Английская Википедия:Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined.

History

The town of Blackburn was made a municipal borough in 1851. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 Blackburn was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a county borough, independent from Lancashire County Council.

A larger Blackburn district was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, gaining the neighbouring town of Darwen and several other rural parishes, and becoming a non-metropolitan district, with Lancashire County Council providing county-level services. The district was renamed Blackburn with Darwen in 1997 and became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, becoming independent from the county council.

Political control

The first election to the reformed borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974–1983
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1983–1984
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1984–1986
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1986–1987
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1987–1988
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1988–1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1998–2007
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2007–2011
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2011–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Blackburn. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1993 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Malcolm Doherty	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1993	Jun 2001
Bill Taylor	Шаблон:Party name with colour	Jun 2001	13 Jun 2004
Kate Hollern	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1 Jul 2004	17 May 2007
Colin Rigby	Шаблон:Party name with colour	17 May 2007	29 Jan 2009
Michael Lee	Шаблон:Party name with colour	29 Jan 2009	14 Sep 2010
Kate Hollern	Шаблон:Party name with colour	14 Sep 2010	1 Apr 2015
Mohammed Khan	Шаблон:Party name with colour	21 May 2015	8 May 2022
Phil Riley	Шаблон:Party name with colour	19 May 2022

Premises

The council is based at Blackburn Town Hall on King William Street in the centre of Blackburn. The building was built for the old Blackburn Borough Council and completed in 1856. A tower block annexe was added in 1969, linked to the old building by a bridge. The council also maintains an area office at Darwen Town Hall, completed in 1882 for the old Darwen Borough Council.

Elections

Шаблон:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2018, the council has comprised 51 councillors elected from 17 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term.