The 2024 Burnley Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. One-third of the 45 members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire were elected.
Summary Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control. Following the previous election in 2023, a minority Labour administration had been running the council. However, in October 2023, eleven councillors left the Labour Party over the party's stance on the Gaza war. They then sat as a group of independent councillors called the 'Burnley Independent Group', which formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party, which together held a majority of the seats on the council.
The 2024 election saw the Labour Party regain some of the seats they had held at the 2023 election. However, they were unable to secure a majority of the seats, and the council remained under no overall control. The coalition of the Burnley Independent Group, Liberal Democrats and Greens continued to form the council's administration after the election, albeit as a minority administration having lost the majority it had held prior to the election.
Previous council composition After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats 21 11 15 0 12 10 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 3 0 Dissolved Changes between the 2023 and 2024 elections August 2023: BAPIP dissolved - Charlie Briggs, Neil Mottershead and Mark Payne sit as independents September 2023: Charlie Briggs (independent) joins Labour; Andy Fewings (Green) resigns - by-election held October 2023 October 2023: Afrasiab Anwar, Saeed Chaudhary, Shah Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq, Nussrat Kazmi, Syeda Kazmi, Arif Khan, Lubna Khan, Sehrish Lone, Asif Raja, and Christine Sollis leave Labour to sit as independents; Alexander Hall (Green) wins by-election February 2024: Neil Mottershead (independent) joins Conservatives
Results
Ward results The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations. The ward electorates and turnout percentages are reported in a compiled summary of the election results. An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Bank Hall
Lubna Khan was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Briercliffe
Brunshaw
Cliviger with Worsthorne
Coal Clough with Deerplay
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
Saeed Chaudhary was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Gannow
Gawthorpe
Hapton with Park
Lanehead
Asif Raja was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Queensgate
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Rosehill with Burnley Wood
This seat was gained by Labour in a by-election in November 2022.
Trinity
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
By-elections
Lanehead
The Lanehead by-election was triggered by the resignation of councillor Fiona Wild, who stepped down after a Facebook post in which she described the assassination of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk as "good riddance".
Queensgate
The Queensgate by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Syeda Kazmi.
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