2021 Burnley Borough Council election

UK local election

Main article: Burnley Borough Council elections

The 2021 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. As with many other local elections in England, it was postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 2024. These seats were last contested in 2016.

Following the 2019 election, a coalition executive was formed by all the other parties after Labour lost control of the council. Led by Alan Hosker UKIP had collected all three seats in Hapton with Park ward after 2019. Its three councillors joined the Conservative group in 2020 with Hosker later being elected as group leader. A rupture occurred within the Conservative group later in the year, amidst Hosker's attempts to obtain a position on the executive for himself. This precipitated the collapse of the coalition in September 2020, with Labour's Mark Townsend temporally returning to the role of Council leader in a minority administration, but expected to stand down after the election to become Mayor.

Andrew Newhouse, who won Cliviger with Worsthorne for the Conservatives in 2016, defected to the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party shortly afterward. Bill Brindle, who won Coalclough and Deerplay for the Lib Dems in 2016 but (along with his wife) joined the Labour group in 2018, decided to retire rather than stand again. Mark Payne, who won Gannow for the Lib Dems in 2016, was one of the councillors who left the party over its stance on Brexit to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party in 2017. David Roper (Whittlefield with Ightenhill) who also left the party at that time but continued as an independent, was another who did not stand for re-election.

After the election the council remained in no overall control, with Labour's Afrasiab Anwar taking over from Mark Townsend as council leader in a coalition with the Lib Dems.

State of the Parties

After the election, the composition of the council (compared with May 2019) was:

	Seats	±
Labour	18	4
Conservative	9	5
Liberal Democrat	8	0
BAPIP	5	0
Green	5	3
UKIP	0	3
Independent	0	1

Election results

Overall election result

Results Seats Gained by Parties
Party		Councillors			Votes
Party		Elected	Of total	Full Council		Of total
	Labour Party	5	33.3%	18 / 45	7,719	34.5%
	Conservative Party	4	26.7%	9 / 45	7,261	32.4%
	Green Party	3	20.0%	5 / 45	3,755	16.8%
	Liberal Democrats	2	13.3%	8 / 45	2,063	9.2%
	Burnley and Padiham Independent Party	1	6.7%	5 / 45	1,529	6.8%
	National Front	0	0.0%	0 / 45	45	0.2%
	Social Democratic Party	0	0.0%	0 / 45	21	0.1%

Ward results

Bank Hall

Bank Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lubna Khan	956	66.9	−3.3
	Conservative	Maison McGowan-Doe	314	22.0	+9.9
	Green	Julie Hurt	158	11.1	−6.6
Majority			642	44.9	−7.6
Turnout			1,428	34.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe

Briercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lishman	693	49.9	−12.8
	Conservative	Mike Steel	404	29.1	+18.6
	Labour	Shelagh Limmer	217	15.6	+1.3
	Green	Victoria Alker	76	5.5	−4.8
Majority			289	20.8	−27.6
Turnout			1,390	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunshaw

Brunshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Wight	462	38.7	+20.7
	Conservative	Claire Ingham	399	33.4	+16.7
	Labour Co-op	Lian Pate	333	27.9	−21.1
Majority			63	5.3
Turnout			1,194	25.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Cliviger and Worsthorne

Cliviger and Worsthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Scott Cunliffe	959	47.1	+34.4
	Conservative	Richard Piers	757	37.2	−9.1
	Labour	Carol Lukey	152	7.5	−6.8
	BAPIP	Andrew Newhouse	71	3.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Lishman	50	2.5	N/A
	National Front	Steven Smith	45	2.2	N/A
Majority			202	9.9
Turnout			2,034	47.4
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Coalclough and Deerplay

Coalclough and Deerplay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Inckle	508	36.5	+6.6
	Conservative	Linda Whittaker	323	23.2	+11.2
	Labour	Bill Horrocks	322	23.1	−0.2
	BAPIP	Jimmy Anderson	178	12.8	−14.7
	Green	Arash Sedighi	60	4.3	−3.0
Majority			185	13.3	+10.9
Turnout			1,391	35.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Daneshouse and Stoneyholme

Daneshouse and Stoneyholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saeed Chaudhary	1,376	70.6	−19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Hajji-Nazrul	461	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Watson	70	3.6	−0.2
	Green	Janet Hall	43	2.2	−3.5
Majority			915	47.0	−37.7
Turnout			1,950	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Gannow

Gannow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Mark Payne	508	40.4	−29.8
	Labour	Fiona Wild	278	22.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Darren Broughton	250	19.9	+12.1
	Green	Jai Redman	152	12.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Sumner	69	5.5	N/A
Majority			230	18.3
Turnout			1,257	29.5
	BAPIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gawthorpe

Gawthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Ingham	776	56.0	+15.7
	Labour	Kate Proctor	530	38.2	−2.7
	Green	Joseph Davis	80	5.8	−2.0
Majority			246	17.8
Turnout			1,386	30.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hapton with Park

Hapton with Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hosker	1,256	73.8	+63.1
	Labour	Alun Lewis	340	20.0	−0.8
	Green	Duncan Reed	106	6.2	−13.2
Majority			916	53.8
Turnout			1,702	36.8
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Lanehead

Lanehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asif Raja	863	50.1	−0.1
	Conservative	Jamie McGowan	667	38.7	+27.8
	Green	Mark Alker	194	11.3	+0.5
Majority			196	11.4	−10.6
Turnout			1,724	37.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensgate

Queensgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arif Khan	1,105	64.5	−1.2
	Conservative	Alfie White	444	25.9	+14.1
	Green	Helen Bridges	163	9.5	−1.2
Majority			661	38.6	−15.0
Turnout			1,712	41.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Marcus Johnstone	387	30.5	−0.1
	Conservative	Joanne Broughton	353	27.8	+17.5
	BAPIP	Dave Alexander	352	27.7	−20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Taylor	109	8.6	N/A
	Green	Jane Davis	69	5.4	−5.2
Majority			34	2.7
Turnout			1,270	25.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chamberlain	420	31.6	+22.3
	Labour	Margaret Brindle	411	30.9	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McCann	379	28.5	−13.1
	Green	Tony Davis	120	9.0	+2.2
Majority			9	0.7
Turnout			1,330	29.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martyn Hurt	634	57.4	−9.1
	Labour Co-op	Tony Martin	242	21.9	+3.8
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	162	14.7	+11.7
	BAPIP	Stephanie Forrest	67	6.1	−3.1
Majority			392	35.5
Turnout			1,105	26.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Whitaker	666	36.8	+14.4
	Green	Emma Simpkin	479	26.5	−6.5
	BAPIP	Nicola Sedgwick	353	19.5	−13.6
	Labour	Shaun Sproule	207	11.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Haworth	83	4.6	+1.3
	SDP	Mitchell Cryer	21	1.2	N/A
Majority			187	10.3
Turnout			1,809	39.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Results 2021". Burnley Borough Council. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Peter Magill (30 May 2019). "New leader takes charge of rainbow coalition for Burnley Council". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
Bill Jacobs (1 June 2020). "Burnley: Brexit veteran takes reins at council Tory group". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
Bill Jacobs (4 September 2020). "Burnley Council: suspended Tories back as coalition talks start". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ Collis, Dominic (26 April 2021). "Battle lines drawn in Burnley Council election". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
Collis, Dominic (13 June 2018). "Two former Burnley Lib Dems join Labour group". Burnley Express. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. 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.
Bill Jacobs (12 May 2021). "Burnley Labour group chooses new leader". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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