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2019 general election · North West

Burnley: 2019 general election result

Antony Higginbotham (Conservative) won Burnley at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,352 (Con gain from Lab). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Antony HigginbothamConservative
Majority
1,3523.5% of valid votes
Turnout
60.6%38,984 valid votes
Electorate
64,345
Result
Con gain from Lab
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Antony Higginbotham ElectedConservative15,72040.3%+9.4
Julie Cooper sitting MPLabour14,36836.9%−9.9
Gordon BirtwistleLiberal Democrats3,5019.0%−6.0
Stewart Ian ScottBrexit Party
The Brexit Party
3,3628.6%+8.6
Charlie BriggsBurnley and Padiham Independent Party1,1623.0%+3.0
Laura FiskGreen7391.9%+0.8
Karen Helsby EntwistleIndependent1320.3%+0.3
Valid votes38,984
Majority1,3523.5%

Change compared with the 2017 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 13 December 2019, 02:45.

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Questions and answers

Who won Burnley at the 2019 general election?

Antony Higginbotham (Conservative) won with 15,720 votes (40.3%). Result: Con gain from Lab.

What was the majority in Burnley in 2019?

1,352 votes (3.5% of valid votes) over the Labour candidate, Julie Cooper.

What was the turnout in Burnley in 2019?

60.6% of the 64,345 registered electors cast a valid vote (38,984 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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