Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen scoreboard

2021 Labour hold, from 2019

Counting complete. After 17 of 17 seats declared.

Change compared with 2019

Labour
Councillors elected in 2021 total 11
Councillors elected in 2021 change 0
Councillors overall total 35
Conservative
Councillors elected in 2021 total 6
Councillors elected in 2021 change +1
Councillors overall total 14
Independent
Councillors elected in 2021 total 0
Councillors elected in 2021 change 0
Councillors overall total 1
Liberal Democrat
Councillors elected in 2021 total 0
Councillors elected in 2021 change -1
Councillors overall total 1

Posted at 20:17 7 May
'Bojo of Blackburn' gains Labour seat in town
Labour hold on in Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Chorley, but lose control of Rossendale.
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Posted at 16:40 29 Jan
Town bids for £25m to help with revamp
Plans include the restoration of Darwen's Victorian market and investment in ultrafast broadband.
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Posted at 17:30 18 Jan
Victorian tower's 'urgent repairs' approved
A £280,000 plan to stop further deterioration to Darwen's Jubilee Tower is backed by the town's council.
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Posted at 18:12 12 Oct 2020
Lancashire firms 'relieved to avoid' tougher rules
Lancashire avoids being subjected to the same Covid-19 lockdown rules as the Liverpool City Region.
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Posted at 17:14 8 Oct 2020
Town's tower landmark wins restoration grant
The 122-year-old Grade II-listed tower was built to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
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Posted at 18:46 4 Aug 2020
Local tracing launched as NHS 'not fast enough'
Blackburn launches a coronavirus tracing service to contact people NHS Test and Trace fails to find.
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Posted at 20:55 16 Jul 2020
Extra testing in Pendle to stop Covid-19 spread
Rise in coronavirus cases in the area is a "cause for concern", says council deputy leader.
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Posted at 12:35 15 Jul 2020
Blackburn facing 'rising tide' of Covid-19 cases
A health boss says the majority of new cases in the area are in the south Asian community.
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Posted at 21:18 14 Jul 2020
Blackburn brings in extra Covid-19 measures
Residents face tougher limits on visitors and are being urged to bump elbows instead of hugging.
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Posted at 12:20 13 Jul 2020
Warning over false pub closure tweets
A Twitter account is closed down after posting false tweets about pubs shutting in Lancashire.
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Posted at 12:51 9 Jun 2020
Lockdown park cricket tournament angers council
Some 200 people gathered as cricket matches were played in breach of social distancing rules.
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Posted at 13:38 7 May 2020
Lancashire ready to reopen waste recycling sites
Residents will need to book timeslots before turning up at Lancashire County Council's sites.
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Posted at 10:17 6 May 2020
'Mr Whippy' wants council ice cream van ban lifted
Mohammed Mulla believes the sound of ice cream vans' chimes will cheer people up.
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Posted at 12:46 20 Feb 2020
'Trailblazing' Asian women councillors deselected
By Rahila Bano
BBC Asian Network
Saima Afzal and Maryam Batan were the first female Asians to be elected to Blackburn council.
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Posted at 9:34 31 Jul 2019
Asian wedding shopping centre plans revealed
A former coach works site in Blackburn could become a £10m "Asian wedding shopping hub" under new plans.
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Posted at 11:26 26 Jun 2019
Superbike legend opens road named in his honour
Carl Fogarty has said it was a "huge honour" to officially open a road named after him in the racer's home town.
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Carl Fogarty Way forms the last section of a new £5m link road connecting the M65 Whitebirk junction to Blackburn town centre.
The four-time World Superbike Champion joked: "I usually get cats and dogs named after me - so it is a step up from that."
Blackburn with Darwen councillor Phil Riley said the authority wanted to pay tribute to one of the town's "local heroes".
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Posted at 15:06 25 Jun 2019
Blackburn with Darwen gets £300,000 to tackle child obesity
Blackburn with Darwen is one of five areas of the country to receive a share of £1.5m government funding to tackle childhood obesity.
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The council will get £100,000-a-year over three years to help it work with takeaways and restaurants to sell healthier food.
The plan will be to offer health, food and nutrition apprenticeships to teenagers aged 15 to 19.
Other areas benefiting from the cash include Bradford, Nottinghamshire, Lewisham and Birmingham.
The moves comes amid claims that the drive to tackle child obesity has stalled with a raft of measures stuck in Brexit backlog.
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Posted at 13:57 17 May 2019
Blackburn mayor unveiled in online video
Blackburn with Darwen Council have employed Premier League tactics by announcing their new mayor using a transfer reveal-style video.
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Councillor Jim Shorrock has promised to modernise the role for 2019/20.
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Posted at 15:27 3 May 2019
Tories lose slim grip on Pendle
The Conservatives lose control of a Lancashire council they were leading by only one seat.
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