# 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

The 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.
The elections saw a gain of two seats by the Conservative Party from the Labour Party.
The resulting balance on the council after the elections was:
Labour 44
Conservative 16
Liberal Democrat 3
Independent 1

## Election Result

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Local Election Result 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63.64 | 58.2 | 20,649 | +**.**% |
| Conservative | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27.27 | 29.5 | 10,481 | -*.*% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 9.09 | 5.3 | 1,892 | -*.*% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4.8 | 1,692 | +*.*% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.2 | 783 | +*.*% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Summary of the 5 May 2016 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council :
| Parties | Parties | Seats | Previous | Net Gain/Loss |
| | Labour | 44 | 46 | -2 |
| | Conservative | 16 | 14 | +2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 64 | 64 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 46 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | I |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 44 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | I |
I - Independent

## Ward Results
### Audley

Audley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Saleem Kapadi | 508 | |
| | Independent | Raja Basharat Hussin Khan | 126 | |
| | Labour | Zamir Khan | 1587 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 31 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2334 | 39.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Bastwell

Bastwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sabir Esa | 492 | |
| | Labour | Shaukat Hussain | 2151 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2665 | 52.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Beardwood with Lammack

Beardwood with Lammack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Julie Margaret Daley | 1105 | |
| | Labour | Paul Mason | 660 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 16 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1781 | 39.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Corporation Park

Corporation Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tassy Fazal | 1821 | |
| | Conservative | Riaz Valli | 303 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2157 | 45.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Earcroft

Earcroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephanie Rose Brookfield | 399 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John East | 106 | |
| | Conservative | Lynn Perkins | 299 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 13 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 817 | 26.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Ewood

Ewood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jamie Groves | 841 | |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Sutcliffe | 285 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 16 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1142 | 25.05 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Fernhurst

Fernhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Slater | 791 | |
| | Labour | Donna Marie Talbot | 442 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29.8 | 1242 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Higher Croft

Higher Croft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Brooks | 309 | |
| | Labour | Don McKinlay | | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1206 | 23.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Little Harwood

Little Harwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Liz Lawson | 331 | |
| | Labour | Abdul Samad Patel | 1409 | |
| | Conservative | Ghulam Sabir | 162 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1921 | 40.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Adam Holden | 639 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Marrow | 1427 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 17 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2083 | 39.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Marsh House

Marsh House :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Madeline Allen-Holmes | 258 | |
| | Labour | Frank Connor | 558 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Huggill | 279 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Slater | 560 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1669 | 36.53 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Meadowhead

Meadowhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Keith Murray | 743 | |
| | Labour | Ashley Richard Whalley | 660 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1426 | 33.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Mill Hill

Mill Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Michael Longbottom | 309 | |
| | Labour | Carl Peter Nuttall | 702 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Marie Tolley | 152 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1169 | 30.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### North Turton with Tockholes

North Turton with Tockholes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Phil McDermott | 657 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Rigby | 692 | |
| | Labour | Diane Catherine Waddington | 274 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1631 | 46.87 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Queen's Park

Queen's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Faryad Hussain | 932 | |
| | Conservative | Imraan Valimulla | 239 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 32 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1203 | 29.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Roe Lee

Roe Lee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sylvia Liddle | 968 | |
| | Conservative | Maureen McGarvey | 727 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1714 | 37.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Shadsworth with Whitebirk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UKIP | Michael Andrew Madigan | 349 | |
| | Labour | Vicky McGurk | 876 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Rawlinson | 86 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1317 | 25.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shear Brow

Shear Brow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohmed Irfan Balapatel | 543 | |
| | Labour | Suleman Khonat | 1811 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 25 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2379 | 46.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Sudell

Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean Brindle | 145 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Davies | 741 | |
| | Labour | Kate Stirton | 478 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 11 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1375 | 30.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Sunnyhurst

Sunnyhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Travis Frain | 337 | |
| | UKIP | Ian Grimshaw | 279 | |
| | Labour | Peter Andrew Hollings | 1015 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ros Myers | 116 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 17 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1764 | 39.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dave Harling | 1392 | |
| | Conservative | Tariq Mahmood | 309 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 32 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1733 | 38.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Whitehall

Whitehall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joanne Sarah Birkner | 160 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Duncan | 267 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karimeh Foster | 650 | |
| | UKIP | Austin Molloy | 166 | |
| | Spoilt Ballots | | 14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1257 | 41.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |