Local Election Results 2004
Blackburn with Darwen
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Note:— The election in Earcroft was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Other results for Blackburn with Darwen:
2002
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
By-elections for Blackburn with Darwen (may be incomplete): 21st November 2002 (Mill Hill)
— 15th July 2004 (Earcroft)
— 28th September 2006 (East Rural)
— 4th February 2010 (Queen's Park)
— 28th July 2011 (Beardwood with Lammack)
— 23rd July 2015 (Mill Hill)
— 15th December 2016 (Higher Croft)
— 23rd March 2017 (Higher Croft)
— 4th May 2017 (Marsh House)
— 8th June 2017 (Higher Croft)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
17420 |
34.1% |
33 |
| Conservative |
15924 |
31.2% |
17 |
| Liberal Democrat |
11764 |
23.1% |
12 |
| British National Party |
2392 |
4.7% |
0 |
| Independent |
1979 |
3.9% |
0 |
| Green Party |
981 |
1.9% |
0 |
| England First Party |
552 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Zamir Khan |
LD |
1521 |
42.2% |
| Yusuf Jan-Virmani |
Lab |
1476 |
41.0% |
| Tahir Mahmood |
Lab |
1208 |
|
| William Taylor |
Lab |
1135 |
|
| Alfred Olaiya |
C |
604 |
16.8% |
| James Kenyon |
C |
542 |
|
| Parwaiz Akhtar |
Lab |
1241 |
43.9% |
| Mahfooz Hussain |
Lab |
1214 |
|
| Iftakhar Hussain |
Lab |
1097 |
|
| Salim Lorgat |
LD |
906 |
32.0% |
| Nazira Begum |
LD |
890 |
|
| Gulzamir Ahmed |
LD |
766 |
|
| Tariq Mahmood |
C |
683 |
24.1% |
| Fazel Choudhry |
C |
616 |
|
| Hamid Khan |
C |
591 |
|
| Sheila Williams |
C |
1930 |
79.4% |
| Michael Lee |
C |
1711 |
|
| James Hurst |
C |
1655 |
|
| Judith Moss |
Lab |
500 |
20.6% |
| Elaine Whittingham |
Lab |
372 |
|
| Dennis Baron |
Lab |
342 |
|
| Abdul Rehman |
LD |
884 |
30.9% |
| Beverley Law-Riding |
Lab |
790 |
27.6% |
| Paul McGurty |
C |
734 |
25.6% |
| Stephen Wiggan |
C |
705 |
|
| John Wright |
Lab |
705 |
|
| Masood Iqbal |
LD |
691 |
|
| Pamela Simon |
Lab |
686 |
|
| Joy Gateley |
LD |
576 |
|
| Ismail Patel |
Ind |
456 |
15.9% |
| Fred Slater |
C |
609 |
76.7% |
| Bernard Mathews |
Lab |
185 |
23.3% |
| Florence Oldfield |
Lab |
712 |
39.3% |
| Maureen Bateson |
Lab |
691 |
|
| John Mliburn |
Lab |
623 |
|
| Joseph Smith |
C |
580 |
32.0% |
| James Thompson |
BNP |
519 |
28.7% |
| Harold Slater |
C |
743 |
46.2% |
| Jacqueline Slater |
C |
719 |
|
| John Raseta |
C |
579 |
|
| Graham Carter |
Grn |
473 |
29.4% |
| Peter Dawson |
Lab |
392 |
24.4% |
| Michael Madigan |
Lab |
365 |
|
| Stephen Wolski |
Lab |
358 |
|
| Robin Field |
Grn |
291 |
|
| Dorothy Walsh |
Lab |
794 |
32.6% |
| Frederick Gollop |
LD |
736 |
30.3% |
| Andrew Kay |
Lab |
613 |
|
| Ashley Whalley |
Lab |
574 |
|
| Christopher Tattersall |
C |
469 |
19.3% |
| Linda Bufton |
Ind |
434 |
17.8% |
| Abdul Patel |
Lab |
836 |
36.2% |
| Frank Gorton |
Lab |
817 |
|
| Salim Sidat |
LD |
783 |
33.9% |
| Altaf Patel |
LD |
756 |
|
| Patricia McFall |
Lab |
737 |
|
| Bernard Miller |
C |
690 |
29.9% |
| John Blackall |
C |
681 |
|
| Michael Bamber |
C |
674 |
|
| Sajid Ali |
LD |
669 |
|
| Alan Cottam |
C |
1995 |
67.4% |
| Derek Hardman |
C |
1984 |
|
| John Williams |
C |
1744 |
|
| John Murphy |
BNP |
499 |
16.9% |
| Joan Doherty |
Lab |
465 |
15.7% |
| Henry Dickinson |
Lab |
384 |
|
| Maura Madigan |
Lab |
379 |
|
| Kevin Connor |
LD |
808 |
39.5% |
| Francis Connor |
Lab |
714 |
34.9% |
| Christopher Thayne |
LD |
689 |
|
| Brian Dunning |
LD |
638 |
|
| Janice Parker |
Lab |
571 |
|
| Francis Davis |
Lab |
534 |
|
| Julie Slater |
C |
522 |
25.5% |
| Lillian Salton |
C |
491 |
|
| Roger Salton |
C |
472 |
|
| Brian Gordon |
C |
747 |
30.2% |
| Maureen Rishton |
Lab |
717 |
29.0% |
| Ronald O'Keeffe |
Lab |
702 |
|
| Arthur Goss |
C |
668 |
|
| Edward Harrison |
C |
663 |
|
| Martin Talbot |
Lab |
585 |
|
| Mark Cotterill |
EFP |
552 |
22.3% |
| Nicholas Holt |
BNP |
457 |
18.5% |
| Malcolm Doherty |
Lab |
759 |
33.3% |
| Alan Dean |
LD |
655 |
28.7% |
| James Smith |
Lab |
520 |
|
| William Pickup |
Lab |
507 |
|
| Jessie Hickmott |
LD |
437 |
|
| David D'Arcy |
LD |
389 |
|
| Alistair Holyoak |
BNP |
377 |
16.5% |
| Marion Charnley |
C |
321 |
14.1% |
| Robin Evans |
Ind |
169 |
7.4% |
| Colin Rigby |
C |
1002 |
53.8% |
| Jean Rigby |
C |
1000 |
|
| Kenneth McIver |
Grn |
508 |
27.3% |
| Joyce Baron |
Lab |
351 |
18.9% |
| John Shaw |
Lab |
307 |
|
| Faryad Hussain |
Lab |
735 |
35.5% |
| Yusuf Sidat |
LD |
728 |
35.2% |
| Salim Mulla |
Lab |
679 |
|
| Dorothy Lee |
C |
605 |
29.3% |
| Douglas Makin |
Lab |
516 |
|
| Michael Law-Riding |
C |
1444 |
68.2% |
| Maureen McGarvey |
C |
1415 |
|
| David Pearson |
C |
1406 |
|
| Philip Riley |
Lab |
674 |
31.8% |
| Ronald O'Keeffe |
Lab |
588 |
|
| Shaukat Hussain |
Lab |
463 |
|
| James Blackburn |
Lab |
808 |
32.0% |
| James Shorrock |
Lab |
787 |
|
| Anthony Humphrys |
Lab |
733 |
|
| Anthony Dailly |
BNP |
540 |
21.4% |
| Denise Zahran |
LD |
435 |
17.2% |
| Margaret Carus |
C |
402 |
15.9% |
| James Murray |
Ind |
339 |
13.4% |
| Hussain Akhtar |
Lab |
1871 |
48.9% |
| Suleman Khonat |
Lab |
1587 |
|
| Michael Johnson |
Lab |
1560 |
|
| Imtiaz Patel |
LD |
1317 |
34.4% |
| Suleman Dudhia |
LD |
1238 |
|
| Mohammed Younis |
LD |
1214 |
|
| Abdul Matin |
C |
390 |
10.2% |
| Damian Brown |
Ind |
250 |
6.5% |
| Paul Browne |
LD |
1159 |
56.9% |
| Roy Davies |
LD |
999 |
|
| Eileen Entwistle |
Lab |
878 |
43.1% |
| Brian Morris |
LD |
851 |
|
| Derek Brindle |
Lab |
768 |
|
| Daniel Wilson |
Lab |
622 |
|
| David Smith |
Lab |
1215 |
45.0% |
| Nigel Nuttall |
Lab |
937 |
|
| David Hollings |
Lab |
931 |
|
| David Fenton |
C |
595 |
22.0% |
| Andrew Melia |
LD |
561 |
20.8% |
| Kevin Saint |
LD |
547 |
|
| Thomas Threlfall |
C |
501 |
|
| Anthony Melia |
LD |
480 |
|
| Anthony Meleady |
Ind |
331 |
12.3% |
| David Harling |
Lab |
1141 |
57.9% |
| Catherine Hollern |
Lab |
1091 |
|
| Mohammed Khan |
Lab |
1082 |
|
| Adalat Khan |
C |
447 |
22.7% |
| Ghazanfar Khan |
LD |
384 |
19.5% |
| Karimeh Foster |
LD |
887 |
60.5% |
| David Foster |
LD |
849 |
|
| John Starbuck |
C |
412 |
28.1% |
| Konrad Tapp |
C |
313 |
|
| William Corran |
Lab |
166 |
11.3% |
| Geraldine Parker |
Lab |
152 |
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