2012 Burnley Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party regained control of the council, with Julie Cooper becoming council leader. Also the last remaining British National Party councillor, Sharon Wilkinson, lost the Hapton with Park seat, a decade since the far-right group were first elected to the council^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Burnley election result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	8	0	+8	73.33	52.7	11,362	+6.0
Liberal Democrats	2	0	7	-7	13.33	33.5	7224	+0.9
Conservative	2	0	0	0	13.33	5.6	1209	-8.6
BNP	0	0	1	-1	0	5.3	1151	-0.6
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	633	+2.9

^[2]

Ward Results

Bank Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Cooper	1,011	80.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Kirkham	246	19.6	−2.9
Majority			765	60.9	+5.9
Turnout			1257	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lishman	768	57.2	+2.2
	Labour	Brian Cooper	424	31.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	151	11.2	−5.7
Majority			344	25.6	−1.2
Turnout			1343	29.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lian Pate	863	66.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Linda White	436	33.6	+12.3
Majority			427	32.9	−7.6
Turnout			1299	26.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Newhouse	456	29.2	−17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Riley	441	28.3	+1.4
	Labour	Brian Tomlinson	365	23.4	−2.8
	UKIP	Tom Commis	298	19.1	+19.1
Majority			15	1.0	−19.0
Turnout			1560	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bullas	718	60.7	+13.4
	Labour	Samuel McLachlan	464	39.3	+8.7
Majority			254	21.5	+4.9
Turnout			1182	29.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saeed Akhtar Chaudhary	1,571	66.1	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Abdul Malik	805	33.9	+9.6
Majority			766	32.2	−19.2
Turnout			2376	61.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gannow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betsy Stringer	710	53.7	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Birtwistle	474	35.9	−5.6
	BNP	Derek Dawson	137	10.4	−1.5
Majority			236	17.9
Turnout			1321	30.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gawthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Tatchell	930	73.0	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Carter	152	11.9	−9.3
	BNP	John Cave	192	15.1	−3.9
Majority			738	57.9	+19.3
Turnout			1274	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Barker	724	52.1	−7.1
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	423	30.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Leyland	243	17.5	+5.5
Majority			301	21.7	−6.7
Turnout			1390	30.1
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Lanehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Large	831	51.9	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Brindle	463	28.9	−7.8
	UKIP	Michael Gerard McHugh	184	11.5	+11.5
	Conservative	Philip Nutter	124	7.7	−4.6
Majority			368	23.0	+16.4
Turnout			1602	36.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Queensgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arif Khan	996	59.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Hurt	685	40.7	−9.9
Majority			311	18.5
Turnout			1681	39.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	719	53.9	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Briggs	464	34.8	+2.8
	BNP	Paul McDevitt	150	11.3	−4.2
Majority			255	19.1	+9.2
Turnout			1333	27.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Campbell	725	49.6	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Patricia Heseltine	586	40.1	−8.3
	UKIP	Craig James Ramplee	151	10.3	+10.3
Majority			139	9.5
Turnout			1462	32.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lambert	558	58.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Forrest	302	31.4	+10.7
	BNP	John Rowe	102	10.6	−0.3
Majority			256	26.6	−9.1
Turnout			962	23.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mathew Isherwood	478	31.1	−11.3
	Labour	Janice Swainston	471	30.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Haworth	441	28.7	+0.4
	BNP	Christopher Vanns	147	9.6	+9.6
Majority			7	0.5	−12.6
Turnout			1537	31.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Live election results: Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ "Burnley Borough Council - Results for Bank Hall". www.burnley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[1] "Live election results: Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[2] "Burnley Borough Council - Results for Bank Hall". www.burnley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.