Election Name: | 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Country: | Lancashire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2022 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of the 51 seats (one third) to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Image1: | Lab |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 35 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seats After1: | 35 |
Popular Vote1: | 18,326 |
Percentage1: | 55.4% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 13 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Seats After2: | 14 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,854 |
Percentage2: | 38.8% |
Image3: | LD |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,654 |
Percentage3: | 5.0% |
Image4: | Ind |
Party4: | Independent |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 260 |
Percentage4: | 0.8% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
The 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
35 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | LD | Ind |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
35 | 14 | 1 | |
Labour | Conservative | Ind |