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 authorities of England, unitary authority, having the powers of a county council and district council combined. Political control Since be ...

(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 ...

of Blackpool in

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 Lancash ...

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

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 te ...

, independent from any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 Blackpool was reconstituted as a

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...

, with Lancashire County Council 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 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

(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 *1997 Blackpool Borough Council election (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 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2) *2007 Blackpool Borough Council election *2011 Blackpool Borough Council election *2015 Blackpool Borough Council election *2019 Blackpool Borough Council election

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 Blackpool Borough Council elections, Local government in Blackpool Council elections in Lancashire Politics of Blackpool Unitary authority elections in England