2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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Results of the 2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election Blackburn with Darwen UK ward map 2008.svg — Results of the 2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.

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Election result

The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Waghat was sacked from the Liberal Democrats in August 2007 and Michael Johnson quit For Darwen in March 2008. Both are continuing as independents.

In this first summary, "seats" represent the number of wards each party are defending.

Blackburn with Darwen Local Election Result 2008^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	For Darwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

This summary shows the picture for the whole council.

Summary of the 1 May 2008 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council
Parties		Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour		31
	Conservative		17
	Liberal Democrats		11
	For Darwen		3
	Independent		2
	Total		64	64

Ward results

Audley

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Audley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Saadat Ali	100
	Liberal Democrats	Ash Hussain	1102
	Labour	Zamir Khan	1214
	Spoilt Ballots		109

Bastwell

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Bastwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parwaiz Akhtar	1351
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rizwan	1582
	Spoilt Ballots		131

Beardwood with Lammack

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Beardwood with Lammack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Bowlay-Williams	353
	Conservative	Sheila June Williams	1586
	Spoilt Ballots		30

Corporation Park

Previously won by Labour in 2007 with a majority of 305.

Corporation Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaukat Hussain	1082
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Rehman	1196
	Spoilt Ballots		108

Earcroft

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Earcroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira Barrett	390
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning	65
	Conservative	Vince Hitchen	233
	For Darwen	Anthony Meleady	493
	England First	Mark Waring	130
	Spoilt Ballots		37

Ewood

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Ewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Florence Oldfield	635
	Conservative	Joseph Anthony Smith	638
	Spoilt Ballots		–

Fernhurst

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Fernhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Arkley	256
	Green	David Carter	112
	For Darwen	Glenn Evans	143
	Conservative	John Slater	981
	Spoilt Ballots		11

Higher Croft

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Higher Croft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Darren Jeal	396
	Conservative	Jim Kenyon	487
	Labour	Dorothy Walsh	723
	Spoilt Ballots		37

Little Harwood

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Little Harwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Imran Khan	949
	Labour	Abdul Samad Patel	976
	Spoilt Ballots		63

Livesey with Pleasington

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Livesey with Pleasington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cottam	2060
	Labour	Elaine Whittingham	413
	Spoilt Ballots		36

Marsh House

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Marsh House
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Connor	506
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Connor	491
	Conservative	Denise Gee	502
	For Darwen	Phil Jones	650
	Spoilt Ballots		2

Meadowhead

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Meadowhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Gerard Gordon	996
	Labour	Carl Nuttall	642
	Spoilt Ballots		26

Mill Hill

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Mill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean	608
	Labour	Malcom Terence Doherty	676
	Spoilt Ballots		48

North Turton with Tockholes

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

North Turton with Tockholes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	England First	Nicholas Holt	173
	Labour	Bernard Mathews	220
	Green	Kenneth Graham McIver	346
	For Darwen	Steve Potter	74
	Conservative	Colin Rigby	854
	Spoilt Ballots		16

Queen's Park

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Queen's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faryad Hussain	756
	Liberal Democrats	Salim Ismail Makda	722
	Spoilt Ballots		80

Roe Lee

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Roe Lee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Holden	177
	Conservative	Michael Joseph Law-Riding	1134
	Labour	Phil Riley	434
	Spoilt Ballots		22

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Shadsworth with Whitebirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron O'Keeffe	804
	Conservative	Simon Wilkinson	526
	Spoilt Ballots		39

Shear Brow

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Shear Brow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iiyas Akubat	1218
	Independent	Francis Kwasi Beeby Apaloo	144
	Labour	Solly Khonat	1449
	Spoilt Ballots		136

Sudell

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Sudell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For Darwen	Heather Ashurst	636
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Browne	686
	Labour	Nigel Anthony Nuttall	282
	Spoilt Ballots		28

Sunnyhurst

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Sunnyhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For Darwen	Andrew Graham	875
	Conservative	David James Grogan	366
	Liberal Democrats	Pietro Sciambarella	124
	Labour	David Smith	808
	Spoilt Ballots		23

Wensley Fold

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Wensley Fold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harling	1088
	Conservative	Mark Slater	424
	Spoilt Ballots		55

Whitehall

Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?

Whitehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For Darwen	Margaret Binns	357
	Labour	Frank Davis	88
	Liberal Democrats	Karimeh Foster	778
	Conservative	Angela Lee	191
	Spoilt Ballots		46

References

↑ "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Elections Results 1997-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
↑ "Local Election Results 2008 - Blackburn with Darwen". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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