2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
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Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough 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 Michael Johnson quit For Darwen in March 2008. Both are continuing as independents.
In this first summary, "seats" represent the number of wards each party are defending.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
For Darwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This summary shows the picture for the whole council.
Parties | Seats | Previous | Net Gain/Loss | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | |||
Conservative | 17 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | |||
For Darwen | 3 | |||
Independent | 2 | |||
Total | 64 | 64 |
Wards[]
Audley[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Saadat Ali | 100 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ash Hussain | 1102 | |||
Labour | Zamir Khan | 1214 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 109 |
Bastwell[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Parwaiz Akhtar | 1351 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Rizwan | 1582 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 131 |
Beardwood with Lammack[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donna Bowlay-Williams | 353 | |||
Conservative | Sheila June Williams | 1586 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 30 |
Corporation Park[]
Previously won by Labour in 2007 with a majority of 305.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Hussain | 1082 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Rehman | 1196 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 108 |
Earcroft[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moira Barrett | 390 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dunning | 65 | |||
Conservative | Vince Hitchen | 233 | |||
For Darwen | Anthony Meleady | 493 | |||
England First | Mark Waring | 130 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 37 |
Ewood[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Oldfield | 635 | |||
Conservative | Joseph Anthony Smith | 638 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | – |
Fernhurst[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Arkley | 256 | |||
Green | David Carter | 112 | |||
For Darwen | Glenn Evans | 143 | |||
Conservative | John Slater | 981 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 11 |
Higher Croft[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Darren Jeal | 396 | |||
Conservative | Jim Kenyon | 487 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Walsh | 723 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 37 |
Little Harwood[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Imran Khan | 949 | |||
Labour | Abdul Samad Patel | 976 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 63 |
Livesey with Pleasington[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Cottam | 2060 | |||
Labour | Elaine Whittingham | 413 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 36 |
Marsh House[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Connor | 506 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Connor | 491 | |||
Conservative | Denise Gee | 502 | |||
For Darwen | Phil Jones | 650 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 2 |
Meadowhead[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Gerard Gordon | 996 | |||
Labour | Carl Nuttall | 642 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 26 |
Mill Hill[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Dean | 608 | |||
Labour | Malcom Terence Doherty | 676 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 48 |
North Turton with Tockholes[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
England First | Nicholas Holt | 173 | |||
Labour | Bernard Mathews | 220 | |||
Green | Kenneth Graham McIver | 346 | |||
For Darwen | Steve Potter | 74 | |||
Conservative | Colin Rigby | 854 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 16 |
Queen's Park[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faryad Hussain | 756 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Salim Ismail Makda | 722 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 80 |
Roe Lee[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor Holden | 177 | |||
Conservative | Michael Joseph Law-Riding | 1134 | |||
Labour | Phil Riley | 434 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 22 |
Shadsworth with Whitebirk[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron O'Keeffe | 804 | |||
Conservative | Simon Wilkinson | 526 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 39 |
Shear Brow[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iiyas Akubat | 1218 | |||
Independent | Francis Kwasi Beeby Apaloo | 144 | |||
Labour | Solly Khonat | 1449 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 136 |
Sudell[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Darwen | Heather Ashurst | 636 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Browne | 686 | |||
Labour | Nigel Anthony Nuttall | 282 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 28 |
Sunnyhurst[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Darwen | Andrew Graham | 875 | |||
Conservative | David James Grogan | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pietro Sciambarella | 124 | |||
Labour | David Smith | 808 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 23 |
Wensley Fold[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Harling | 1088 | |||
Conservative | Mark Slater | 424 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 55 |
Whitehall[]
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Darwen | Margaret Binns | 357 | |||
Labour | Frank Davis | 88 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Karimeh Foster | 778 | |||
Conservative | Angela Lee | 191 | |||
Spoilt Ballots | 46 |
- 2008 English local elections
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections
- 2000s in Lancashire