Deerplay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Baker* | 563 | 47.0 | –13.0 |
| | Labour | Mubashar Lone | 274 | 22.9 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Jackie Clarke | 245 | 20.5 | +4.7 |
| | Green | Janet Hall | 115 | 9.6 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 24.1 | –15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | 31.2 | –5.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,853 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.9 | |

### Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nussrat Kazmi | 1,137 | 76.5 | –10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Haji-Nazrul | 244 | 16.4 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Linda Whittaker | 54 | 3.6 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Sarah Hall | 51 | 3.4 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 893 | 60.1 | –19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,486 | 31.9 | –3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,694 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 9.7 | |

### Gannow

Gannow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BAPIP | Charlie Briggs* | 486 | 48.3 | +3.8 |
| | Labour Co-op | Gemma Haigh | 371 | 36.8 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Tom Watson | 94 | 9.3 | –3.5 |
| | Green | Jai Redman | 56 | 5.6 | –3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 11.5 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,007 | 23.1 | –3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,356 | | |
| | BAPIP hold | BAPIP hold | Swing | 0.5 | |

### Gawthorpe

Gawthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Harbour* | 783 | 65.4 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Adam Brierley | 335 | 28.0 | –6.1 |
| | Green | Nigel Baldwin | 79 | 6.6 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 37.4 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | 27.5 | +0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,397 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.0 | |

### Hapton with Park

Hapton with Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joanne Broughton | 738 | 55.1 | –11.9 |
| | Labour | Ashley Brown | 481 | 35.9 | +14.8 |
| | Green | Anna Hewitt | 121 | 9.0 | –2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | 19.2 | –26.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,340 | 28.2 | –2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,769 | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | 13.4 | |

### Lanehead

Lanehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Fiona Wild | 655 | 50.5 | –5.4 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Shahid | 348 | 26.8 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pippa Lishman | 217 | 16.7 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Barbara Baldwin | 77 | 5.9 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 23.7 | –8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,297 | 28.7 | –0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,528 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 4.0 | |

### Queensgate

Queensgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ishtiaq* | 939 | 68.7 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Bailey Webster | 178 | 13.0 | –10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Taylor | 163 | 11.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Fiona Hornby | 87 | 6.4 | –2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 761 | 55.7 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,367 | 32.8 | +0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,189 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.5 | |

### Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Reynolds | 523 | 44.9 | +3.5 |
| | BAPIP | Lorraine Mehanna* | 338 | 29.0 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Maison McGowan-Doe | 170 | 14.6 | –9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Haworth | 72 | 6.2 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Jane Curran | 61 | 5.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 15.9 | –0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,164 | 23.7 | –1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,907 | | |
| | Labour gain from BAPIP | Labour gain from BAPIP | Swing | 0.3 | |

### Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Rosehill with Burnley Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Brindle | 480 | 38.4 | +14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Neal | 468 | 37.4 | –18.8 |
| | Conservative | Kev Shackell | 168 | 13.4 | –1.7 |
| | Green | Carol Fredlund | 68 | 5.4 | +0.3 |
| | Heritage | Catherine Ramsay | 66 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,250 | 28.3 | –2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,438 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 16.8 | |

### Trinity

Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Helen Bridges | 552 | 64.0 | –2.7 |
| | Labour | Shoaib Hashmi | 233 | 27.0 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Dale Ferrier | 78 | 9.0 | –0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 37.0 | –5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 21.9 | –2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,960 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 2.9 | |

### Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lee Ashworth | 648 | 41.9 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Andrew Newhouse | 490 | 31.7 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Shaun Sproule | 248 | 16.1 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | Mitchell Cryer | 92 | 6.0 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Bartram | 67 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 10.2 | –0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | 34.1 | –1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,549 | | |
| | Conservative gain from BAPIP | Conservative gain from BAPIP | Swing | 0.1 | |

## Changes between 2023–2024

The Burnley and Padiham Independent Party was wound up in August 2023. Of that party's three councillors, Mark Payne and Neil Mottershead then sat as independents, while Charlie Briggs joined Labour.

### By-elections
#### Trinity

Trinity: 26 October 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Alexander Hall | 347 | 59.5 | –4.5 |
| | Labour | Mubashar Lone | 163 | 28.0 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Nutter | 73 | 12.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 31.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 588 | 15.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,903 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 2.8 | |
The Trinity ward and Burnley Central West division by-elections were triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.