Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Council elections

Mill Hill By-Election 21 November 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Robin Evans	578	32.1	+32.1
	Labour	Gail Barton	562	31.2	−16.3
	Liberal Democrats	David D'Arcy	505	28.1	−24.4
	Conservative	Karl Turner	154	8.6	+8.6
Majority			16	0.9
Turnout			1,799	39.4
	BNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Earcroft By-Election 15 July 2004 (2)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Moira Barrett	492	20.4%
	Labour	Francis Davis	443	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	John East	300	12.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Melia	277	11.4%
	Conservative	Julie Slater	212	8.7%
	Conservative	Konrad Tapp	201	8.3%
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	133	5.5%
	Independent	Sam Stone	114	4.7%
	Independent	Trevor Maxfield	109	4.5%
	BNP	Anthony Dailly	106	4.3%
	British National Socialist Party	Robin Evans	14	0.5%
	British National Socialist Party	Natalia Finn	10	0.4%
Turnout			2,411	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

East Rural By-Election 28 September 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julie Slater	209	28.1	+28.1
	Conservative	John Raseta	201	27.0	−66.7
	England First	Stephen Hart	99	13.3	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning	91	12.2	+12.2
	Labour	Stella McLennan	75	10.1	+3.8
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	70	9.4	+9.4
Majority			8	1.1
Turnout			745	46.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Queens Park By-Election 4 February 2010^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mustafa Desai	638	54.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Imtiaz Patel	366	31.1	−17.8
	Conservative	Asghar Ali	174	14.8	+14.8
Majority			272	23.1
Turnout			1,178	28.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Beardwood with Lammack By-Election 28 July 2011^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Daley	1,097	63.8	+3.4
	Labour	Ashley Whalley	572	33.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Salim Lorgat	51	3.0	−3.4
Majority			525	30.5
Turnout			1,720
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill By-Election 23 July 2015^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Nuttall	505	58.8	+9.0
	UKIP	Michael Longbottom	179	20.8	−7.6
	Conservative	Helen Tolley	106	12.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean	69	8.0	+3.4
Majority			326	38.0
Turnout			859
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 15 December 2016^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Johnson	435	58.2	−15.7
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	187	25.0	+25.0
	Conservative	Maureen McGarvey	125	16.7	−9.4
Majority			248	33.2
Turnout			747
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 23 March 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Holden	446	59.6	−14.3
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	169	22.6	+22.6
	Conservative	Maureen McGarvey	133	17.8	−8.3
Majority			277	37.0
Turnout			748
	Labour hold		Swing

Marsh House By-Election 4 May 2017^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Perkins	748	41.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Browne	580	32.2	+15.3
	Labour	Kieran Richards	474	26.3	−7.4
Majority			168	9.3
Turnout			1,802
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Higher Croft By-Election 8 June 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Gibson	1,579	57.6	−16.3
	Conservative	Ann Tolley	818	29.9	+3.8
	UKIP	Ian Grimshaw	343	12.5	+12.5
Majority			761	27.8
Turnout			2,740
	Labour hold		Swing

Darwen South By-Election 17 November 2022^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Jackson	569	44.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Janine Crook	562	44.3	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Davies	137	10.8	−4.9
Majority			7	0.6
Turnout			1,271	19.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing