The Burnley and Padiham Independent Party was a registered political party in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2023, focused on the neighbouring

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towns of

Burnley 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 ...

and

Padiham Padiham ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west ...

. In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats left the party over its stance on

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, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independents. Neil Mottershead retained his

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 ...

seat in the 2018 election, but in early 2019 Christine White stepped down following claims of harassment from a resident, prompting a

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which was won by the Lib Dems. Charlie Briggs also retained his seat in

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, and the party won in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse and Whittlefield with Ightenhill wards, bringing their total to five councillors.Election results 2019
Burnley Borough Council Briggs also unsuccessfully contested the Parliament constituency in the

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. The party disbanded in August 2023. Of the party's three remaining councillors on Burnley Borough Council, Mark Payne and Neil Mottershead then sat as independents, while Charlie Briggs joined Labour.

References

{{Reflist Politics of Burnley Locally based political parties in England