Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2007 on 3 May – the same day as other local elections in the UK.
Parties | Seats | Previous | Net Gain/Loss | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | 32 | -1 | |
Conservative | 17 | 15 | +2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
For Darwen | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
England First | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 1 | -1 | |
Vacant | 0 | 2 | -2 | |
Total | 64 | 64 |
One councillor to be elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ajaib Hussain | 704 | 30.2 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Jim Kenyon | 609 | 26.1 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Arshid Mahmood | 1009 | 43.2 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 305 | 13.1 | |||
Turnout | 2334 | 47.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Two councillors to be elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ray Askew | 247 | |||
Conservative | Alan Howard Barry | 761 | |||
BNP | Nicholas Holt | 457 | |||
Labour | Ron O'Keeffe | 642 | |||
Conservative | Konrad Jan Tapp | 661 | |||
Labour | Elaine Wittingham | 590 | |||
Turnout | 1857 | 42.69 |