2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election explained

Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.

Election result

The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Waghat was sacked from the Liberal Democrats in August 2007 and Michael Johnson quit For Darwen in March 2008. Both are continuing as independents.

In this first summary, "seats" represent the number of wards each party are defending.

This summary shows the picture for the whole council.

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Wards

Audley

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Bastwell

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Beardwood with Lammack

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Corporation Park

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Earcroft

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Ewood

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Fernhurst

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Higher Croft

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Little Harwood

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Livesey with Pleasington

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Marsh House

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Meadowhead

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Mill Hill

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North Turton with Tockholes

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Queen's Park

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Roe Lee

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Shadsworth with Whitebirk

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Shear Brow

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Sudell

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Sunnyhurst

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Wensley Fold

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Whitehall

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