2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
The 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.[1] It took place on the same day as other local elections. Seventeen members of the council were elected, one from each of the wards. This set of seats were last up for election in 2019.[2]
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17 of 51 seats to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 27.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour retained its majority on the council, making two gains in Darwen.[3][4]
Background
editThe 17 seats being contested were held prior to the election as follows:
- Labour (and Co-operative): 12 defences (25 other seats)
- Conservative: 4 defences (9 other seats)
- Liberal Democrat: 1 defence (0 other seats)
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 14 | 2 | 82.4 | 25 | 39 | 76.5 | 17,949 | 63.0 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 17.6 | 9 | 12 | 23.5 | 8,633 | 30.3 | –2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,440 | 5.1 | +1.8 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 255 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 0.5 | –3.6 | ||
ADF | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.2 | N/A |
Councillors standing down
editCouncillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
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Paul Browne[5] | Darwen East | 2019 | Liberal Democrats | 28 March 2023[6] | |
Zainab Rawat[7] | Shear Brow and Corporation Park | 2019 | Labour | 28 March 2023[6] |
Ward results
editComparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2019. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor (*).
The Statement of Persons Nominated details the candidates standing in each ward. It was released on 5 April 2023.[8]
Audley & Queen's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Salim Sidat* | 1,213 | 67.1 | +27.6 | |
Conservative | Amin Kapida | 333 | 18.4 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Mahmood Tariq | 139 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rameez Mukadam | 109 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Ahsan Bhatti | 14 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 880 | 48.7 | +40.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,817 | 28.4 | –4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.0 |
Bastwell & Daisyfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Hussain* | 1,666 | 80.4 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Ismail Ibrahim Bapu Patel | 406 | 19.6 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 1,260 | 60.8 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,081 | 35.2 | –2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.0 |
Billinge & Beardwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Floyd* | 1,303 | 62.0 | –2.7 | |
Conservative | Imtiaz Ali | 687 | 32.7 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tahir Mahmood | 110 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 616 | 29.3 | –7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,113 | 34.2 | –3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Blackburn Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahfooz Hussain* | 1,043 | 76.4 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Ghulam Sabir | 220 | 16.1 | –4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Siama Bhatti | 103 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 823 | 60.3 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,376 | 22.1 | –3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 |
Blackburn South & Lower Darwen
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Slater* | 839 | 56.0 | –4.0 | |
Labour | Liz Johnson | 659 | 44.0 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 180 | 12.0 | –8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,506 | 26.3 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.0 |
Blackburn South East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Vicky Ellen McGurk* | 722 | 73.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Arnold | 262 | 26.6 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 460 | 46.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,004 | 16.7 | –1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Darwen East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Gibson | 828 | 59.1 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Davies | 351 | 25.1 | –1.8 | |
Conservative | Ryan Slater | 222 | 15.8 | –2.7 | |
Majority | 477 | 34.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 21.9 | –3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.2 |
Darwen South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Nicholas Shaw | 848 | 45.3 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Lilian Salton* | 764 | 40.8 | –5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Huggill | 204 | 10.9 | –4.8 | |
ADF | David Stephen Wilson-Parr | 56 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 84 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,874 | 28.8 | –1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.2 |
Darwen West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephanie Rose Brookfield* | 1,196 | 62.8 | –2.9 | |
Conservative | Janine Crook | 596 | 31.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Connor Plumley | 113 | 5.9 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 600 | 31.5 | –3.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,920 | 30.8 | –3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.8 |
Ewood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Casey* | 740 | 58.2 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Rick Moore | 532 | 41.8 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 208 | 16.4 | –4.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,283 | 20.8 | –2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Little Harwood & Whitebirk
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mustafa Ali Desai* | 1,222 | 80.3 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Arshad Mahmood | 203 | 13.3 | –15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ahmed Miah | 97 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,019 | 67.0 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,534 | 25.3 | –6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.3 |
Livesey with Pleasington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul David Marrow* | 1,360 | 67.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Michael John Jackson | 655 | 32.5 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 705 | 35.0 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,026 | 31.5 | –1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Mill Hill & Moorgate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Damian Talbot* | 765 | 68.1 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Les Cade | 259 | 23.0 | –14.5 | |
Green | Robin Field | 100 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 506 | 45.1 | +20.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,130 | 20.2 | –2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.1 |
Roe Lee
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phil Riley* | 1,182 | 67.4 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Carl Lever | 418 | 23.8 | –10.3 | |
Green | Paul Morley | 155 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 764 | 43.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,768 | 27.8 | –5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.9 |
Shear Brow & Corporation Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Salma Patel | 1,536 | 90.5 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Zak Hussain | 161 | 9.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,375 | 81.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,715 | 27.9 | –5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Wensley Fold
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Quesir Mahmood* | 1,621 | 90.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Margaret Marrow | 179 | 9.9 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 1,442 | 80.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,814 | 30.2 | –1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.1 |
West Pennine
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jean Rigby* | 1,192 | 51.9 | –4.4 | |
Labour | Liam Dobson | 750 | 32.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John East | 353 | 15.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 442 | 19.2 | –4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,306 | 37.4 | –1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.3 |
References
edit- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Jagger, David (12 April 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Lancashire". Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (5 May 2023). "Double Darwen 'joy' for Labour as party makes two gains". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour narrowly fails to take control of Burnley". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ https://democracy.blackburn.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=463
- ^ a b Jacobs, Bill (28 March 2023). "Blackburn with Darwen Council's lone LibDem retires again". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ https://democracy.blackburn.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=465
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Local election results: 5 May 2023". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2023.