Blackpool Borough Council elections are generally held every four years.

Blackpool Borough Council Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is a unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additiona ...

(which styles itself "Blackpool Council") is the local authority for the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 42 councillors have been elected from 21

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

Political control

From 1889 to 1974, Blackpool was a

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...

, independent from any county council. Under the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

Blackpool was reconstituted as a

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-m ...

, 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. Blackpool became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, regaining its independence 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 1991 have been:

Council elections

1973 Blackpool Borough Council election Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

* 1976 Blackpool Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) *

1979 Blackpool Borough Council election Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1983 Blackpool Borough Council election The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

1987 Blackpool Borough Council election File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

* 1991 Blackpool Borough Council election *

1995 Blackpool Borough Council election File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strik ...

1997 Blackpool Borough Council election File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; ...

(New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk
The Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 1997
Retrieved on 4 October 2015. * 2000 Blackpool Borough Council election *

2003 Blackpool Borough Council election The 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of the Unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council. Boundary changes had taken ...

(New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2) * 2007 Blackpool Borough Council election *

2011 Blackpool Borough Council election The 2011 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of the unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the ...

2015 Blackpool Borough Council election The 2015 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Blackpool Borough Council in England. All 21 wards of 2 seats each on the council were contested with newly elected members next due to serve a four-year ter ...

2019 Blackpool Borough Council election 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 Conserv ...

Borough result maps

File:Blackpool local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Blackpool UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Blackpool Council election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Blackpool local election map 2015.png, 2015 results map

By-election results

1997–2000

2000–2003

2007–2011

2011–2015

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Councillor Tony Lee

2015-2019

2019-2023

References

By-election results

External links

Blackpool Council
{{Blackpool culture Local government in Blackpool Council elections in Lancashire Politics of Blackpool Unitary authority elections in England