Blackpool Borough Council elections

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Blackpool Borough Council elections are generally held every four years. Blackpool Borough Council (which styles itself "Blackpool Council") is the local authority for the unitary authority of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 42 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.[1]

Council elections

Blackpool County Borough Council (1904-1974)

Blackpool District Council (1974-1998)

  • 1973 Blackpool Borough Council election
  • 1976 Blackpool Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
  • 1979 Blackpool Borough Council election
  • 1983 Blackpool Borough Council election
  • 1987 Blackpool Borough Council election
  • 1991 Blackpool Borough Council election
  • 1995 Blackpool Borough Council election

Blackpool Council (1998-present)

Wards

The Borough of Blackpool is divided into 21 wards.[1]

Borough result maps

  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

1997–2000

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Marton By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 963 48.1 +0.3
Labour 878 43.8 −8.4
Liberal Democrats 162 8.1 +8.1
Majority 85 4.3
Turnout 2,003
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Waterloo By-Election 23 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 532 36.8 −1.7
Liberal Democrats 468 32.4 +8.3
Labour 447 30.9 −6.6
Majority 64 4.4
Turnout 1,447 30.8
Conservative hold Swing
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Ingthorpe By-Election 21 January 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 914 63.2 +1.5
Conservative 533 36.8 −1.5
Majority 381 26.4
Turnout 1,447 26
Labour hold Swing
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2000–2003

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Waterloo By-Election 7 June 2001[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Radcliffe 859 33.1 +1.7
Conservative John Herdman 833 32.1 −9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Coleman 696 26.8 −0.3
Independent Ann Edwards 208 8.0 +8.0
Majority 26 1.0
Turnout 2,596
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Brunswick By-Election 13 September 2001[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Cresswell 515 53.5 −9.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Bate 255 26.5 +26.5
Conservative Andrew Stansfield 135 14.0 −23.0
First Alliance Kenneht Coups 38 3.9 +3.9
Independent Charles Thomas 20 2.1 +2.1
Majority 260 27.0
Turnout 963 20
Labour hold Swing
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2007–2011

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Park By-Election 26 June 2008[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Collins 977 55.2 +28.1
Labour Roy Fisher 448 25.3 −8.1
BNP Les Joy 218 12.3 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Close 97 5.5 −8.5
UKIP Colin Porter 30 1.7 −6.7
Majority 529 29.9
Turnout 1,770
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Stanley By-Election 20 August 2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Kenrick 648 32.8 −28.2
Labour John Jones 602 30.5 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Hodkinson 332 16.8 +3.6
UKIP Colin Porter 203 10.3 +10.3
BNP Les Joy 192 9.7 +9.7
Majority 46 2.3
Turnout 1,977 36.4
Conservative hold Swing
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2011–2015

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Waterloo by-election 9 October 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Robertson 406 34.5 −5.3
UKIP John Braithwaite 372 31.6 N/A
Labour Kathy Ellis 347 29.5 −17.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Hodkinson 34 2.9 −10.3
BNP Jack Renshaw 17 1.4 N/A
Majority 34 2.9
Turnout 22.2 −12.4
Conservative hold Swing
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The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Councillor Tony Lee

2015-2019

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Bloomfield by-election 3 March 2016[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Hobson 450 57.6 +12.8
Conservative Tony Jones 150 19.2 −0.7
UKIP Spencer Shackleton 118 15.1 −10.0
Green Phill Armstrong 32 4.1 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Neil Close 31 4.0 +4.0
Majority 300 38.4
Turnout 781
Labour hold Swing
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Tyldesley by-election 29 September 2016[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Collett 535 48.3 +10.0
Conservative Moira Graham 297 26.8 −2.4
UKIP Kim Knight 238 21.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Hindley 37 3.3 −2.3
Majority 238 21.5
Turnout 1,107
Labour hold Swing
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Warbreck by-election 16 March 2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michele Scott 728 54.8 +17.5
Labour Ian Treasure 468 35.2 +6.2
UKIP Walter Cairns 75 5.6 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Kevan Benfold 57 4.3 −2.8
Majority 260 19.6
Turnout 1,328
Conservative hold Swing
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2019-2023

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Highfield by-election 6 May 2021[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bradley Mitchell 982 54.9 +6.0
Labour Christine Wright 498 27.8 −23.3
Independent Rob Wynne 192 10.7 +10.7
Green Becky Daniels 55 3.1 +3.1
Reform Kim Knight 40 2.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene 22 1.2 +1.2
Majority 484 27.1
Turnout 1,789
Conservative hold Swing
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Norbreck by-election 6 May 2021[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Sloman 963 50.6 +18.9
Independent Pam Haslam 480 25.2 +25.2
Labour Julie Jones 378 19.9 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Jowitt 82 4.3 −6.0
Majority 483 25.4
Turnout 1,903
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
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Greenlands by-election 17 November 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Wright 550 48.0 −0.1
Conservative Jane Warne 518 45.2 −6.7
Liberal Democrats Kev Benfold 77 6.7 +6.7
Majority 32 2.8
Turnout 1,145
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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2023-2027

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Marton by-election 3 October 2024[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jim O'Neill 462 38.8 +29.4
Labour Sam Benson 334 28.0 −23.1
Conservative Neil Harvey 254 21.3 −18.2
Independent Andrew Stansfield 84 7.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Bill Greene 33 2.8 +2.8
Green Ben Thomas 25 2.1 +2.1
Majority 128 10.7
Turnout 1,192
Reform gain from Labour Swing
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Andrew Stansfield stood as a Conservative in the 2023 election, receiving 40.0%.

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Bispham by-election 7 November 2024[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joel McKevitt 436 31.5 −16.6
Reform William Banks 424 30.7 +30.7
Conservative Lynda Watson 314 22.7 −29.2
Independent Rick Scott 148 10.7 +10.7
Green Ben Thomas 36 2.6 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Kevan Benfold 24 1.7 +1.7
Majority 12 0.9
Turnout 1,382
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Greenlands by-election 18 December 2025[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jonathan Morgan 587 44.4 +38.3
Conservative Rick Scott 299 22.6 −17.2
Labour Hattie Tollerson 289 21.9 −22.7
Green Brenden Wilkinson 79 6.0 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Kev Benfold 45 3.4 +3.4
Independent Jayden Gaskin 22 1.7 +1.7
Majority 288 21.8
Turnout 1,321
Reform gain from Labour Swing
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