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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Darwen Town Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darwen_Town_Council_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Darwen_Town_Council_Logo.png/250px-Darwen_Town_Council_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Darwen_Town_Council_Logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">Parish council</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2 April 2009<span class="noprint">; 15 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2009-04-02</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-founded_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founded-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Stephanie Brookfield, <br />(<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>) </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Leader</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Jonathan Hamer, <br />(<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>) </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Clerk</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Rebecca Hay, <br />(non-political post) </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">13 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/250px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/375px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/500px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> Labour Party: 12 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> Conservative Party: 1 seat</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Whole council elected every four years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 May 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">TBA</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg/220px-Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg/330px-Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg/440px-Darwen_Town_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Darwen_Town_Hall" title="Darwen Town Hall">Darwen Town Hall</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://darwen-council.co.uk/">darwen-council<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Darwen Town Council</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">parish council</a> covering the town of <a href="/wiki/Darwen" title="Darwen">Darwen</a>, England. It serves 27,200 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council has its headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Darwen_Town_Hall" title="Darwen Town Hall">Darwen Town Hall</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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%.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December, following the referendum <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council">Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council</a> approved the creation of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-reflect_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reflect-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the council was created on 2 April 2009 with the first election in June.<sup id="cite_ref-founded_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founded-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town council receives funding by levying a "<a href="/wiki/Council_Tax#Precepting_authorities" title="Council Tax">precept</a>" on the <a href="/wiki/Council_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Council tax">council tax</a> paid by the residents of the civil parish. The council runs events and projects to promote Darwen and also provide funding in the community for projects and parks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_control">Political control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #55aee6;" data-sort-value="For Darwen Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/For_Darwen_Party" title="For Darwen Party">For Darwen</a></td> <td>2009–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>2012–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2021–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At the first elections to the council in June 2009, the <a href="/wiki/For_Darwen_Party" title="For Darwen Party">For Darwen Party</a> took control, winning 7 seats, the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> won 4 and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> won one each.<sup id="cite_ref-reflect_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reflect-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2009results_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009results-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the second election in May 2012 For Darwen lost all their seats with Labour taking control with 8 seats to the Lib Dems 5.<sup id="cite_ref-reflect_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reflect-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2016 elections Labour won 7, Lib Dems 4 and Conservatives 2.<sup id="cite_ref-MayorTaylor_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorTaylor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 6 May 2021 election seats were as follows; 5 Labour, 4, Conservative and 4 Lib Dem.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the 2 May 2024 elections, Labour took back firm control by winning 12 of the 13 seats with the Conservatives winning the other remaining seat.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wards_and_Councillors">Wards and Councillors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wards and Councillors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2009, Darwen is served by a <a href="/wiki/Town_Council#England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Council">Town Council</a>, which since 2018 is divided into 4 <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">Wards</a>, 3 of which are represented by four <a href="/wiki/Councillor#United_Kingdom" title="Councillor">town councillors</a> and the other by one town councillor.<sup id="cite_ref-2024results_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Current town council </th></tr> <tr> <th>Ward </th> <th>Councillor </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Darwen East Ward </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dugan, Julie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Julie Dugan</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Gibson, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Matt Gibson</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="McCaughran, Martin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Martin McCaughran</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Westall, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Mark Westall</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Darwen South Ward </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dobson, Liam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Liam Dobson</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="O'Garr, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paul O'Garr</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Shaw, Anthony"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Anthony Shaw</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Skipper, Sue"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sue Skipper</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Darwen South Rural Ward </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Duncan, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Steve Duncan</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Darwen West Ward </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Brookfield, Stephanie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Stephanie Brookfield</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hamer, Jonathan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jonathan Hamer</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Smith, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Dave Smith</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Taylor, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Brian Taylor</span></span></span></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/220px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/330px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg/440px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> Labour: 12 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> Conservative: 1 seat</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024">2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_East">Darwen East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Darwen East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen East (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2024results_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Martin McCaughran </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Julie Dugan </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>719 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Matt Gibson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>688 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mark Westall </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>645 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Browne </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">477 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Davies </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">422 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ryan Slater </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">302 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,030 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_South">Darwen South</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Darwen South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen South (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2024results_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Anthony Shaw </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>947 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Sue Skipper </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>883 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Liam Dobson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>870 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Paul O'Garr </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>862 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kevin Connor </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">786 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Neil Slater </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">753 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lilian Salton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">729 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joan Hepple </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">689 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,547 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_South_Rural">Darwen South Rural</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Darwen South Rural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen South Rural (1 councillor)<sup id="cite_ref-2024results_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Steve Duncan </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>263 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Simon Charlesworth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">188 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">464 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.52 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_West">Darwen West</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Darwen West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen West (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2024results_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>David Smith </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,212 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brian Taylor </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,212 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Stephanie Brookfield </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,029 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jonathan Hamer </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>984 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacqueline Slater </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">419 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,868 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg/220px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg/330px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg/440px-UK_Darwen_Town_Council_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> Labour: 5 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> Conservative: 4 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;"> </span> Liberal Democrats: 4 seats</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021">2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_East_2">Darwen East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Darwen East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen East (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2021results_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Eileen Entwistle </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>853 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Davies </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>838 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Paul Browne </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>688 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mark Davies </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>666 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Martin McCaughran </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">663 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Liz Johnson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">569 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Simon Huggill </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">558 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Johnson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">550 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,524 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.78 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_South_2">Darwen South</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Darwen South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen South (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2021results_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kevin Connor </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,026 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Neil Slater </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,003 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Lilian Salton </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>988 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Andrew Walker </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>975 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sarah Rose </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">586 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matt Gibson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">572 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Laura Higab </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">518 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joan Hepple </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">426 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jude Rowley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">404 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,513 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_South_Rural_2">Darwen South Rural</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Darwen South Rural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen South Rural (1 councillor)<sup id="cite_ref-2021results_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>John East </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>425 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matt Jackson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">540 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwen_West_2">Darwen West</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Darwen West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Darwen West (4 councillors)<sup id="cite_ref-2021results_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>David Smith </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,171 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brian Taylor </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,113 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Stephanie Brookfield </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>990 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jonathon Hamer </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>923 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lynn Perkins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">735 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Janine Crook </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">883 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Toner </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">669 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ryan Slater </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">664 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #999999; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoilt">Spoilt Ballots</a> </td> <td class="fn">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,166 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mayors">Mayors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 95%;" border="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of mayors of Darwen </th></tr> <tr> <th>Tenure </th> <th>Name </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2009–2012</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Browne, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paul Browne</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorBrowne_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorBrowne-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2012–2016</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Entwistle, Eileen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Eileen Entwistle</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorEntwistle_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorEntwistle-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2016–2017</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Taylor, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Brian Taylor</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorTaylor_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorTaylor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2017-2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Davies, Roy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Roy Davies</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorDavies_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorDavies-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2019–2022 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Salton, Lillian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Lillian Salton</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorDavies_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorDavies-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MayorBrookfield_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorBrookfield-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2022–<i>present</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Brookfield, Stephanie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Stephanie Brookfield</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorBrookfield_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorBrookfield-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leaders">Leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 95%;" border="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of leaders of Darwen </th></tr> <tr> <th>Tenure </th> <th>Name </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2009–2010</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jones, Phil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Phil Jones</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #55aee6;" data-sort-value="For Darwen Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/For_Darwen_Party" title="For Darwen Party">For Darwen</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorBrowne_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorBrowne-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2010</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Maxfield, Trevor"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Trevor Maxfield</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #55aee6;" data-sort-value="For Darwen Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/For_Darwen_Party" title="For Darwen Party">For Darwen</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2010–2012</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Duncan, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Steve Duncan</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">2012-2017</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Maxfield, Trevor"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Trevor Maxfield</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorEntwistle_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorEntwistle-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2017–2024 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Conner, Kevin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Kevin Conner</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-MayorDavies_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayorDavies-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2024–<i>present</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hamer, Jonathan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jonathan Hamer</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darwen_Town_Council&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 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