Election Name: | 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Country: | Lancashire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2022 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of 51 seats to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Turnout: | 27.4% |
Leader1: | Phil Riley |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 36 seats, 60.3% |
Seats Before1: | 37 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Seats After1: | 39 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 17,949 |
Percentage1: | 63.0% |
Swing1: | 2.7% |
Leader2: | John Slater |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 13 seats, 32.4% |
Seats Before2: | 13 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 12 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,633 |
Percentage2: | 30.3% |
Swing2: | 2.1% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Phil Riley |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Phil Riley |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.[1] It took place on the same day as other local elections. Seventeen members of the council were elected, one from each of the wards. This set of seats were last up for election in 2019.[2]
Labour retained its majority on the council, making two gains in Darwen.[3] [4]
The 17 seats being contested were held prior to the election as follows:
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Browne[5] | Darwen East | 2019 | Liberal Democrats | 28 March 2023[6] | ||
Zainab Rawat[7] | Shear Brow and Corporation Park | 2019 | Labour | 28 March 2023 |
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2019. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor (*).
The Statement of Persons Nominated details the candidates standing in each ward. It was released on 5 April 2023.[8]