Liam Thomson
Reform UK
Reform UK county councillor for Burnley Central West, borough councillor for Rosegrove with Lowerhouse, and whip of the Reform UK group on Burnley Borough Council. He has pressed to extend Burnley’s Article 4 controls on houses in multiple occupation to wards that currently have no protection.
Liam in the news
Lancashire commits to full cooperation with the grooming gangs inquiry
At Full Council on 16 July 2026, Lancashire councillors voted 67 to 0 to back a Reform motion committing the county to full cooperation with the national grooming gangs inquiry.
Read moreCllr Liam Thomson's speech on the grooming gangs inquiry
Burnley's Cllr Liam Thomson said the council has a moral duty to assist the inquiry: preserve records, cooperate fully, and support any staff asked to give evidence.
Read moreWhy Reform voted against Burnley Council's Kashmir motion
At July's full council, Reform's councillors voted against a motion on Kashmir. Not because the suffering does not matter, but because foreign policy is not a borough council's job.
Read moreCllr Liam Thomson's speech against Burnley's Kashmir motion
Cllr Liam Thomson told the chamber the council cannot change events overseas and should be focusing on the issues in Burnley that affect Burnley residents.
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Council One year of Reform running Lancashire: the record in the council's own figures
In July 2026 Lancashire County Council's cabinet received the year-end financial figures for Reform's first full year in charge. Here is what they show, set against the Conservative record, and every number comes from the council's own reports.
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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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Council Burnley's Reform county councillors and their roles at County Hall
From cabinet to scrutiny, here are the roles and committee appointments held by Burnley and Padiham’s four Reform county councillors at Lancashire County Council.
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Council Reform UK group on Burnley Council elects its leadership
Following the May 2026 election, the Reform UK group on Burnley Borough Council has chosen its leadership team, with Cllr Mark Poulton as group leader.
Read more Council One year of Reform at Lancashire County Council
One year on from taking control of Lancashire County Council, Reform UK has frozen councillors' allowances, set the lowest council tax rise in 12 years, and opened up the council's finances.
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Council Reform delivers Lancashire's lowest council tax rise in 12 years
Reform UK's first Lancashire budget, set on 26 February 2026, raises council tax by 3.8 per cent, the lowest rise in 12 years and well below the 4.99 per cent of the previous two years.
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Council Reform UK takes control of Lancashire and wins four Burnley divisions
On 1 May 2025 Reform UK won control of Lancashire County Council for the first time, taking 53 of the 84 divisions, including four covering Burnley and Padiham.
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