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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.
[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.
On 16 October 2008 a referendum was held in Darwen on the creation of a town council. Of the 20,495 electors eligible to vote, a total of 4,198 took part in the referendum. The result of the referendum was as follows: 2,378 voted yes, 1,725 (8.42%) voted no, 95 ballot papers were rejected and turnout was 20.49%.
The 2016 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. [1] This was the same day as other local elections. The elections saw a gain of two seats by the Conservative Party from the Labour Party. The resulting balance on the council after the elections ...
The For Darwen Party was a local political party in Darwen, south of Blackburn, England, with a platform that Darweners were not properly represented on Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Founded in 2007, the party had three Borough Councillors following the May elections and five in 2008.
In the 2024 general election, Hussain beat the incumbent Kate Hollern of the Labour Party. [8] Hussain's election campaign had a focus on the 2024 Israel-Gaza war and was supported by a group 12 of independent councillors on Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council called 4BwD who had resigned from the Labour Party in opposition to its position on the war.
A rare but potentially fatal condition struck one family without warning during a vacation to Germany two years ago. And now, a heartbroken mom has gone viral on TikTok, opening up about losing ...
Darwen was a county constituency in Lancashire, centred on the town of Darwen. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election .