Burnley Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 2 May 2002. Due to a reorganisation, most of the electoral wards had boundary changes and some were replaced, only Lanehead and Briercliffe wards where unaffected. Also the number of seats was reduced to 45, resulting that the entire council was up for election. In each ward, voters where required to elect 3 councillors, with first place receiving a full 4-year term, second receiving 2 years and third, a single year. The Labour party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 27
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Conservative 4
• British National Party 3
• Independent (politician)3

Election result

Burnley Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	27	0	27	60	48.7	41,327
	Liberal Democrat	8	8	0	8	17.7	17.0	14,411
	Conservative	4	4	0	4	8.9	8.8	7,497
	Independent	3	3	0	3	6.7	12.9	10,924
	BNP	3	3	0	3	6.7	11.8	9,984
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	738

Ward results

Bank Hall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Bennett	1,216	24.3
	Labour	Barry Guttridge	1,139	22.8
	Labour	Caroline Kavanagh	1,052	21.1
	BNP	Joan Dewhurst	663	13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Hamid	503	10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doctor Simba	422	8.4
Majority
Turnout			4,995

Briercliffe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Frost	1,302	25.2
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Lishman	1,214	23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter McCann	1,058	20.4
	Labour	Laurence Embley	549	10.6
	Labour	John Titherington	526	10.2
	Labour	John Hartley	525	10.1
Majority
Turnout			5,174

Brunshaw (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Hall	1,435	26.4
	Labour	Lilian Clark	1,312	24.1
	Labour	David Halsall	1,177	21.7
	BNP	Simon Bennett	919	16.9
	Independent	Cliff Tahir	593	10.9
Majority
Turnout			5,463

Cliviger with Worsthorne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heginbotham	1,032	14.8
	BNP	David Edwards	898	12.8
	Independent	Kevin Robinson	817	11.8
	Conservative	Tony Walker	801	11.4
	Conservative	Alan Stewart	711	10.2
	Labour	Fiona Burns	694	9.9
	Labour	Philip Walsh	693	9.9
	Labour	Marguerite Walsh	678	9.7
	Independent	Nigel Musker	666	9.5
Majority
Turnout			6,990

Coalclough with Deerplay (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Birtwistle	1,335	24.2
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Bullas	1,117	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Smith	1,043	18.9
	BNP	Leonard Starr	622	11.3
	Labour	Anthony Davis	394	7.2
	Independent	Nigel Musker	389	7.1
	Labour	Mary Roberts	340	6.2
	Labour	Mohammed Baig	265	4.8
Majority
Turnout			5,505

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Malik	1,461	20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mozaquir Ali	1,336	19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Manzoor Hussain	1,256	17.9
	Labour	Saeed Chaudhary	934	13.3
	Labour	Shahi Sultan	643	9.1
	Independent	Kazmi Hussain	453	6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Masood Mirza	368	5.3
	Independent	Wendy Leach	343	4.9
	Independent	Edward Fisk	230	3.3
Majority
Turnout			7,024

Gannow (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Rushton	882	16.2
	Labour	Alice Thornber	842	15.4
	BNP	Terence Grogan	817	15.0
	Labour	Patrick Tierney	813	14.9
	Independent	Fred Melbourne	726	13.3
	Independent	Ian Nelson	690	12.7
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	529	9.7
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Alderson	151	2.8
Majority
Turnout			5,450

Gawthorpe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Cant	1,012	18.7
	Labour	Gillian Harbour	995	18.4
	Labour	Linda Gauton	868	16.0
	BNP	Andrew Kenyon	783	14.5
	Independent	Patricia Stinton	723	13.4
	Independent	Patricia Lord	635	11.7
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	395	7.3
Majority
Turnout			5,411

Hapton with Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Birchall	1,140	21.9
	Labour	John Harbour	1,095	21.0
	Labour	Andrew Tatchell	1,043	20.1
	BNP	John Kenyon	722	13.9
	Independent	Steven Gourlay	605	11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mary McCann	596	11.5
Majority
Turnout			5,201

Lanehead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paula Riley	984	18.7
	Labour	John Cavanagh	978	18.6
	Labour	Brian Cooper	871	16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	846	16.1
	BNP	Sarah Sherburn	834	15.9
	Labour	David Lord	748	14.2
Majority
Turnout			5,261

Queensgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kenyon	1,164	23.9
	Labour	Paul Moore	1,075	22.1
	Labour	Mohammad Najib	1,002	20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Embra	852	17.5
	BNP	David Haworth	781	16.0
Majority
Turnout			4,874

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Caddy	841	16.1
	Independent	Marlene Disley	751	14.4
	BNP	Carol Hughes	751	14.4
	Labour	Stephen Reynolds	729	14.0
	Independent	Arthur Wilkinson	723	13.8
	Labour	Stephen Wolski	721	13.8
	Independent	Samuel Holgate	706	13.5
Majority
Turnout			5,222

Rosehill with Burnley Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colette Bailey	1,106	18.8
	Labour	Denis Otter	1,083	18.4
	Labour	Janice Swainston	1,013	17.3
	Independent	John Lloyd	890	15.1
	BNP	James Cowell	812	13.8
	Conservative	David Tierney	660	11.2
	Socialist Alliance	Stephen Worden	314	5.4
Majority
Turnout			5,878

Trinity (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Galbraith	1,022	23.4
	Labour	Anthony Lambert	914	20.9
	Labour	Elizabeth Monk	897	20.5
	BNP	Mark Terrell	643	14.7
	Liberal Democrat	William Bennett	626	14.3
	Socialist Alliance	Tess McMahon	273	6.2
Majority
Turnout			4,375

Whittlefield with Ightenhill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Challinor	1,166	17.7
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,112	16.9
	Conservative	Ida Fowler	1,091	16.6
	BNP	Mark Vickers	739	11.2
	Labour	Jean Daiches	670	10.2
	Labour	Antony Martin	641	9.8
	Labour	Hilary Ward	617	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Wright	537	8.2
Majority
Turnout			6,573

References

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