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The 2019 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of
The 2019 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 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 election was held 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 2023. These seats were last contested in 2015
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.
In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats (including Charlie Briggs and Mark Payne) left the party over its stance on Brexit
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, 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 ...
. However in early 2019 Christine White (elected in 2016
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) stepped down following a complaint from a resident, prompting a by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
in the Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward which was won by Peter McCann of the Liberal Democrats. After the 2018 election, Bill and Margaret Brindle (both Coalclough with Deerplay ward) who had been sitting on the council as independents after also splitting with the local Lib Dems, joined the Labour group.
Following the election Labour lost control of the council and a coalition of all the other parties formed a new executive with Charlie Briggs returning to the role of Council leader to replace Mark Townsend.
State of the Parties
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with2018
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.
Ward results
Bank Hall
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
References
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2010s in Lancashire
May 2019 events in the United Kingdom