well, they've taken one seat, in the 'poshest' part of Burnley. It's far and away the whitest area, and includes a lot of villages (like Padiham) which aer fairly well to do. The ward includes the first seat they won in the town council election, which was itself a jolly nice former tory voting area.

They would probably hacve won it last time but I dont think they stood there cos they were concentrating on the euro's.

So it's a bummer, but not a massive step forward for them.