Bolton council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 20 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
9
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
21
across 20 wards
Turnout
36.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 9 +4 26,085 34.1% +8.9
Labour Party 8 -4 29,476 38.5% -1.7
Liberal Democrats 2 +1 10,613 13.9% +3.0
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 2 +2 4,460 5.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 -2 2,263 3.0% -17.5
Green Party 0 +0 2,054 2.7% -0.3
Independent 0 +0 1,601 2.1% +1.8

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 21
Labour Party 21
Liberal Democrats 21
Green Party 13
Independent 7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 7
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3

A party standing a full slate could field 21 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 John Walsh Elected 1,842 42.5% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Warren Lee Fox 1,564 36.1% +15.6
Labour Party Zulfi Jiva 930 21.4% -3.6
Majority278
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,336

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mudasir Ahmed Dean Elected 1,949 57.1% +6.5
Labour Party Tony Shepherd 880 25.8% +1.0
Independent Eric Thomas Hyland 278 8.1% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth 173 5.1% +2.4
Green Party Laura Diggle 135 4.0% +1.4
Majority1,069
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,415

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Adele Kay Warren Elected 1,549 47.4% +21.5
Labour Party Francesca Platt 1,278 39.1% +3.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Harry Lamb 242 7.4% -25.5
Green Party Dan Bolton 138 4.2% +1.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Adam Bates 61 1.9% -0.9
Majority271
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,268

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Bromley Cross 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Greenhalgh Elected 2,928 73.3% +16.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadim Muslim Elected 2,257 56.5% —
Labour Party Steve Sutton 1,023 25.6% +1.9
Labour Party Deb Whenlock 910 22.8% —
Green Party Liz Spencer 374 9.4% +5.1
Liberal Democrats Elliott Parris Anthony Bermudez-Galton 303 7.6% +3.0
Liberal Democrats David Andrew Walsh 196 4.9% —
Majority1,234
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,996

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bilkis Bashir Ismail Elected 2,258 57.1% -10.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel David Wheatley 737 18.6% +9.3
Independent Siraj Patel 706 17.9% —
Liberal Democrats Michael George Langdon 252 6.4% +2.7
Majority1,521
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,953

Labour Party hold

Farnworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Maureen Ann Flitcroft Elected 1,699 53.9% +6.4
Labour Party Martin Samuel McMulkin 1,177 37.3% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennifer Emily Kirk 142 4.5% -1.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Dave Harvey 92 2.9% -3.7
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 44 1.4% +0.5
Majority522
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,154

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Ayub Elected 2,422 76.0% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Waqas 389 12.2% +4.6
Green Party David Figgins 232 7.3% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 143 4.5% +0.6
Majority2,033
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,186

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Akhtar Zaman Elected 2,185 70.3% +3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jolyon Horton Coombs 418 13.4% +5.0
Liberal Democrats John David Vere Falch 120 3.9% -0.1
Green Party Ian David McHugh 118 3.8% -0.7
Independent Martin McLoughlin 114 3.7% —
Independent Sarfraz Nawaz 83 2.7% —
Independent Anthony Massey 71 2.3% —
Majority1,767
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,109

Labour Party hold

Harper Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hamid Khurram Elected 1,910 53.6% +4.1
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Lisa Weatherby 897 25.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Edward Tyler 477 13.4% +1.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Amy Wunderley 157 4.4% -27.9
Green Party Mathew Robert Barnes 63 1.8% -1.7
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 62 1.7% -1.4
Majority1,013
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,566

Labour Party hold

Heaton and Lostock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Barbara Galloway Elected 3,000 66.4% +10.2
Labour Party John William Gillatt 1,247 27.6% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Garry Neil Veevers 269 6.0% +0.4
Majority1,753
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,516

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Peter McKeon Elected 1,345 36.0% -4.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock 1,288 34.5% +14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Johnson 887 23.8% +3.5
Green Party Rod Riesco 213 5.7% +0.8
Majority57
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,733

Labour Party hold

Horwich and Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Baines Elected 1,668 47.6% +18.0
Labour Party Michael Jarvis 1,437 41.0% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 231 6.6% +3.1
Green Party Keith Michael Cocker 169 4.8% -0.6
Majority231
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,505

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Parkinson Elected 1,858 50.2% +0.8
Labour Party Rabiya Jiva 1,451 39.2% -0.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Bev Fletcher 215 5.8% -0.6
Green Party Chris Taylor 107 2.9% +1.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan 68 1.8% -0.4
Majority407
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,699

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Julie Pattison Elected 1,864 52.3% —
Labour Party Stephen Langley 882 24.7% -13.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Will Pilkington 399 11.2% -34.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Kamaran James Fathulla 290 8.1% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Connor Goodwin 131 3.7% -3.8
Majority982
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,566

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Robert Evans Elected 1,249 37.5% +10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Meehan 1,000 30.0% +19.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Richardson 926 27.8% -11.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson 159 4.8% -15.5
Majority249
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,334

Labour Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ismail Ibrahim Elected 2,570 75.7% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Hafiz Tahir-Mahmood Butt 379 11.2% +0.7
Green Party Alan Johnson 251 7.4% +2.4
Independent Damien Walsh 111 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats Duncan Alexander Macpherson 85 2.5% +0.2
Majority2,191
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,396

Labour Party hold

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Doug Bagnall Elected 2,031 48.9% -2.0
Labour Party Ryan Quick 1,260 30.3% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Rimmer 752 18.1% +8.9
Green Party Elizabeth McManus 111 2.7% +0.5
Majority771
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,154

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nick Peel Elected 1,379 50.4% +4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Thomas Littler 928 33.9% +19.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Derek Wunderley 232 8.5% -24.9
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka 113 4.1% +0.6
Green Party James Tomkinson 82 3.0% +0.3
Majority451
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,734

Labour Party hold

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn Cox Elected 1,831 42.6% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon 1,386 32.2% +23.5
Labour Party Ged Carter 784 18.2% -14.3
Independent Jack Speight 238 5.5% —
Green Party Heather Rylance 61 1.4% -1.3
Majority445
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,300

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson Elected 1,934 53.2% +24.2
Labour Party Ryan Adam Battersby 899 24.7% -8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Tighe 804 22.1% +1.9
Majority1,035
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,637

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

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