2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

{{Infobox election

| 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

| outgoing_members =

| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}

| elected_members =

| 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

| opinion_polls =

| turnout = 27.4%

| image1 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader1 = Phil Riley

| party1 = Labour Party (UK)

| leader_since1 =

| last_election1 = 36 seats, 60.3%

| leaders_seat1 =

| seats_before1 = 37

| seats1 = 14

| seats_after1 = 39

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote1 = 17,949

| percentage1 = 63.0%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 2.7%

| image2 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader2 = John Slater

| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)

| leader_since2 =

| leaders_seat2 =

| last_election2 = 13 seats, 32.4%

| seats_before2 = 13

| seats2 = 3

| seats_after2 = 12

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote2 = 8,633

| percentage2 = 30.3%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2.1%

| map_image = Blackburn with Darwen UK ward map 2023.svg

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map =

| map_caption = Winner of each seat at 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

| title = 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.{{cite web|url=https://blackburn.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/NOE-Borough-May-2023.pdf|title=Notice of Election|date=24 March 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23448910.local-elections-2023-every-candidate-standing-lancashire/|title=Local Elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Lancashire

|date=12 April 2023|first=David|last=Jagger|work=Lancashire Telegraph}}

Labour retained its majority on the council, making two gains in Darwen.{{cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23504195.double-darwen-joy-labour-party-makes-two-gains/|title=Double Darwen 'joy' for Labour as party makes two gains|first=Shuiab|last=Khan|date=5 May 2023|work=Lancashire Telegraph|accessdate=7 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=Local elections 2023: Labour narrowly fails to take control of Burnley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65468552 |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023}}

Background

The 17 seats being contested were held prior to the election as follows:

Labour: 12 defences (25 other seats)
Conservative: 4 defences (9 other seats)
Liberal Democrat: 1 defence (0 other seats)

Summary

=Election result=

{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2023 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|seats = 14

|net = {{increase}} 2

|seats % = 82.4

|other seats = 25

|total seats = 39

|total seats % = 76.5

|votes = 17,949

|votes % = 63.0

|plus/minus = +2.7

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|seats = 3

|net = {{decrease}} 1

|seats % = 17.6

|other seats = 9

|total seats = 12

|total seats % = 23.5

|votes = 8,633

|votes % = 30.3

|plus/minus = –2.1

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|seats = 0

|net = {{decrease}} 1

|seats % = 0.0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0.0

|votes = 1,440

|votes % = 5.1

|plus/minus = +1.8

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|seats = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|seats % = 0.0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0.0

|votes = 255

|votes % = 0.9

|plus/minus = N/A

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Independent politician

|seats = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|seats % = 0.0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0.0

|votes = 153

|votes % = 0.5

|plus/minus = –3.6

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK)

|seats = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|seats % = 0.0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0.0

|votes = 56

|votes % = 0.2

|plus/minus = N/A

}}

= Councillors standing down =

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" |Councillor

! scope="col" |Ward

! scope="col" |First elected

! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! scope="col" |Date announced

Paul Brownehttps://democracy.blackburn.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=463

|Darwen East

|2019

| bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democrats}}" width="1" |

|Liberal Democrats

|28 March 2023{{Cite web |title=Blackburn with Darwen Council's lone LibDem retires again|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23417098.blackburn-darwen-councils-lone-libdem-retires/ |first=Bill|last=Jacobs|date=28 March 2023|access-date=6 April 2023|work=Lancashire Telegraph|language=en-GB}}

Zainab Rawathttps://democracy.blackburn.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=465

|Shear Brow and Corporation Park

|2019

| bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" width="1" |

|Labour

|28 March 2023

Ward results

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.{{Cite web|url=https://blackburn-darwen.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-May-2023.pdf |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |date=4 April 2023|access-date=5 April 2023 |publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council}}

=Audley & Queen's Park=

{{Election box begin | title=Audley & Queen's Park{{cite web |url=https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-5-may-2023 |title=Local election results: 5 May 2023 |work=democracy.blackburn.gov.uk |publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |access-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214100351/http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-4-may-2023| archive-date=14 February 2024| url-status=live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Salim Sidat*

|votes = 1,213

|percentage =67.1

|change = +27.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Amin Kapida

|votes = 333

|percentage = 18.4

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Mahmood Tariq

|votes = 139

|percentage =7.7

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Rameez Mukadam

|votes = 109

|percentage =6.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Ahsan Bhatti

|votes = 14

|percentage =0.8

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 9

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 880

|percentage = 48.7

|change = +40.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,817

|percentage = 28.4

|change = –4.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}11.0

}}

=Bastwell & Daisyfield=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shaukat Hussain*

|votes = 1,666

|percentage =80.4

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ismail Ibrahim Bapu Patel

|votes = 406

|percentage = 19.6

|change = –4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 9

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,260

|percentage = 60.8

|change = +8.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,081

|percentage = 35.2

|change = –2.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}4.0

}}

=Billinge & Beardwood=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jackie Floyd*

|votes = 1,303

|percentage =62.0

|change = –2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Imtiaz Ali

|votes = 687

|percentage = 32.7

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tahir Mahmood

|votes = 110

|percentage =5.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 13

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 616

|percentage = 29.3

|change = –7.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,113

|percentage = 34.2

|change = –3.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}3.9

}}

=Blackburn Central=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mahfooz Hussain*

|votes = 1,043

|percentage =76.4

|change = +8.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ghulam Sabir

|votes = 220

|percentage = 16.1

|change = –4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Siama Bhatti

|votes = 103

|percentage =7.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 10

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 823

|percentage =60.3

|change = +13.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,376

|percentage = 22.1

|change = –3.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}6.5

}}

=Blackburn South & Lower Darwen=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Slater*

|votes = 839

|percentage = 56.0

|change = –4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Liz Johnson

|votes = 659

|percentage =44.0

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 8

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 180

|percentage = 12.0

|change = –8.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,506

|percentage = 26.3

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}4.0

}}

=Blackburn South East=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicky Ellen McGurk*

|votes = 722

|percentage =73.4

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Arnold

|votes = 262

|percentage = 26.6

|change = –0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 20

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 460

|percentage = 46.8

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,004

|percentage = 16.7

|change = –1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}0.3

}}

=Darwen East=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Matt Gibson

|votes = 828

|percentage =59.1

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mark Davies

|votes = 351

|percentage =25.1

|change = –1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ryan Slater

|votes = 222

|percentage = 15.8

|change = –2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 6

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 477

|percentage = 34.0

|change = +6.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,407

|percentage = 21.9

|change = –3.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|swing = {{increase}}3.2

}}

=Darwen South=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Nicholas Shaw

|votes = 848

|percentage = 45.3

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lilian Salton*

|votes = 764

|percentage = 40.8

|change =–5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Simon Huggill

|votes = 204

|percentage = 10.9

|change = –4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (UK)

|candidate = David Stephen Wilson-Parr

|votes = 56

|percentage =3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 2

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 84

|percentage = 4.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,874

|percentage = 28.8

|change = –1.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}}6.2

}}

=Darwen West=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephanie Rose Brookfield*

|votes = 1,196

|percentage =62.8

|change = –2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Janine Crook

|votes = 596

|percentage = 31.3

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Connor Plumley

|votes = 113

|percentage =5.9

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 15

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 600

|percentage = 31.5

|change = –3.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,920

|percentage = 30.8

|change = –3.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}1.8

}}

=Ewood=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jim Casey*

|votes = 740

|percentage =58.2

|change = –2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Rick Moore

|votes = 532

|percentage = 41.8

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 11

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 208

|percentage = 16.4

|change = –4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,283

|percentage = 20.8

|change = –2.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}2.2

}}

=Little Harwood & Whitebirk=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mustafa Ali Desai*

|votes = 1,222

|percentage =80.3

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Arshad Mahmood

|votes = 203

|percentage = 13.3

|change = –15.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ahmed Miah

|votes = 97

|percentage =6.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 12

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,019

|percentage = 67.0

|change = +24.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,534

|percentage = 25.3

|change = –6.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}12.3

}}

=Livesey with Pleasington=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul David Marrow*

|votes = 1,360

|percentage = 67.5

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael John Jackson

|votes = 655

|percentage =32.5

|change = –1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 11

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 705

|percentage = 35.0

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,026

|percentage = 31.5

|change = –1.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}1.5

}}

=Mill Hill & Moorgate=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Damian Talbot*

|votes = 765

|percentage =68.1

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Les Cade

|votes = 259

|percentage = 23.0

|change = –14.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Robin Field

|votes = 100

|percentage = 8.9

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 6

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 506

|percentage = 45.1

|change = +20.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,130

|percentage = 20.2

|change = –2.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}10.1

}}

=Roe Lee=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Phil Riley*

|votes = 1,182

|percentage = 67.4

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Carl Lever

|votes = 418

|percentage = 23.8

|change = –10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Paul Morley

|votes = 155

|percentage = 8.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 13

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 764

|percentage = 43.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,768

|percentage = 27.8

|change = –5.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}5.9

}}

=Shear Brow & Corporation Park=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Salma Patel

|votes = 1,536

|percentage =90.5

|change = –0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Zak Hussain

|votes = 161

|percentage = 9.5

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 18

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,375

|percentage = 81.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,715

|percentage = 27.9

|change = –5.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}0.4

}}

=Wensley Fold=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Quesir Mahmood*

|votes = 1,621

|percentage =90.1

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Marrow

|votes = 179

|percentage = 9.9

|change = –1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 14

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,442

|percentage = 80.2

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,814

|percentage = 30.2

|change = –1.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}1.1

}}

=West Pennine=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jean Rigby*

|votes = 1,192

|percentage = 51.9

|change = –4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Liam Dobson

|votes = 750

|percentage =32.7

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Spoilt

|candidate = —

|votes = 11

|percentage = —

|change = —

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = John East

|votes = 353

|percentage =15.4

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 442

|percentage = 19.2

|change = –4.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,306

|percentage = 37.4

|change = –1.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{decrease}}2.3

}}

References

Blackburn with Darwen

2023

Category:2020s in Lancashire