Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Leader of the Council	Cllr Mohammed Khan OBE, Labour ; Since 21 May 2015
Mayor	Cllr Colin Rigby OBE [1] ; Since 18 May 2017
Structure
Seats	51 councillors
Political groups	Administration Labour (37) Other Parties Conservative (13) Liberal Democrat (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	5 May 2016
Next election	3 May 2018
Motto
	Arte et Labore
Website
	www.blackburn.gov.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.

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2007
No overall control	2007–2011
Labour	2011–present

References

↑ https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/
↑ "Blackburn With Darwen". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hammersmith and Fulham	LGC Council of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Southend-on-Sea

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[change-2] "Blackburn With Darwen". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

Unitary authorities of England
Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
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Local authorities in Lancashire
County council and unitary	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire
District councils	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre