Burnley

Burnley is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Antony Higginbotham (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
6,353
Electorate
64,709
Turnout
62.3%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Julie Cooper
Labour
18,832 46.7% 9.1%
Paul White
Conservative
12,479 31.0% 17.5%
Gordon Birtwistle
Liberal Democrat
6,046 15.0% -14.4%
Tom Commis
UK Independence Party
2,472 6.1% -11.1%
Laura Fisk
Green Party
461 1.1% -1.0%