Blackburn with Darwen council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
11
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
31.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 11 -1 18,325 55.4% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 +2 12,854 38.8% +10.4
Liberal Democrats 0 -1 1,654 5.0% +1.8
Independent 0 +0 260 0.8% -8.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 5
Independent 2

A party standing a full slate could field 17 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Audley & Queen's Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tiger Patel Elected 1,209 52.5% +43.9
Labour Party Maryam Batan 1,096 47.5% -17.4
Majority113
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,297
Ballots cast2,305

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iftakhar Hussain Elected 1,932 84.9% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Cade 344 15.1% +6.0
Majority1,588
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors5,908
Ballots cast2,276

Labour Party hold

Billinge & Beardwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Irfan Elected 1,188 54.1% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Rizwan Ali Shah 884 40.3% +9.6
Independent Ismail Patel 124 5.6% -15.5
Majority304
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,032
Ballots cast2,196

Labour Party hold

Blackburn Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Samim Desai Elected 1,158 75.1% -6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Marrow 383 24.9% +6.5
Majority775
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,035
Ballots cast1,541

Labour Party hold

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Denise Gee Elected 1,140 70.1% +4.1
Labour Party Liz Johnson 486 29.9% -4.2
Majority654
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors5,882
Ballots cast1,627

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Blackburn South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tony Humphrys Elected 720 59.0% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Marie Tolley 392 32.1% +18.8
Liberal Democrats Connor Michael Plumley 108 8.9% —
Majority328
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors6,140
Ballots cast1,220

Labour Party hold

Darwen East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katrina Shepherd Elected 678 38.2% -2.9
Liberal Democrats Roy Davies 634 35.7% -10.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Slater 329 18.5% +5.7
Independent Sue Prynn 136 7.7% —
Majority44
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors6,652
Ballots cast1,777

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Darwen South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Stuart Walker Elected 1,037 54.0% +1.8
Labour Party Sarah Louise Rose 509 26.5% -9.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Pearce Huggill 374 19.5% —
Majority528
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,265
Ballots cast1,920

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Darwen West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brian Taylor Elected 1,257 57.0% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Janine Crook 846 38.4% -7.1
Liberal Democrats Diane McVee 101 4.6% —
Majority411
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,374
Ballots cast2,204

Labour Party hold

Ewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jon Baldwin Elected 740 51.1% +10.0
Labour Party Ashley Richard Whalley 709 48.9% -10.0
Majority31
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors6,396
Ballots cast1,449

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abdul Samad Patel Elected 1,423 72.8% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Sykes 533 27.2% +17.0
Majority890
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,147
Ballots cast1,956

Labour Party hold

Livesey with Pleasington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Russell Elected 1,616 73.5% -2.7
Labour Party Michael John Jackson 585 26.6% +2.7
Majority1,031
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,383
Ballots cast2,200

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Gunn Elected 724 54.2% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Rick Moore 612 45.8% +27.1
Majority112
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors5,650
Ballots cast1,336

Labour Party hold

Roe Lee

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sylvia Liddle Elected 1,165 59.0% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Frank Kerry 810 41.0% +7.4
Majority355
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,448
Ballots cast1,975

Labour Party hold

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hussain Akhtar Elected 2,428 91.1% +37.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaliyah Alli 237 8.9% -0.1
Majority2,191
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors6,260
Ballots cast2,665

Labour Party hold

Wensley Fold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dave Harling Elected 1,698 87.8% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Voegt 235 12.2% +1.3
Majority1,463
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,088
Ballots cast1,933

Labour Party hold

West Pennine

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Slater Elected 1,507 60.0% +20.5
Labour Party Matt Jackson 569 22.6% +6.9
Liberal Democrats John East 437 17.4% +5.3
Majority938
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors6,185
Ballots cast2,513

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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