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
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderPhil RileyJohn Slater
Party Labour Independent Conservative
Seats before31911
Seats won782
Seats after29139
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote12,74910,9647,094
Percentage40.4%34.7%22.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 22.6%Increase2.svg 34.2%Decrease2.svg 7.8%
Blackburn with Darwen UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
Leader before election

Phil Riley
Labour

Leader after election

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.

Contents

Labour retained control of the council. [1] Both Labour and the Conservatives lost seats to independent candidates, many of whom were allied to the '4 BwD' group of independents which had formed on the council in autumn 2023. After the election there were 12 councillors in the 4BwD group, overtaking the Conservatives who were left with 9 seats. The 4 BwD group therefore became the council's official opposition. [2]

Background

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

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

Changes:

Results

2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 7Decrease2.svg241.2222956.912,74940.4-22.6
  Independent 8Increase2.svg447.151325.510,96434.7+34.2
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg211.87917.67,09422.5-7.8
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07622.4+1.5

Ward Results

Audley & Queen's Park

Audley & Queen's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Amin Kapadia 1,068 49.2 N/A
Labour Faryad Hussain66430.6–36.5
Green Aadil Chopdat31114.3N/A
Conservative Lyall Ainscow1295.9−12.5
Turnout 2,17234.2+5.8
Independent hold

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Bastwell & Daisyfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rana Khan 1,273 52.6 N/A
Labour Iftakhar Hussain*93638.7–41.7
Conservative Ella Hardman1395.7−13.9
Independent Khurram Shahzad712.9N/A
Turnout 2,41941.3+6.1
Independent gain from Labour

Billinge & Beardwood

Billinge & Beardwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Waqar Hussain 1,512 62.7 N/A
Labour Aadil Patel50921.1–40.9
Conservative Reece Macaulay38916.1−16.6
Turnout 2,41038.3+4.1
Independent hold

Blackburn Central

Blackburn Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tahir Mahmood 799 51.2 N/A
Labour Liyakatali Patel59638.2–38.2
Conservative Keith Murray16610.6−5.5
Turnout 1,56125.0
Independent hold

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Johnson 809 53.8 +9.8
Conservative Denise Gee*69646.2−9.8
Turnout 1,50526.7+0.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg9.8

Blackburn South East

Blackburn South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Humphrys* 628 58.3 −15.1
Independent Riff Haworth25924.0N/A
Conservative Henry Arnold19117.7−8.9
Turnout 1,07817.8+1.1
Labour hold

Darwen East

Darwen East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katrina Fielding* 773 58.6 −0.5
Independent Paul Browne33125.1N/A
Conservative Ryan Slater21416.2+0.4
Turnout 1,31820.7–1.2
Labour hold

Darwen South

Darwen South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Jackson* 903 49.0 +3.7
Conservative Steve Duncan73439.8−1.0
Green Denise Morgan20611.2N/A
Turnout 1,84328.5–0.3
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg2.4

Darwen West

Darwen West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Taylor* 1,293 73.7 +10.9
Conservative Lilian Salton46026.2−5.1
Turnout 1,75328.7–2.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg8.0

Ewood

Ewood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Whalley 657 52.8 −5.4
Conservative Rick Moore39731.9−9.9
Green John Milburn12810.3N/A
Independent Saraj Mohammed635.1N/A
Turnout 1,24520.3–0.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg2.3

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Little Harwood & Whitebirk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tiger Patel* 809 36.5 N/A
Independent Ismail Esat75534.1N/A
Labour Naushad Surve48021.7–58.6
Conservative Les Cade1707.7−5.6
Turnout 2,21436.7+11.4
Independent hold

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Russell* 1,441 74.7 +7.2
Labour Isma Sajid48725.3−7.2
Turnout 1,92829.6–1.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg7.2

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Mill Hill & Moorgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Gunn* 697 64.0 −4.1
Conservative John Murphy27225.0+2.0
Independent Natasha Shah12011.0N/A
Turnout 1,08919.8–0.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.1

Roe Lee

Roe Lee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Imran Ahmed 999 46.9 N/A
Labour Sylvia Liddle*72334.0–33.4
Conservative Helen Voegt40619.1−4.7
Turnout 2,12833.1+5.3
Independent gain from Labour

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Shear Brow & Corporation Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Muntazir Patel 1,957 70.9 N/A
Labour Hussain Akhtar*74026.8–63.7
Conservative Judith Pearson652.4−7.1
Turnout 2,76245.0+17.1
Independent gain from Labour

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Iqbal Masters 948 46.7 N/A
Labour Dave Harling*88143.4−46.7
Green Robin Field1175.8N/A
Conservative Mags Marrow864.2−5.7
Turnout 2,03233.8+3.6
Independent gain from Labour

West Pennine

West Pennine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Slater 1,139 53.9 +2.0
Labour Simon Charlesworth97346.1+13.4
Turnout 2,11235.1–2.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.7

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