They formed a coalition administration with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives from 2007 to 2010, and successfully campaigned for the creation of Darwen Town Council in 2009, on which they won seven seats.

The party was cofounded in March 2007 by businessman Tony Melia, and Michael Johnson who was the elected councillor for Lower Darwen and Fernhurst[3] Tony Melia had previously stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate against Jack Straw in the 2005 general election in Blackburn.

[5] After the 2007 local elections, For Darwen had three councillors and formed a ruling coalition with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

He relinquished the leadership of the party and stood down as a Town Councillor in March 2012 and was replaced by Cllr Stephen Potter.

All For Darwen Town and Borough Councillors either stood down in 2012 or, after significant gains by the Labour Party, lost their seats.

After the party lost its last councillors in 2012, the leader Stephen Potter announced the end of For Darwen in June 2014.

[2] For Darwen stood four candidates for the Borough Council: Tony Melia seeking re-election in Sunnyhurst, Trevor Maxfield in Earcroft, Phil Jones in Marsh House, and Anthony Meleady in Sudell.

[13] New leader Stephen Potter lost his seat in Earcroft in May 2012 to Labour's Stephanie Brookfield, coming joint second.