Bolton council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
6
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
36.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 6 -2 22,927 31.4% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 -3 20,862 28.6% -5.5
Liberal Democrats 3 +1 9,283 12.7% -1.1
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 2 +0 5,162 7.1% +1.3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2 +2 3,059 4.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1 +1 7,809 10.7% +7.7
Green Party 0 +0 2,237 3.1% +0.4
Independent 0 +0 881 1.2% -0.9
Westhoughton First Independents 0 +0 688 0.9% —
The For Britain Movement 0 +0 38 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

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 12
Independent 4
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2
Westhoughton First Independents 2
The For Britain Movement 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 Paul Wild Elected 1,732 39.4% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Warren Lee Fox 1,417 32.2% -3.9
Labour Party Steve Sutton 597 13.6% -7.9
Independent Mohammed Tanveer Akhtar 369 8.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Gannon 283 6.4% —
Majority315
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,398

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Haslam Elected 1,888 55.6% -1.4
Labour Party Kirith Entwistle 464 13.7% -12.1
Independent Eric Thomas Hyland 333 9.8% +1.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Chris Marcroft 329 9.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth 200 5.9% +0.8
Green Party Laura Diggle 179 5.3% +1.3
Majority1,424
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,393

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bev Fletcher Elected 1,344 39.9% -7.5
Labour Party John Byrne 1,060 31.5% -7.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ryan Wood 627 18.6% +11.2
Green Party Trish Bolton 244 7.2% +3.0
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner-Allen 95 2.8% +1.0
Majority284
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,370

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Connor Elected 2,566 62.5% -10.7
Labour Party James Entwistle 658 16.0% -9.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) William Roger Townshend 342 8.3% —
Green Party Liz Spencer 296 7.2% -2.1
Liberal Democrats Matthew John Allen 241 5.9% -1.7
Majority1,908
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,103

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Samuel McMulkin Elected 2,078 50.5% -6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Siraj Patel 1,243 30.2% +11.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jeff Armstrong 470 11.4% —
Green Party Dan Bolton 164 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Michael George Langdon 158 3.8% -2.5
Majority835
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,113

Labour Party hold

Farnworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Lisa Weatherby Elected 1,863 52.9% -1.0
Labour Party Jean Gillies 1,270 36.1% -1.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Steven Cotter 176 5.0% +2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennifer Emily Kirk 124 3.5% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson 51 1.4% +0.1
The For Britain Movement Simon Collins 38 1.1% —
Majority593
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,522

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Madeline Murray Elected 1,928 51.7% -24.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Arfan Khan 1,254 33.6% +21.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Derek Wunderley 272 7.3% —
Green Party David Figgins 169 4.5% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Duncan Alexander Macpherson 105 2.8% -1.7
Majority674
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,728

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Carol Thomas Elected 1,770 63.6% -6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Yasir Waseem Faisal 370 13.3% -0.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Sandra Harvey 295 10.6% —
Green Party Pamela Spurling 140 5.0% +1.2
Liberal Democrats John David Vere Falch 118 4.2% +0.4
Independent Anthony Massey 89 3.2% -0.5
Majority1,400
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,782

Labour Party hold

Harper Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Haworth Elected 1,484 46.5% -7.1
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Peter Joseph Flitcroft 923 28.9% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Edward Tyler 285 8.9% -4.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Dave Harvey 266 8.3% +3.9
Green Party Mathew Robert Barnes 92 2.9% +1.1
Independent Harun Abdullahi Mohamed 90 2.8% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 52 1.6% -0.1
Majority561
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,192

Labour Party hold

Heaton and Lostock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Allen Elected 2,324 54.2% -12.3
Labour and Co-operative Party John William Gillatt 1,026 23.9% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest 437 10.2% +4.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Daniel Wheatley 276 6.4% —
Green Party Heather Rylance 227 5.3% —
Majority1,298
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,290

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Marie Brady Elected 1,577 37.5% —
Liberal Democrats Gordon Stone 984 23.4% -11.1
Labour Party Joyce Kellett 926 22.0% -14.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Emily Jane Siddall 370 8.8% -15.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Zak Brown 203 4.8% —
Green Party Rod Riesco 140 3.3% -2.4
Majority593
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,200

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents gain from Labour Party

Horwich and Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Peter Wright Elected 1,482 37.4% —
Labour Party Stephen Pickup 1,041 26.3% -14.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Baines 978 24.7% -22.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Sarah Jane Chadwick 199 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 133 3.4% -3.2
Green Party Keith Michael Cocker 130 3.3% -1.5
Majority441
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,963

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek John Bullock Elected 1,617 46.7% -3.6
Labour Party Shafaqat Shaikh 1,157 33.4% -5.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Amy Wunderley 389 11.2% +5.4
Green Party Wendy Ann Hopkinson 181 5.2% +2.3
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell 122 3.5% +1.7
Majority460
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,466

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Paul Heslop Elected 2,376 67.7% +15.5
Labour Party Kevan Jones 529 15.1% -9.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Will Pilkington 283 8.1% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Kamaran James Fathulla 192 5.5% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Connor Goodwin 128 3.6% -0.0
Majority1,847
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,508

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Sean Colin Hornby Elected 1,395 39.3% +11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Meehan 1,060 29.8% -0.2
Labour Party Kevin Allsop 928 26.1% -11.3
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan 169 4.8% -0.0
Majority335
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,552

UK Independence Party (UKIP) gain from Labour Party

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Ebrahim Adia Elected 2,541 72.8% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Hafiz Tahir-Mahmood Butt 380 10.9% -0.3
Green Party Alan Johnson 275 7.9% +0.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mike Armstrong 221 6.3% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 72 2.1% -0.4
Majority2,161
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,489

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Garry Neil Veevers Elected 1,968 52.2% +3.3
Labour Party Ruth Pitchford 864 22.9% -7.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Joe Harris 479 12.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Rimmer 457 12.1% -6.0
Majority1,104
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,768

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elaine Sherrington Elected 1,152 42.2% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Matthews 760 27.8% -6.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Trevor Jones 663 24.3% +15.8
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka 154 5.6% +1.5
Majority392
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,729

Labour Party hold

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon Elected 1,565 39.0% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Zoe Kirk-Robinson 1,270 31.7% -10.9
Labour Party Michael Jarvis 565 14.1% -4.1
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 319 8.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Kieran Boardman 292 7.3% —
Majority295
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,011

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Janice McGeown Elected 1,114 33.1% -20.1
Labour Party David Chadwick 889 26.4% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Tighe 648 19.2% -2.9
Westhoughton First Independents Pamela Naylor 369 11.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jennifer Armstrong 349 10.4% —
Majority225
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,369

Liberal Democrats hold

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