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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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