Burnley

[Robert Waller]

2011 Census

Age 65+ 16.2% 363/650
Owner-occupied 65.0% 378/650
Private rented 19.4% 139/650
Social rented 14.1% 394/650
White 87.4% 474/650
Black 0.2% 498/650
Asian 11.0% 103/650
Managerial & professional 23.4%
Routine & Semi-routine 33.6%
Degree level 18.7% 552/650
No qualifications 29.3% 111/650
Students 6.7% 341/650


2021 Census

Owner occupied 60.0% 405/573 one of the largest drops 2011-21
Private rented 24.4% 123/573
Social rented 15.6% 267/573
White 82.5%
Black 0.3%
Asian 14.7%
Managerial & professional 23.5% 508/573
Routine & Semi-routine 32.1% 42/573
Degree level 24.3% 499/573
No qualifications 24.4% 63/573


General Election 2019: Burnley

Party Candidate Votes % ±%

Conservative Antony Higginbotham 15,720 40.3 +9.3
Labour Julie Cooper 14,368 36.9 −9.8
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 3,501 9.0 −6.0
Brexit Party Stewart Scott 3,362 8.6
BAPIP Charlie Briggs 1,162 3.0
Green Laura Fisk 739 1.9 +0.8
Independent Karen Entwistle 132 0.3

C Majority 1,352 3.4

Turnout 38,984 60.6 -1.6

Conservative gain from Labour

Swing 9.7 Lab to C

[Pete Whitehead]

The proposed boundary changes here go most of the way to wiping out the Conservative majority, adding 10,000 voters in Breirfield, Reedley and Clover Hill from the south of Pendle. This is a heavily Asian and safe Labour area. Given the prospects of the Conservatives holding on here would have been slim anyway, they may be happy with this as it makes the defence of Pendle (& Clitheroe) that much easier

2019 Notional result

Con	19127	40.7%
Lab	18750	39.9%
LD	3598	7.7%
BxP	3362	7.2%
Grn	848	1.8%
Oth	1333	2.8%
Majority	377	0.8%