About the Branch

A local team for Burnley and Padiham

Reform UK Burnley is the local branch of Reform UK, and a team of elected councillors and volunteers working for residents across Burnley and Padiham. Between us we hold 4 seats on Lancashire County Council and 12 on Burnley Borough Council, which means we have a say on nearly every service that touches daily life here: roads and potholes, adult social care, planning and housing standards, bins, litter and the state of the town centres.

We think Burnley and Padiham have been taken for granted for too long, by parties that assumed the votes were theirs by right. Our approach is deliberately unglamorous: spend public money as carefully as you would spend your own, get the basics right before chasing headlines, and be councillors who actually turn up and answer when residents need them.

Two councils, and where we stand on each

Two different councils run local services in this area, and we are in a different position on each. We say so plainly, because residents deserve to know who is responsible for what.

Lancashire County Council runs the big services: roads, adult social care, children’s services and schools. Reform UK has run the county council since May 2025, so here we are in charge and accountable for delivery. Burnley’s own Cllr Tom Pickup sits in the county cabinet with responsibility for adult social care.

Burnley Borough Council handles more local services: bins, planning, licensing, housing standards and the town centres. Here Reform is the largest group but sits in opposition, so our job is to scrutinise, to hold the administration to account, and to push for the things residents tell us matter. We will not pretend to be running a council we are not running.

What we believe

The national party sets out its full programme in "Our Contract with You", covering immigration, the economy, the NHS, energy and more, on the Reform UK policies page. Locally, we focus on the part we can actually affect: turning that commitment to value for money and common sense into real decisions on Burnley’s two councils. That means transparency you can check, waste we will challenge, and standards we will not let slip.

Standing with residents

We would rather be judged on whether we show up than on what we say. Our councillors hold surgeries, take on casework directly, and keep people updated, including when the honest answer is that something sits with someone else. If you have never had a councillor get back to you before, we would like to change your mind about what that is supposed to look like.

Get involved

If you share our aims, there are three easy ways to help: become a member for £25 a year, volunteer locally, or donate to support our campaigns. Or simply get in touch with an issue where you live, whether or not you have ever voted for us.