Blackpool Borough: Claremont ward

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.

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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.

Who represents you now

Councillors for Claremont, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:

Ivan Taylor, Labour Party
Lynn Williams, Labour Party

This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.

Across the whole of Blackpool council (42 seats in 2026): Conservative 11, Labour 27, Reform UK 4. Run by: Labour, with a majority.

Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.

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Blackpool Borough: Claremont ward in numbers

Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.

People claiming unemployment-related benefits

535 people in Claremont ward, 10.5% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).

Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.

House prices in Blackpool

Average price £137,386, up 6.8% on a year earlier (July 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £75,951
Detached houses: £238,826

Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.

Recorded crime nearby, July 2026

1,091 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.

violent crime: 497
anti social behaviour: 196
criminal damage arson: 70
other theft: 69
public order: 69
shoplifting: 52

Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.

Past elections in this ward

Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

2023 — Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 21%

Ivan John Taylor	Labour Party	538
Lynn Suzanne Williams	Labour Party	504
Harry George Gordon	Conservative and Unionist Party	222
Lawrence Anthony Sloman	Conservative and Unionist Party	179
Garry Michael Richardson	Independent Berwick Hills Resident	144
Sue Close	Liberal Democrats	124

2019 — Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 28%

Ivan John Taylor	Labour Party	667
Lynn Suzanne Williams	Labour Party	619
Lucy May Green	Conservative and Unionist Party	279
Michaela Elizabeth Kathleen Jackson	Conservative and Unionist Party	227
Garry Michael Richardson	Green Party	189
Sue Close	Liberal Democrats	156

2015 — Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 59%

Ivan Taylor	Labour Party	1,276
Lynne Williams	Labour Party	1,035
Geraldine Brown	Conservative and Unionist Party	584
Fred Barnes	Conservative and Unionist Party	563
Alex Ewan	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	519
Gary Richardson	Green Party	215
Sue Close	Liberal Democrats	168
Jaguar Man	Independent	46

2011 — Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 27%

Ivan Taylor	Labour Party	1,031
Sylvia Taylor	Labour Party	965
Brian Bell	Conservative and Unionist Party	450
Ian Benson	Conservative and Unionist Party	419
David Charles-Cully	Liberal Democrats	151

2007 — Labour Party, Labour Party elected

Ivan Taylor	Labour Party	780
Sylvia Taylor	Labour Party	693
May Ashford	Conservative and Unionist Party	521
Philip Cartwright	Conservative and Unionist Party	477
Susan Close	Liberal Democrats	281
Chris Ryan	British National Party	275
Richard Powell	Liberal Democrats	250

Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.

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