Bolton council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
9
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
32.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 9 -1 23,377 34.1% -4.6
Labour Party 8 +1 26,041 38.0% +2.8
Liberal Democrats 2 +1 6,696 9.8% +0.1
One Kearsley 1 +1 1,099 1.6% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change 0 +0 3,922 5.7% —
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 0 -1 2,442 3.6% +0.5
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 0 -2 2,394 3.5% -1.9
Green Party 0 +0 1,440 2.1% -2.0
Little Lever & Darcy Lever First 0 +0 634 0.9% —
Westhoughton First Independents 0 +0 361 0.5% +0.0
Independent 0 +0 92 0.1% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. 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 and Co-operative Party 20
Liberal Democrats 20
Reform UK and Bolton For Change 20
Green Party 8
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2
Westhoughton First Independents 2
Independent 1
Little Lever & Darcy Lever First 1
One Kearsley 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 John Walsh Elected 1,743 49.4% -11.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Steve Sutton 1,193 33.8% +9.4
Green Party Mark Devereux 254 7.2% —
Liberal Democrats James Peter Haslam 232 6.6% -2.6
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Aimee Jay Monson 108 3.1% —
Majority550
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors10,368
Ballots cast3,528

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mudasir Ahmed Dean Elected 1,723 52.5% -16.3
Labour Party James Aaron Tibbitts 1,069 32.6% +9.7
Liberal Democrats Caroline Anne Turner-Preece 301 9.2% +6.6
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Daniel Swarsbrick 191 5.8% —
Majority654
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors8,992
Ballots cast3,284

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Adele Kay Warren Elected 1,504 49.1% -0.1
Labour and Co-operative Party George Butler 1,207 39.4% +1.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Martin McLoughlin 228 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 127 4.1% +2.3
Majority297
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors9,742
Ballots cast3,066

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Amy Marie Cowen Elected 2,295 56.4% -13.6
Labour Party Gaynor Cox 1,227 30.2% +13.6
Green Party Lee Charles Harrison 187 4.6% -2.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Amy Hare 183 4.5% —
Liberal Democrats Warren Lee Fox 174 4.3% +1.5
Majority1,068
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors10,392
Ballots cast4,066

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Emily Grace Amelia Mort Elected 1,815 62.0% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Yusuf Davda 1,783 60.9% +29.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Gareth James Fitzsimmons 198 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 174 5.9% +2.1
Majority32
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors11,586
Ballots cast2,927

Labour Party hold

Farnworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nadeem Ayub Elected 1,406 47.9% +7.7
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Maureen Ann Flitcroft 1,118 38.1% -11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Derbyshire 216 7.4% -1.0
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Sharon Ann Whitworth 143 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson 52 1.8% -0.1
Majority288
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors10,994
Ballots cast2,935

Labour Party gain from Farnworth and Kearsley First Party

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Ayub Elected 1,963 68.8% +10.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Zahra Davda 514 18.0% -14.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Alexander John Mell McAllister 149 5.2% —
Green Party Heather Rylance 140 4.9% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Duncan Alexander Macpherson 107 3.8% +0.1
Majority1,449
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors10,736
Ballots cast2,853

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Akhtar Zaman Elected 2,071 74.5% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Webb 335 12.1% -6.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Norman Cryer 156 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner-Allen 126 4.5% +2.6
Independent Anthony Massey 92 3.3% +0.6
Majority1,736
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors9,393
Ballots cast2,780

Labour Party hold

Harper Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hamid Khurram Elected 1,831 57.0% +12.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Fred Khan 567 17.7% -8.7
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Leanne Oliver 561 17.5% -4.8
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Phillip James Worthington 180 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Hayes 73 2.3% +1.2
Majority1,264
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors10,283
Ballots cast3,212

Labour Party hold

Heaton and Lostock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Barbara Galloway Elected 2,239 51.1% -5.8
Labour Party Janahan Kandiah Kugathas 1,172 26.7% -2.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Gordon Campbell 596 13.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jim Priest 270 6.2% -3.8
Majority1,067
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors10,745
Ballots cast4,384

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Peter McKeon Elected 1,428 38.0% +2.9
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Ryan Bamforth 1,299 34.6% +7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles O'Kelly 641 17.1% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Turner-Allen 212 5.6% -14.1
Green Party David Francis Ebbitt 133 3.5% +0.6
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Darren Andrew Thomas Lear 40 1.1% —
Majority129
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors10,023
Ballots cast3,753

Labour Party hold

Horwich and Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Baines Elected 1,200 32.0% -0.7
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Samantha Louise Angela Williamson 1,143 30.5% -2.6
Labour Party Karen Millington 1,129 30.1% +1.4
Green Party Jackie Anderson 155 4.1% +0.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 73 1.9% -0.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Loren Jo-Ann Richards 46 1.2% —
Majority57
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors10,980
Ballots cast3,747

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Horwich & Blackrod First Independents

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Shafi Patel Elected 1,420 44.4% -0.5
Labour Party Shafaqat Shaikh 1,189 37.2% +8.7
Green Party Wendy Ann Hopkinson 241 7.5% -15.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 179 5.6% +3.8
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Rob Lowe 171 5.3% —
Majority231
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors10,186
Ballots cast3,200

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
One Kearsley Debbie Newall Elected 1,099 37.9% —
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Peter Joseph Flitcroft 715 24.6% -27.3
Labour Party Jonathan Owen 593 20.4% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Cunningham 241 8.3% -9.2
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Julie Pattison 221 7.6% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Wilkinson 34 1.2% -13.2
Majority384
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors10,560
Ballots cast2,903

One Kearsley gain from Farnworth and Kearsley First Party

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Meehan Elected 1,243 38.0% -4.7
Labour Party Logan Pratheepan 809 24.7% -5.7
Little Lever & Darcy Lever First Rees Gibbon 634 19.4% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Kath Harris 485 14.8% —
Liberal Democrats Scott James Turner-Preece 106 3.2% +2.0
Majority434
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors9,665
Ballots cast3,274

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abdul Aziz Atcha Elected 2,017 55.2% -8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ayyub Chota Patel 1,297 35.5% +6.6
Green Party Alan Johnson 226 6.2% +1.0
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Christopher John Riley 62 1.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 55 1.5% -0.9
Majority720
Turnout—
Registered electors10,249
Ballots cast3,657

Labour Party hold

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest Elected 1,931 50.6% +6.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Sorie Sesay 980 25.7% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Johnson 612 16.0% -6.5
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Helen Shaw 183 4.8% —
Green Party Rod Riesco 104 2.7% -0.7
Majority951
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors10,481
Ballots cast3,814

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nick Peel Elected 1,288 44.8% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Wesley Andrew McArdle 1,102 38.3% -1.2
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Trevor Jones 401 13.9% —
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka 86 3.0% +0.1
Majority186
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,346
Ballots cast2,877

Labour Party hold

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn Cox Elected 1,648 42.7% -3.9
Liberal Democrats Arthur Price 1,266 32.8% +3.8
Labour Party Zulfi Jiva 645 16.7% +1.0
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 220 5.7% +0.9
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Jeff Armstrong 84 2.2% —
Majority382
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors11,078
Ballots cast3,864

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson Elected 1,118 32.9% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Tighe 1,054 31.0% -5.0
Labour Party David Chadwick 1,009 29.7% +4.8
Westhoughton First Independents Richard Mark Brennan 141 4.1% -1.4
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Richard Adam Bates 97 2.9% —
Majority64
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors9,966
Ballots cast3,403

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

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