Burnley Borough Council election, 2007

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and no party won overall control of the council. The winner of the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward had to be drawn by lot after the Labour and BNP candidates received an identical number of votes. Sam Holgate, the incumbent in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward joined the Lib Dems in September 2006, being previously elected as an Independent.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 18
• Labour 17
• Conservative 6
• British National Party 4

Election result

Burnley Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	7	3	2	1	46.7	34.2	8,359	-2.7
	Labour	5	2	1	1	33.3	27.3	6,706	-4.0
	Conservative	2	1	0	1	13.3	15.4	3,779	-1.4
	BNP	1	0	3	-3	6.7	17.5	4,286	+4.2
	England First	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	770	+3.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	84	+0.3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	546	+0.5

Ward results

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imtiaz Hussain	699	46.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Birtwistle	608	40.8	-1.9
	Conservative	Paul Coates	184	12.3	+4.6
Majority			91	6.1
Turnout			1,491	35.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Kelly	1074	58.7	-9.7
	BNP	Patricia Thomson	515	28.1	+28.1
	Labour	Brian Fenn	185	10.1	-1.5
	Conservative	Peter Raistrick	115	6.3	-13.2
Majority			559	30.5	-18.4
Turnout			1,834	39.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from BNP		Swing

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Jones	680	38.1	+4.7
	Labour	Karen Baker	499	28.0	-9.7
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	467	26.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Tony Coulson	139	7.7	-2.6
Majority			181	10.1
Turnout			1,785	35.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley	840	38.0	-19.6
	England First	Steven Smith	372	16.8	+16.8
	BNP	David Shapcott	260	11.8	+11.8
	Labour	Brenda Lambert	225	10.2	-6.6
	Independent	Paula Riley	216	9.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael McHugh	213	9.6	-16.0
	Green	Richard Wyatt	84	3.8	+3.8
Majority			468	21.2	-10.9
Turnout			2,210	50.2
	Conservative gain from BNP		Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen McCaffrey	1,055	79.9	-3.1
	Labour	Angela Donovan	265	20.1	+3.1
Majority			790	59.8	-7.6
Turnout			1,320	33.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wajid Khan	1,405	60.0	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Qurban Ali	935	40.0	-9.7
Majority			470	20.0	+19.3
Turnout			2,340	59.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Briggs	560	33.0	+6.4
	BNP	Carol Hughes	484	28.5	-3.2
	Labour	Peter Kenyon	446	26.3	-1.1
	Conservative	Sharon Everitt	209	12.2	-2.2
Majority			76	4.5
Turnout			1,699	39.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from BNP		Swing

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Harbour	854	53.1	+20.0
	BNP	Scott Atkinson	405	25.2	-6.2
	Conservative	Barry Robinson	201	12.5	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Embra	149	9.2	-8.1
Majority			449	27.9	+25.9
Turnout			1,609	34.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Len Starr	674	37.7	+3.3
	Labour	Jean Cunningham	544	30.4	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	William Brindle	299	16.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Alan Marsden	271	15.1	-0.6
Majority			130	7.3	+4.9
Turnout			1,788	37.5
	BNP hold		Swing

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	693	42.6	+0.8
	Labour	Peter Marland	398	24.5	+3.5
	Independent	Anne Royle	330	20.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Michael Raistrick	204	12.6	+1.8
Majority			295	18.2	+3.0
Turnout			1,625	36.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Arif Khan	489	31.5	-21.5
	Labour	Laurence Embley	432	27.8	-6.6
	England First	Simon Bennett	398	25.6	+25.6
	Conservative	Arthur Coats	233	15.1	+2.5
Majority			57	3.7	-14.9
Turnout			1,552	36.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Reynolds	489	30.7	+0.8
	BNP	John Rowe	489	30.7	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sam Holgate	452	28.3	-4.9
	Conservative	Ian Pool	164	10.3	+3.7
Majority			0	0.0
Turnout			1,594	33.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Ashworth	564	35.5	-14.7
	Labour	Janice Swainston	462	29.0	+0.2
	BNP	Elaine Kirby	300	18.9	+18.9
	Conservative	David Tierney	264	16.6	-4.4
Majority			102	6.4	-15.0
Turnout			1,590	35.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Monk	514	39.8	+5.8
	BNP	John Cave	369	28.6	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn Hurt	311	24.1	+3.0
	Conservative	Thomas Picton	96	7.5	-4.9
Majority			145	11.2	+9.8
Turnout			1,290	32.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	1,060	53.5	+10.4
	BNP	Joan Shapcott	323	16.3	-6.8
	Labour	Alex Mclachlan	322	16.2	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bernie Kyriacou	277	14.0	-3.4
Majority			737	37.2	+20.6
Turnout			1,982	40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 BBC News Burnley election result
• Burnley Council 2007 Election Results