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2000 Burnley Borough Council Election
The 2000 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: * Labour 24 * Independent 12 * Liberal Democrat 9 * Conservative 3 Campaign The election saw 17 seats contested with 2 seats up for election in Gawthorpe ward after the resignation of a Labour councillor. In total 42 candidates stood in the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contested. When the candidates were announced there was controversy in Queensgate ward after the independent candidates, Pat Chadwick, claimed that an independent Conservative candidate had been put up to stand in the election by Labour. She claimed Labour were attempting to split her vote in order to ensure victory for Labour, however Labour described the claims a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnley (borough)
The Borough of Burnley () is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of and a population of (), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. Other notable settlements include Padiham, Hapton, Worsthorne, Briercliffe and Cliviger. The borough is bounded by Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale – all in Lancashire – and the borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It is governed by Burnley Borough Council, which is currently under no overall control following the 2019 local elections. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, when the former county borough of Burnley merged with the urban district of Padiham and part of Burnley Rural District. The council is based at Burnley Town Hall. 1976 saw all of the district's councillors stand for re-election as all the borough's wards were abolished and replaced with 22 new ones with a total of 54 seats. Although the majority of the new wards elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
