Blackpool Borough Council elections

The unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 42 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2007
Conservative	2007–2011
Labour	2011 – present

Full council elections

Blackpool Council election, 2000
Blackpool Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)^[3]
Blackpool Council election, 2007
Blackpool Council election, 2011
Blackpool Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-election results

1997–2000

Marton By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	963	48.1	+0.3
	Labour	878	43.8	-8.4
	Liberal Democrat	162	8.1	+8.1
Majority		85	4.3
Turnout		2,003
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Waterloo By-Election 23 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	532	36.8	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	468	32.4	+8.3
	Labour	447	30.9	-6.6
Majority		64	4.4
Turnout		1,447	30.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Ingthorpe By-Election 21 January 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	914	63.2	+1.5
	Conservative	533	36.8	-1.5
Majority		381	26.4
Turnout		1,447	26
	Labour hold	Swing

2000–2003

Waterloo By-Election 7 June 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Radcliffe	859	33.1	+1.7
	Conservative	John Herdman	833	32.1	-9.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

Brunswick By-Election 13 September 2001^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Cresswell	515	53.5	-9.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

2007–2011

Park By-Election 26 June 2008^[6]
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 Democrat	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

Stanley By-Election 20 August 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Kenrick	648	32.8	-28.2
	Labour	John Jones	602	30.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	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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By-election results

External links

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Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
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South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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Political control

Full council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997–2000

2000–2003

2007–2011

References

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