Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: all 51 councillors
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has 51 councillors on the official list. The largest group is Labour, with 20 of the 51 seats. Every name below comes from the council's own published list: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy).
See Blackburn with Darwen: local statistics and who has power over Blackburn with Darwen, from the council up to the G20.
Seats by party
- Labour: 20 councillors
- 4 BwD: 15 councillors
- Reform UK: 9 councillors
- Conservative: 5 councillors
- Independent: 2 councillors
Leaders and post holders
- Jackie Floyd (Labour): Executive Member (Adult Social Care and Health)
- Zamir Khan (Labour): Executive Member (Digital and Customer Services)
- Daniel Matchett (Reform UK): Leader of Reform UK
- John Slater (Conservative): Leader of the Conservative Group
- Vicky Ellen McGurk (Labour): Executive Member (Finance and Governance)
- Matthew Jackson (Labour): Executive Member (Housing Needs and Public Health)
- Jim Casey (Labour): Executive Member (Environment and Operations)
- Mustafa Desai (4 BwD): Leader of 4 BwD
- Julie Louise Gunn (Labour): Deputy Leader and Executive Member (Children, Young People and Education)
- Phil Riley (Labour): Leader of the Council
- Quesir Mahmood (Labour): Deputy Leader and Executive Member (Growth and Development)
Every councillor, by ward
| Ward | Name | Party | Posts | Term began | Official contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audley & Queens Park | Aadil Chopdat official profile | 4 BwD | 11 May 2026 | aadil.chopdat@blackburn.gov.uk 07483311097 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Audley & Queens Park | Amin Kapadia official profile | 4 BwD | amin.kapadia@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412953 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Audley & Queens Park | Salim Sidat official profile | 4 BwD | salim.sidat@blackburn.gov.uk 07973 657542 C/O Democratic Services, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Bastwell and Daisyfield | Rana Gulistan Khan official profile | 4 BwD | rana.khan@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412935 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Bastwell and Daisyfield | Shakeel Choudhry official profile | 4 BwD | 11 May 2026 | shakeel.choudhry@blackburn.gov.uk 074835 00410 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Bastwell and Daisyfield | Shaukat Hussain official profile | Labour | shaukat.hussain@blackburn.gov.uk 07846 459709 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Billinge and Beardwood | Jackie Floyd official profile | Labour | Executive Member (Adult Social Care and Health) | jackie.floyd@blackburn.gov.uk 07505142427 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Billinge and Beardwood | Tasleem Fazal official profile | 4 BwD | tasleem.fazal@blackburn.gov.uk 07824 511889 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Billinge and Beardwood | Waqar Hussain official profile | 4 BwD | waqar.hussain@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412936 c/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Blackburn Central | Mahfooz Hussain official profile | Labour | mahfooz.hussain@blackburn.gov.uk 07779146411 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Blackburn Central | Terri Mahmood official profile | 4 BwD | terri.mahmood@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412970 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Blackburn Central | Zamir Khan official profile | Labour | Executive Member (Digital and Customer Services) | Zamir.Khan@blackburn.gov.uk 07974 688569 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Blackburn South and Lower Darwen | Daniel Matchett official profile | Reform UK | Leader of Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Daniel.Matchett@blackburn.gov.uk 07572 741355 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY |
| Blackburn South and Lower Darwen | John Slater official profile | Conservative | Leader of the Conservative Group | john.slater@blackburn.gov.uk 01254 775743 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Blackburn South and Lower Darwen | Liz Johnson official profile | Labour | liz.johnson@blackburn.gov.uk 07811788842 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Blackburn South East | Andy Mahon official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Andy.Mahon@blackburn.gov.uk 07483718953 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Blackburn South East | Tony Humphrys official profile | Labour | 7 May 2021 | tony.humphrys@blackburn.gov.uk 01254 260256 07759629361 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Blackburn South East | Vicky Ellen McGurk official profile | Labour | Executive Member (Finance and Governance) | vicky.mcgurk@blackburn.gov.uk 07830 444762 07830444762 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen East | Christine Dawson official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Christine.Dawson@blackburn.gov.uk 074831 03413 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen East | Katrina Louise Fielding official profile | Labour | 7 May 2021 | katrina.fielding@blackburn.gov.uk 07976070862 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen East | Matt Gibson official profile | Labour | matt.gibson@blackburn.gov.uk 07974858176 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Darwen South | Anthony Shaw official profile | Labour | anthony.shaw@blackburn.gov.uk 07855963697 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Old Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Darwen South | Bradley Langford official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Bradley.Langford@blackburn.gov.uk 078603 57119 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen South | Matthew Jackson official profile | Labour | Executive Member (Housing Needs and Public Health) | 07786 320724 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen West | Brian Taylor official profile | Labour | brian.taylor@blackburn.gov.uk 01254 702204 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Darwen West | Janine Crook official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | janine.crook@blackburn.gov.uk 07903412974 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Darwen West | Stephanie Rose Brookfield official profile | Labour | stephanie.brookfield@blackburn.gov.uk 07795087577 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Ewood | Ashley Whalley official profile | Labour | ashley.whalley@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412928 c/o Democratic Services, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Ewood | Jim Casey official profile | Labour | Executive Member (Environment and Operations) | jim.casey@blackburn.gov.uk 01254 368346 Home: c/o Democratic Services, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | |
| Ewood | John Clayton official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | john.clayton@blackburn.gov.uk 0744812124 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Little Harwood and Whitebirk | Altaf Ibrahim Patel official profile | Independent | 7 May 2021 | altaf.patel@blackburn.gov.uk 07398089671 c/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Little Harwood and Whitebirk | Haroon Khan official profile | 4 BwD | 11 May 2026 | Haroon.Khan@blackburn.gov.uk 07483500397 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Little Harwood and Whitebirk | Mustafa Desai official profile | 4 BwD | Leader of 4 BwD | 3 May 2019 | mustafa.desai@blackburn.gov.uk 07812 488 962 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY |
| Livesey with Pleasington | Helen Voegt official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Helen.Voegt@blackburn.gov.uk 07483 103428 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Livesey with Pleasington | Mark Russell official profile | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | mark.russell@blackburn.gov.uk 07890 031354 c/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Livesey with Pleasington | Paul David Marrow official profile | Conservative | paul.marrow@blackburn.gov.uk 07817 673454 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Mill Hill and Moorgate | Damian Talbot official profile | Labour | damian.talbot@blackburn.gov.uk 07890 707101 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Mill Hill and Moorgate | Julie Louise Gunn official profile | Labour | Deputy Leader and Executive Member (Children, Young People and Education) | julie.gunn@blackburn.gov.uk 07930 565339 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | |
| Mill Hill and Moorgate | Stephen Hartley official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | Stephen.Hartley@blackburn.gov.uk 07483718959 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Roe Lee | Imran Ahmed official profile | Independent | cllrimran.ahmed@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412920 Home: C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Roe Lee | Phil Riley official profile | Labour | Leader of the Council | phil.riley@blackburn.gov.uk 01254 260468 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY Home: 46 Pleckgate road, Blackburn, BB1 8NZ | |
| Roe Lee | Saj Ali official profile | 4 BwD | sajid.ali@blackburn.gov.uk 07890436699 c/o Democratic Services, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | ||
| Shear Brow and Corporation Park | Hussain Akhtar official profile | Labour | 11 May 2026 | Hussain.Akhtar@blackburn.gov.uk 07887958209 Home: C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Shear Brow and Corporation Park | Muntazir Patel official profile | 4 BwD | muntazir.patel@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412919 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Shear Brow and Corporation Park | Salma Patel official profile | 4 BwD | salma.patel@blackburn.gov.uk 07738963586 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Wensley Fold | Iqbal Masters official profile | 4 BwD | iqbal.masters@blackburn.gov.uk 07484412945 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| Wensley Fold | Mohmed Patel official profile | 4 BwD | 11 May 2026 | Mohmed.Patel@blackburn.gov.uk C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| Wensley Fold | Quesir Mahmood official profile | Labour | Deputy Leader and Executive Member (Growth and Development) | quesir.mahmood@blackburn.gov.uk 07810852585 c/o Democratic Services, Floor 2, Town Hall, Blackburn, BB1 7DY | |
| West Pennine | Angela Crane official profile | Reform UK | 11 May 2026 | angela.crane@blackburn.gov.uk 074831 03414 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | |
| West Pennine | Jean Rigby official profile | Conservative | jean.rigby@blackburn.gov.uk 07970098944 c/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY | ||
| West Pennine | Neil Andrew Slater official profile | Conservative | neil.slater@blackburn.gov.uk 07568102285 C/o Democratic Services, Blackburn Town Hall, BB1 7DY |
Source
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy). Each name links to that councillor's own page here, with the official profile beside it. Published by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Contact details are exactly what the council publishes in its own feed on the day it was read, including a home address or phone only where the council publishes one. Anything the council removes disappears from this page at the next refresh. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.