Blackburn with Darwen council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
8
Independent
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
29.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Independent 8 +8 10,964 34.7% +34.2
Labour Party 7 -7 12,749 40.4% -22.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -1 7,113 22.5% -7.8
Green Party 0 +0 762 2.4% +1.5

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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
Independent 14
Green Party 4

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 +/−
Independent Amin Kapadia Elected 1,068 49.0% +41.3
Labour Party Faryad Hussain 664 30.5% -36.6
Green Party Aadil Chopdat 311 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyall Ainscow 129 5.9% -12.5
Majority404
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,494
Ballots cast2,178

Independent gain from Labour Party

Bastwell & Daisyfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Rana Khan Elected 1,273 52.6% —
Labour Party Iftakhar Hussain 936 38.7% -41.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ella Louise Hardman 139 5.7% -13.8
Independent Khurram Shahzad 71 2.9% —
Majority337
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors5,956
Ballots cast2,419

Independent gain from Labour Party

Billinge & Beardwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Waqar Hussain Elected 1,512 62.7% —
Labour Party Aadil Patel 509 21.1% -40.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Reece MacAulay 389 16.1% -16.6
Majority1,003
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,376
Ballots cast2,410

Independent gain from Labour Party

Blackburn Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Terri Mahmood Elected 799 51.8% —
Labour Party Liyakat Patel 596 38.6% -37.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Murray 166 10.8% -5.2
Majority203
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,244
Ballots cast1,543

Independent gain from Labour Party

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz Johnson Elected 809 53.8% +9.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Denise Gee 696 46.2% -9.8
Majority113
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors8,506
Ballots cast1,505

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Blackburn South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tony Humphrys Elected 628 58.3% -15.1
Independent Riff Haworth 259 24.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Henry Arnold 191 17.7% -8.9
Majority369
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors6,072
Ballots cast1,078

Labour Party hold

Darwen East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katrina Louise Fielding Elected 773 58.6% -0.5
Independent Paul Browne 331 25.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Slater 214 16.2% +0.4
Majority442
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors6,357
Ballots cast1,318

Labour Party hold

Darwen South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matt Jackson Elected 903 49.0% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Duncan 734 39.8% -1.0
Green Party Denise Veronica Morgan 206 11.2% —
Majority169
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,671
Ballots cast1,843

Labour Party hold

Darwen West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brian Taylor Elected 1,293 73.8% +11.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Lilian Salton 460 26.2% -5.0
Majority833
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,121
Ballots cast1,753

Labour Party hold

Ewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ashley Richard Whalley Elected 657 52.8% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Rick Moore 397 31.9% -9.9
Green Party John Milburn 128 10.3% —
Independent Saraj Mohammed 63 5.1% —
Majority260
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors6,280
Ballots cast1,245

Labour Party hold

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Tiger Patel Elected 809 36.5% —
Independent Ismail Ebrahim Esat 755 34.1% —
Labour Party Naushad Surve 480 21.7% -58.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Cade 170 7.7% -5.7
Majority54
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,073
Ballots cast2,214

Independent gain from Labour Party

Livesey with Pleasington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Russell Elected 1,441 74.7% +7.2
Labour Party Isma Sajid 487 25.3% -7.2
Majority954
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,517
Ballots cast1,928

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Mill Hill & Moorgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Gunn Elected 697 64.0% -4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party John Paul Murphy 292 26.8% +3.8
Independent Natasha Shah 120 11.0% —
Majority405
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors5,635
Ballots cast1,089

Labour Party hold

Roe Lee

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Imran Ahmed Elected 999 46.9% —
Labour Party Sylvia Liddle 723 34.0% -33.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Voegt 406 19.1% -4.7
Majority276
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors6,518
Ballots cast2,128

Independent gain from Labour Party

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Muntazir Patel Elected 1,957 70.9% —
Labour Party Hussain Akhtar 740 26.8% -63.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Judith Anne Pearson 65 2.4% -7.1
Majority1,217
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors6,193
Ballots cast2,762

Independent gain from Labour Party

Wensley Fold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Iqbal Masters Elected 948 46.7% —
Labour Party Dave Harling 881 43.4% -46.7
Green Party Robin Field 117 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mags Marrow 85 4.2% -5.8
Majority67
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,044
Ballots cast2,032

Independent gain from Labour Party

West Pennine

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Slater Elected 1,139 53.9% +2.0
Labour Party Simon Charlesworth 973 46.1% +13.4
Majority166
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,163
Ballots cast2,112

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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