Blackburn
Adnan Hussain is a
solicitor running on a platform of stopping UK complicity and the
genocide in Gaza.
An
ex-Labour member who quit in 2020, feeling that Keir Starmer no longer represented Labour values. He strongly believes that housing and shelter are a
basic human right and supports policies to cap rental prices and help young people onto the housing ladder.
Hussain is
endorsed by a group of Blackburn
ex-Labour councillors who quit the Labour party after its vile response to the Palestinian genocide.
In the May 2024
local election, not only did Independent councillors retain their seats,
they won additional seats, becoming the official opposition on the council ahead of the Tories.
In the local elections, Labour took 40.4% of the vote, with Independent councillors close behind on
34.6% of the vote.