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[8] [9] Blackburn's borough status was transferred to the enlarged district, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Blackburn's series of mayors dating back to 1851. [10] The district was renamed Blackburn with Darwen in May 1997. [11] [12] The council became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.
The authority consists of four constituent members, one each from Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen councils and two from Lancashire County Council, two non-constituent members nominated by the twelve lower tier district councils beneath Lancashire County Council, and two associate non-constituent members appointed by the CCA itself.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections (17 P) Pages in category "Local government in Blackburn with Darwen" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. The borough includes the towns of Blackburn and Darwen plus a wider rural area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen , Feniscowles , Brownhill and Hoddlesden .
Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen in the county of Lancashire, England.It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, [3] although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district.
He was Mayor of the Borough of Blackburn from 1989–90 and was knighted in 2003 for services to local government. [1] From its creation in the late 1990s, Blackburn with Darwen was Council of the Year twice. He was approached to assume the role of Chair of 3rd Sector Lancashire to coordinate Lancashire's 4,500+ voluntary groups.
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The ceremonial county of Lancashire, which includes the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool, is divided into sixteen parliamentary constituencies - four borough constituencies and twelve county constituencies. Two seats cross the county boundary - one is shared with Cumbria and one with Merseyside.