2023 Burnley Borough Council election

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[7] The results for each ward were as follows:^[8]

Bank Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sehrish Lone*	927	74.1	–1.1
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	130	10.4	–4.7
	Green	Julie Hart	109	8.7	–1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Khalil Pascall	85	6.8	N/A
Majority			797	63.7	+3.6
Turnout			1,251	30.3	–0.9
Registered electors			4,155
	Labour hold		Swing	1.8

Briercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Kelly*	614	49.6	–0.9
	Labour	Pete Coles	356	28.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Richard Sagar	219	17.7	–6.4
	Green	Oliver Sanderson	50	4.0	–1.1
Majority			258	20.9	–5.5
Turnout			1,239	29.2	+0.5
Registered electors			4,259
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.7

Brunshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Townsend*	573	45.3	+3.4
	Green	Alex Hall	514	40.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Claire Ingham	177	14.0	–7.7
Majority			59	4.6	–0.9
Turnout			1,264	27.9	+0.9
Registered electors			4,554
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.6

Cliviger with Worsthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Beki Hughes	799	44.1	–3.5
	Conservative	Cosima Towneley*	760	42.0	–5.0
	Labour	Peter Kenyon	151	8.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hill	101	5.6	N/A
Majority			39	2.1	+1.5
Turnout			1,811	42.7	–1.5
Registered electors			4,253
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	0.7

Coal Clough with Deerplay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Baker*	563	47.0	–13.0
	Labour	Mubashar Lone	274	22.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Jackie Clarke	245	20.5	+4.7
	Green	Janet Hall	115	9.6	+5.5
Majority			289	24.1	–15.7
Turnout			1,197	31.2	–5.1
Registered electors			3,853
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.9

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nussrat Kazmi	1,137	76.5	–10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Haji-Nazrul	244	16.4	+8.9
	Conservative	Linda Whittaker	54	3.6	+0.3
	Green	Sarah Hall	51	3.4	+1.0
Majority			893	60.1	–19.3
Turnout			1,486	31.9	–3.4
Registered electors			4,694
	Labour hold		Swing	9.7

Gannow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAPIP	Charlie Briggs*	486	48.3	+3.8
	Labour Co-op	Gemma Haigh	371	36.8	+2.9
	Conservative	Tom Watson	94	9.3	–3.5
	Green	Jai Redman	56	5.6	–3.3
Majority			115	11.5	+0.9
Turnout			1,007	23.1	–3.4
Registered electors			4,356
	BAPIP hold		Swing	0.5

Gawthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Harbour*	783	65.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Adam Brierley	335	28.0	–6.1
	Green	Nigel Baldwin	79	6.6	+0.1
Majority			448	37.4	+12.0
Turnout			1,197	27.5	+0.3
Registered electors			4,397
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

Hapton with Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Broughton	738	55.1	–11.9
	Labour	Ashley Brown	481	35.9	+14.8
	Green	Anna Hewitt	121	9.0	–2.9
Majority			257	19.2	–26.7
Turnout			1,340	28.2	–2.8
Registered electors			4,769
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	13.4

Lanehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Fiona Wild	655	50.5	–5.4
	Conservative	Abdul Shahid	348	26.8	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Lishman	217	16.7	+1.6
	Green	Barbara Baldwin	77	5.9	+1.1
Majority			307	23.7	–8.0
Turnout			1,297	28.7	–0.1
Registered electors			4,528
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.0

Queensgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ishtiaq*	939	68.7	+0.7
	Conservative	Bailey Webster	178	13.0	–10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Taylor	163	11.9	N/A
	Green	Fiona Hornby	87	6.4	–2.4
Majority			761	55.7	+11.0
Turnout			1,367	32.8	+0.1
Registered electors			4,189
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Reynolds	523	44.9	+3.5
	BAPIP	Lorraine Mehanna*	338	29.0	+4.0
	Conservative	Maison McGowan-Doe	170	14.6	–9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Haworth	72	6.2	+1.3
	Green	Jane Curran	61	5.2	+0.7
Majority			185	15.9	–0.5
Turnout			1,164	23.7	–1.9
Registered electors			4,907
	Labour gain from BAPIP		Swing	0.3

Rosehill with Burnley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Brindle	480	38.4	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Neal	468	37.4	–18.8
	Conservative	Kev Shackell	168	13.4	–1.7
	Green	Carol Fredlund	68	5.4	+0.3
	Heritage	Catherine Ramsay	66	5.3	N/A
Majority			12	1.0	N/A
Turnout			1,250	28.3	–2.3
Registered electors			4,438
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	16.8

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Helen Bridges	552	64.0	–2.7
	Labour	Shoaib Hashmi	233	27.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Dale Ferrier	78	9.0	–0.3
Majority			319	37.0	–5.8
Turnout			863	21.9	–2.0
Registered electors			3,960
	Green hold		Swing	2.9

Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Ashworth	648	41.9	+3.6
	Green	Andrew Newhouse	490	31.7	+3.7
	Labour	Shaun Sproule	248	16.1	+1.2
	Independent	Mitchell Cryer	92	6.0	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bartram	67	4.3	N/A
Majority			158	10.2	–0.1
Turnout			1,545	34.1	–1.7
Registered electors			4,549
	Conservative gain from BAPIP		Swing	0.1

The Burnley and Padiham Independent Party was wound up in August 2023.^[9] Of that party's three councillors, Mark Payne and Neil Mottershead then sat as independents, while Charlie Briggs joined Labour.^[10]

Trinity: 26 October 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alexander Hall	347	59.5	–4.5
	Labour	Mubashar Lone	163	28.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Susan Nutter	73	12.5	+3.5
Majority			184	31.5
Turnout			588	15.1
Registered electors			3,903
	Green hold		Swing	2.8

The Trinity ward and Burnley Central West division by-elections were triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andy Fewings.^[11][12]