Blackpool local elections
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Blackpool Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
- Labour 1997 - 2007
- Conservative 2007 - present
[edit] Full Council Elections
Blackpool Council election, 2000
Blackpool Council election, 2003
Blackpool Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Marton By-Election 7 May 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 963 | 48.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Labour | 878 | 43.8 | -8.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 162 | 8.1 | +8.1 | ||
| Majority | 85 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,003 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Waterloo By-Election 23 July 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 532 | 36.8 | -1.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 468 | 32.4 | +8.3 | ||
| Labour | 447 | 30.9 | -6.6 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,447 | 30.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Ingthorpe By-Election 21 January 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 914 | 63.2 | +1.5 | ||
| Conservative | 533 | 36.8 | -1.5 | ||
| Majority | 381 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,447 | 26 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Waterloo By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 859 | 33.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative | 833 | 32.1 | -9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 696 | 26.8 | -0.3 | ||
| Independent | 208 | 8.0 | +8.0 | ||
| Majority | 26 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,596 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Brunswick By-Election 13 September 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 515 | 53.5 | -9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 255 | 26.5 | +26.5 | ||
| Conservative | 135 | 14.0 | -23.0 | ||
| Independent | 38 | 3.9 | +3.9 | ||
| Independent | 20 | 2.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Majority | 260 | 27.0 | |||
| Turnout | 963 | 20 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
