Blackburn with Darwen council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 17 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
14
Labour Party
Seats contested
18
across 17 wards
Turnout
30.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 14 +3 20,109 60.3% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 -2 10,792 32.4% -6.5
Independent 0 +0 1,351 4.1% +3.3
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,084 3.3% -1.7

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Labour Party 18
Independent 5
Liberal Democrats 4

A party standing a full slate could field 18 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 +/−
Labour Party Ehsan Raja Elected 811 39.5% -8.1
Independent Yusuf Jan-Virmani 642 31.2% —
Independent Mohammed Yusuf Patel 340 16.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hifzur Lorgat 262 12.7% -39.7
Majority169
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,055

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Parwaiz Akhtar Elected 1,713 76.4% -8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Fajila Patel 529 23.6% +8.5
Majority1,184
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,242

Labour Party hold

Billinge & Beardwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tasleem Fazal Elected 1,451 64.7% +10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rizwan Ali Shah 620 27.7% -12.6
Independent Tahir Mahmood 170 7.6% +1.9
Majority831
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,241

Labour Party hold

Blackburn Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Zamir Khan Elected 1,093 67.5% -7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ghulam Sabir 328 20.2% -4.6
Independent Ismail Patel 115 7.1% —
Independent Siama Bhatti 84 5.2% —
Majority765
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,620

Labour Party hold

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacquie Slater Elected 878 60.0% -10.1
Labour Party Liz Johnson 586 40.0% +10.2
Majority292
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,464

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Blackburn South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jim Shorrock Elected 820 73.1% +14.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Murray 302 26.9% -5.2
Majority518
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,122

Labour Party hold

Darwen East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin McCaughran Elected 902 54.5% +16.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Davies 446 26.9% -8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Slater 307 18.5% +0.0
Majority456
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,655

Labour Party hold

Darwen South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Connor Elected 880 46.1% -7.9
Labour Party Matt Jackson 731 38.3% +11.8
Liberal Democrats John East 299 15.7% -3.8
Majority149
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,910

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Darwen West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Smith Elected 1,411 65.7% +8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Janine Crook 660 30.7% -7.7
Liberal Democrats Connor Michael Plumley 77 3.6% -1.0
Majority751
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,148

Labour Party hold

Ewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elaine Whittingham Elected 860 60.4% +11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Cade 564 39.6% -11.5
Majority296
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,424

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sonia Khan Elected 1,357 71.2% -1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohmmed Amin Kapadia 549 28.8% +1.6
Majority808
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,906

Labour Party hold

Livesey with Pleasington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek James Hardman Elected 1,355 66.0% -7.5
Labour Party Michael John Jackson 698 34.0% +7.4
Majority657
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,053

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jim Smith Elected 801 62.5% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Rick Moore 481 37.5% -8.3
Majority320
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,282

Labour Party hold

Roe Lee 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Saj Ali Elected 1,312 67.8% +8.8
Labour Party Phil Riley Elected 1,217 62.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julian Arnold 680 35.1% -5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Voegt 663 34.2% —
Majority537
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,936

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Suleman Khonat Elected 1,875 90.9% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Marrow 188 9.1% +0.2
Majority1,687
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,063

Labour Party hold

Wensley Fold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sabahat Imtiaz Elected 1,697 89.0% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaliyah Alli 210 11.0% -1.1
Majority1,487
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,907

Labour Party hold

West Pennine

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Slater Elected 1,336 56.3% -3.6
Labour Party Jude David Rowley 774 32.6% +10.0
Liberal Democrats Bernard Kenneth Johnson 262 11.0% -6.3
Majority562
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,372

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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