2004 Burnley Borough Council election

Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Burnley Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	7	1	3	-2	46.7	33.1	10,472	+3.2
Liberal Democrats	5	2	0	2	33.3	29.4	9,315	+12.2
Conservative	2	1	0	1	13.3	20.2	6,404	+10.5
BNP	1	1	1	0	6.7	14.4	4,545	-26.6
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	2.9	931	-9.3

Ward results

Bank Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Guttridge	894	50.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Qurban Ali	464	26.0	+26.0
	Conservative	Paul Coates	424	23.8	+10.8
Majority			430	24.1	+10.6
Turnout			1,782
	Labour hold		Swing

Briercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lishman	1,197	51.9	+8.6
	BNP	David Thomson	642	27.8	-16.3
	Labour	Laurence Embley	274	11.9	-0.7
	Conservative	Joanne Day	194	8.4	+8.4
Majority			555	24.0
Turnout			2,307
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Halsall	941	44.4	+7.5
	BNP	Michael Pound	510	24.0	-13.0
	Conservative	Tony Coulson	395	18.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Embra	272	12.8	+12.8
Majority			431	20.3
Turnout			2,118
	Labour hold		Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tattersall	1,019	37.8	+15.0
	BNP	David Shapcott	647	24.0	-8.8
	Liberal Democrats	June Evans	485	18.0
	Labour	John Baker	415	15.4	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bennett	128	4.7
Majority			372	13.8
Turnout			2,694
	Conservative gain from BNP		Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bullas	984	51.1	-0.5
	BNP	Mark Pennington	404	21.0	-13.2
	Labour	Alex McLachlan	301	15.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Barry Robinson	238	12.3	+12.3
Majority			580	30.1	+12.7
Turnout			1,927
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mozaquir Ali	1,576	54.3	+0.2
	Labour	Nurul Hoque	1,207	41.6	+26.7
	Conservative	Luke Townley	121	4.2	+4.2
Majority			369	12.7	-10.4
Turnout			2,904
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gannow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Townsend	650	32.5	-1.8
	BNP	John Cave	583	29.1	-9.5
	Conservative	Jeffrey Pickup	390	19.5	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mary McCann	379	18.9	+3.5
Majority			67	3.3
Turnout			2,002
	Labour hold		Swing

Gawthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Tatchell	812	45.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	535	29.7	+29.7
	Conservative	Laura Dowding	455	25.2	+9.2
Majority			277	15.4	+11.7
Turnout			1,802
	Labour hold		Swing

Hapton with Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sharon Wilkinson	615	29.6	-9.4
	Labour	John Harbour	587	28.2	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mitchell	583	28.0	+28.0
	Conservative	Alan Marsden	294	14.1	+6.3
Majority			28	1.3	-3.2
Turnout			2,079
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Lanehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stanworth	769	36.4	+17.9
	Labour	Julie Cooper	592	28.0	-3.7
	Independent	Ann Royle	493	23.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Arthur Coates	259	12.2	+12.2
Majority			177	8.4
Turnout			2,113
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Queensgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Bennett	900	45.0	+27.8
	Labour	Paul Moore	770	38.5	-2.7
	Conservative	Ian Pool	330	16.5	+16.5
Majority			130	6.5
Turnout			2,000
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Clark	827	43.2	+8.8
	BNP	Derek Dawson	701	36.6	+36.6
	Conservative	Barry Elliott	387	20.2	+11.9
Majority			126	6.6
Turnout			1,915
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Otter	649	30.7	-5.9
	BNP	Gregory Marshall	443	21.0	-13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Holden	435	20.1	+4.7
	Conservative	David Tierney	332	15.7	+2.0
	Independent	James Cowell	252	11.9	+11.9
Majority			206	9.7	+7.3
Turnout			2,111
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lambert	984	67.4	+25.8
	Conservative	George Middleton	475	32.5	+32.5
Majority			509	34.9	+27.5
Turnout			1,459
	Labour hold		Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,091	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robinson	736	31.8
	Labour	Tony Martin	484	20.9
Majority			355	15.4
Turnout			2,311
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

BBC News 2004 Burnley Election Results Accessed 2010
Local Council Election Results Archive 2004 Accessed 2010

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