2007 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Results of the 2007 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2007 on 3 May – the same day as other local elections in the UK.

Election result

Summary of the 3 May 2007 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council

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

Ward results

Corporation Park

One councillor to be elected.

Corporation Park

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

Meadowhead

Two councillors to be elected.

Meadowhead

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

References

• Election results – Blackburn with Darwen Council