Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire. It is a unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performin ...

is the local authority for the

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Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the industrial town of Blackburn and the market town of Darwen including other villages around the two towns. Formation It was fou ...

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. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 51 councillors have been elected from 17

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Political control

From 1889 to 1974,

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

was a

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, independent from any county council. Under the

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a larger Blackburn district was created, gaining the neighbouring town of

Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the sout ...

and several other rural parishes, and becoming a

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, with

Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It consists of 84 councillors. Since the 2017 election, the council has been under Conservative control. Prior to the 2009 La ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reformed borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. The district was renamed Blackburn with Darwen in 1997 and became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, becoming independent from Lancashire County Council. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan district Unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1993 have been:

Council elections

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2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK. Election result The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Wa ...

By-election results

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

2018-2022

References

By-election results

External links

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