Bolton council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 20 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
10
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
21
across 20 wards
Turnout
36.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 +4 30,255 38.8% +10.2
Labour Party 7 +1 27,520 35.3% +3.8
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 2 +0 4,203 5.4% -1.7
Liberal Democrats 1 -2 7,562 9.7% -3.0
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 1 -1 2,380 3.0% -1.1
Green Party 0 +0 3,168 4.1% +1.0
Bolton For Change 0 +0 1,698 2.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 -1 585 0.7% -10.0
Westhoughton First Independents 0 +0 395 0.5% -0.4
Active For Westhoughton 0 +0 181 0.2% —
Independent 0 +0 79 0.1% -1.1
The For Britain Movement 0 +0 16 0.0% -0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. 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 16
Bolton For Change 8
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3
Active For Westhoughton 2
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2
Westhoughton First Independents 2
Independent 1
The For Britain Movement 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

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 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Hilary Constance Fairclough Elected 2,569 61.2% +21.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Rimmer Elected 1,746 41.6% —
Labour Party Safwaan Patel 1,025 24.4% +10.9
Labour Party Steve Sutton 897 21.4% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan 386 9.2% -23.0
Liberal Democrats James Peter Haslam 380 9.1% —
Bolton For Change Paul Eccleshare 311 7.4% —
Majority721
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors10,476
Ballots cast4,196

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Radcliffe Elected 2,539 68.8% +13.2
Labour Party Logan Pratheepan 842 22.8% +9.1
Green Party Steph Howes 214 5.8% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline Anne Turner-Preece 96 2.6% -3.3
Majority1,697
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors8,994
Ballots cast3,690

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Martin Hartigan Elected 1,576 49.2% +9.3
Labour Party Bernadette Gallagher 1,222 38.1% +6.7
Bolton For Change Sandy Holt 262 8.2% —
Green Party Chich Hewitt 86 2.7% -4.6
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Wilkes 60 1.9% -0.9
Majority354
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors9,728
Ballots cast3,206

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadim Muslim Elected 2,748 61.6% -0.9
Labour Party Emily Grace Amelia Mort 1,261 28.3% +12.2
Green Party Liz Spencer 282 6.3% -0.9
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner-Allen 164 3.7% -2.2
Majority1,487
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors10,458
Ballots cast4,460

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rabiya Jiva Elected 2,266 54.6% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Siraj Patel 1,319 31.8% +1.6
Bolton For Change Tracy Fenton 281 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 158 3.8% -0.0
Green Party Heather Rylance 124 3.0% -1.0
Majority947
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors11,491
Ballots cast4,148

Labour Party hold

Farnworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Paul Sanders Elected 1,647 49.6% -3.3
Labour Party Nadeem Ayub 1,335 40.2% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Bashim Dean 279 8.4% +4.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson 61 1.8% +0.4
Majority312
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors10,974
Ballots cast3,322

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Iqbal Elected 2,133 57.9% +6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Malik Muzafar Nazar 1,190 32.3% -1.3
Green Party David Figgins 223 6.1% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Duncan Alexander Macpherson 134 3.6% +0.8
Majority943
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors10,408
Ballots cast3,681

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kate Challender Elected 2,113 73.3% +9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Malaika Noor Ayesha Jabeen Taj Dean 529 18.4% +5.1
Green Party Christopher Peter Taylor 103 3.6% -1.5
Independent Anthony Massey 79 2.7% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Newall 55 1.9% -2.3
Majority1,584
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,313
Ballots cast2,881

Labour Party hold

Harper Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Champak Mistry Elected 1,569 44.9% -1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Fred Khan 922 26.4% +17.5
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Peter Joseph Flitcroft 777 22.2% -6.7
Green Party Wendy Ann Hopkinson 128 3.7% +0.8
Bolton For Change Paul Gannon 54 1.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Hayes 39 1.1% -0.5
Majority647
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors10,247
Ballots cast3,493

Labour Party hold

Heaton and Lostock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Morgan Elected 2,799 56.9% +2.7
Labour and Co-operative Party John William Gillatt 1,419 28.9% +4.9
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest 488 9.9% -0.3
Green Party Katie Jones 205 4.2% -1.1
Majority1,380
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors10,769
Ballots cast4,918

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Richard Silvester Elected 1,412 35.1% +13.1
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Ryan Bamforth 1,077 26.8% -10.8
Liberal Democrats Gordon Stone 794 19.8% -3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Hannah Wright 618 15.4% +6.6
Green Party Keith Michael Cocker 117 2.9% -0.4
Majority335
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors10,012
Ballots cast4,020

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Horwich & Blackrod First Independents

Horwich and Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents David Grant Elected 1,303 33.1% -4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Finlay David Stanley 1,288 32.7% +8.0
Labour Party Joan Pritchard Jones 1,130 28.7% +2.4
Green Party Andrew Philip Douglas Bovill 149 3.8% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 80 2.0% -1.3
Majority15
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors10,901
Ballots cast3,937

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents hold

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Toby Hewitt Elected 1,695 44.9% -1.8
Labour Party Shafaqat Shaikh 1,075 28.5% -4.9
Green Party Paris Hayes 860 22.8% +17.6
Bolton For Change Jeff Armstrong 77 2.0% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Turner-Allen 67 1.8% -1.7
Majority620
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors10,202
Ballots cast3,775

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Tracey Wilkinson Elected 1,779 51.9% -15.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Cunningham 600 17.5% +12.0
Labour Party Abdul Aziz Atcha 528 15.4% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Debbie Newall 493 14.4% +10.7
Majority1,179
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors10,614
Ballots cast3,425

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Taylor-Burke Elected 1,536 42.7% +12.8
Labour Party James Entwistle 1,095 30.4% +4.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rees Gibbon 585 16.2% -23.0
Bolton For Change Brett Varnam 179 5.0% —
Green Party Gillian Hewitt 148 4.1% —
Liberal Democrats Scott James Turner-Preece 46 1.3% -3.5
The For Britain Movement Simon Collins 16 0.4% —
Majority441
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors9,766
Ballots cast3,601

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shamim Abdullah Elected 2,417 63.4% -9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Shafi Patel 1,100 28.9% +18.0
Green Party Alan Johnson 196 5.1% -2.7
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 90 2.4% +0.3
Majority1,317
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors10,240
Ballots cast3,810

Labour Party hold

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Roger Geoffrey Cliffe Hayes Elected 1,728 44.2% -8.0
Labour and Co-operative Party Sorie Sesay 986 25.2% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Johnson 883 22.6% +10.4
Bolton For Change Daniel Bentham 177 4.5% —
Green Party David Francis Ebbitt 134 3.4% —
Majority742
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors10,508
Ballots cast3,911

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Donaghy Elected 1,272 44.9% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Wesley Andrew McArdle 1,120 39.5% +11.7
Bolton For Change Trevor Jones 357 12.6% —
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 81 2.9% -2.8
Majority152
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,248
Ballots cast2,832

Labour Party hold

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Jane Finney Elected 1,937 46.6% +14.9
Liberal Democrats Arthur Price 1,207 29.0% -10.0
Labour Party Zulfi Jiva 652 15.7% +1.6
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 201 4.8% -3.1
Green Party Amanda Stewart 107 2.6% —
Active For Westhoughton Richard Adam Bates 52 1.2% —
Majority730
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors11,034
Ballots cast4,161

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Hill Elected 1,262 36.0% +16.8
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 955 27.3% -5.8
Labour Party Michael Jarvis 871 24.9% -1.5
Westhoughton First Independents Richard Mark Brennan 194 5.5% -5.4
Active For Westhoughton Victoria Anne Rowley 129 3.7% —
Green Party Elizabeth McManus 92 2.6% —
Majority307
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors10,005
Ballots cast3,504

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

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