Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, 2007

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Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2007 on 3 May - the same day as other local elections in the UK.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined.

Election result

Summary of the 3 May 2007 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council

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	Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
Labour	31	32	-1
Conservative	17	15	+2
Liberal Democrat	13	13	0
For Darwen	3	1	+2
England First	0	0	0
Independent	0	1	-1
Vacant	0	2	-2
Total		64	64

Wards

Corporation Park

One councillor to be elected.

Corporation Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ajaib Hussain	704	30.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Jim Kenyon	609	26.1	-1.2
	Labour	Arshid Mahmood	1009	43.2	+8.7
Majority			305	13.1
Turnout			2334	47.87
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Meadowhead

Two councillors to be elected.

Meadowhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Askew	247
	Conservative	Alan Howard Barry	761
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	457
	Labour	Ron O'Keeffe	642
	Conservative	Konrad Jan Tapp	661
	Labour	Elaine Wittingham	590
Turnout			1857	42.69

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