| Election Name: | 2019 Blackpool Council election |
| Country: | Lancashire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Blackpool Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Blackpool Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 42 seats to Blackpool Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Leader1: | Simon Blackburn |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats, 43.6% |
| Seats1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,940 |
| Percentage1: | 43.9% |
| Swing1: | 0.3% |
| Leader2: | Tony Williams |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 39.1% |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 24,241 |
| Percentage2: | 44.4% |
| Swing2: | 5.3% |
| Leader3: | Debbie Coleman |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Last Election3: | 0 seats, 0.3% |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,785 |
| Percentage3: | 6.9% |
| Swing3: | 6.6% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2019 Blackpool Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackpool Council in England.
Blackpool Council had been controlled by the Labour Party since 2011, which held a majority of ten with 26 councillors. The Conservatives were defending twelve seats, and independent councillors were defending four.
Blackpool Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.[1] [2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, 29 Labour councillors and 13 Conservative councillors were elected.
The Conservative Party held its seat in Warbreck ward following a March 2017 by-election.[3]
Following suspension by the Conservative Party, Colin Maycock left his party to sit as an independent councillor in November 2017.[4]
Follow complaints about comments he made at an event in March 2018, Ian Coleman resigned as mayor, left the Labour group on the council, and said he wouldn't stand for re-election.[5] His son and daughter-in-law, Labour councillors Gary Coleman and Debbie Coleman, left their party in June 2018 to sit as independents. Debbie Coleman had been deselected, and Gary Coleman had announced he wouldn't seek re-election.[6] The three councillors formed a new group called the Independent Blackpool Residents Group.[7]
Two Conservative councillors including former council leader Peter Callow were deselected by their party.[8]
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After the previous election, the composition of the council was:
| 29 | 13 | |
| Labour | Conservative |
Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:
| 26 | 4 | 12 | |
| Labour | Independent | Conservative |
Following the latest election, the current composition of the council is:
| 23 | 4 | 15 | |
| Labour | Independent | Conservative |
Incumbent councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Two sitting councillors—Debbie Coleman and Andrew Stansfield—are seeking election in different wards.