Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1976 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1979 Blackburn Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1980 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1982 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1983 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1984 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1986 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1987 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1988 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1990 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1991 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1992 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1994 Blackburn Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1995 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1996 Blackburn Borough Council election
• 1997 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• 1999 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2000 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2002 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2003 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2004 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[5][6][7]
• 2006 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2007 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2010 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2011 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2012 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2014 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2022 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
• 2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Results maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

2002-2006

Mill Hill By-Election 21 November 2002^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Robin Evans	578	32.1	+32.1
	Labour	Gail Barton	562	31.2	−16.3
	Liberal Democrats	David D'Arcy	505	28.1	−24.4
	Conservative	Karl Turner	154	8.6	+8.6
Majority			16	0.9
Turnout			1,799	39.4
	BNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Earcroft By-Election 15 July 2004 (2)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira Barrett	492	20.4%
	Labour	Francis Davis	443	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	John East	300	12.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Melia	277	11.4%
	Conservative	Julie Slater	212	8.7%
	Conservative	Konrad Tapp	201	8.3%
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	133	5.5%
	Independent	Sam Stone	114	4.7%
	Independent	Trevor Maxfield	109	4.5%
	BNP	Anthony Dailly	106	4.3%
	British National Socialist Party	Robin Evans	14	0.5%
	British National Socialist Party	Natalia Finn	10	0.4%
Turnout			2,411	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006-2010

East Rural By-Election 28 September 2006^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julie Slater	209	28.1	+28.1
	Conservative	John Raseta	201	27.0	−66.7
	England First	Stephen Hart	99	13.3	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning	91	12.2	+12.2
	Labour	Stella McLennan	75	10.1	+3.8
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	70	9.4	+9.4
Majority			8	1.1
Turnout			745	46.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Queens Park By-Election 4 February 2010^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mustafa Desai	638	54.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Imtiaz Patel	366	31.1	−17.8
	Conservative	Asghar Ali	174	14.8	+14.8
Majority			272	23.1
Turnout			1,178	28.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010-2014

Beardwood with Lammack By-Election 28 July 2011^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Daley	1,097	63.8	+3.4
	Labour	Ashley Whalley	572	33.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Salim Lorgat	51	3.0	−3.4
Majority			525	30.5
Turnout			1,720
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014-2018

Mill Hill By-Election 23 July 2015^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Nuttall	505	58.8	+9.0
	UKIP	Michael Longbottom	179	20.8	−7.6
	Conservative	Helen Tolley	106	12.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean	69	8.0	+3.4
Majority			326	38.0
Turnout			859
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 15 December 2016^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Johnson	435	58.2	−15.7
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	187	25.0	+25.0
	Conservative	Maureen McGarvey	125	16.7	−9.4
Majority			248	33.2
Turnout			747
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 23 March 2017^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Holden	446	59.6	−14.3
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	169	22.6	+22.6
	Conservative	Maureen McGarvey	133	17.8	−8.3
Majority			277	37.0
Turnout			748
	Labour hold		Swing

Marsh House By-Election 4 May 2017^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Perkins	748	41.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Browne	580	32.2	+15.3
	Labour	Kieran Richards	474	26.3	−7.4
Majority			168	9.3
Turnout			1,802
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 8 June 2017^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Gibson	1,579	57.6	−16.3
	Conservative	Ann Tolley	818	29.9	+3.8
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	343	12.5	+12.5
Majority			761	27.8
Turnout			2,740
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Darwen South By-Election 17 November 2022^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Jackson	569	44.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Janine Crook	562	44.3	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Davies	137	10.8	−4.9
Majority			7	0.6
Turnout			1,271	19.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing