Bolton council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
10
Reform UK
Seats contested
21
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 10 +10 30,044 34.0% —
Green Party 3 +2 15,210 17.2% +8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +0 12,433 14.1% -5.7
Labour Party 2 -7 16,844 19.1% -15.3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2 -1 3,680 4.2% -3.4
Liberal Democrats 1 -1 6,387 7.2% -0.3
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 0 -2 2,753 3.1% -1.0
Independent 0 -1 732 0.8% -4.0
Westhoughton First Independents 0 +0 100 0.1% -0.4
Advance UK 0 +0 71 0.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 40 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Reform UK 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Green Party 20
Labour Party 20
Liberal Democrats 20
Independent 7
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party 3
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents 2
Advance UK 1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1
Westhoughton First Independents 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 +/−
Reform UK Ryan Bailey Elected 1,635 32.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Walsh 1,248 24.7% -13.3
Green Party Lee Thorne 1,147 22.7% +9.2
Labour Party Phil Warren 807 16.0% -22.0
Liberal Democrats Sarita Chohan 106 2.1% —
Independent Pete Hopkinson 53 1.0% —
Independent Peter Brett Hopkinson 53 1.0% —
Majority387
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,049

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Bradshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Webb Elected 1,801 37.4% -1.6
Reform UK Sandra Harris 1,712 35.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Dennis Firth 745 15.5% -24.9
Green Party Jennifer Entwistle 423 8.8% +3.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Anne Strawbridge 130 2.7% -0.8
Majority89
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,811

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

Breightmet

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mike Tucker Elected 1,890 47.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adele Kay Warren 974 24.4% -12.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Kate Elizabeth Taylor 605 15.1% -27.3
Green Party Gillian Fernley 413 10.3% +5.8
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell 80 2.0% +0.0
Independent Wendy Ann Hopkinson 33 0.8% —
Majority916
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,995

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Bromley Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Anne Cadden Elected 1,794 36.3% -10.0
Reform UK Jayden Cain 1,669 33.8% —
Green Party Joe Burton 718 14.5% +9.2
Labour Party Bill Lovat 597 12.1% -23.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Priest 164 3.3% +0.4
Majority125
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,942

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Farnworth North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nadeem Ayub Elected 1,131 29.0% -3.8
Reform UK Rees Gibbon 1,109 28.4% —
Green Party Philip Kochitty 648 16.6% +6.7
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Sandra Baker 642 16.4% -8.8
Independent Champak Mistry 235 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Cain 103 2.6% -16.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Tonge 35 0.9% -1.7
Majority22
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,903

Labour Party hold

Farnworth South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Julie Pattison Elected 1,220 41.3% —
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Paul Sanders 956 32.3% -10.7
Labour Party Wesley McArdle 343 11.6% -21.6
Green Party David Wright 338 11.4% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Kubbar Alom 59 2.0% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Louise Tonge 40 1.4% -0.2
Majority264
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,956

Reform UK gain from Farnworth and Kearsley First Party

Great Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Iqbal Elected 1,918 45.8% -2.6
Green Party Mahboob Alom 1,239 29.6% -2.5
Reform UK Gus Heyes 755 18.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Yusuf Butt 159 3.8% -4.4
Liberal Democrats Rishikesh Ratilal Chohan 116 2.8% —
Majority679
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,187

Labour Party hold

Halliwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Baggy Khan Elected 1,752 41.8% -3.3
Labour Party Safwaan Patel 1,444 34.5% -3.3
Reform UK Philip Booth 744 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Anne Elliott 136 3.2% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Caroline Anne Turner-Preece 115 2.7% -2.5
Majority308
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,191

Green Party hold

Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Barbara Galloway Elected 2,112 37.6% -6.5
Reform UK Hetan Ajwani 1,374 24.5% —
Labour Party Salim Quereshi 1,065 19.0% -6.3
Green Party Alexander James Rostron 760 13.5% +5.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin 299 5.3% +1.0
Majority738
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast5,610

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horwich North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Andrea Jane Finney Elected 1,905 39.3% -13.6
Reform UK Stephen Martindale 1,243 25.6% —
Green Party Helena Carman 585 12.1% +8.1
Labour Party Graham Dawson 536 11.0% -25.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Carol Forshaw 257 5.3% -4.7
Independent Charlotte Chloe Minnie Moncado-Sears 252 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Scott James Turner-Preece 74 1.5% -1.8
Majority662
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,852

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents hold

Horwich South & Blackrod

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents Peter Wright Elected 1,775 44.3% -4.1
Reform UK Matthew Kyle 1,060 26.4% —
Labour Party Joshua Johnathan Callum Cook 378 9.4% -18.8
Green Party Michael Jarvis 375 9.4% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Norris 293 7.3% -5.7
Liberal Democrats John William Strawbridge 79 2.0% -0.5
Independent Antony Moncado-Sears 49 1.2% —
Majority715
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,009

Horwich & Blackrod First Independents hold

Hulton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Derek Bullock Elected 1,939 60.3% —
Reform UK Derek John Bullock Elected 1,939 60.3% —
Labour Party Emma Julia Schofield 979 30.4% +0.6
Green Party Alan Johnson 947 29.4% +23.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Shafi Patel 470 14.6% -5.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Christine Maher 160 5.0% +2.3
Majority960
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,217

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain

Kearsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Roger Pedley Elected 1,564 46.4% —
Farnworth and Kearsley First Party Tracey Wilkinson 1,155 34.2% -15.7
Labour and Co-operative Party George Butler 255 7.6% -27.2
Green Party Tony Peers 176 5.2% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Glenys Ratcliffe 103 3.1% -2.7
Advance UK Jack Tebay 71 2.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 49 1.5% +0.1
Majority409
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,373

Reform UK gain from Farnworth and Kearsley First Party

Little Lever & Darcy Lever

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Derek Wunderley Elected 2,040 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Michael Meehan 924 22.5% -4.6
Labour Party Rach Gilmour 618 15.0% -22.7
Green Party Ben Dolata 345 8.4% —
Liberal Democrats Susan Mary Martin 143 3.5% -0.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Fin Cozens-Stott 40 1.0% —
Majority1,116
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,110

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Queens Park & Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Zan Arif Elected 1,090 35.1% +27.4
Labour Party Richard Silvester 1,044 33.6% -10.1
Reform UK Nimesh Vara 609 19.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Elliott 206 6.6% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst 160 5.1% +1.9
Majority46
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,109

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Rumworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ismail Ibrahim Elected 2,346 49.7% +36.3
Labour Party Sajid Ali 1,659 35.1% +5.0
Reform UK Gansham Hiriji Patel 463 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Gillian Elizabeth Wroe 137 2.9% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Shahjahan Shah 119 2.5% -1.2
Majority687
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,724

Green Party gain from Independent

Smithills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest Elected 1,713 37.6% -8.3
Reform UK Simon Roscoe 1,565 34.3% —
Green Party Elora Hunt 563 12.4% +0.2
Labour Party Liam O'Callaghan 533 11.7% -11.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond Ndokwo 184 4.0% -4.6
Majority148
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,558

Liberal Democrats hold

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Trevor Jones Elected 2,089 47.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Nick Peel 1,329 30.0% -14.8
Green Party Gaynor Margaret Richards 600 13.5% +6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Hafiz Tahir-Mahmood Butt 251 5.7% -10.3
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 166 3.7% -0.1
Majority760
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,435

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Lewis Elected 1,781 38.2% —
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 1,071 23.0% -10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Tighe 964 20.7% -4.4
Green Party Louise Warburton 439 9.4% +6.4
Labour Party Paul Leslie Saunders 403 8.7% -14.4
Majority710
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,658

Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrats

Westhoughton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Glen Clarke Elected 1,644 37.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 1,550 35.3% +3.7
Labour Party Christina Ruth Saunders 455 10.4% -24.8
Green Party Simon Penhallow 306 7.0% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Higson 276 6.3% -6.3
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 100 2.3% -3.7
Independent Richard Adam Bates 57 1.3% —
Majority94
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,388

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

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