2006 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2006 on 4 May – the same day as other local elections in the UK.

Election result

Summary of the 4 May 2006 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council

Parties		Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	33	34	-2
	Conservative	15	17	-2
	Liberal Democrats	13	11	+2
	England First	2	?	?
	Independent	1	?	?
Total		64	64

Source: [1] [2]

Ward results

Audley

Audley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Lorgat	1,271
	Labour	T. Mahmood	1,090
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bastwell

Bastwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Ali	1,530
	Labour	I. Hussain	1,031
	Conservative	B. Law-Riding	206
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Beardwood with Lammack

Beardwood with Lammack

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hirst	1,504
	Labour	A. Whalley	432
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Corporation Park

Corporation Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Wright	803
	Conservative	J. Kenyon	635
	Liberal Democrats	M. Irfanullah	615
	Respect	I. Patel	272
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

East Rural

East Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Slater	699
	Labour	O. Ozkaracan	47
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ewood

Ewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Milburn	601
	BNP	N. Holt	491
	Conservative	J. Smith	445
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Fernhurst

Fernhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	England First		598
	Conservative		553
	Labour		304
	Green		156
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Higher Croft

Higher Croft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		659
	BNP		527
	Liberal Democrats		369
	Conservative		228
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Little Harwood

Little Harwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		811
	Liberal Democrats		459
	Conservative		428
	BNP		367
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,384
	BNP		527
	Liberal Democrats		400
	Labour		351
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Marsh House

Marsh House

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		799
	Conservative		563
	Labour		445
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Meadowhead

Meadowhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	England First		858
	Labour		584
	Conservative		527
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		727
	BNP		437
	Conservative		268
	Liberal Democrats		266
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		902
	Liberal Democrats		320
	Conservative		303
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Roe Lee

Roe Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,324
	Labour		568
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		758
	BNP		589
	Liberal Democrats		343
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Shear Brow

Shear Brow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,520
	Labour		978
	Independent		199
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Sudell

Sudell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		854
	Liberal Democrats		842
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Sunnyhurst

Sunnyhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		865
	Conservative		514
	Liberal Democrats		435
	BNP		296
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,221
	Liberal Democrats		509
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Whitehall

Whitehall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		902
	Conservative		329
	Labour		127
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wards

Corporation Park

Corporation Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Irfanullah	615	26.5%
	Conservative	James Kenyon	635	27.3%
	Respect	Ismail Ibrahim Bapu Patel	272	11.7%
	Labour	John Francis Wright	803	34.5%
Majority			165	7.1%
Turnout			2325
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing