Burnley’s Ketamine Crisis
News | Padiham & Burnley West Burnley’s Ketamine Crisis The ketamine crisis in Burnley is impacting both school children and adults, with users as young as twelve reported by The Burnley Express, involving child exploitation by grooming gangs, encouraging them to both use and sell the drug. Upon starting in our roles, Burnley’s Reform UK […]
Month One Report
News | Monthly Report Month One Report Month one has been a hectic one. Since polling day on 1st May and the election count on the 2nd May, we’ve had a lot of events and training to attend, inducting us into our roles as Councillors, setting up IT equipment and access etc. In the first […]
Local Member Grants
News | Padiham & Burnley West Local Member Grants The 2025 Lancashire County Councillor election results for Padiham & Burnley West were as follows: Each County Councillor has £2,000 per year to give out, either as a lump sum or to divide, for projects which benefit the community and meet the application criteria. I therefore […]
Lead Member Appointment
News | Padiham & Burnley West Lead Member Appointment Following the first Full Council meeting of Lancashire County Council last week, I was appointed as Lead Member for Finance & Resources. This is a wide ranging role, covering the budget and policy framework, financial services and accountancy, procurement, property and more. I’ll be working under […]
VE Day Remembrance
News | Borough of Burnley VE Day Remembrance On 8th May 2025, I attended the Burnley VE Day Remembrance beacon lighting service, at The Singing Ringing Tree, on Crown Point. To commemorate Victory in Europe 80 years ago, the beacon was lit by Paul Reynolds, the Deputy Mayor of Burnley. May 9, 2025 Tom Pickup […]
Election Results
News | Borough of Burnley Election Results The 2025 Lancashire County Councillor election results for Padiham & Burnley West were as follows: Padiham & Burnley West: Tom Pickup – Reform UK – 1,483 votes Alan Hosker – Conservatives – 1,151 votes Daniel Armitage – Labour – 489 votes Janet Hall – Green Party – 225 […]
Swimathon 2025
News | Padiham & Burnley West Swimathon 2025 I completed the triple 5km Swimathon 2025 event, to raise awareness and funs for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie. The event consisted of 5km swims three days in a row. I completed the first at the St Peters Centre in Burnley, the second at Padiham Leisure […]