Blackburn with Darwen

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Borough of Blackburn with Darwen

Geography
Status:	Unitary, Borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 220th 137.01 km²
Admin. HQ:	Blackburn
ONS code:	00EX
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 124th 140,200 1,023 / km²
Ethnicity:	77.9% White 20.6% S.Asian
Politics
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Janet Anderson, Jack Straw

Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside.

It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Blackburn, from the County Borough of Blackburn, the Borough of Darwen, parts of Turton Urban District (chiefly the villages of Belmont, Chapeltown and Edgworth) and parts of Blackburn Rural District.

It was renamed in May 1997, in preparation for a split from Lancashire County Council. On April 1, 1998 it became a unitary authority. The authority borders with areas administered as Greater Manchester, and Lancashire.

The percent of Muslim population (19.4% or 26,674 people) is the third highest among all local authorities in the United Kingdom and the highest outside London.

1 Local elections
2 Economy
3 External links

[edit] Local elections

As of 2006, the borough is divided up into 23 wards, all with three councillors with the exception of Earcroft, Whitehall, and North Turton and Tockholes, which have 2 members, and East Rural which has one.

[edit] June 2004

2004 local elections heralded a shock result as Labour council leader Sir Bill Taylor lost his seat to Liberal Democrat Zamir Khan. "This morning as I was shaving I thought I could get beat and that is what happened", commented Taylor after the result. "I canvassed more for this election than for any other. I spoke to more than a thousand people on their doorsteps and was not given any suggestion there were any difficulties." Liberal leader Paul Browne blamed the defeat on dissatisfaction with British foreign policy in a largely muslim area: "Sir Bill has gone because of what has happened in Iraq. Simple." Only 63 of the 64 seats on the council were filled as the Earcroft ward bye-election took place a month after due to the death of Mayor Mike Barrat.^[1] Yusuf Idat was elected as an independent in Queens Park ward.

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**Summary of the 10 June 2004 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council**
Parties		Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	33	35	-2
	Conservative	17	15	+2
	Liberal Democrats	12	8	+4
	Independent	1	2	-1
Total		63	60

Source: [1] [2]

[edit] July 2004 bye-election

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[edit] May 2006

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**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: [3] [4]

[edit] Current council

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**Current makeup of Blackburn with Darwen Council**
Parties		Seats
	Labour	33
	Conservative	14
	Liberal Democrats	13
	England First	2
	Independent	2
Total		64

[edit] September 2006 bye-election

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[edit] Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Blackburn with Darwen at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added^[5]	Agriculture^[6]	Industry^[7]	Services^[8]
1995	1,496	3	755	737
2000	1,597	3	678	916
2003	1,785	4	647	1,134

↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
↑ includes hunting and forestry
↑ includes energy and construction
↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

[edit] External links

Blackburn with Darwen Communities : Free websites for local community groups
BlackburnWorld : the internet portal for Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn Business Net : News and Events for Blackburn with Darwen Businesses
Images Of Blackburn
North Turton Weather Station located at Edgworth, south Lancashire. Serving the community.

Ceremonial county of Lancashire

Unitary authorities: Blackpool | Blackburn with Darwen

Topics: Places | Parishes | Parliamentary constituencies

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