Blackpool Borough Council elections

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Blackpool is a unitary authority in Lancashire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control[]

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1][2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1987
	No overall control	1987-1991
	Labour	1991-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997–2007
	Conservative	2007–2011
	Labour	2011–present

Council elections[]

Non-metropolitan district elections[]

• (New ward boundaries)^[3]

Unitary authority elections[]

• (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• 2000 Blackpool Borough Council election
• 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[5][6][7]
• 2007 Blackpool Borough Council election
• 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election
• 2015 Blackpool Borough Council election
• 2019 Blackpool Borough Council election

Borough result maps[]

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

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  2015 results map

By-election results[]

1997–2000[]

Marton By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		963	48.1	+0.3
	Labour		878	43.8	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats		162	8.1	+8.1
Majority			85	4.3
Turnout			2,003
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Waterloo By-Election 23 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		532	36.8	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats		468	32.4	+8.3
	Labour		447	30.9	-6.6
Majority			64	4.4
Turnout			1,447	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingthorpe By-Election 21 January 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		914	63.2	+1.5
	Conservative		533	36.8	-1.5
Majority			381	26.4
Turnout			1,447	26
	Labour hold		Swing

2000–2003[]

Waterloo By-Election 7 June 2001^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Radcliffe	859	33.1	+1.7
	Conservative	John Herdman	833	32.1	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Coleman	696	26.8	-0.3
	Independent	Ann Edwards	208	8.0	+8.0
Majority			26	1.0
Turnout			2,596
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brunswick By-Election 13 September 2001^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Cresswell	515	53.5	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Bate	255	26.5	+26.5
	Conservative	Andrew Stansfield	135	14.0	-23.0
	First Alliance	Kenneht Coups	38	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	Charles Thomas	20	2.1	+2.1
Majority			260	27.0
Turnout			963	20
	Labour hold		Swing

2007–2011[]

Park By-Election 26 June 2008^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Collins	977	55.2	+28.1
	Labour	Roy Fisher	448	25.3	-8.1
	BNP	Les Joy	218	12.3	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Close	97	5.5	-8.5
	UKIP	Colin Porter	30	1.7	-6.7
Majority			529	29.9
Turnout			1,770
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stanley By-Election 20 August 2009^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Kenrick	648	32.8	-28.2
	Labour	John Jones	602	30.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hodkinson	332	16.8	+3.6
	UKIP	Colin Porter	203	10.3	+10.3
	BNP	Les Joy	192	9.7	+9.7
Majority			46	2.3
Turnout			1,977	36.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011–present[]

Waterloo by-election 9 October 2014^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robertson	406	34.5	-5.3
	UKIP	John Braithwaite	372	31.6	N/A
	Labour	Kathy Ellis	347	29.5	-17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hodkinson	34	2.9	-10.3
	BNP	Jack Renshaw	17	1.4	N/A
Majority			34	2.9
Turnout				22.2	-12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Councillor Tony Lee

References[]

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

• Blackpool Council