Mark Poulton
Reform UK
Leader of the Reform UK group on Burnley Borough Council, borough councillor for Briercliffe and county councillor for Burnley Rural.
Mark in the news
Burnley Reform Leader's update: Article 4, HMOs and local government reorganisation
Reform group leader Cllr Mark Poulton on the Members and Supporters Meeting, Full Council, the push for Article 4 protection across the rest of Burnley, and what Local Government Reorganisation means for the town's representation.
Read moreBurnley Reform Leader's update: standing up for residents
Reform group leader Cllr Mark Poulton on the group's second full Burnley Council meeting: speaking up in the chamber, child exploitation, the Kashmir motion, HMOs, LGR and civic pride.
Read moreLancashire 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 Mark Poulton's speech on the grooming gangs inquiry
Burnley's Cllr Mark Poulton told Full Council to stop sanitising what happened, and to keep victims at the centre until every offender is brought to justice.
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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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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.
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Council Reform UK becomes the largest group on Burnley Council
On 7 May 2026 Reform UK won 11 of the 15 seats contested to become the largest group on Burnley Borough Council, with 12 seats on the 45-seat authority.
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.
Read more Council Cllr Mark Poulton appointed to chair county scrutiny
At Lancashire County Council's annual meeting on 22 May 2025, Burnley Rural's Cllr Mark Poulton was appointed Chair of the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee and Chair of the Scrutiny Management Board for 2025/26.
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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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