Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Brian Taylor,
Labour
since 16 May 2024
Phil Riley,
Labour
since 19 May 2022
Denise Park
since May 2019
Structure
Seats51 councillors
Political groups
Administration (29)
  Labour (29)
Other parties (22)
  4BwD (12)
  Conservative (9)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Motto
Arte et Labore
Meeting place
Town Hall, King William Street, Blackburn, BB1 7DY
Website
www.blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Since 1998 it has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Lancashire County Council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It is based at Blackburn Town Hall.