2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Election, 2018
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  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

All 51 council seats
Turnout%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderMohammed KhanJohn Slater
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since20152016
Last election58.2%29.5%5.3%
Seats won37131
Seat changeBoundary ChangesBoundary ChangesBoundary Changes
Popular vote59,06833.9623,223
Percentage59.52%34.22%3.25%
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Blackburn with Darwen UK ward map 2018.svg
Winner of each seat at 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. [1] This was the same day as other local elections.

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Election Result

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Local Election Result 2018 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3700072.5559.5259,068+**.**%
  Conservative 1300025.4934.2233,962-*.*%
  Liberal Democrats 10001.963.253,223-*.*%
  Independent 000000.97960+*.*%
  UKIP 000000.85840+*.*%
  Green 000000.72719+*.*%
  Spoilt Ballots 000000.48472+*.*%
Total51

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

441631
LabourConservativeLDI

LD - Liberal Democrat

I - Independent

After the election, the composition of the council was:

37131
LabourConservativeLD

LD - Liberal Democrat

Ward results

All results are listed below: [3]

Audley & Queen's Park

Audley & Queen's Park (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yusuf Jan-Virmani1,52870.4
Labour Maryam Batan1,51569.8
Labour Salim Sidat1,48468.4
Green Tariq Khan31614.6
Conservative Zafar-Ul Malik30814.2
Conservative Lee Parker21910.1
Spoilt Ballots 18
Turnout 2,18736.07
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Bastwell & Daisyfield (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Parwaiz Akhtar2,19285.4
Labour Iftakhar Hussain2,11482.4
Labour Shaukat Hussain2,07580.9
Conservative Andrew Eastham1937.5
Conservative Michaely Coker1837.1
Conservative Francis Mathew Winkley Riding1666.5
Spoilt Ballots 27
Turnout 2,59344.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Billinge & Beardwood

Billinge & Beardwood (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tasleem Fazal1,27349.1
Conservative Julie Margaret Daley1,20646.5
Labour Jackie Floyd1,19246.0
Labour Arshid Mahmood1,18245.6
Conservative Sabir Esa1,15944.7
Conservative Imtiaz Ali1,08041.7
Spoilt Ballots 48
Turnout 2,64144.93
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackburn Central

Blackburn Central (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zamir Khan1,21573.3
Labour Saima Afzal1,17470.9
Labour Faryad Hussain1,12768.0
Conservative Abdul Gaffar Makda32619.7
Conservative Rizwana Sindhu23614.2
Conservative Filip Szary21813.2
Spoilt Ballots 63
Turnout 1,72029.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacquie Slater1,05564.4
Conservative Denise Gee1,02962.8
Conservative John Harold Slater1,01461.9
Labour Matt Gibson64539.4
Labour Tony Humphrys62438.1
Labour Carl Peter Nuttall61037.2
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 1,67529.47
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blackburn South East

Blackburn South East (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Shorrock82659.2
Labour Andy Kay81158.1
Labour Vicky Ellen McGurk77355.4
Conservative Joan Bamber34624.8
UKIP Andrew Michael Madigan28011.3
Conservative Athshaam Hussain26310.6
Spoilt Ballots 18
Turnout 1,41323.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Darwen East

Darwen East (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Margaret Oates82846.4
Liberal Democrats Roy Peter Davies80044.8
Labour Kieran Robert Richards75042.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Nathaniel Browne72340.5
Labour Katrina Louise Shepherd71440.0
Conservative Ryan John David Slater34119.1
Conservative Lynn Perkins29316.4
Conservative Emily Kate Topping26514.8
Spoilt Ballots 15
Turnout 1,80128.86
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Darwen South

Darwen South (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Connor93446.0
Conservative Neil Andrew Slater87443.1
Conservative Lilian Gladys Salton81740.3
Labour Lee Austin62430.8
Labour Sarah Louise Rose59829.5
Labour Morgan Ann Grimshaw57728.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Huggill57428.3
Liberal Democrats Joan Hepple54526.9
Spoilt Ballots 9
Turnout 2,03833.13
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Darwen West

Darwen West (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Smith1,34454.1
Labour Brian Taylor1,23749.8
Labour Stephanie Rose Brookfield1,14646.1
Conservative Konrad Jan Tapp1,09644.1
Conservative Andrew Stuart Walker1,05642.5
Conservative Joe Wilson Morgan99740.1
UKIP Ian John Grimshaw1315.3
Spoilt Ballots 10
Turnout 2,49538.43
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ewood

Ewood (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Bateson99357.8
Labour Jamie Groves92854.0
Labour Jim Casey88951.7
Conservative Keith Vincent Murray68039.6
Conservative Maureen McGarvey63436.9
Conservative Martin Needham58333.9
Spoilt Ballots 21
Turnout 1,74027.87
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Little Harwood & Whitebirk (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat McFall1,55070.7
Labour Abdul Samad Patel1,53369.9
Labour Naushad Surve1,49067.9
Conservative David Robert Walsh41418.9
Conservative Asad Iqbal38017.3
Conservative Ismail Patel35616.2
UKIP Arlene Noone1938.8
Spoilt Ballots 21
Turnout 2,21438.05
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek James Hardman1,62970.7
Conservative John Christopher Pearson1,58368.7
Conservative Paul David Marrow1,57868.5
Labour Pete Hollings62327.0
Labour Paul Rigby Mason56024.3
Labour Ashley Richard Whalley56024.3
Spoilt Ballots 30
Turnout 2,33438.43
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Mill Hill & Moorgate (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Smith95955.2
Labour Julie Louise Gunn94854.6
Labour Damian Talbot90352.0
Conservative Mark Russell53730.9
Conservative Ann Marie Helen Tolley51029.4
Conservative Judith Anne Pearson49428.5
UKIP Michael Longbottom23613.6
Spoilt Ballots 3
Turnout 1,73930.48
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Roe Lee

Roe Lee (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Riley1,29257.4
Labour Sylvia Liddle1,25355.7
Labour Ron Whittle1,22254.3
Conservative Tommy Temperley87538.9
Conservative Bilal Afzal80235.6
Conservative Asghar Ali78334.8
Spoilt Ballots 33
Turnout 2,28437.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Shear Brow & Corporation Park (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suleman Khonat2,27078.1
Labour Hussain Akhtar1,94767.0
Labour Mahfooz Hussain1,54753.2
Independent Muntazir Patel96033.0
Conservative Helen Alexandria Roscoe Voegt58320.1
Conservative Naseer Sajid32511.2
Conservative Mark Marrow2558.8
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 2,94348.97
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Khan1,85375.5
Labour Dave Harling1,78172.6
Labour Quesir Mahmood1,74271.0
Conservative Tariq Mahmood41516.9
Green Robin Richard Cubitt Field40316.4
Conservative Mags Marrow31412.8
Conservative Ghulam Sabir24810.1
Spoilt Ballots 48
Turnout 2,50242.37
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Pennine

West Pennine (3 councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Helen Slater1,53057.0
Conservative Colin Rigby1,41152.6
Conservative Jean Valerie Rigby1,36951.0
Labour Matt Jackson70226.1
Labour Jude Rowley69726.0
Labour David John Hollings64824.1
Liberal Democrats John East58121.6
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 2,72143.87
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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