BURNLEY

CLICK HERE for the Daily Mail story from the 6th June 2009. Sharon Wilkinson became the first BNP county councillor adding to the 4 district councillors in Burnley.

Now Burnley is the current seat of Kitty Ussher who has been forced to stand down due to the expenses scandal, and the current list of PPC's are.

Sharon Wilkinson BNP
Richard Ali (Conservative)
Julie Cooper (Labour)
Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrat)

You will see from past results that the BNP have had a solid support in their share of the vote in Burnley culminating in the victory in June. With voters having a choice of expense scandal Labour, europhile Lib Dums, and Mr Ali of the Cons. The BNP could well be expected to be in the mix for this seat.

General Election 2005:

Labour Kitty Ussher 14,999 38.5 -10.8
Liberal Democrat Gordon Birtwistle 9,221 23.7 +7.5
Burnley First Independent Harry Brooks 5,786 14.8 N/A
Conservative Yousuf Miah 4,206 10.8 -10.1
BNP Len Starr 4,003 10.3 -1.0
Independent Jeff Slater 392 1.0 N/A
UKIP Robert McDowell 376 1.0 -1.3
Majority 5,778 14.8
Turnout 38,983 59.2 +3.5

General Election 2001:

Labour Peter Pike 18,195 49.3 -8.6
Conservative Robert Frost 7,697 20.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Paul Wright 5,975 16.2 -1.2
BNP Steve Smith 4,151 11.3 N/A
UKIP Richard Buttrey 866 2.3 N/A
Majority 10,498 28.4
Turnout 36,884 55.7 -11.3
Labour hold Swing -4.6

EURO RESULTS 2009

British National Party 3500
Christian Party 319
Conservative Party 4058
English Democrats 626
Party Jury Team 127
Liberal Democrats 5422
No2EU: 343
Libertas.eu 107
Socialist Labour Party 359
The Green Party 1021
The Labour Party 4246
UKIP 3536
Francis Apaloo - Independent 31


COUNTY COUNCIL RESULTS 2009 THE BNP gained the one seat but beat the tories and Labour in sevral other seats. In total the BNP got 4,641 The Lib Dums got the most votes but this seat is no longer the haven for Labour it will be a three way fight between the BNP and Lib Dums with Labour possibly coming in third.