Local Election Results 2002
Burnley
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Burnley:
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
By-elections for Burnley (may be incomplete): 19th June 2003 (Hapton with Park)
— 16th October 2003 (Lanehead)
— 5th May 2005 (Bank Hall)
— 15th February 2007 (Brunshaw; Daneshouse with Stoneyholme)
— 4th June 2009 (Rosegrove with Lowerhouse)
— 10th March 2011 (Rosegrove with Lowerhouse)
— 13th September 2012 (Trinity)
— 11th April 2019 (Rosehill with Burnley Wood)
— 10th November 2022 (Rosehill with Burnley Wood)
— 26th October 2023 (Trinity)
Results for Lancashire county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
14564 |
33.2% |
27 |
| British National Party |
9984 |
22.7% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7933 |
18.1% |
8 |
| Independent |
6931 |
15.8% |
3 |
| Conservative |
3782 |
8.6% |
4 |
| Socialist Alliance |
738 |
1.7% |
0 |
| Patricia Bennett |
Lab |
1216 |
51.0% |
| Barry Guttridge |
Lab |
1139 |
|
| Caroline Kavanagh |
Lab |
1052 |
|
| Joan Dewhurst |
BNP |
663 |
27.8% |
| Abdul Hamid |
LD |
503 |
21.1% |
| Doctor Simba |
LD |
422 |
|
| Roger Frost |
LD |
1302 |
70.3% |
| Margaret Lishman |
LD |
1214 |
|
| Peter McCann |
LD |
1058 |
|
| Laurence Embley |
Lab |
549 |
29.7% |
| John Titherington |
Lab |
526 |
|
| John Hartley |
Lab |
525 |
|
| Donald Hall |
Lab |
1435 |
48.7% |
| Lilian Clark |
Lab |
1312 |
|
| David Halsall |
Lab |
1177 |
|
| Simon Bennett |
BNP |
919 |
31.2% |
| Cliff Tahir |
Ind |
593 |
20.1% |
| David Heginbotham |
C |
1032 |
30.0% |
| David Edwards |
BNP |
898 |
26.1% |
| Kevin Robinson |
Ind |
817 |
23.7% |
| Tony Walker |
C |
801 |
|
| Alan Stewart |
C |
711 |
|
| Fiona Burns |
Lab |
694 |
20.2% |
| Philip Walsh |
Lab |
693 |
|
| Marguerite Walsh |
Lab |
678 |
|
| Nigel Musker |
Ind |
666 |
|
| Gordon Birtwistle |
LD |
1335 |
48.7% |
| Charles Bullas |
LD |
1117 |
|
| Patricia Smith |
LD |
1043 |
|
| Leonard Starr |
BNP |
622 |
22.7% |
| Anthony Davis |
Lab |
394 |
14.4% |
| Peter Favell |
Ind |
389 |
14.2% |
| Mary Roberts |
Lab |
340 |
|
| Mohammed Baig |
Lab |
265 |
|
| Mohammad Malik |
Lab |
1461 |
45.0% |
| Mozaquir Ali |
LD |
1336 |
41.1% |
| Manzoor Hussain |
LD |
1256 |
|
| Saeed Chaudhary |
Lab |
934 |
|
| Shahi Sultan |
Lab |
643 |
|
| Kazmi Hussain |
Ind |
453 |
13.9% |
| Masood Mirza |
LD |
368 |
|
| Wendy Leach |
Ind |
343 |
|
| Edward Fisk |
Ind |
230 |
|
| Michael Rushton |
Lab |
882 |
28.4% |
| Alice Thornber |
Lab |
842 |
|
| Terence Grogan |
BNP |
817 |
26.3% |
| Patrick Tierney |
Lab |
813 |
|
| Fred Melbourne |
Ind |
726 |
23.4% |
| Ian Nelson |
Ind |
690 |
|
| Jeffrey Pickup |
C |
529 |
17.0% |
| Ian Alderson |
SocAll |
151 |
4.9% |
| Frank Cant |
Lab |
1012 |
34.7% |
| Gillian Harbour |
Lab |
995 |
|
| Linda Gauton |
Lab |
868 |
|
| Andrew Kenyon |
BNP |
783 |
26.9% |
| Patricia Stinton |
Ind |
723 |
24.8% |
| Patricia Lord |
Ind |
635 |
|
| Laura Dowding |
C |
395 |
13.6% |
| Kevin Birchall |
Lab |
1140 |
37.2% |
| John Harbour |
Lab |
1095 |
|
| Andrew Tatchell |
Lab |
1043 |
|
| John Kenyon |
BNP |
722 |
23.6% |
| Steven Gourlay |
Ind |
605 |
19.8% |
| Mary McCann |
LD |
596 |
19.5% |
| Paula Riley |
Ind |
984 |
27.0% |
| John Cavanagh |
Lab |
978 |
26.9% |
| Brian Cooper |
Lab |
871 |
|
| Martin Smith |
LD |
846 |
23.2% |
| Sarah Sherburn |
BNP |
834 |
22.9% |
| David Lord |
Lab |
748 |
|
| Peter Kenyon |
Lab |
1164 |
41.6% |
| Paul Moore |
Lab |
1075 |
|
| Mohammad Najib |
Lab |
1002 |
|
| Denise Embra |
LD |
852 |
30.5% |
| David Haworth |
BNP |
781 |
27.9% |
| Stuart Caddy |
Lab |
841 |
35.9% |
| Marlene Disley |
Ind |
751 |
32.1% |
| Carol Hughes |
BNP |
751 |
32.1% |
| Stephen Reynolds |
Lab |
729 |
|
| Arthur Wilkinson |
Ind |
723 |
|
| Stephen Wolski |
Lab |
721 |
|
| Samuel Holgate |
Ind |
706 |
|
| Colette Bailey |
Lab |
1106 |
29.2% |
| Denis Otter |
Lab |
1083 |
|
| Janice Swainston |
Lab |
1013 |
|
| John Lloyd |
Ind |
890 |
23.5% |
| James Cowell |
BNP |
812 |
21.5% |
| David Tierney |
C |
660 |
17.5% |
| Stephen Worden |
SocAll |
314 |
8.3% |
| Carole Galbraith |
Lab |
1022 |
39.9% |
| Anthony Lambert |
Lab |
914 |
|
| Elizabeth Monk |
Lab |
897 |
|
| Mark Terrell |
BNP |
643 |
25.1% |
| William Bennett |
LD |
626 |
24.4% |
| Tess McMahon |
SocAll |
273 |
10.6% |
| Josephine Challinor |
C |
1166 |
37.5% |
| Peter Doyle |
C |
1112 |
|
| Ida Fowler |
C |
1091 |
|
| Mark Vickers |
BNP |
739 |
23.7% |
| Jean Daiches |
Lab |
670 |
21.5% |
| Antony Martin |
Lab |
641 |
|
| Hilary Ward |
Lab |
617 |
|
| Paul Wright |
LD |
537 |
17.3% |
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