Local Election Results 2008
Blackburn with Darwen
One-third of council up for election. No election this year in East Rural.
Darwen = For Darwen
EFP = England First Party
Other results for Blackburn with Darwen:
2002
2004
2006
2007
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
By-elections for Blackburn with Darwen (may be incomplete): 21st November 2002 (Mill Hill)
— 15th July 2004 (Earcroft)
— 28th September 2006 (East Rural)
— 4th February 2010 (Queen's Park)
— 28th July 2011 (Beardwood with Lammack)
— 23rd July 2015 (Mill Hill)
— 15th December 2016 (Higher Croft)
— 23rd March 2017 (Higher Croft)
— 4th May 2017 (Marsh House)
— 8th June 2017 (Higher Croft)
— 17th November 2022 (Darwen S.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
15146 |
37.4% |
8 |
| Conservative |
11927 |
29.5% |
7 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8572 |
21.2% |
4 |
| For Darwen |
3228 |
8.0% |
3 |
| Green Party |
458 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
421 |
1.0% |
0 |
| British National Party |
396 |
1.0% |
0 |
| England First Party |
303 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Zamir Khan |
Lab |
1214 |
50.2% |
| Ash Hussain |
LD |
1102 |
45.6% |
| Saadat Ali |
Ind |
100 |
4.1% |
| Mohammed Rizwan |
LD |
1582 |
53.9% |
| Parwaiz Akhtar |
Lab |
1351 |
46.1% |
| Sheila Williams |
C |
1586 |
81.8% |
| Donna Bowlay-Williams |
Lab |
353 |
18.2% |
| Abdul Rehman |
LD |
1196 |
52.5% |
| Shaukat Hussain |
Lab |
1082 |
47.5% |
| Anthony Meleady |
Darwen |
493 |
37.6% |
| Moira Barrett |
Lab |
390 |
29.7% |
| Vince Hitchen |
C |
233 |
17.8% |
| Mark Waring |
EFP |
130 |
9.9% |
| Brian Dunning |
LD |
65 |
5.0% |
| Joseph Smith |
C |
638 |
50.1% |
| Florence Oldfield |
Lab |
635 |
49.9% |
| John Slater |
C |
981 |
65.8% |
| Barbara Arkley |
Lab |
256 |
17.2% |
| Glenn Evans |
Darwen |
143 |
9.6% |
| David Carter |
Grn |
112 |
7.5% |
| Dorothy Walsh |
Lab |
723 |
45.0% |
| Jim Kenyon |
C |
487 |
30.3% |
| Darren Jeal |
BNP |
396 |
24.7% |
| Abdul Patel |
Lab |
976 |
50.7% |
| Imran Khan |
C |
949 |
49.3% |
| Alan Cottam |
C |
2060 |
83.3% |
| Elaine Whittingham |
Lab |
413 |
16.7% |
| Phil Jones |
Darwen |
650 |
30.2% |
| Frank Connor |
Lab |
506 |
23.5% |
| Denise Gee |
C |
502 |
23.4% |
| Kevin Connor |
LD |
491 |
22.8% |
| Brian Gordon |
C |
996 |
60.8% |
| Carl Nuttall |
Lab |
642 |
39.2% |
| Malcolm Doherty |
Lab |
676 |
52.6% |
| Alan Dean |
LD |
608 |
47.4% |
| Colin Rigby |
C |
854 |
51.2% |
| Kenneth McIver |
Grn |
346 |
20.8% |
| Bernard Mathews |
Lab |
220 |
13.2% |
| Nicholas Holt |
EFP |
173 |
10.4% |
| Steve Potter |
Darwen |
74 |
4.4% |
| Faryad Hussain |
Lab |
756 |
51.2% |
| Salim Makda |
LD |
722 |
48.8% |
| Michael Law-Riding |
C |
1134 |
65.0% |
| Phil Riley |
Lab |
434 |
24.9% |
| Trevor Holden |
Ind |
177 |
10.1% |
| Ron O'Keeffe |
Lab |
804 |
60.5% |
| Simon Wilkinson |
C |
526 |
39.5% |
| Solly Khonat |
Lab |
1449 |
51.5% |
| Iiyas Akubat |
LD |
1218 |
43.3% |
| Francis Apaloo |
Ind |
144 |
5.1% |
| Paul Browne |
LD |
686 |
42.8% |
| Heather Ashurst |
Darwen |
636 |
39.7% |
| Nigel Nuttall |
Lab |
282 |
17.6% |
| Andrew Graham |
Darwen |
875 |
40.3% |
| David Smith |
Lab |
808 |
37.2% |
| David Grogan |
C |
366 |
16.8% |
| Pietro Sciambarella |
LD |
124 |
5.7% |
| Dave Harling |
Lab |
1088 |
72.0% |
| Mark Slater |
C |
424 |
28.0% |
| Karimeh Foster |
LD |
778 |
55.0% |
| Margaret Binns |
Darwen |
357 |
25.2% |
| Angela Lee |
C |
191 |
13.5% |
| Frank Davis |
Lab |
88 |
6.2% |
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