2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
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The 2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 51 members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in Lancashire will be elected.
Background[edit]
The Labour Party have governed Blackburn with Darwen for most of its history. They controlled the council from its creation in 1997 as a unitary authority to 2007, and again from 2011 to the present, with a period of no overall control between.[1] In the previous election, Labour won 14 seats (up 2) with 63.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won 3 (down 1) with 30.3%, and the Liberal Democrats lost the seat they were defending with 5.1%.
The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, Labour won 11 seats with 55.4%, the Conservatives won 6 with 38.8%, and the Liberal Democrats won 0 with 5.0%.
Previous council composition[edit]
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[2] | After 2024 election[3] | ||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 39 | Labour | 31 | Labour | 29 | |||
| Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 11 | Conservative | 9 | |||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 9 | Independent | 13 | |||
Changes:
- October 2023: Saj Ali, Mustafa Desai, Samim Desai, Suleman Khonat, Adbul Patel, Salma Patel, and Salim Sidat leave Labour to sit as independents;[a][4] Mohammed Irfan suspended from Labour;[5] Altaf "Tiger" Patel leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Sit as part of the 4 BwD group on the council, which is not registered as a political party.
- ^ "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (3 May 2024). "Borough election results Thursday 2 May". Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (30 October 2023). "Salim Sidat and ex-Mayor latest to resign over Gaza". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (14 October 2023). "Labour councillor suspended over anti-Israel social media post". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Khan, Shuiab (15 October 2023). "Blackburn's Boris Johnson resigns from Tory party at pro-Palestine rally". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
