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.^[1] 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.^[2]

State of the Parties

The composition of the Council following the election was as follows:

	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
	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

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Bank Hall ward

Bank Hall
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			868	59.5	+29.9
Turnout			1460	34.4	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.0

Briercliffe ward

Briercliffe
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			375	28.6	−9.0
Turnout			1313	29.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.3

Brunshaw ward

Brunshaw
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			361	31.2	+19.2
Turnout			1158	24.3	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.7

Cliviger with Worsthorne ward

Cliviger with Worsthorne
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			560	34.3	+22.6
Turnout			1631	38.0	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.3

Coalclough with Deerplay ward

Coalclough with Deerplay
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			277	21.3	−16.9
Turnout			1300	32.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-8.6

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
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			1619	91.6	+16.3
Turnout			1842	44.0	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.3

Gannow ward

Gannow
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			275	21.3	+1.6
Turnout			1292	30.7	−0.5
	BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+49.2

Gawthorpe ward

Gawthorpe
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			73	5.6	−28.2
Turnout			1308	29.1	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-30.7

Hapton with Park ward

Hapton with Park
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			53	3.4	−1.9
Turnout			1558	33.6	−0.7
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	-0.7

Lanehead ward

Lanehead
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			531	33.6	+25.9
Turnout			1581	23.9	−13.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.0

Queensgate ward

Queensgate
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			307	22.2	−4.2
Turnout			1383	33.2	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.2

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
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			240	20.6	−5.8
Turnout			1165	24.1	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.5

Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
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			206	14.3	+11.4
Turnout			1442	31.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.7

Trinity ward

Trinity
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			498	41.5	+17.7
Turnout			1200	29.7	+5.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+33.6

Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
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			59	3.9	−1.7
Turnout			1512	32.0	−1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.0

References

^ Collis, Dominic (1 March 2017). "Couple quit party amid "bullying" claims". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ Collis, Dominic (14 November 2017). "Council leader calls on Lib Dem quit quartet to resign". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Results 2018". burnley.gov.uk. Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[1] Collis, Dominic (1 March 2017). "Couple quit party amid "bullying" claims". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[2] Collis, Dominic (14 November 2017). "Council leader calls on Lib Dem quit quartet to resign". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[3] "Results 2018". burnley.gov.uk. Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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