Blackburn with Darwen council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
14
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
27.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 14 +0 17,949 63.0% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 -1 8,633 30.3% -2.1
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,440 5.1% +1.8
Green Party 0 +0 255 0.9% —
Independent 0 +0 153 0.5% -3.5
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 0 +0 56 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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 8
Green Party 2
Independent 2
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 1

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 +/−
Labour Party Salim Sidat Elected 1,213 67.1% +27.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Amin Kapadia 333 18.4% +5.7
Independent Tariq Mahmood 139 7.7% -23.6
Liberal Democrats Rameez Mukadam 109 6.0% —
Independent Ahsan Bhatti 14 0.8% —
Majority880
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,489
Ballots cast1,808

Labour Party hold

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shaukat Hussain Elected 1,666 80.4% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Ismail Patel 406 19.6% -4.0
Majority1,260
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors5,946
Ballots cast2,072

Labour Party hold

Billinge & Beardwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jackie Floyd Elected 1,303 62.0% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Imtiaz Ali 687 32.7% +5.0
Liberal Democrats Tahir Mahmood 110 5.2% —
Majority616
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,215
Ballots cast2,100

Labour Party hold

Blackburn Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mahfooz Hussain Elected 1,043 75.8% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ghulam Sabir 220 16.0% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Siama Bhatti 103 7.5% —
Majority823
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors6,255
Ballots cast1,376

Labour Party hold

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Slater Elected 839 56.0% -4.0
Labour Party Liz Johnson 659 44.0% +4.0
Majority180
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors5,792
Ballots cast1,498

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Blackburn South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Vicky McGurk Elected 722 73.4% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Henry Arnold 262 26.6% -0.3
Majority460
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors5,906
Ballots cast984

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Darwen East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matt Gibson Elected 828 59.1% +4.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Davies 351 25.1% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Slater 222 15.8% -2.7
Majority477
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors6,395
Ballots cast1,401

Labour Party hold

Darwen South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anthony Nicholas Shaw Elected 848 45.3% +0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lilian Salton 764 40.8% -3.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Pearce Huggill 204 10.9% +0.1
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom David Stephen Wilson-Parr 56 3.0% —
Majority84
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,462
Ballots cast1,872

Labour Party hold

Darwen West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephanie Brookfield Elected 1,196 62.8% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Janine Crook 596 31.3% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Connor Michael Plumley 113 5.9% +2.3
Majority600
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,194
Ballots cast1,905

Labour Party hold

Ewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jim Casey Elected 740 58.2% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Rick Moore 532 41.8% +2.2
Majority208
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors6,110
Ballots cast1,272

Labour Party hold

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mustafa Ali Desai Elected 1,222 80.3% +9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Arshad Mahmood 203 13.3% -15.5
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Miah 97 6.4% —
Majority1,019
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,136
Ballots cast1,522

Labour Party hold

Livesey with Pleasington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Marrow Elected 1,360 67.5% +1.5
Labour Party Michael John Jackson 655 32.5% -1.5
Majority705
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,535
Ballots cast2,015

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Damian Talbot Elected 765 68.1% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Cade 259 23.0% -14.5
Green Party Robin Field 100 8.9% —
Majority506
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors5,650
Ballots cast1,124

Labour Party hold

Roe Lee

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phil Riley Elected 1,182 67.4% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Lever 418 23.8% -11.3
Green Party Paul Morley 155 8.8% —
Majority764
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,314
Ballots cast1,755

Labour Party hold

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Salma Patel Elected 1,536 90.5% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Zak Hussain 161 9.5% +0.4
Majority1,375
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,125
Ballots cast1,697

Labour Party hold

Wensley Fold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Quesir Mahmood Elected 1,621 90.1% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Mags Marrow 179 9.9% -1.1
Majority1,442
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,047
Ballots cast1,800

Labour Party hold

West Pennine

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jean Valerie Rigby Elected 1,192 51.9% -4.4
Labour Party Liam Dobson 750 32.7% +0.0
Liberal Democrats John East 353 15.4% +4.3
Majority442
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,232
Ballots cast2,295

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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