Blackpool Council

Blackpool Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Kim Critchley,
Labour
since 14 May 2025
Lynn Williams,
Labour
since 20 July 2020
Neil Jack
since 21 July 2011
Structure
Seats42 councillors
Political groups
Administration (27)
  Labour (27)
Other parties (15)
  Conservative (12)
  Reform UK (3)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Plurality-at-large
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Motto
Progress
Meeting place
Town Hall, Talbot Square, Blackpool, FY1 1GB
Website
blackpool.gov.uk

Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Since 1998 it has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Lancashire County Council. The borough council has been a member of the Lancashire Combined County Authority since its formation in 2025.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1991. It meets at Blackpool Town Hall and has its offices in the adjoining Municipal Buildings and at Bickerstaffe Square.