Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2007

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Elections to Blackburn with Darwen Council were held in 2007 on 3 May - the same day as other local elections in the UK.

Contents 1 Election result 2 Wards 2.1 Corporation Park 2.2 Meadowhead 3 References

[edit] Election result

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Summary of the 3 May 2007 local election results for Blackburn with Darwen Council

Parties		Seats	Previous	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	31	32	-1
	Conservative	17	15	+2
	Liberal Democrat	13	13	0
	For Darwen	3	1	+2
	England First	0	0	0
	Independent	0	1	-1
	Vacant	0	2	-2
	Total		64	64

[edit] Wards

[edit] Corporation Park

One councillor to be elected.

Corporation Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ajaib Hussain	704	30.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Jim Kenyon	609	26.1	-1.2
	Labour	Arshid Mahmood	1009	43.2	+8.7
Majority			305	13.1
Turnout			2334	47.87
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

[edit] Meadowhead

Two councillors to be elected.

Meadowhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Askew	247
	Conservative	Alan Howard Barry	761
	British National Party	Nicholas Holt	457
	Labour	Ron O'Keeffe	642
	Conservative	Konrad Jan Tapp	661
	Labour	Elaine Wittingham	590
Turnout			1857	42.69

[edit] References

• Election results - Blackburn with Darwen Council

Preceded by Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2006

Blackburn with Darwen local elections

Succeeded by Blackburn with Darwen Council election, 2008