Elections to
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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in June 2004 heralded a shock result as
Labour
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council leader Sir
Bill Taylor lost his seat to
Liberal Democrat Zamir Khan. "This morning as I was shaving I thought I could get beat and that is what happened", commented Taylor after the result. "I canvassed more for this election than for any other. I spoke to more than a thousand people on their doorsteps and was not given any suggestion there were any difficulties." Liberal Democrat leader Paul Browne blamed the defeat on dissatisfaction with British foreign policy, particularly in areas with high numbers of Muslim voters: "Sir Bill has gone because of what has happened in Iraq. Simple." Only 63 of the 64 seats on the council were filled as the Earcroft ward by-election took place a month after due to the death of Mayor Mike Barratt.
Sir Bill gets the boot in election shock
12 June 2004, '' Lancashire Evening Telegraph'' Yusuf Sidat was elected as an independent in Queen's Park Ward.
Election result
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Source
Wards
Corporation Park
Elected
*Arshid Mahmood (Lab) 790
*Paul James McGurty (Con) 734
*Abdul Rehman (LD) 884
Electorate 4617
Ballot Papers 2781
% Poll 60.23
References
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2004 English local elections
2004
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2000s in Lancashire