2011 Burnley Borough Council election
Appearance
Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election and no party won overall control of the council. Arif Khan, the incumbent in the Queensgate ward, defected form the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2010, citing disillusionment with the party’s performance since the general election.[1] The councils only Independent, John Jones (former Lib Dem), the incumbent in the Brunshaw ward, did not stand for re-election.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53.4 | 46.7 | 12,166 | +17.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 33.3 | 32.6 | 8,490 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 3,684 | -6.0 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1,549 | -4.9 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 145 | +0.5 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Field | 1,157 | 77.5 | +31.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Gordon Lisman | 336 | 22.5 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 821 | 55.0 | +41.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,493 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anne Kelly | 1,004 | 55.0 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Brian Cooper | 514 | 28.1 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Susan Nutter | 308 | 16.9 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 490 | 26.8 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,826 | 40.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Townsend | 1,090 | 61.9 | +29.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Howarth | 376 | 21.3 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | Alex Harrison | 296 | 16.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 714 | 40.5 | +40.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,762 | 36.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cosima Towneley | 993 | 46.9 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paula Riley | 570 | 26.9 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Tony Martin | 556 | 26.2 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 423 | 20.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,119 | 47.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Brindle | 750 | 47.3 | −8.5 | |
Labour | Alex McClachlan | 486 | 30.6 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony Jackson | 209 | 13.2 | −0.8 | |
BNP | Angela Vanns | 142 | 8.9 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 246 | 16.6 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,587 | 38.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wajid Khan | 1,694 | 75.7 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Rakib | 544 | 24.3 | −15.0 | |
Majority | 1150 | 51.4 | +33.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,238 | 58.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Briggs | 650 | 41.5 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Large | 555 | 35.4 | +6.1 | |
BNP | David Shapcott | 186 | 11.9 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Barry Robinson | 176 | 11.2 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 95 | 6.1 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,567 | 35.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Harbour | 962 | 59.8 | +21.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Matthew Carter | 341 | 21.2 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Paul Robinson | 305 | 19.0 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 621 | 38.6 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,608 | 34.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Greenwood | 871 | 49.2 | +20.0 | |
BNP | Derek Dawson | 369 | 20.8 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Victoria Taylor | 323 | 18.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire McCann | 207 | 11.7 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 502 | 28.4 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,770 | 37.9 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Royle | 797 | 43.2 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Smith | 676 | 36.6 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Coats | 228 | 12.3 | −7.2 | |
UKIP | Michael McHugh | 145 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 121 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,846 | 41.1 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Brown | 918 | 50.6 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Arif Khan | 895 | 49.4 | +17.9 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,813 | 43.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shephen Paul Reynolds | 643 | 41.8 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Mottershead | 491 | 32.0 | −1.4 | |
BNP | Paul McDevitt | 238 | 15.5 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Mathew Isherwood | 164 | 10.7 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 152 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,536 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tracy Kennedy | 817 | 48.4 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Paul Campbell | 691 | 40.9 | +13.2 | |
BNP | Christopher Vanns | 180 | 10.7 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 126 | 7.5 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,688 | 38.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Monk | 669 | 56.6 | +22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Hurt | 246 | 20.7 | −13.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Picton | 140 | 11.8 | −3.9 | |
BNP | Christopher John Vanns | 129 | 10.9 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 423 | 35.7 | +35.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,148 | 30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ida Carmichael | 847 | 42.4 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Nicolas Madden | 586 | 29.3 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debbie Porter | 564 | 28.3 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 261 | 13.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,997 | 41.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- Notes
- ^ "Councillor defects to Labour". Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- Sources