2026 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

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2026 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
17 out of 51 seats to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Phil Riley John Slater
Party Labour Independent Conservative
Last election 29 seats, 40.4% 13 seats, 34.7% 9 seats, 22.5%
Current seats 28[1] 14[a] 9
Incumbent Leader

Phil Riley
Labour



The 2026 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in Lancashire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2026 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 18
  Independent 11
  Conservative 5
  Reform UK 0
  Green 0
  Liberal Democrats 0

Incumbents

Ward Incumbent councillor Party Re-standing
Audley & Queen's Park Ehsan Raja Labour
Bastwell & Daisyfield Parwaiz Akhtar Labour
Billinge & Beardwood Tasleem Fazal Labour
Blackburn Central Zamir Khan Labour
Blackburn South & Lower Darwen Jacqueline Slater Conservative
Blackburn South East Jim Shorrock Labour
Darwen East Martin McCaughran Labour
Darwen South Kevin Connor Conservative
Darwen West David Smith Labour
Ewood Elaine Whittingham[b] Independent
Little Harwood & Whitebrik Sonia Khan Labour
Livesey with Pleasington Derek Hardman Conservative
Mill Hill & Moorgate Jim Smith Labour
Roe Lee Saj Ali[c] Independent
Shear Bow & Corporation Park Suleman Khonat[c] Independent
Wensley Fold Sabahat Imtiaz Labour
West Pennine Julie Slater Conservative

Candidates

References

  1. ^ Of the 13 Independent councillors before the election, 12 sat in the 4 BwD group and 2 were non-aligned.
  2. ^ Originally elected as Labour, but left the party to sit as an Independent.[3]
  3. ^ a b Originally elected as Labour, but left the party to sit as an Independent.
  1. ^ "Blackburn with Darwen Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Update on May 2026 local authority elections". mhclmedia.blog.gov.uk. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. 16 February 2026. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Bill (27 February 2026). "Blackburn Labour councillor quits party over toxic politics". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
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