The 2024 Burnley Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. One-third of the 45 members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire were elected.
Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control. Following the previous election in 2023, a minority Labour administration had been running the council. However, in October 2023, eleven councillors left the Labour Party over the party's stance on the Gaza war. They then sat as a group of independent councillors called the 'Burnley Independent Group', which formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party, which together held a majority of the seats on the council.
The 2024 election saw the Labour Party regain some of the seats they had held at the 2023 election. However, they were unable to secure a majority of the seats, and the council remained under no overall control. The coalition of the Burnley Independent Group, Liberal Democrats and Greens continued to form the council's administration after the election, albeit as a minority administration having lost the majority it had held prior to the election.
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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Burnley Borough Council following the close of nominations. An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Lubna Khan was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Saeed Chaudhary was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
Asif Raja was elected in 2021 as a Labour councillor.
This seat was gained by Labour in a by-election in November 2022.