2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2008 on 1 May along with all other local elections in the UK.

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	For Darwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
Labour	31
Conservative	17
Liberal Democrats	11
For Darwen	3
Independent	2
Total	64	64

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Saadat Ali	100
Liberal Democrats	Ash Hussain	1102
Labour	Zamir Khan	1214
Spoilt Ballots		109

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Parwaiz Akhtar	1351
Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rizwan	1582
Spoilt Ballots		131

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Donna Bowlay-Williams	353
Conservative	Sheila June Williams	1586
Spoilt Ballots		30

2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Audley

Bastwell

Beardwood with Lammack

Corporation Park

Earcroft

Ewood

Fernhurst

Higher Croft

Little Harwood

Livesey with Pleasington

Marsh House

Meadowhead

Mill Hill

North Turton with Tockholes

Queen's Park

Roe Lee

Shadsworth with Whitebirk

Shear Brow

Sudell

Sunnyhurst

Wensley Fold

Whitehall

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	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Shaukat Hussain	1082
Liberal Democrats	Abdul Rehman	1196
Spoilt Ballots		108

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Moira Barrett	390
Liberal Democrats	Brian Dunning	65
Conservative	Vince Hitchen	233
For Darwen	Anthony Meleady	493
England First	Mark Waring	130
Spoilt Ballots		37

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Florence Oldfield	635
Conservative	Joseph Anthony Smith	638
Spoilt Ballots		–

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Barbara Arkley	256
Green	David Carter	112
For Darwen	Glenn Evans	143
Conservative	John Slater	981
Spoilt Ballots		11

	Candidate	Votes
BNP	Darren Jeal	396
Conservative	Jim Kenyon	487
Labour	Dorothy Walsh	723
Spoilt Ballots		37

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Imran Khan	949
Labour	Abdul Samad Patel	976
Spoilt Ballots		63

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Alan Cottam	2060
Labour	Elaine Whittingham	413
Spoilt Ballots		36

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Frank Connor	506
Liberal Democrats	Kevin Connor	491
Conservative	Denise Gee	502
For Darwen	Phil Jones	650
Spoilt Ballots		2

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Brian Gerard Gordon	996
Labour	Carl Nuttall	642
Spoilt Ballots		26

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean	608
Labour	Malcom Terence Doherty	676
Spoilt Ballots		48

North Turton with Tockholes
	Candidate	Votes
England First	Nicholas Holt	173
Labour	Bernard Mathews	220
Green	Kenneth Graham McIver	346
For Darwen	Steve Potter	74
Conservative	Colin Rigby	854
Spoilt Ballots		16

Shear Brow
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Iiyas Akubat	1218
Independent	Francis Kwasi Beeby Apaloo	144
Labour	Solly Khonat	1449
Spoilt Ballots		136

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Faryad Hussain	756
Liberal Democrats	Salim Ismail Makda	722
Spoilt Ballots		80

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Trevor Holden	177
Conservative	Michael Joseph Law-Riding	1134
Labour	Phil Riley	434
Spoilt Ballots		22

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ron O'Keeffe	804
Conservative	Simon Wilkinson	526
Spoilt Ballots		39

	Candidate	Votes
For Darwen	Heather Ashurst	636
Liberal Democrats	Paul Browne	686
Labour	Nigel Anthony Nuttall	282
Spoilt Ballots		28

	Candidate	Votes
For Darwen	Andrew Graham	875
Conservative	David James Grogan	366
Liberal Democrats	Pietro Sciambarella	124
Labour	David Smith	808
Spoilt Ballots		23

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dave Harling	1088
Conservative	Mark Slater	424
Spoilt Ballots		55

	Candidate	Votes
For Darwen	Margaret Binns	357
Labour	Frank Davis	88
Liberal Democrats	Karimeh Foster	778
Conservative	Angela Lee	191
Spoilt Ballots		46