UK general elections › 2019 › Burnley
Burnley — 2019
Antony Higginbotham (Conservative Party) was elected with 15,720 votes— 40.3% of 38,984 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,984
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antony Higginbotham | Conservative Party | 15,720 | −9.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Julie Cooper | Labour Party | 14,368 | — | ||
| 3 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | 3,501 | — | ||
| 4 | Stewart Ian Scott | The Brexit Party | 3,362 | — | ||
| 5 | Charlie Briggs | Burnley and Padiham Independent Party | 1,162 | — | ||
| 6 | Laura Fisk | Green Party | 739 | — | ||
| 7 | Karen Helsby Entwistle | Independent | 132 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.