Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, 2018

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election, 2018
3 May 2018
All 51 council seats
Turnout %

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mohammed Khan John Slater
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Leader since 2015 2016
Last election 58.2% 29.5% 5.3%
Seats won 37 13 13
Seat change Boundary Changes Boundary Changes Boundary Changes
Popular vote 59,068 33.962 3,223
Percentage 59.52% 34.22% 3.25%
Swing Increase% Decrease% Decrease%
Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

Election Result

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Local Election Result 2018[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 37 0 0 0 72.55 59.52 59,068 +**.**%
  Conservative 13 0 0 0 25.49 34.22 33,962 -*.*%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 1.96 3.25 3,223 -*.*%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.97 960 +*.*%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.85 840 +*.*%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.72 719 +*.*%
  Spoilt Ballots 0 0 0 0 0 0.48 472 +*.*%
Total51

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
44 16 3 1
Labour Conservative LD I

LD - Liberal Democrat

I - Independent

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
37 13 1
Labour Conservative LD

LD - Liberal Democrat

Ward results

All results are listed below:[3]

Audley & Queen's Park

Audley & Queen's Park (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Yusuf Jan-Virmani 1528
Labour Maryam Batan 1515
Labour Salim Sidat 1484
Green Tariq Khan 316
Conservative Zafar-Ul Malik 308
Conservative Lee Parker 219
Spoilt Ballots — 18 — —
Turnout 2187 36.07
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Bastwell & Daisyfield (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Parwaiz Akhtar 2192
Labour Iftakhar Hussain 2114
Labour Shaukat Hussain 2075
Conservative Andrew Eastham 193
Conservative Michaely Coker 183
Conservative Francis Mathew Winkley Riding 166
Spoilt Ballots 27
Turnout 2593 44.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Billinge & Beardwood

Billinge & Beardwood (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tasleem Fazal 1273
Conservative Julie Margaret Daley 1206
Labour Jackie Floyd 1192
Labour Arshid Mahmood 1182
Conservative Sabir Esa 1159
Conservative Imtiaz Ali 1080
Spoilt Ballots 48
Turnout 2641 44.93
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackburn Central

Blackburn Central (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Zamir Khan 1215
Labour Saima Afzal 1174
Labour Faryad Hussain 1127
Conservative Abdul Gaffar Makda 326
Conservative Rizwana Sindhu 236
Conservative Filip Szary 218
Spoilt Ballots 63
Turnout 1720 29.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jacquie Slater 1055
Conservative Denise Gee 1029
Conservative John Harold Slater 1014
Labour Matt Gibson 645
Labour Tony Humphrys 624
Labour Carl Peter Nuttall 610
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 1675 29.47
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blackburn South East

Blackburn South East (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jim Shorrock 826
Labour Andy Kay 811
Labour Vicky Ellen McGurk 773
Conservative Joan Bamber 346
UKIP Andrew Michael Madigan 280
Conservative Athshaam Hussain 263
Spoilt Ballots 18
Turnout 1413 23.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Darwen East

Darwen East (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jane Margaret Oates 828
Liberal Democrat Roy Peter Davies 800
Labour Kieran Robert Richards 750
Liberal Democrat Paul Nathaniel Browne 723
Labour Katrina Louise Shepherd 714
Conservative Ryan John David Slater 341
Conservative Lynn Perkins 293
Conservative Emily Kate Topping 265
Spoilt Ballots 15
Turnout 1801 28.86
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Darwen South

Darwen South (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kevin Connor 934
Conservative Neil Andrew Slater 874
Conservative Lilian Gladys Salton 817
Labour Lee Austin 624
Labour Sarah Louise Rose 598
Labour Morgan Ann Grimshaw 577
Liberal Democrat Simon Huggill 574
Liberal Democrat Joan Hepple 545
Spoilt Ballots 9
Turnout 2038 33.13
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Darwen West

Darwen West (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Smith 1344
Labour Brian Taylor 1237
Labour Stephanie Rose Brookfield 1146
Conservative Konrad Jan Tapp 1096
Conservative Andrew Stuart Walker 1056
Conservative Joe Wilson Morgan 997
UKIP Ian John Grimshaw 131
Spoilt Ballots 10
Turnout 2495 38.43
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ewood

Ewood (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Maureen Bateson 993
Labour Jamie Groves 928
Labour Jim Casey 889
Conservative Keith Vincent Murray 680
Conservative Maureen McGarvey 634
Conservative Martin Needham 583
Spoilt Ballots 21
Turnout 1740 27.87
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Little Harwood & Whitebirk (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Pat McFall 1550
Labour Abdul Samad Patel 1533
Labour Naushad Surve 1490
Conservative David Robert Walsh 414
Conservative Asad Iqbal 380
Conservative Ismail Patel 356
UKIP Arlene Noone 193
Spoilt Ballots 21
Turnout 2214 38.05
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Derek James Hardman 1629
Conservative John Christopher Pearson 1583
Conservative Paul David Marrow 1578
Labour Pete Hollings 623
Labour Paul Rigby Mason 560
Labour Ashley Richard Whalley 560
Spoilt Ballots 30
Turnout 2334 38.43
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Mill Hill & Moorgate (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jim Smith 959
Labour Julie Louise Gunn 948
Labour Damian Talbot 903
Conservative Mark Russell 537
Conservative Ann Marie Helen Tolley 510
Conservative Judith Anne Pearson 494
UKIP Michael Longbottom 236
Spoilt Ballots 3
Turnout 1739 30.48
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Roe Lee

Roe Lee (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Phil Riley 1292
Labour Sylvia Liddle 1253
Labour Ron Whittle 1222
Conservative Tommy Temperley 875
Conservative Bilal Afzal 802
Conservative Asghar Ali 783
Spoilt Ballots 33
Turnout 2284 37.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Shear Brow & Corporation Park (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Suleman Khonat 2270
Labour Hussain Akhtar 1947
Labour Mahfooz Hussain 1547
Independent Muntazir Patel 960
Conservative Helen Alexandria Roscoe Voegt 583
Conservative Naseer Sajid 325
Conservative Mark Marrow 255
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 2943 48.97
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mohammed Khan 1853
Labour Dave Harling 1781
Labour Quesir Mahmood 1742
Conservative Tariq Mahmood 415
Green Robin Richard Cubitt Field 403
Conservative Mags Marrow 314
Conservative Ghulam Sabir 248
Spoilt Ballots 48
Turnout 2502 42.37
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Pennine

West Pennine (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Julie Helen Slater 1530
Conservative Colin Rigby 1411
Conservative Jean Valerie Rigby 1369
Labour Matt Jackson 702
Labour Jude Rowley 697
Labour David John Hollings 648
Liberal Democrat John East 581
Spoilt Ballots 36
Turnout 2721 43.87
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections: Your guide to the vote in England". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Local elections 2018 results". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Local elections 2018 results". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.


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