Burnley Borough Council election, 2015

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 7 May 2015, as part of the wider United Kingdom local elections, 2015.

Due to the 'in thirds' format of elections in Burnley, these elections are for those electoral district wards fought in the Burnley Borough Council election, 2011, with changes in vote share compared directly with that year.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 29
• Liberal Democrats 10
• Conservative 5
• UKIP 1

Burnley Local Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	2	1	+1	62.5	37.8	14,738	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	2	-2	18.75	27.2	10,595	-9.9
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	12.5	18.3	7,122	+12.5
	UKIP	1	1	0	+1	6.25	14.3	5,577	+5.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	709	+1.8
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	155	-0.3
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	42	-2.0

Ward results

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sobia Malik	1225	52.3	-18.6
	UKIP	Lewis Fraser	571	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Fenn	545	23.3	-5.8
Majority			654	27.9	-14.0
Turnout			2,341
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Kelly	1166	39.1	-7.0
	UKIP	Ian Metcalf	671	22.5	-5.3
	Labour	Brian Cooper	652	21.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	407	13.7	+6.3
	Green	MacDonald James	83	2.8	+2.8
Majority			495	16.6	-1.8
Turnout			2,979
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Townsend	1257	45.4	+0.4
	UKIP	Jamie McGowan	729	26.3	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michele Cryer	437	15.8	-0.9
	Conservative	Jane Seed	344	12.4	+12.4
Majority			528	19.1	+10.3
Turnout			2,767
	Labour hold		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley	1040	33.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Brindle	760	24.2	-0.8
	UKIP	Tom Commis	705	22.4	-2.8
	Labour	Andy Devanney	638	20.3	+2.3
Majority			280	8.9	+2.3
Turnout			3,143
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coal Clough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Brindle	1151	46.2	-22.5
	Labour	Steve Watson	752	30.2	-1.1
	UKIP	Blair Bailey	587	23.6	+23.6
Majority			399	16.0	-21.4
Turnout			2,490
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wajid Khan	Uncontested	NA	NA
Majority			NA	NA
Turnout			NA	NA	NA
	Labour hold		Swing

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Briggs	1128	44.6	-3.2
	Labour	Michael Rushton	861	34.0	-1.0
	Conservative	Tom Watson	375	14.8	+7.4
	Green	Jane Davis	166	6.6	+6.6
Majority			267	10.5	-2.4
Turnout			2,530
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Harbour	1417	58.3	-4.7
	Conservative	Barrie Bamford	530	21.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Mithcell	485	19.9	+3.4
Majority			887	36.5	-8.0
Turnout			2,432
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Greenwood	996	21.0
	UKIP	Alan Hosker	964	20.3
	Labour	Howard Hudson	726	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Byrne	519	10.9
	Conservative	Ian Dawes	504	10.6
	Conservative	Ivor Emo	391	8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Forrest	385	8.1
	Green	Ceri Carmichael	256	5.4
Majority			32
Turnout			4,741
	Labour hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Royle	1308	45.7	-12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Debbie Porter	594	20.8	-20.8
	UKIP	Ray Hogan	554	19.4	+19.4
	Conservative	Daniel Hanson	405	14.2	+14.2
Majority			714	25.0	+8.2
Turnout			2,861
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ishtiaq	1298	51.2	-16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Riley	827	32.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Joe Whittaker	255	10.1	+10.1
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Gavin Hartley	155	6.1	+6.1
Majority			471	18.6	-16.4
Turnout			2,535
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Reynolds	1039	45.8	-7.9
	UKIP	Mark Girven	624	27.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Kirker	486	21.4	-3.2
	Green	Joe Davis	77	3.4	+3.4
	BNP	John Rowe	42	1.8	-20.0
Majority			415	18.3	-10.3
Turnout			2,268
	Labour hold		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Fleming	878	33.0	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Haworth	871	32.7	-31.5
	UKIP	Annette McGowan-Doe	550	20.7	+20.7
	Conservative	Narayana Devi	236	8.9	+8.9
	Green	Tony Davis	127	4.8	+4.8
Majority			7	0.3
Turnout			2,662
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Monk	950	48.3	-7.8
	UKIP	Norman White	509	25.9	+25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Bone	506	25.7	-5.4
Majority			441	22.4	-2.6
Turnout			1,965
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ida Carmichael	1090	33.8	+18.6
	Labour	John Fifield	741	23.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Mottershead	735	22.8	-11.5
	UKIP	Christopher Rawson	658	20.4	-8.2
Majority			349	10.8
Turnout			3,224
	Conservative hold		Swing