2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
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17 out of 51 seats to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Phil Riley N/A John Slater
Party Labour Independent Conservative
Leader's seat Roe Lee N/A Blackburn South & Lower Darwen
Seats before 31 9 11
Seats after 29 13 9
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4 Decrease2
Leader before election

Phil Riley
Labour

Elected Leader

Phil Riley
Labour

The 2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect one-third of the 51 members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in Lancashire.

Labour retained control of the council.[1] The conservatives fell to 3rd behind the 4 BwD group, which consists of 12 of the 13 independent councillors, who will now sit as the official opposition.[2]

Background[edit]

The Labour Party have governed Blackburn with Darwen for most of its history. They controlled the council from its creation in 1997 as a unitary authority to 2007, and again from 2011 to the present, with a period of no overall control between.[3] In the previous election, Labour won 14 seats (up 2) with 63.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won 3 (down 1) with 30.3%, and the Liberal Democrats lost the seat they were defending with 5.1%.

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, Labour won 11 seats with 55.4%, the Conservatives won 6 with 38.8%, and the Liberal Democrats won 0 with 5.0%.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[4] After 2024 election[5]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 39 Labour 31 Labour 29
Conservative 12 Conservative 11 Conservative 9
Independent 0 Independent 9 Independent 13

Changes:

  • October 2023: Saj Ali, Mustafa Desai, Samim Desai, Suleman Khonat, Adbul Patel, Salma Patel, and Salim Sidat leave Labour to sit as independents;[a][6] Mohammed Irfan suspended from Labour;[7] Altaf "Tiger" Patel leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[8]

Results[edit]

2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Decrease2 41.2 22 29 56.9 12749 40.4 -22.6
  Independent 8 Increase4 47.1 5 13 25.5 10964 34.7 +34.2
  Conservative 2 Decrease2 11.8 7 9 17.6 7094 22.5 -7.8
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0 762 2.4 +1.5

Ward Results[edit]

Audley & Queen's Park[edit]

Audley & Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amin Kapadia 1,068 49.2 N/A
Labour Faryad Hussain 664 30.6 –36.5
Green Aadil Chopdat 311 14.3 N/A
Conservative Lyall Ainscow 129 5.9 -12.5
Turnout 2,172 34.20
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Bastwell & Daisyfield[edit]

Bastwell & Daisyfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rana Khan 1,273 52.6 N/A
Labour Iftakhar Hussain 936 38.7 –41.7
Conservative Ella Hardman 139 5.7 -13.9
No Description Khurram Shahzad 71 2.9 N/A
Turnout 2,419 41.30
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Billinge & Beardwood[edit]

Billinge & Beardwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Waqar Hussain 1,512 62.7 N/A
Labour Aadil Patel 509 21.1 –40.9
Conservative Reece Macaulay 389 16.1 -16.6
Turnout 2,410 38.26
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Blackburn Central[edit]

Blackburn Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tahir Mahmood 799 51.2 N/A
Labour Liyakatali Patel 596 38.2 –38.2
Conservative Keith Murray 166 10.6 -5.5
Turnout 1,561 25.03
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen[edit]

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Johnson 809 53.8 +9.8
Conservative Denise Gee 696 46.2 -9.8
Turnout 1,505 26.73
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Blackburn South East[edit]

Blackburn South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Humphrys 628 58.3 -15.1
Independent Riff Haworth 259 24.0 N/A
Conservative Henry Arnold 191 17.7 -8.9
Turnout 1,078 17.84
Labour hold Swing

Darwen East[edit]

Darwen East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katrina Fielding 773 58.6 -0.5
Independent Paul Browne 331 25.1 N/A
Conservative Ryan Slater 214 16.2 +0.4
Turnout 1,318 20.72
Labour hold Swing

Darwen South[edit]

Darwen South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Jackson 903 49.0 +3.7
Conservative Steve Duncan 734 39.8 -1.0
Green Denise Morgan 206 11.2 N/A
Turnout 1,843 28.46
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Darwen West[edit]

Darwen West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Taylor 1,293 73.7 +10.9
Conservative Lilian Salton 460 26.2 -5.1
Turnout 1,753 28.74
Labour hold Swing

Ewood[edit]

Ewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Whalley 657 52.8 -5.4
Conservative Rick Moore 397 31.9 -9.9
Green John Milburn 128 10.3 N/A
Independent Saraj Mohammed 63 5.1 N/A
Turnout 1,245 20.26
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Little Harwood & Whitebirk[edit]

Little Harwood & Whitebirk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tiger Patel 809 36.5 N/A
Independent Ismail Esat 755 34.1 N/A
Labour Naushad Surve 480 21.7 –58.6
Conservative Les Cade 170 7.7 -5.6
Turnout 2,214 36.73
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Livesey with Pleasington[edit]

Livesey with Pleasington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Russell 1,441 74.7 +7.2
Labour Isma Sajid 487 25.3 -7.2
Turnout 1,928 29.55
Conservative hold Swing

Mill Hill & Moorgate[edit]

Mill Hill & Moorgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Gunn 697 64.0 -4.1
Conservative John Murphy 272 25.0 +2.0
Independent Natasha Shah 120 11.0 N/A
Turnout 1,089 19.77
Labour hold Swing

Roe Lee[edit]

Roe Lee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Imran Ahmed 999 46.9 N/A
Labour Sylvia Liddle 723 34.0 –33.4
Conservative Helen Voegt 406 19.1 -4.7
Turnout 2,128 33.10
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Shear Brow & Corporation Park[edit]

Shear Brow & Corporation Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Muntazir Patel 1,957 70.9 N/A
Labour Hussain Akhtar 740 26.8 –63.7
Conservative Judith Pearson 65 2.4 -7.1
Turnout 2,762 45.00
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Wensley Fold[edit]

Wensley Fold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Iqbal Masters 948 46.7 N/A
Labour Dave Harling 881 43.4 -46.7
Green Robin Field 117 5.8 N/A
Conservative Mags Marrow 86 4.2 -5.7
Turnout 2,032 33.78
Independent gain from Labour Swing

West Pennine[edit]

West Pennine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Slater 1,139 53.9 +2.0
Labour Simon Charlesworth 973 46.1 +13.4
Turnout 2,112 35.07
Conservative hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sit as part of the 4 BwD group on the council, which is not registered as a political party.
  1. ^ "Blackburn with Darwen election result".
  2. ^ Jacobs, Bill. "Blackburn with Darwen: Gaza Independents surge rocks Labour".
  3. ^ "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Your Councillors". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  5. ^ Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (3 May 2024). "Borough election results Thursday 2 May". Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  6. ^ Khan, Shuiab (30 October 2023). "Salim Sidat and ex-Mayor latest to resign over Gaza". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ^ Khan, Shuiab (14 October 2023). "Labour councillor suspended over anti-Israel social media post". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ Khan, Shuiab (15 October 2023). "Blackburn's Boris Johnson resigns from Tory party at pro-Palestine rally". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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