2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

The 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

← 2019 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) 2022 →
17 of the 51 seats (one third) to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con LD Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 35 13 2 Seats won 11 6 0 Seats after 35 14 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 18,326 12,854 1,654 Percentage 55.4% 38.8% 5.0%   Fourth party   Ind Party Independent Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seats after 1 Seat change Popular vote 260 Percentage 0.8%
Winner of each seat at 2021 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Result summary

2021 Blackburn with Darwen Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11		64.7	24	35	68.6	18,326	55.4	+0.1
	Conservative	6	1	35.3	8	14	27.5	12,854	38.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.0	1,654	5.0	+1.8
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.0	260	0.8	-8.2

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

35	13	1	1
Labour	Conservative	LD	Ind

LD - Liberal Democrat
Ind - Independent politician

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

35	14	1
Labour	Conservative	Ind

Ind - Independent politician

Ward results

Audley & Queen's Park

Audley & Queen's Park^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tiger Patel	1,209	52.5	+26.0
	Labour	Maryam Batan	1,096	47.5	–17.5
Majority			113	15.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bastwell and Daisyfield

Bastwell and Daisyfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iftakhar Hussain	1,932	84.9	−6.0
	Conservative	Les Cade	344	15.1	+6.0
Majority			1,588
	Labour hold		Swing

Billinge and Beardwood

Billinge and Beardwood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Irfan	1,188	55.1	+6.9
	Conservative	Rizwan Shah	884	41.0	+10.4
	Independent	Ismail Patel	124	5.8	N/A
Majority			304
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackburn Central

Blackburn Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samim Desai	1,158	75.1	−6.6
	Conservative	Margaret Marrow	383	24.9	+6.6
Majority			775
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackburn South and Lower Darwen

Blackburn South and Lower Darwen^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Gee	1,140	70.1	+4.2
	Labour	Liz Johnson	487	29.9	−4.2
Majority			653	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackburn South East

Blackburn South East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Humphrys	720	59.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Ann Tolley	392	32.1	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Connor Plumley	108	8.9	N/A
Majority			328
	Labour hold		Swing

Darwen East

Darwen East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katrina Shepherd	678	38.2	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Davies	634	35.7	−10.4
	Conservative	Ryan Slater	329	18.5	+5.7
	Independent	Sue Prynn	136	7.7	N/A
Majority			44	2.5	N/A
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Darwen South

Darwen South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Walker	1,037	54.0	+1.8
	Labour	Sarah Rose	509	26.5	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Huggill	374	19.5	N/A
Majority			528
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darwen West

Darwen West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Taylor	1,257	57.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Janine Crook	846	38.4	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diane McVee	101	4.6	N/A
Majority			411
	Labour hold		Swing

Ewood

Ewood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jon Baldwin	740	51.1	+10.0
	Labour	Ashley Whalley	709	48.9	−10.0
Majority			31	2.2	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Harwood and Whitebirk

Little Harwood and Whitebirk^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Patel	1,423	72.8	−4.4
	Conservative	Iain Sykes	533	27.2	+16.9
Majority			890
	Labour hold		Swing

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Russell	1,616	73.4	−2.7
	Labour	Michael Jackson	585	26.6	+2.7
Majority			1,031
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill and Moorgate

Mill Hill and Moorgate^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Gunn	724	54.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Rick Moore	612	45.8	+27.1
Majority			112
	Labour hold		Swing

Roe Lee

Roe Lee^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Liddle	1,165	59.0	−7.4
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	810	41.0	+7.4
Majority			355
	Labour hold		Swing

Shear Brow and Corporation Park

Shear Brow and Corporation Park^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hussain Akhtar	2,428	91.1	+37.9
	Conservative	Aaliyah Alli	237	8.9	−0.1
Majority			2,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harling	1,698	87.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Helen Voegt	235	12.2	+1.4
Majority			1,463
	Labour hold		Swing

West Pennine

West Pennine^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Slater	1,507	60.0	+20.6
	Labour	Matthew Jackson	569	22.6	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	John East	437	17.4	+5.3
Majority			938
	Conservative hold		Swing