EAST Rural ward is blue' again after Independent councillor Julie Slater agreed to rejoin the Conservative Party.
She was elected to the seat in 2006 after the death of her father-in-law Fred Slater who had served as a Conservative councillor.
Coun Slater had hoped to stand for the Conservatives but John Raseta was selected in her place, so she stood as in independent instead.
However, she accepted the offer on Wednesday night and said she was happy to be supporting her party again.
The change means the make-up of Blackburn with Darwen Council is: Labour 33, Conservative 15, Liberal Democrat 13, England First 2, Independent 1.
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