Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen	Cllr Iftakhar Hussain[1], Labour since 5th June 2020
Leader of the Council	Cllr Mohammed Khan OBE, Labour since 19th May 2015
Deputy Leader	Cllr Andy Kay, Independent[2]
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr John Slater, Conservative
Chief Executive	Denise Park
Structure
Seats	51 councillors[3]

Political groups	Administration (33) Labour (33) Other Parties (16) Conservative (12) Liberal Democrat (2) Independent (2) Vacant Vacant (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	5 May 2016
Next election	3 May 2018
Motto
Arte et Labore
Meeting place

Blackburn Town Hall
Website
www.blackburn.gov.uk

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[4]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2007
No overall control	2007–2011
Labour	2011–present

References

"Iftakhar Hussain speaks of pride as he is unveiled as new Mayor for Blackburn with Darwen".
"Blackburn council deputy suspended over 'anti-Semitic post'". January 22, 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
"Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
"Blackburn With Darwen". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hammersmith and Fulham	LGC Council of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Southend-on-Sea

Unitary authorities of England
Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Dorset Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local authorities in Lancashire
County council and unitary	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire
District councils	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Culture and infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen

Transport

A678 road Blackburn Bus Company Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn Boulevard bus station Blackburn Corporation Tramways Blackburn Transport East Lancashire line Lancashire Union Railway Ribble Valley line Witton Weavers Way
Railway stations	Blackburn Cherry Tree Darwen Entwistle Mill Hill (Lancashire) Pleasington
Disused stations	Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Feniscowles Lower Darwen Spring Vale Turton and Edgworth Wilpshire

Arts

Sport

History

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2004 06 07 08 14 15 For Darwen Party
Constituencies: Blackburn By-elections: 1869 1875 Darwen By-election: 1943 Rossendale and Darwen North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.