Blackpool Council

Blackpool Council

Type
Type	Unitary authority council of Blackpool
Website
www.blackpool.gov.uk

Blackpool Council is the local authority of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined.

Political control

Further information: Blackpool local elections

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2007
Conservative	2007–2011
Labour	2011 – present

References

↑ "Blackpool". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local authorities in Lancashire

County council and unitary	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire

District councils	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Culture and infrastructure of Blackpool

Transport

Blackpool Airport Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool Branch Lines Blackpool Electric Tramway Company Blackpool to Liverpool Line Blackpool tramway Blackpool Transport British NorthWest Airlines English Electric Balloon tram Flexity 2 Flykeen Airways List of tram stops Preston and Wyre Joint Railway

Railway stations	Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Layton

Disused stations	Blackpool Central South Shore

Sport

History

Shipwrecks
- Abana
- HMS Foudroyant
- Riverdance
- Sirene

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2000 03 07 11 15

Constituencies: Blackpool North By-election: 1962 Blackpool North and Cleveleys Blackpool North and Fleetwood Blackpool South North Lancashire By-elections: 1874 78 85

Health

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