Lib Dems make gains in Blackburn

11.21.05pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 5th May 2006

Liberal Democrats in Blackburn made a net gain of 2 seats from Labour in the Local Elections on May 5. This increased their representation on Blackburn with Darwen Council to 13. Lib Dems gained Audley, Bastwell and Shear Brow from Labour, but lost one seat, Little Harwood to Labour. They cam close to gaining another seat in the Sudell Ward in Darwen, Tony Melia failing to gain the seat by only 12 votes.

Seats won by the Liberal Democrats on May 4

Audley - Salim Lorgat

Bastwell - Sajid Ali

Marsh House - Chris Thayne

Shear Brow - Arif Waghat

Whitehall - David Foster

Seats lost

Little Harwood

For the results go to http://www.blackburn.gov.uk