2003 Burnley Borough Council election

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election with a by-election in the Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward. The British National Party won the popular vote and gained the most seats, although the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 24
• British National Party 8
• Liberal Democrat 7
• Conservative 3
• Others 3

Election result

Burnley Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	BNP	7	6	1	5	43.7	30.5	8,543	+18.7
	Labour	5	0	3	-3	31.2	29.9	8,387	-18.8
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	-1	12.5	17.2	4,824	+0.2
	Independent	1	1	1	0	6.3	12.2	3,431	-0.7
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	6.3	9.7	2,730	+1.1
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	134	-0.3

Ward results

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Kavanagh	708	47.0	−21.2
	BNP	Mark Halstead	505	33.6	+20.3
	Conservative	Paul Coates	196	13.0	+13.0
	Socialist Alliance	Avril Hesson	96	6.4	+6.4
Majority			203	13.5
Turnout			1505
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Patricia Thomson	877	44.1	+44.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McCann	862	43.3	−25.8
	Labour	Angela Healey	250	12.6	−18.3
Majority			15	0.8
Turnout			1989
	BNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Maureen Stowe	715	37.0	+20.1
	Labour	David Halsall	712	36.9	−35.3
	Conservative	Anita Walker	259	13.4	+13.4
	Independent	Cliff Tahir	245	12.7	+1.8
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			1931
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Brian Turner	795	32.8	+20.0
	Conservative	Tony Walker	551	22.8	−13.6
	Labour	Philip Walsh	483	19.9	−9.6
	Independent	Kevin Robinson	465	19.2	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bennett	128	5.3	+5.3
Majority			244	10.1
Turnout			2422
	BNP gain from Independent		Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Horrocks	803	51.6	−11.8
	BNP	Mark Pennington	532	34.2	+22.9
	Labour	Antony Martin	222	14.2	−4.0
Majority			271	17.4
Turnout			1557
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Manzoor Hussain	1,286	54.1	+11.9
	Independent	Imtiaz Hussain	736	31.0	+16.4
	Labour	Anthony Harrison	353	14.9	−28.3
Majority			550	23.1
Turnout			2374
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Carol Hughes	687	38.6	+23.6
	Labour	Patrick Tierney	611	34.3	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Jane McCann	274	15.4	+15.4
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	209	11.7	+2.0
Majority			76	4.3
Turnout			1781
	BNP hold		Swing

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Gauton	777	43.8	−9.3
	BNP	Andrew Kenyon	712	40.2	+25.7
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	284	16.0	+8.7
Majority			65	3.7
Turnout			1773
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Len Starr	661	39.0	+25.1
	Labour	Andrew Tatchell	584	34.4	−28.6
	Independent	Patricia Stinton	319	18.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Alan Marsden	132	7.8	+7.8
Majority			77	4.5
Turnout			1696
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Luke Smith	668	34.0	+18.1
	Labour	Brian Cooper	623	31.7	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	365	18.5	+2.4
	Independent	Anthony Doyle	311	15.8	−2.9
Majority			45	2.3
Turnout			1967
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Najib	764	41.2	−25.3
	BNP	Rauth McGuinness	612	33.0	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Embra	319	17.2	−0.3
	Independent	Ian Nelson	160	8.6	+8.6
Majority			152	8.2
Turnout			1855
	Labour hold		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sam Holgate	618	43.7	+2.0
	Labour	Michael Nelson	487	34.4	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	192	13.6	+13.6
	Conservative	Barry Robinson	118	8.3	+8.3
Majority			131	9.3
Turnout			1415
	Independent gain from BNP		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Swainston	679	36.6	−17.9
	BNP	James Cowell	634	34.2	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robinson	285	15.4	+15.4
	Conservative	David Tierney	255	13.7	+2.5
Majority			45	2.4
Turnout			1853
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Monk	598	41.6	−23.2
	BNP	Simon Haworth	491	34.2	+19.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Bennett	310	21.6	+7.3
	Socialist Alliance	Stephen Worden	38	2.6	−3.6
Majority			107	7.4
Turnout			1437
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	726	21.8
	BNP	Barry Birks	654	19.7
	Independent	Jean Steward	577	17.3
	Labour	Ian Townsend	536	16.1
	Conservative	Alan Stewart	436	18.1
	Labour	Hilary Ward	398	12.0
Majority
Turnout			3327
	Conservative hold		Swing
	BNP gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• BBC News 2002 Burnley Election Results Accessed 2010
• Local Council Election Results Archive 2003 Accessed 2010