Blackpool council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 21 wards · 42 seats contested

Most seats
28
Labour Party
Seats contested
42
across 21 wards
Turnout
27.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 28 +5 25,380 48.3% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 14 -1 22,263 42.4% -2.1
Independent 0 -4 2,880 5.5% -1.5
Green Party 0 +0 776 1.5% -1.2
Reform UK 0 +0 647 1.2% —
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 601 1.1% -1.0

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 42
Conservative and Unionist Party 42
Labour Party 42
Independent 10
Green Party 5
Reform UK 5
Liberal Democrats 4

A party standing a full slate could field 42 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.

Anchorsholme 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul David Stuart Galley Elected 1,106 65.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anita Cooper Elected 963 56.9% —
Labour Party Jacqueline Boughton 584 34.5% —
Labour Party Therese Bernadette Clark 568 33.5% —
Majority379
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors5,013
Ballots cast1,693

Bispham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul William Wilshaw Elected 671 50.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Warne Elected 666 50.2% —
Labour Party Jim Elmes 621 46.8% —
Labour Party Julia Frances Walshaw 616 46.4% —
Majority45
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors4,361
Ballots cast1,327

Bloomfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mel Fenlon Elected 374 45.2% —
Labour Party Jim Hobson Elected 371 44.8% —
Independent Mark Anthony Butcher 261 31.5% —
Independent Graham Cain 237 28.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cody Milnes 195 23.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Malaya Kumar Nayak 129 15.6% —
Majority110
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors4,453
Ballots cast828

Brunswick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matthew Charles Thomas Elected 761 67.2% —
Labour Party Laura Marshall Elected 717 63.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Clark 368 32.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Jake Thomson 343 30.3% —
Majority349
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,896
Ballots cast1,132

Claremont 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ivan John Taylor Elected 538 54.5% —
Labour Party Lynn Suzanne Williams Elected 504 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry George Gordon 222 22.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lawrence Anthony Sloman 179 18.1% —
Independent Garry Michael Richardson 144 14.6% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Close 124 12.6% —
Majority282
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors4,805
Ballots cast987

Clifton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paula Ruth Burdess Elected 713 61.6% —
Labour Party Alistair James Duncan Humphreys Elected 694 59.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Henry Wilson 424 36.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Potts 346 29.9% —
Majority270
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,878
Ballots cast1,158

Greenlands 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Elizabeth Jones Elected 785 46.6% —
Labour Party Dave Flanagan Elected 771 45.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Elizabeth Ann Warne 701 41.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rick Scott 680 40.3% —
Green Party Ben Thomas 167 9.9% —
Reform UK Lance Trevor Fogg 107 6.3% —
Majority70
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,334
Ballots cast1,686

Hawes Side 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kim Elizabeth Critchley Elected 672 55.7% —
Labour Party Neal Timothy Brookes Elected 657 54.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Mandy Higgitt 485 40.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frank Roger Downing 478 39.6% —
Majority172
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors5,090
Ballots cast1,206

Highfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Hunter Elected 880 49.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bradley Curtis Mitchell Elected 831 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Robinson 763 42.6% —
Labour Party Sharon Dawn Hoyle 734 41.0% —
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene 172 9.6% —
Majority68
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors5,346
Ballots cast1,789

Ingthorpe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jon Bamborough Elected 743 55.7% —
Labour Party Jo Farrell Elected 697 52.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Sean Higgs 575 43.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Murphy 538 40.3% —
Majority122
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors5,033
Ballots cast1,334

Layton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathryn Mary Benson Elected 733 50.9% —
Labour Party John Boughton Elected 678 47.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Bates 381 26.5% —
Independent Martin Mitchell 378 26.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Henry Haskett 352 24.5% —
Independent Lee David Taylor-Jack 187 13.0% —
Majority297
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors5,021
Ballots cast1,439

Marton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Smith Elected 814 51.7% —
Labour Party Shaun Richard Brookes Elected 799 50.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Charles Stansfield 630 40.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Glenn Dana Laughton Priestley 595 37.8% —
Reform UK Kerry Anne Anderson-Riley 150 9.5% —
Majority169
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors5,046
Ballots cast1,575

Norbreck 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Victoria Ellison Elected 714 41.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Elizabeth Sloman Elected 652 38.1% —
Independent Maxine Callow 562 32.8% —
Independent Tony Williams 501 29.2% —
Labour Party Robert Joseph Harrison 440 25.7% —
Labour Party David O'Hara 418 24.4% —
Majority90
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors4,999
Ballots cast1,713

Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gillian Campbell Elected 616 61.5% —
Labour Party Adrian Sydney Hoyle Elected 551 55.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frazer McLellan Rogers 365 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Anthony Carter 358 35.7% —
Majority186
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors4,882
Ballots cast1,002

Squires Gate 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Darren Mitchell Elected 854 54.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerard John Sean Walsh Elected 782 49.4% —
Labour Party Melanie Louise Kelly 527 33.3% —
Labour Party Danny Rossie 454 28.7% —
Green Party Julie Irene Daniels 178 11.3% —
Reform UK Kim Sherrie Knight 136 8.6% —
Majority255
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors5,054
Ballots cast1,582

Stanley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Baker Elected 796 64.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Roberts Elected 772 62.2% —
Labour Party Laura White 418 33.7% —
Labour Party Daniel James Lovatt-Staines 412 33.2% —
Majority354
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors4,221
Ballots cast1,241

Talbot 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Peter Smith Elected 595 56.3% —
Labour Party Jane Louise Hugo Elected 572 54.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Banks 321 30.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Stuart White 312 29.5% —
Independent Danny Gee 182 17.2% —
Majority251
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,666
Ballots cast1,056

Tyldesley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lisette Roe Elected 640 49.3% —
Labour Party Portia Webb Elected 599 46.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Binns 473 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Lawrence Albert Ormston 421 32.4% —
Green Party Georgina Eastwood 148 11.4% —
Reform UK Paul Michael Nield 88 6.8% —
Independent William Cheveyo Gee 83 6.4% —
Majority126
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,997
Ballots cast1,299

Victoria 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pam Brookes Elected 490 51.9% —
Labour Party Fred Jackson Elected 468 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Harvey 337 35.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqui Frost 329 34.9% —
Green Party Tracey Marie Booker 133 14.1% —
Majority131
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors4,566
Ballots cast944

Warbreck 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Danny Scott Elected 600 44.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michele Scott Elected 589 44.1% —
Labour Party Matthew Thomas Haynes 574 42.9% —
Labour Party Tommy Edwin Kirkwood 525 39.3% —
Liberal Democrats Kev Benfold 158 11.8% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Richard Hindley 147 11.0% —
Majority15
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors5,060
Ballots cast1,337

Waterloo 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Simon James Cartmell Elected 564 39.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Marie Mitchell Elected 509 35.3% —
Labour Party Luke Bodenham 493 34.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Higgitt 458 31.8% —
Independent Jim O'Neill 345 24.0% —
Reform UK Derek Robertson 166 11.5% —
Green Party Tina Rothery 150 10.4% —
Majority16
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors5,155
Ballots cast1,440

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