Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor	Brian Taylor, ; Labour ; since 16 May 2024
Leader	Phil Riley, ; Labour ; since 19 May 2022
Chief Executive	Denise Park ; since May 2019
Structure
Seats	51 councillors
Political groups	Administration (29) Labour (29) Other parties (22) Independent (13) Conservative (9)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
	Arte et Labore
Meeting place
	Town Hall, King William Street, Blackburn, BB1 7DY
Website
	www.blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Since 1998 it has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Lancashire County Council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It is based at Blackburn Town Hall.

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^ "Council minutes, 19 May 2022" (PDF). Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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