2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

The 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

Results[]

2021 Blackburn with Darwen Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11		64.7	24	35	68.6	18,326	55.4	+0.1
	Conservative	6	1	35.3	8	14	27.5	12,854	38.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.0	1,654	5.0	+1.8
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.0	260	0.8	-8.2

Ward results[]

Audley & Queen's Park[]

Audley & Queen's Park^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tiger Patel	1,209	52.5	+26.0
	Labour	Maryam Batan	1,096	47.5	–17.5
Majority			113	15.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bastwell and Daisyfield[]

Bastwell and Daisyfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iftakhar Hussain	1,932	84.9	-6.0
	Conservative	Les Cade	344	15.1	+6.0
Majority			1,588
	Labour hold		Swing

Billinge and Beardwood[]

Billinge and Beardwood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Irfan	1,188	55.1	+6.9
	Conservative	Rizwan Shah	884	41.0	+10.4
	Independent	Ismail Patel	124	5.8	N/A
Majority			304
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackburn Central[]

Blackburn Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samim Desai	1,158	75.1	-6.6
	Conservative	Margaret Marrow	383	24.9	+6.6
Majority			775
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackburn South and Lower Darwen[]

Blackburn South and Lower Darwen^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Gee	1,140	70.1	+4.2
	Labour	Liz Johnson	487	29.9	-4.2
Majority			653	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackburn South East[]

Blackburn South East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Humphrys	720	59.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Ann Tolley	392	32.1	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Plumley	108	8.9	N/A
Majority			328
	Labour hold		Swing

Darwen East[]

Darwen East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katrina Shepherd	678	38.2	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Davies	634	35.7	-10.4
	Conservative	Ryan Slater	329	18.5	+5.7
	Independent	Sue Prynn	136	7.7	N/A
Majority			44	2.5	N/A
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Darwen South[]

Darwen South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Walker	1,037	54.0	+1.8
	Labour	Sarah Rose	509	26.5	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Huggill	374	19.5	N/A
Majority			528
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darwen West[]

Darwen West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Taylor	1,257	57.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Janine Crook	846	38.4	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diane McVee	101	4.6	N/A
Majority			411
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewood[]

Ewood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jon Baldwin	740	51.1	+10.0
	Labour	Ashley Whalley	709	48.9	-10.0
Majority			31	2.2	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Harwood and Whitebirk[]

Little Harwood and Whitebirk^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Patel	1,423	72.8	-4.4
	Conservative	Iain Sykes	533	27.2	+16.9
Majority			890
	Labour hold		Swing

Livesey with Pleasington[]

Livesey with Pleasington^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Russell	1,616	73.4	-2.7
	Labour	Michael Jackson	585	26.6	+2.7
Majority			1,031
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill and Moorgate[]

Mill Hill and Moorgate^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Gunn	724	54.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Rick Moore	612	45.8	+27.1
Majority			112
	Labour hold		Swing

Roe Lee[]

Roe Lee^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Liddle	1,165	59.0	-7.4
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	810	41.0	+7.4
Majority			355
	Labour hold		Swing

Shear Brow and Corporation Park[]

Shear Brow and Corporation Park^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hussain Akhtar	2,428	91.1	+37.9
	Conservative	Aaliyah Alli	237	8.9	-0.1
Majority			2,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensley Fold[]

Wensley Fold^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harling	1,698	87.8	-1.4
	Conservative	Helen Voegt	235	12.2	+1.4
Majority			1,463
	Labour hold		Swing

West Pennine[]

West Pennine^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Slater	1,507	60.0	+20.6
	Labour	Matthew Jackson	569	22.6	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	John East	437	17.4	+5.3
Majority			938
	Conservative hold		Swing

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