2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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22 council seats
Turnout	.**%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mohammed Khan Mike Lee Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 2015 2009 Last election 53.9% 34.4% *.*% Seats won 14 6 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 20,649 10,481 1,892 Percentage 58.2% 29.5% 5.3% Swing **.**% **.**% %
Council control before election Labour Party (UK) Council control after election Labour Party (UK)

The 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections.

The elections saw a gain of two seats by the Conservative Party from the Labour Party.

The resulting balance on the council after the elections was:

Labour 44

Conservative 16

Liberal Democrat 3

Independent 1

Election Result[]

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Local Election Result 2016^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	0	2	2	63.64	58.2	20,649	+**.**%
	Conservative	6	2	0	2	27.27	29.5	10,481	-*.*%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		9.09	5.3	1,892	-*.*%
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	4.8	1,692	+*.*%
	Independent	0	0	0		0	2.2	783	+*.*%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Summary of the 5 May 2016 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council

Parties		Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	44	46	-2
	Conservative	16	14	+2
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	0
	Independent	1	1	0
Total		64	64

Council Composition[]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

46	14	3	1
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	I

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

44	16	3	1
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	I

I - Independent

Ward Results[]

Audley[]

Audley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Saleem Kapadi	508
	Independent	Raja Basharat Hussin Khan	126
	Labour	Zamir Khan	1587
	Spoilt Ballots		31
Majority
Turnout			2334	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bastwell[]

Bastwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sabir Esa	492
	Labour	Shaukat Hussain	2151
	Spoilt Ballots		22
Majority
Turnout			2665	52.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Beardwood with Lammack[]

Beardwood with Lammack

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Margaret Daley	1105
	Labour	Paul Mason	660
	Spoilt Ballots		16
Majority
Turnout			1781	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corporation Park[]

Corporation Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tassy Fazal	1821
	Conservative	Riaz Valli	303
	Spoilt Ballots		33
Majority
Turnout			2157	45.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Earcroft[]

Earcroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Rose Brookfield	399
	Liberal Democrats	John East	106
	Conservative	Lynn Perkins	299
	Spoilt Ballots		13
Majority
Turnout			817	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewood[]

Ewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Groves	841
	Conservative	Eleanor Sutcliffe	285
	Spoilt Ballots		16
Majority
Turnout			1142	25.05
	Labour hold		Swing

Fernhurst[]

Fernhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Slater	791
	Labour	Donna Marie Talbot	442
	Spoilt Ballots		9
Majority
Turnout			29.8	1242
	Conservative hold		Swing

Higher Croft[]

Higher Croft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brooks	309
	Labour	Don McKinlay
	Spoilt Ballots		23
Majority
Turnout			1206	23.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Harwood[]

Little Harwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Liz Lawson	331
	Labour	Abdul Samad Patel	1409
	Conservative	Ghulam Sabir	162
	Spoilt Ballots		19
Majority
Turnout			1921	40.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Livesey with Pleasington[]

Livesey with Pleasington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Holden	639
	Conservative	Paul Marrow	1427
	Spoilt Ballots		17
Majority
Turnout			2083	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marsh House[]

Marsh House

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Madeline Allen-Holmes	258
	Labour	Frank Connor	558
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Huggill	279
	Conservative	Neil Slater	560
	Spoilt Ballots		14
Majority
Turnout			1669	36.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meadowhead[]

Meadowhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Murray	743
	Labour	Ashley Richard Whalley	660
	Spoilt Ballots		23
Majority
Turnout			1426	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill[]

Mill Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael Longbottom	309
	Labour	Carl Peter Nuttall	702
	Conservative	Ann Marie Tolley	152
	Spoilt Ballots		6
Majority
Turnout			1169	30.1
	Labour hold		Swing

North Turton with Tockholes[]

North Turton with Tockholes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phil McDermott	657
	Conservative	Colin Rigby	692
	Labour	Diane Catherine Waddington	274
	Spoilt Ballots		8
Majority
Turnout			1631	46.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen's Park[]

Queen's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faryad Hussain	932
	Conservative	Imraan Valimulla	239
	Spoilt Ballots		32
Majority
Turnout			1203	29.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Roe Lee[]

Roe Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Liddle	968
	Conservative	Maureen McGarvey	727
	Spoilt Ballots		19
Majority
Turnout			1714	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Shadsworth with Whitebirk[]

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael Andrew Madigan	349
	Labour	Vicky McGurk	876
	Conservative	Margaret Rawlinson	86
	Spoilt Ballots		6
Majority
Turnout			1317	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Shear Brow[]

Shear Brow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohmed Irfan Balapatel	543
	Labour	Suleman Khonat	1811
	Spoilt Ballots		25
Majority
Turnout			2379	46.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudell[]

Sudell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Brindle	145
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Davies	741
	Labour	Kate Stirton	478
	Spoilt Ballots		11
Majority
Turnout			1375	30.37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sunnyhurst[]

Sunnyhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Travis Frain	337
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	279
	Labour	Peter Andrew Hollings	1015
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Myers	116
	Spoilt Ballots		17
Majority
Turnout			1764	39.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensley Fold[]

Wensley Fold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harling	1392
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	309
	Spoilt Ballots		32
Majority
Turnout			1733	38.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehall[]

Whitehall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Sarah Birkner	160
	Conservative	Steve Duncan	267
	Liberal Democrats	Karimeh Foster	650
	UKIP	Austin Molloy	166
	Spoilt Ballots		14
Majority
Turnout			1257	41.27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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