Burnley Borough Council election, 2004

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 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 1 3 -2 46.7 33.1 10,472
  Liberal Democrat 5 2 0 2 33.3 29.4 9,315
  Conservative 2 1 0 1 13.3 20.2 6,404
  BNP 1 1 1 0 6.7 14.4 4,545
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 2.9 931

Ward results

Bank Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Guttridge 894
Liberal Democrat Qurban Ali 464
Conservative Paul Coates 424
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Briercliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Margaret Lishman 1,197
BNP David Thomson 642
Labour Laurence Embley 274
Conservative Joanne Day 194
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Brunshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Halsall 941
BNP Michael Pound 510
Conservative Tony Coulson 395
Liberal Democrat Denise Embra 272
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Cliviger with Worsthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Tattersall 1,019
BNP David Shapcott 647
Liberal Democrat June Evans 485
Labour John Baker 415
Liberal Democrat Catherine Bennett 128
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Coalclough with Deerplay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Charles Bullas 984
BNP Mark Pennington 404
Labour Alex McLachlan 301
Conservative Barry Robinson 238
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mozaquir Ali 1,576
Labour Nurul Hoque 1,207
Conservative Luke Townley 121
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Gannow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Townsend 650
BNP John Cave 583
Conservative Jeffrey Pickup 390
Liberal Democrat Mary McCann 379
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Gawthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Tatchell 812
Liberal Democrat Paul Smith 535
Conservative Laura Dowding 455
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Hapton with Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Sharon Wilkinson 615
Labour John Harbour 587
Liberal Democrat Norman Mitchell 583
Conservative Alan Marsden 294
Majority
Turnout
BNP gain from Labour Swing

Lanehead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ian Stanworth 769
Labour Julie Cooper 592
Independent Ann Royle 493
Conservative Arthur Coates 259
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Queensgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Bill Bennett 900
Labour Paul Moore 770
Conservative Ian Pool 330
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lilian Clark 827
BNP Derek Dawson 701
Conservative Barry Elliott 387
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Rosehill with Burnley Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Otter 649
BNP Gregory Marshall 443
Liberal Democrat Peter Holden 435
Conservative David Tierney 332
Independent James Cowell 252
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Lambert 984
Conservative George Middleton 475
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Doyle 1,091
Liberal Democrat Christopher Robinson 736
Labour Tony Martin 484
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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