Borough of Blackburn with Darwen
Geography
Status:	Unitary, Borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 220th 137.01 km²
Admin. HQ:	Blackburn
ONS code:	00EX
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 124th 140,200 1,023 / km²
Ethnicity:	77.9% White 20.6% S.Asian
Politics
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Janet Anderson, Jack Straw

Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside. It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Blackburn, from the County Borough of Blackburn, the Borough of Darwen, and parts of Turton Urban District (chiefly the villages of Belmont, Chapeltown and Edgworth) and Blackburn Rural District. Image File history File links map of Blackburn with Darwen within England File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Statistics Population: 105,085 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD685277 Administration District: Blackburn with Darwen Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: BLACKBURN Postal district... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... Arms of Blackburn Borough Council. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist [1] political party in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Janet Anderson (born 6 December 1949) is the British Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen. ... John Whitaker Jack Straw M.P. (born August 3, 1946, Buckhurst Hill) is a British Labour Party politician. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Statistics Population: 105,085 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD685277 Administration District: Blackburn with Darwen Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: BLACKBURN Postal district... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Darwen Borough Council Darwen is a small market town of the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, North West England. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... It is a village with about 200 inhabitants and two amazing pubs. ... was a rural district in Lancashire from 1894 to 1974. ...

It was renamed in May 1997, in preparation for a split from Lancashire County Council. On April 1, 1998 it became a unitary authority. The authority borders with areas administered as Greater Manchester, and Lancashire. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the county of Lancashire, England. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

The percent of Muslim population (19.4% or 26,674 people) is the third highest among all local authorities in the United Kingdom and the highest outside London. London Central Mosque in London off Regents Park Jamia Masjid, example of a typical small mosque in East Ham // History Islam is generally thought of as being a recent arrival in the United Kingdom, but there has been contact for many centuries. ...

Local elections

As of 2006, the borough is divided up into 23 wards, all with three councillors with the exception of Earcroft, Whitehall, and North Turton and Tockholes, which have 2 members, and East Rural which has one.

June 2004

2004 local elections heralded a shock result as Labour council leader Sir Bill Taylor lost his seat to Liberal Democrat Zamir Khan. "This morning as I was shaving I thought I could get beat and that is what happened", commented Taylor after the result. "I canvassed more for this election than for any other. I spoke to more than a thousand people on their doorsteps and was not given any suggestion there were any difficulties." Liberal leader Paul Browne blamed the defeat on dissatisfaction with British foreign policy in a largely muslim area: "Sir Bill has gone because of what has happened in Iraq. Simple." Only 63 of the 64 seats on the council were filled as the Earcroft ward bye-election took place a month after due to the death of Mayor Mike Barrat.^[1] Yusuf Idat was elected as an independent in Queens Park ward. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist [1] political party in the United Kingdom. ... Commodore William Leonard Bill Taylor RAN (retired) (born 14 September 1938) an Australian Naval Officer, Politician and Administrator. ... Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy...

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July 2004 bye-election

May 2006

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Current council

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September 2006 bye-election

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Blackburn with Darwen at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

1. ↑  Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
2. ↑  includes hunting and forestry
3. ↑  includes energy and construction
4. ↑  includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

External links

• Blackburn with Darwen Communities : Free websites for local community groups
• BlackburnWorld : the internet portal for Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackburn Business Net : News and Events for Blackburn with Darwen Businesses
• Images Of Blackburn
• North Turton Weather Station located at Edgworth, south Lancashire. Serving the community.

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