Burnley (borough)

Borough of Burnley
Shown within non-metroplitan Lancashire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 233rd 110.70 km²
Admin. HQ:	Burnley
ONS code:	30UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 263rd 87,700 792 / km²
Ethnicity:	91.8% White 7.2% S.Asian
Politics
Burnley Borough Council http://www.burnley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats / Conservative
Council Leader:	Gordon Birtwistle
MP:	Kitty Ussher

Burnley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire in North West England. It is named for its main town, Burnley.

The borough's population is around 90,000--it hit almost 100,000 in the 1960s, but experienced a two-decade decline, before settling around 90,000.

Places in the borough of Burnley include:

The current borders date from April 1, 1974, when the former county borough of Burnley merged with Padiham urban district and part of Burnley Rural District.

Burnley is known as a stronghold of the BNP, who have seven councillors on the Borough Council.

Ceremonial county of Lancashire

Unitary authorities: Blackpool | Blackburn with Darwen

Topics: Places | Parishes | Parliamentary constituencies

Districts of North West England	Image:Flag of England.svg
Allerdale \| Barrow-in-Furness \| Blackburn with Darwen \| Blackpool \| Bolton \| Burnley \| Bury \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Chorley \| Congleton \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Eden \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Fylde \| Halton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley \| Lancaster \| Liverpool \| Macclesfield \| Manchester \| Oldham \| Pendle \| Preston \| Ribble Valley \| Rochdale \| Rossendale \| St Helens \| Salford \| Sefton \| South Lakeland \| South Ribble \| Stockport \| Tameside \| Trafford \| Vale Royal \| Warrington \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral \| Wyre
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside