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		Votes
	England First	598
	Conservative	553
	Labour	304
	Green	156
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Higher Croft

Higher Croft
Party		Votes
	Labour	659
	BNP	527
	Liberal Democrats	369
	Conservative	228
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Little Harwood

Little Harwood
Party		Votes
	Labour	811
	Liberal Democrats	459
	Conservative	428
	BNP	367
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Livesey with Pleasington

Livesey with Pleasington
Party		Votes
	Conservative	1,384
	BNP	527
	Liberal Democrats	400
	Labour	351
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Marsh House

Marsh House
Party		Votes
	Liberal Democrats	799
	Conservative	563
	Labour	445
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Meadowhead

Meadowhead
Party		Votes
	England First	858
	Labour	584
	Conservative	527
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill
Party		Votes
	Labour	727
	BNP	437
	Conservative	268
	Liberal Democrats	266
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park
Party		Votes
	Labour	902
	Liberal Democrats	320
	Conservative	303
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Roe Lee

Roe Lee
Party		Votes
	Conservative	1,324
	Labour	568
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Shadsworth with Whitebirk
Party		Votes
	Labour	758
	BNP	589
	Liberal Democrats	343
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Shear Brow

Shear Brow
Party		Votes
	Liberal Democrats	1,520
	Labour	978
	Independent	199
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Sudell

Sudell
Party		Votes
	Labour	854
	Liberal Democrats	842
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Sunnyhurst

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

Wensley Fold

Wensley Fold
Party		Votes
	Labour	1,221
	Liberal Democrats	509
	Spoilt Ballots
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

Whitehall

Whitehall
Party		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