- Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2008
Elections to
Blackburn with Darwen Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.Election result
The party tallies before the 2008 poll were different from the results from the 2007 election. Arif Waghat was sacked from the Liberal Democrats in August 2007 and Michael Johnson quit For Darwen in March 2008. Both are continuing as independents.
In this first summary, "seats" represent the number of wards each party are defending.
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zamir Khan
votes = 1214
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 109
percentage =
change =Bastwell
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Parwaiz Akhtar
votes = 1351
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Rizwan
votes = 1582
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 131
percentage =
change =Beardwood with Lammack
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donna Bowlay-Williams
votes = 353
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila June Williams
votes = 1586
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 30
percentage =
change =Corporation Park
Previously won by Labour in 2007 with a majority of 305.Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shaukat Hussain
votes = 1082
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Abdul Rehman
votes = 1196
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 108
percentage =
change =Earcroft
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Moira Barrett
votes = 390
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Dunning
votes = 65
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vince Hitchen
votes = 233
percentage =
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party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Anthony Meleady
votes = 493
percentage =
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party = England First Party
candidate = Mark Waring
votes = 130
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 37
percentage =
change =Ewood
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Florence Oldfield
votes = 635
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Anthony Smith
votes = 638
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =Fernhurst
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Arkley
votes = 256
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = David Carter
votes = 112
percentage =
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party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Glenn Evans
votes = 143
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Slater
votes = 981
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 11
percentage =
change =Higher Croft
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Darren Jeal
votes = 396
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Kenyon
votes = 487
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Walsh
votes = 723
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 37
percentage =
change =Little Harwood
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Imran Khan
votes = 949
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Samad Patel
votes = 976
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 63
percentage =
change =Livesey with Pleasington
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Cottam
votes = 2060
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Whittingham
votes = 413
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 36
percentage =
change =Marsh House
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Connor
votes = 506
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Connor
votes = 491
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Gee
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Phil Jones
votes = 650
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 2
percentage =
change =Meadowhead
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Gerard Gordon
votes = 996
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Nuttall
votes = 642
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 26
percentage =
change =Mill Hill
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Dean
votes = 608
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcom Terence Doherty
votes = 676
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 48
percentage =
change =North Turton with Tockholes
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = England First Party
candidate = Nicholas Holt
votes = 173
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Mathews
votes = 220
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Kenneth Graham McIver
votes = 346
percentage =
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party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Steve Potter
votes = 74
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Rigby
votes = 854
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 16
percentage =
change =Queen's Park
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Faryad Hussain
votes = 756
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Salim Ismail Makda
votes = 722
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 80
percentage =
change =Roe Lee
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trevor Holden
votes = 177
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Joseph Law-Riding
votes = 1134
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phil Riley
votes = 434
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 22
percentage =
change =hadsworth with Whitebirk
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ron O'Keeffe
votes = 804
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Wilkinson
votes = 526
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 39
percentage =
change =hear Brow
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iiyas Akubat
votes = 1218
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Francis Kwasi Beeby Apaloo
votes = 144
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Solly Khonat
votes = 1449
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 136
percentage =
change =udell
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Heather Ashurst
votes = 636
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Browne
votes = 686
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Anthony Nuttall
votes = 282
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 28
percentage =
change =unnyhurst
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Andrew Graham
votes = 875
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David James Grogan
votes = 366
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pietro Sciambarella
votes = 124
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 808
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 23
percentage =
change =Wensley Fold
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dave Harling
votes = 1088
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Slater
votes = 424
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 55
percentage =
change =Whitehall
Previously won by ? in 200? with a majority of ?Election box candidate with party link
party = For Darwen Party
candidate = Margaret Binns
votes = 357
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Davis
votes = 88
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Karimeh Foster
votes = 778
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Lee
votes = 191
percentage =
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party = Spoilt
candidate =
votes = 46
percentage =
change =sequence
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