Election for the constituency of Blackburn on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Blackburn, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Kate Hollern with a majority of 18,304 - 40.9% - on a turnout of 62.8%.

An electorate of 71,234, having a valid vote count of 44,736 and an invalid vote count of 109.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
HOLLERN, Kate Lab 29,040 64.9% -4.8%
GILL, Claire Con 10,736 24.0% -2.9%
MOORE, Rick BRX 2,770 6.2% -
WALLER-SLACK, Beth LD 1,130 2.5% 1.0%
HOSSAIN, Reza Green 741 1.7% -
SHAH, Rizwan Ali Ind 319 0.7% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 02:25 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.