2016 Burnley Borough Council election

The 2016 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2020. These seats were last contested in 2012.

Labour remained in overall control of the council.

State of the Parties[]

After the election, the composition of the Council was as follows:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	27	3
	Liberal Democrat	13	3
	Conservative	4	1
	UKIP	1	1

Results[]

Burnley Borough Council Election, 2016^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	3	-3	53.3	44.3	8,873	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	5	3	0	+3	33.3	32.4	6,481	+5.2
	UKIP	1	1	0	+1	6.7	11.5	2,303	-2.8
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	6.7	6.1	1,227	-12.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.0	806	+2.2
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	163	+0.4
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	158	+0.7

By ward[]

Bank Hall ward[]

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lubna Khan	768	64.8	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Michael Bradley	417	35.2	+11.9
Majority			351	29.6	+1.7
Turnout			1,185	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe ward[]

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Ann Lishman	764	57.2	+18.1
	UKIP	Ian Metcalf	261	19.5	-3.0
	Labour	Syd Khan	176	13.2	-8.7
	Conservative	Tom Watson	99	7.4	-6.3
	Green	James MacDonald	36	2.7	-0.1
Majority			503	37.6	+21.0
Turnout			1,336	30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunshaw ward[]

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lian Pate	600	48.6	+3.2
	UKIP	Jamie McGowan	452	36.6	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Ann Byrne	182	14.7	-1.1
Majority			148	12.0	-7.1
Turnout			1,234	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne ward[]

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Robert Newhouse	539	35.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Haworth	358	23.2	-1.0
	UKIP	Tom Commis	349	22.6	+0.2
	Labour		296	19.2	-1.1
Majority			181	11.7	+2.8
Turnout			1,542	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay ward[]

Coalclough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Brindle	721	65.2	+19.0
	Labour	Ibrahim Ali	299	27.0	-3.2
	Green	Anne Whittles	86	7.8	+7.8
Majority			422	38.2	22.2
Turnout			1,106	28.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward[]

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saeed Akhtar Chaudhary	1,350	87.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mubashir Aftab	190	12.3	N/A
Majority			1,160	75.3	N/A
Turnout			1,540	41.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme returned a Labour Party (UK) councillor unopposed in 2015.

Gannow ward[]

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Andrew Charles Payne	680	53.0	+8.4
	Labour	Christine Sollis	427	33.3	-0.7
	BNP	Christopher Barnett	113	8.8	+8.8
	Green	Jai Redman	63	4.9	+4.9
Majority			253	19.7	+9.2
Turnout			1,283	31.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Gawthorpe ward[]

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Tatchell	809	66.9	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan John Morris	400	33.1	+13.2
Majority			409	33.8	-2.7
Turnout			1,209	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park ward[]

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Hosker	683	44.4	+24.1
	Labour	Howard Leigh Hudson	601	39.1	+2.8
	Conservative	Ivor Christopher Emo	173	11.2	-7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Williams	81	5.3	-13.7
Majority			82	5.3
Turnout			1,538	34.1
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Lanehead ward[]

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asif Raja	792	47.8	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Christine Riley	665	40.2	+19.4
	Green	Laura Fisk	199	12.0	+12.0
Majority			127	7.7	-17.7
Turnout			1,656	37.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensgate ward[]

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arif Khan	811	57.4	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Gordon Lishman	438	31.0	-1.6
	TUSC	Gavin Hartley	163	11.5	+5.4
Majority			373	26.4	+7.8
Turnout			1,412	35.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward[]

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	590	49.5	+0.7
	UKIP	Mark Henry Girven	278	23.3	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Forrest	221	18.6	-2.8
	Green	Ceri Jane Carmichael	57	4.8	+1.4
	BNP	Christopher Vanns	45	3.8	+2.0
Majority			312	26.2	+7.9
Turnout			1,191	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward[]

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Eleanor White	625	47.2	+14.5
	Labour	Paul Campbell	587	44.3	+11.3
	Green	Georgina Hannah Ormrod	112	8.5	+3.7
Majority			38	2.9	+2.6
Turnout			1,324	30.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity ward[]

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Martin	452	49.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Bone	236	26.0	-0.3
	Green	Andy Fewings	219	24.1	+24.1
Majority			216	23.8	+1.4
Turnout			907	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward[]

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Roper	503	32.5	+9.7
	Conservative	Tony Moores	416	26.9	-6.9
	Labour	Andy Devanney	316	20.4	-2.6
	UKIP	Chris Rawson	280	18.1	-2.3
	Green	Alfie Jones	34	2.2	+2.2
Majority			87	5.6	-5.2
Turnout			1,548	33.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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