Carol's Looking Good In LowerhouseWhen the new borough boundaries were announced last December, there was dismay amongst the members and supporters Burnley and Pendle BNP.The best ward in the town for the party, Lowerhouse, had been changed beyond recognition, with parts of Barclay, Coal Clough and Hapton wards added to Lowerhouse, to make the new ward of Rosegrove With Lowerhouse. Back in November, in Lowerhouse ward, Carol Hughes had polled 283 votes (23.5%). It was the BNP's best ever vote in Burnley. She was just 184 votes short of the victorious Independent candidate, Sam Holgate, and 138 votes behind Labour. There was news from Lowerhouse this month that Sam Holgate felt he had been poorly treated by the Independents and was doubtful to stand again, leaving his 467 votes - much of it a personal vote - up for grabs. This, together with a favourable initial response from the new areas of the ward, gives Carol Hughes's chances of becoming Rosegrove With Lowerhouse's first ever British National Party councillor, a real boost. Rosegrove With Lowerhouse Ward Details!
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