Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen	Cllr Derek Hardman, Conservative since 21th May 2021
Leader of the Council	Cllr Mohammed Khan OBE, Labour since 19th May 2015
Deputy Leaders	Cllr Phil Riley, Labour
	Cllr Quesir Mahmood, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr John Slater, Conservative
Chief Executive	Denise Park
Structure
Seats	51 councillors[1]
Political groups	Administration (33)   Labour (33) Other Parties (16)   Conservative (12)   Liberal Democrat (2)   Independent (2) Vacant   Vacant (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2021
Next election
Motto
Arte et Labore
Meeting place
Blackburn Town Hall
Website
www.blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. From 2020 to 2021, the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen was Cllr Iftakhar Hussain of the Labour Party. On February 15, 2021, he resigned after breaching COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Political control[]

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

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