42%
Cut in Lancashire's outstanding road defects, from 61,063 in September 2024 to 35,514 in September 2025.
Lancashire County Council (Reform-run)
Reform UK · Burnley & Padiham
Making Burnley
Work Better.
Real change for Burnley and Padiham, delivered by your Reform councillors on the county and the borough. Less waste, better roads, cleaner streets, and representatives who actually answer.
- 16
- Reform councillors for Burnley
- 42%
- fall in Lancashire's pothole queue
- 2
- councils, one local team
What we are fighting for
Priorities for Burnley and Padiham
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Potholes and Roads
Get Burnley and Padiham roads fixed, and keep them fixed.
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Council Spending and Transparency
Treat every pound of public money as if it were your own.
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Clean Streets and Town Centres
Tackle fly-tipping and back Burnley and Padiham town centres.
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Housing and HMO Standards
Raise housing standards and extend HMO controls across Burnley.
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Backing Residents
Be visible, hold surgeries, and actually answer.
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The record so far
Delivery, not just promises
Every figure is labelled and sourced. County-wide results are marked as Lancashire County Council, which Reform UK has run since May 2025.
16
Reform council seats covering Burnley and Padiham, 4 on the county council and 12 on the borough.
Burnley & Lancashire
6
Burnley wards still without Article 4 HMO protection. We are pressing to extend it to all of them.
Burnley
Your local team
Reform councillors for Burnley
Tom Pickup
Cabinet MemberCabinet Member for Adult Social Care Lancashire County Council
- County Padiham and Burnley West
Mark Poulton
Group LeaderLeader of the Reform UK Group Burnley Borough Council
- County Burnley Rural
- Borough Briercliffe
Liam Thomson
Group WhipReform UK Group Whip Burnley Borough Council
- County Burnley Central West
- Borough Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
Eddie Kutavicius
County Councillor- County Burnley South West
Open and accountable
Our delivery tracker
- Delivered Lancashire County Council (Reform-run)
Lancashire’s pothole queue cut by 42 per cent
Outstanding road defects across Lancashire fell from 61,063 in September 2024 to 35,514 in September 2025 under the Reform administration.
Sep 2025 Source: Lancashire County Council - Delivered Lancashire County Council (Reform-run)
Record highways budget for Lancashire
Reform-run Lancashire County Council set a record total highways budget, with extra money directed to road repairs across the county.
- Campaigning Burnley
Extend Article 4 HMO controls to Burnley’s unprotected wards
Nine of Burnley’s fifteen wards have Article 4 protection against unchecked conversion to houses in multiple occupation. Reform councillors are pressing to extend it to the six wards that have none.
From the branch
Latest news
Branch Reform UK Burnley: your local team
Reform UK now has sixteen councillors representing Burnley and Padiham across the county and the borough. Here is who they are and what they are working on.
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Council Under Reform, Lancashire's pothole queue has fallen 42 per cent
Outstanding road defects across Lancashire fell from 61,063 in September 2024 to 35,514 a year later. Our Burnley county councillors want that work in every neighbourhood.
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Campaigns Standing up for Burnley's neighbourhoods on HMOs
Nine of Burnley's fifteen wards have Article 4 protection against unchecked conversion to houses in multiple occupation. Six do not. Reform councillors want that fixed.
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