| Election Name: | 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 22 council seats |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Turnout: |
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| Leader1: | Mohammed Khan |
| Leader Since1: | 2015 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 53.9% |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,649 |
| Percentage1: | 58.2% |
| Swing1: |
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| Leader2: | Mike Lee |
| Leader Since2: | 2009 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 34.4% |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,481 |
| Percentage2: | 29.5% |
| Swing2: |
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| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: |
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| Seats3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,892 |
| Percentage3: | 5.3% |
| Swing3: | % |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
| 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
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
|-!colspan=2|Parties!Seats!Previous!Net
Gain/Loss|-| |44||46||-2|-| |16||14||+2|-| |3||3||0|-||align=left|Independent|1||1||0|-!colspan=2|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 |