2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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17 of the 51 seats (one third) to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	Con	LD
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	37	13	1
Seats won	12	4	1
Seats after	36	13	2
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	18,200	9,350	1,042
Percentage	55.3%	28.4%	4.2%

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, 2019^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	70.6%	24	36	70.6%	18,200	55.3%
	Conservative	4		23.5%	9	13	25.5%	9,350	28.4%
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.9%	1	2	3.9%	1,042	3.2%
	Independent	0		0%	0	0	0%	2,966	9.0%
	UKIP	0		0%	0	0	0%	1,134	3.4%
	For Britain	0		0%	0	0	0%	220	0.7%	N/A

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
37	13	1
Labour	Conservative	LD

LD - Liberal Democrat

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
36	13	2
Labour	Conservative	LD

LD - Liberal Democrat

Ward results

All results are listed below:^[3]

Audley & Queen's Park

Audley & Queen's Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Salim Sidat	1,431	65.0
	Independent	Tiger Patel	584	26.5
	Conservative	Sarah Louise Morrison	188	8.5
Majority			847	38.4
Turnout			2,218	36.08
Registered electors			6,147
	Labour hold		Swing

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Bastwell & Daisyfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shaukat Hussain	2,024	90.9
	Conservative	Henry Anthony Julian Arnold	203	9.1
Majority			1,821	81.8
Turnout			2,244	38.65
Registered electors			5,806
	Labour hold		Swing

Billinge & Beardwood

Billinge & Beardwood^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Floyd	1,144	48.2
	Conservative	Mark Russell	727	30.6
	Independent	Imtiaz Ali	502	21.2
Majority			417	17.6
Turnout			2,395	40.87
Registered electors			5,860
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackburn Central

Blackburn Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mahfooz Hussain	1,274	81.7
	Conservative	Cameron Richard Prasher	286	18.3
Majority			988	63.3
Turnout			1,591	27.13
Registered electors			5,864
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Slater	985	65.9
	Labour	Liz Johnson	509	34.1
Majority			476	31.9
Turnout			1,547	26.89
Registered electors			5,753
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackburn South East

Blackburn South East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vicky Ellen McGurk	732	57.3
	UKIP	Liam Walsh	375	29.3
	Conservative	Martin Frank Kerry	171	13.4
Majority			357	27.9
Turnout			1,294	21.35
Registered electors			6,060
	Labour hold		Swing

Darwen East

Darwen East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nathaniel Browne	728	46.1
	Labour	Katrina Louise Shepherd	649	41.1
	Conservative	Ryan Slater	203	12.8
Majority			79	5.0
Turnout			1,626	25.51
Registered electors			6,373
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Darwen South

Darwen South^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lilian Santon	949	52.2
	Labour	Lee Austin Ball	648	35.7
	For Britain	Liam David Robinson	220	12.1
Majority			301	24.7
Turnout			1,850	30.42
Registered electors			6,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darwen West

Darwen West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephanie Rose Brookfield	1,145	54.5
	Conservative	Konrad Tapp	956	45.5
Majority			189	9.0
Turnout			2,156	33.38
Registered electors			6,459
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewood

Ewood^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Casey	784	58.9
	Conservative	Keith Murray	546	41.1
Majority			238	17.9
Turnout			1,414	22.64
Registered electors			6,246
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Little Harwood & Whitebirk^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mustafa Ali Desai	1,547	77.2
	UKIP	Grant Carl Pugh	252	12.6
	Conservative	Judith Anne Pearson	206	10.3
Majority			1,295	64.6
Turnout			2,014	34.50
Registered electors			5,838
	Labour hold		Swing

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul David Marrow	1,478	76.1
	Labour	Paul Rigby Mason	463	23.9
Majority			1,015	52.3
Turnout			2,008	32.75
Registered electors			6,131
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Mill Hill & Moorgate^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Damian Talbot	713	47.5
	UKIP	Michael Longbottom	507	33.8
	Conservative	Ann Marie Helen Tolley	281	18.7
Majority			206	13.7
Turnout			1,518	27.10
Registered electors			5,601
	Labour hold		Swing

Roe Lee

Roe Lee^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ron Whittle	1,314	66.4
	Conservative	Asghar Ali	664	33.6
Majority			650	32.9
Turnout			2,038	33.01
Registered electors			6,173
	Labour hold		Swing

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Shear Brow & Corporation Park^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zainab Rawat	1,457	53.2
	Independent	Muntazir Patel	1,033	37.7
	Conservative	Helen Alexandria Roscoe Voegt	247	9.0
Majority			424	15.5
Turnout			2,746	45.22
Registered electors			6,072
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Quesir Mahmood	1,958	89.2
	Conservative	Carolyn Marrow	238	10.8
Majority			1,720	78.3
Turnout			2,236	37.39
Registered electors			5,981
	Labour hold		Swing

West Pennine

West Pennine^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Rigby	1,022	39.4
	Independent	Philip McDermott	847	32.7
	Labour	Jude David Rowley	408	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	John East	314	12.1
Majority			175	6.8
Turnout			2,614	42.15
Registered electors			6,201
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: Where are the polls and how do I vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Local - Borough Council Election - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Local - Borough Council Election - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Election results for Audley & Queens Park". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Bastwell and Daisyfield". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Billinge and Beardwood". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Blackburn Central". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Blackburn South and Lower Darwen". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Blackburn South East". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Darwen East". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Darwen South". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Darwen West". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Ewood". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Little Harwood and Whitebirk". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Livesey with Pleasington". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Mill Hill and Moorgate". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Roe Lee". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Shear Brow and Corporation Park". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for Wensley Fold". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Election results for West Pennine". democracy.blackburn.gov.uk. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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