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The 2018 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of
The 2018 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
in England. This was on the same day as other local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
. One third of the council was up for election, and each successful candidate will serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2022. These seats were last contested in 2014
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.
At the start of March 2017, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) acrimoniously split with the local Liberal Democrats, but continued to sit on the council as independents. David Roper also left the party and continued as an independent. In November four more Lib Dems (including Neil Mottershead and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit
Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or ...
, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independent Party
The Burnley and Padiham Independent Party was a registered political party in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2023, focused on the neighbouring Lancashire towns of Burnley and Padiham.
In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats left ...
.
State of the Parties
The composition of the Council following the election was as follows:
Overall results
Results by ward
Bank Hall ward
Briercliffe ward
Brunshaw ward
Cliviger with Worsthorne ward
Coalclough with Deerplay ward
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward
Gannow ward
Gawthorpe ward
Hapton with Park ward
Lanehead ward
Queensgate ward
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward
Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward
Trinity ward
Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward
References
2018 English local elections2018
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2010s in Lancashire
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