Election Name: | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Election, 2018 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
Previous Election: | 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 51 council seats |
Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
Turnout: | % |
Leader1: | Mohammed Khan |
Leader Since1: | 2015 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 58.2% |
Seats1: | 37 |
Seat Change1: | Boundary Changes |
Popular Vote1: | 59,068 |
Percentage1: | 59.52% |
Swing1: | % |
Leader2: | John Slater |
Leader Since2: | 2016 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 29.5% |
Seats2: | 13 |
Seat Change2: | Boundary Changes |
Popular Vote2: | 33.962 |
Percentage2: | 34.22% |
Swing2: | % |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 5.3% |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | Boundary Changes |
Popular Vote3: | 3,223 |
Percentage3: | 3.25% |
Swing3: | % |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2018 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections.
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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
44 | 16 | 3 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD | I |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
37 | 13 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD |
All results are listed below:[2]