Bolton council election, 2016

05/05/2016 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
12
Labour Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 12 — 29,599 40.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 — 18,563 25.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2 — 15,043 20.4% —
Liberal Democrats 1 — 8,028 10.9% —
Green Party 0 — 2,198 3.0% —
Independent 0 — 201 0.3% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 20
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Labour Party 20
Liberal Democrats 20
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 20
Green Party 17
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 20 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Astley Bridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Hilary Constance Fairclough Elected 1,891 42.5% —
Labour Party Kevin Patrick Morris 1,114 25.1% —
Liberal Democrats Warren Lee Fox 912 20.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Toone 440 9.9% —
Green Party Ben Deed 88 2.0% —
Majority777
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,445

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Radcliffe Elected 1,886 50.5% —
Labour Party Tony Shepherd 924 24.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stephen Thomas 524 14.0% —
Independent Eric Thomas Hyland 201 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Garry Neil Veevers 100 2.7% —
Green Party Dan Bolton 96 2.6% —
Majority962
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,731

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Debbie Newall Elected 1,230 35.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Harry Lamb 1,130 32.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandra MacNeill 888 25.9% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth 94 2.7% —
Green Party Pamela Spurling 89 2.6% —
Majority100
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,431

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Wilkinson Elected 2,443 56.8% —
Labour Party Geoffrey William Knowles 1,022 23.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Brett Varnam 460 10.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Andrew Walsh 196 4.6% —
Green Party Liz Spencer 183 4.3% —
Majority1,421
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,304

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hanif Darvesh Elected 2,432 67.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Eccles 702 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadim Muslim 338 9.4% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Sanders Warren 132 3.7% —
Majority1,730
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,604

Farnworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Asif Ibrahim Elected 1,417 48.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Andrew Mabon 1,066 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aidan Meagan 253 8.6% —
Green Party Trevor Bonfield 103 3.5% —
Liberal Democrats Glen Carl Atkinson 89 3.0% —
Majority351
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,928

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Iqbal Elected 2,192 69.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Dot Sexton 407 12.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Waqas 241 7.6% —
Green Party David Figgins 191 6.1% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Kenneth Graham 124 3.9% —
Majority1,785
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,155

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Cliff Morris Elected 2,042 66.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Sandra Harvey 503 16.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Ian Mather 260 8.5% —
Green Party Ian David McHugh 137 4.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jon New 122 4.0% —
Majority1,539
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,064

Harper Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Champak Mistry Elected 1,498 49.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Dave Harvey 978 32.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Edward Tyler 354 11.7% —
Green Party Michelle Broderick 105 3.5% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 94 3.1% —
Majority520
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,029

Heaton and Lostock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Morgan Elected 2,680 56.2% —
Labour Party Ged Carter 1,285 27.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jonathan Baxendale 402 8.4% —
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst 263 5.5% —
Green Party Laura Diggle 136 2.9% —
Majority1,395
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,766

Horwich North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Richard Silvester Elected 1,612 40.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Barbara Galloway 801 20.3% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock 795 20.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jeff Armstrong 543 13.8% —
Green Party Rod Riesco 193 4.9% —
Majority811
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,944

Horwich and Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Cunliffe Elected 1,516 42.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carol Forshaw 1,054 29.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Derek Snowden 679 19.0% —
Green Party Keith Michael Cocker 192 5.4% —
Liberal Democrats Doug Bagnall 125 3.5% —
Majority462
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,566

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Darren Whitehead Elected 1,374 37.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek John Bullock 1,214 32.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Joan Johnson 909 24.5% —
Green Party James Tomkinson 122 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 92 2.5% —
Majority160
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,711

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Cunningham Elected 1,480 45.2% —
Labour Party Carol Ann Burrows 1,248 38.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Elliott 300 9.2% —
Liberal Democrats Aaron Hepworth 243 7.4% —
Majority232
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,271

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rees Gibbon Elected 1,572 39.3% —
Labour Party David Robert Evans 1,098 27.4% —
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde 813 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Anne Elliott 429 10.7% —
Green Party Ed Dunsdon 90 2.2% —
Majority474
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,002

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rosa Kay Elected 2,568 72.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hafiz Tahir-Mahmood Butt 373 10.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Kathy Richardson 354 10.0% —
Green Party Alan Johnson 179 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Nicholas Amos 82 2.3% —
Majority2,195
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,556

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Roger Geoffrey Cliffe Hayes Elected 2,287 50.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party John William Gillatt 1,153 25.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Roy Marsh 546 12.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Danny Haslam 414 9.2% —
Green Party Richard Alexander Middleshaw 98 2.2% —
Majority1,134
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,498

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Donaghy Elected 1,415 45.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Derek Fisher 1,030 33.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennifer Emily Kirk 448 14.5% —
Liberal Democrats Michael George Langdon 109 3.5% —
Green Party Alexander Daniel Parkinson 83 2.7% —
Majority385
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,085

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Wild Elected 1,600 39.0% —
Labour Party Anne Graham 1,336 32.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) George Stanley Bown 697 17.0% —
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell 360 8.8% —
Green Party Heather Rylance 113 2.8% —
Majority264
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,106

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anna-Marie Watters Elected 1,123 32.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 996 29.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Jean Winrow-Baker 696 20.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Martin Tighe 621 18.1% —
Majority127
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,436

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