There is a total of 64 seats on Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside.-Formation:...

 Unitary

Unitary authority

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 Council in Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

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. As of 2006, the borough is divided up into 23 ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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s, all with three councillor

Councillor

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s with the exception of Earcroft, Whitehall, and North Turton and Tockholes, which have 2 members, and East Rural which has one. One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Wards

• Audley
• Bastwell
• Beardwood with Lammack
• Corporation Park
• Earcroft (2 members)
• East Rural (1 member)
• Ewood
• Fernhurst
• Higher Croft
• Little Harwood
• Livesey with Pleasington
• Marsh House
• Meadowhead
• Mill Hill
• North Turton with Tockholes (2 members)
• Queen's Park
• Roe Lee
• Shadsworth with Whitebirk
• Shear Brow
• Sudell
• Sunnyhurst
• Wensley Fold
• Whitehall (2 members)

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1997–2007
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2007–2011
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	2011–present

Council elections

• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 1999
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2000
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2001
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2002
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2004
  Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2004
  Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Council in June 2004 heralded a shock result as Labour council leader Sir Bill Taylor lost his seat to Liberal Democrat Zamir Khan. "This morning as I was shaving I thought I could get beat and that is what happened", commented Taylor after the result. "I...
  
   (whole council elected after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2)
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2006
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2007
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2008
  Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2008
  Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.-Election result:The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Waghat was sacked from the Liberal Democrats in August 2007 and...
  
  
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2010
• Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2011

By-election results

External links

• Blackburn with Darwen Council