Blackburn with Darwen local election candidates 2024 as voters prepare to head to polls

Ian Hughes

22 April 2024 at 9:36 am·2-min read

Voters are heading to the polls in Rochdale — Voters will head to the polls on May 2 -Credit:Getty Images

The local elections are almost here, and the people of Blackburn and Darwen are preparing to head to the polls.

Candidates will be standing in 15 wards across the borough. The polls will be open on May 2 from 7am until 10pm – and voters must take a suitable form of photo ID with them in order to cast their ballot in person.

Proxy votes can also be obtained in some circumstances – meaning someone else can vote on your behalf if you cannot make it to a polling station for a limited number of reasons.

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All the candidates standing in Lancashire local elections 2024

Across England, more than 2,500 council seats will be up for grabs in 107 local authorities. Mayoral elections are taking place in Greater Manchester as well as East Midland, Liverpool City Region, North East, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire, London and Salford.

May's local elections are the last big electoral test for all the political parties before the general election, which is expected to take place later this year.

The full list of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council candidates in May 2’s local elections is:

Audley & Queen’s Park – Lyall Ainscow (Conservative), Aadil Chopdat (Green), Faryad Hussain (Labour), Amin Kapadia (Independent)

Bastwell & Daisyfield – Ella Hardman (Con), Iftakhar Hussain (Lab), Rana Khan (Ind), Khurram Shahzad (Ind)

Billinge & Beardwood – Waqar Hussain (Ind), Reece Macauley (Con), Aadil Patel (Lab)

Blackburn Central – Terri Mahmood (Ind), Keith Murray (Con), Liyakat Patel (Lab)

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen – Denise Gee (Con), Liz Johnson (Lab)

Blackburn South East – Henry Arnold (Con), Riff Haworth (Ind), Tony Humphrys (Lab)

Darwen East – Paul Browne (Ind), Katrina Fielding (Lab), Ryan Slater (Con)

Darwen South – Steve Duncan (Con), Matt Jackson (Lab), Denise Morgan (Green)

Darwen West – Lilian Salton (Con), Brian Taylor (Lab)

Ewood – John Milburn (Green), Saraj Mohammed (Ind), Rick Moore (Con), Ashley Whalley (Lab)

Little Harwood & Whitebirk – Les Cade (Con), Ismail Esat (Ind), Tiger Patel (Ind), Naushad Surve (Lab)

Livesey with Pleasington – Mark Russell (Con), Isma Sajid (Lab)

Mill Hill & Moorgate – Julie Gunn (Lab), John Murphy (Con), Natasha Shah (Ind)

Roe Lee – Imran Ahmed (Ind), Sylvia Liddle (Lab), Helen Voegt (Con)

Shear Brow & Corporation Park – Hussain Akhtar (Lab), Muntazir Patel (Ind), Judith Pearson (Con)

Wensley Fold – Robin Field (Green), Dave Harling (Lab), Mags Marrow (Con), Iqbal Masters (Ind)

West Pennine – Simon Charlesworth (Lab), Neil Slater (Con)

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