Bolton council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 20 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
9
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
21
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 9 -17 24,475 34.4% -6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 -14 14,124 19.8% -12.8
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 3 -3 5,370 7.5% +2.7
Liberal Democrats 2 -4 5,388 7.6% -2.2
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 2 +0 2,900 4.1% +2.5
Green Party 1 +1 6,493 9.1% +7.3
Independent 1 +1 3,467 4.9% +4.9
Reform UK and Bolton For Change 0 +0 6,651 9.3% +4.5
Workers Party of Britain 0 +0 1,388 1.9% —
The Independent Choice 0 +0 497 0.7% -0.2
Westhoughton First Independents 0 +0 385 0.5% +0.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 98 0.1% —
One Kearsley 0 -3 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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 and Co-operative Party 21
Reform UK and Bolton For Change 21
Green Party 19
Liberal Democrats 19
Independent 4
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 3
Westhoughton First Independents 2
Workers Party of Britain 2
The Independent Choice 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

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Toby Hewitt Elected 1,560 38.0% -12.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Kate Elizabeth Taylor 1,559 38.0% -2.1
Green Party Mark Devereux 555 13.5% +3.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Mike Armstrong 433 10.5% +4.3
Majority1
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,107

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jackie Schofield Elected 1,436 40.3% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ciaran Tully 1,388 39.0% -10.6
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Sandra Harris 433 12.2% +3.7
Green Party Matthew Thomas Miller 177 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 125 3.5% -6.9
Majority48
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,559

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Robert John Morrisey Elected 1,293 42.4% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Becky Campbell 1,130 37.1% -4.9
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Georgia Lloyd 425 13.9% +2.3
Green Party Wendy Ann Hopkinson 139 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell 60 2.0% -2.6
Majority163
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,047

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadim Muslim Elected 1,763 46.3% -6.2
Labour Party Ian Brown 1,359 35.7% +2.6
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Amy Hare 368 9.7% +0.3
Green Party Lee Charles Harrison 204 5.4% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Jim Priest 113 3.0% -2.3
Majority404
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,807

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Farnworth North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Haworth Elected 908 32.8% -22.6
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Mark William Bailey 700 25.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mazhar Iqbal 520 18.8% -0.9
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Dylan Anthony Evans 298 10.8% -7.3
Green Party Philip Kochitty 273 9.9% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Louise Tonge 71 2.6% -2.0
Majority208
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,770

Labour Party hold

Farnworth South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Paula Tracey Connor-Bennett Elected 975 43.1% -6.5
Labour Party Champak Mistry 752 33.2% -4.5
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Julie Pattison 292 12.9% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Carol Forshaw 105 4.6% -2.5
Green Party Jordan Greenhalgh 105 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Tonge 35 1.5% -4.2
Majority223
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,264

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Hon Elected 1,521 48.4% -10.2
Green Party Mahboob Alom 1,009 32.1% +25.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Tracey Earp 355 11.3% +7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Kalim Muslim 259 8.2% -30.2
Majority512
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,144

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Hanif Alli Elected 1,523 45.1% +41.1
Labour and Co-operative Party Kevin Patrick Morris 1,273 37.7% -11.9
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Norman Cryer 268 7.9% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Anne Turner-Preece 178 5.3% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Kubbar Alom 132 3.9% -39.8
Majority250
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,374

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Morgan Elected 1,975 44.2% -2.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Bill Lovat 1,130 25.3% -1.0
The Independent Choice Gordon Campbell 497 11.1% -4.1
Green Party Jennifer Entwistle 358 8.0% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Graham McGreavy 319 7.1% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin 192 4.3% -2.3
Majority845
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,471

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Victoria Elise Rigby Elected 2,028 52.8% +5.4
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Charlotte Chloe Minnie Moncado-Sears Elected 1,835 47.8% —
Labour Party Kevin Peter McKeon 1,401 36.5% +0.1
Labour Party George Butler 1,117 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Baines 385 10.0% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Hannah Wright 319 8.3% —
Green Party Glenys Ann Johnson 150 3.9% -2.0
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Taylor Jones 140 3.6% -0.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Stephen Tonge 128 3.3% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Turner-Allen 126 3.3% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Scott James Turner-Preece 48 1.3% —
Majority434
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,838

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents hold

Horwich South & Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Samantha Louise Angela Williamson Elected 1,507 48.4% +2.2
Labour Party Michael Jarvis 878 28.2% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Norris 404 13.0% -10.5
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Eddie Carr 138 4.4% +0.9
Green Party Helen Alker 109 3.5% -2.9
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner-Allen 77 2.5% -0.4
Majority629
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,113

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents hold

Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fazeelah Khan Elected 1,213 29.9% -10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Shafi Patel 824 20.3% -19.5
Independent Derek John Bullock 786 19.4% —
Workers Party of Britain Sajid Pathan 546 13.4% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Rob Lowe 354 8.7% +0.3
Green Party Pete Hopkinson 231 5.7% -4.6
Liberal Democrats Linda Christine Maher 108 2.7% -2.5
Majority389
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,062

Labour Party hold

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Sylvia Mary Crossley Elected 1,225 49.9% -16.1
Labour Party Melanie Livesey 853 34.8% +12.5
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Dale Gregory 149 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Glenys Ratcliffe 142 5.8% +3.5
Green Party Nadeem Ian Jojo 52 2.1% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Cooper 32 1.3% +0.4
Majority372
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,453

Farnworth and Kearsley First Party hold

Little Lever & Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liam Barnard Elected 1,201 37.7% +5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Fred Khan 861 27.1% -13.5
Independent Sean Colin Hornby 615 19.3% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Brett Varnam 393 12.4% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Martin 112 3.5% -0.3
Majority340
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,182

Labour Party hold

Queens Park & Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Linda Carol Thomas Elected 1,256 43.7% -23.7
Workers Party of Britain Omar Shafiq 842 29.3% —
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Sandra Harvey 221 7.7% -1.1
Green Party Martin McLoughlin 220 7.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shahjahan Shah 168 5.8% -8.4
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst 94 3.3% -3.3
Independent Don Prof Reis Abraham Halliwell Prf 76 2.6% —
Majority414
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,877

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ayyub Chota Patel Elected 1,990 48.3% —
Labour Party Hanif Adia 1,244 30.2% -20.1
Green Party Alan Johnson 550 13.3% +5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Marcellus Mbah 153 3.7% -37.0
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Colin Derek Speakman 139 3.4% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Gillian Elizabeth Wroe 48 1.2% -0.8
Majority746
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,124

Independent gain from Labour Party

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Garry Neil Veevers Elected 1,690 45.9% -7.6
Labour Party Sorie Sesay 859 23.3% -2.0
Green Party Vicki Attenborough 448 12.2% +4.3
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Helen Shaw 365 9.9% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond Ndokwo 319 8.7% -4.4
Majority831
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,681

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Emily Grace Amelia Mort Elected 1,300 44.8% -8.2
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Trevor Jones 827 28.5% +10.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Meen 465 16.0% -11.0
Green Party Alexander John Mell McAllister 200 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka 113 3.9% -2.9
Majority473
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,905

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Janice McGeown Elected 1,137 33.8% -7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Higson 842 25.1% -3.7
Labour Party Karen Millington 776 23.1% +4.1
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Jennifer Armstrong 314 9.3% —
Westhoughton First Independents Jill Alexandra Reynolds 189 5.6% +0.5
Green Party Charlie Barrett 102 3.0% +1.8
Majority295
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,360

Liberal Democrats hold

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Stewart McHugh Elected 1,146 35.2% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 1,029 31.6% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Cathryn Norris 410 12.6% -7.5
Reform UK and Bolton For Change Dave Price 292 9.0% +1.7
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 196 6.0% -5.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Richard Adam Bates 98 3.0% —
Green Party Heather Rylance 88 2.7% —
Majority117
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,259

Labour Party hold

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