# 2007 Burnley Borough Council election

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and no party won overall control of the council. The winner of the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward had to be drawn by lot after the Labour and BNP candidates received an identical number of votes. Sam Holgate, the incumbent in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward joined the Lib Dems in September 2006, being previously elected as an Independent.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 18
* Labour 17
* Conservative 6
* British National Party 4

## Election result

Burnley Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46.7 | 34.2 | 8,359 | -2.7 |
| Labour | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 27.3 | 6,706 | -4.0 |
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 3,779 | -1.4 |
| BNP | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6.7 | 17.5 | 4,286 | +4.2 |
| England First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 770 | +3.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 84 | +0.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 546 | +0.5 |

## Ward results

Bank Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Imtiaz Hussain | 699 | 46.9 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justin Birtwistle | 608 | 40.8 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Coates | 184 | 12.3 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,491 | 35.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Briercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Kelly | 1,074 | 58.7 | −9.7 |
| | BNP | Patricia Thomson | 515 | 28.1 | +28.1 |
| | Labour | Brian Fenn | 185 | 10.1 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Raistrick | 115 | 6.3 | −13.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 559 | 30.5 | −18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,834 | 39.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from BNP | Liberal Democrats gain from BNP | Swing | | |
Brunshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Jones | 680 | 38.1 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Karen Baker | 499 | 28.0 | −9.7 |
| | BNP | Paul McDevitt | 467 | 26.2 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Tony Coulson | 139 | 7.7 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 181 | 10.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,785 | 35.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cliviger with Worsthorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cosima Towneley | 840 | 38.0 | −19.6 |
| | England First | Steven Smith | 372 | 16.8 | +16.8 |
| | BNP | David Shapcott | 260 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Labour | Brenda Lambert | 225 | 10.2 | −6.6 |
| | Independent | Paula Riley | 216 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael McHugh | 213 | 9.6 | −16.0 |
| | Green | Richard Wyatt | 84 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 | 21.2 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,210 | 50.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from BNP | Conservative gain from BNP | Swing | | |
Coalclough with Deerplay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen McCaffrey | 1,055 | 79.9 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Angela Donovan | 265 | 20.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 790 | 59.8 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,320 | 33.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Wajid Khan | 1,405 | 60.0 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Qurban Ali | 935 | 40.0 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 20.0 | +19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,340 | 59.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Gannow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlie Briggs | 560 | 33.0 | +6.4 |
| | BNP | Carol Hughes | 484 | 28.5 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Kenyon | 446 | 26.3 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Everitt | 209 | 12.2 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 4.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,699 | 39.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from BNP | Liberal Democrats gain from BNP | Swing | | |
Gawthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Harbour | 854 | 53.1 | +20.0 |
| | BNP | Scott Atkinson | 405 | 25.2 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Barry Robinson | 201 | 12.5 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Embra | 149 | 9.2 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 449 | 27.9 | +25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,609 | 34.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hapton with Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Len Starr | 674 | 37.7 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Jean Cunningham | 544 | 30.4 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Brindle | 299 | 16.7 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Alan Marsden | 271 | 15.1 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 7.3 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,788 | 37.5 | |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | Swing | | |
Lanehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Smith | 693 | 42.6 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Peter Marland | 398 | 24.5 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | Anne Royle | 330 | 20.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Raistrick | 204 | 12.6 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 18.2 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,625 | 36.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Queensgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arif Khan | 489 | 31.5 | −21.5 |
| | Labour | Laurence Embley | 432 | 27.8 | −6.6 |
| | England First | Simon Bennett | 398 | 25.6 | +25.6 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Coats | 233 | 15.1 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 3.7 | −14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,552 | 36.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Reynolds | 489 | 30.7 | +0.8 |
| | BNP | John Rowe | 489 | 30.7 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Holgate | 452 | 28.3 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Pool | 164 | 10.3 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,594 | 33.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Rosehill with Burnley Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Ashworth | 564 | 35.5 | −14.7 |
| | Labour | Janice Swainston | 462 | 29.0 | +0.2 |
| | BNP | Elaine Kirby | 300 | 18.9 | +18.9 |
| | Conservative | David Tierney | 264 | 16.6 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 6.4 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,590 | 35.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Monk | 514 | 39.8 | +5.8 |
| | BNP | John Cave | 369 | 28.6 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martyn Hurt | 311 | 24.1 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Picton | 96 | 7.5 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 11.2 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,290 | 32.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Whittlefield with Ightenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ida Carmichael | 1,060 | 53.5 | +10.4 |
| | BNP | Joan Shapcott | 323 | 16.3 | −6.8 |
| | Labour | Alex Mclachlan | 322 | 16.2 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Kyriacou | 277 | 14.0 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 737 | 37.2 | +20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,982 | 40.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |