2006 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

20 of the 60 seats on Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
37 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won1073
Seats after222117
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote25,45227,09612,789
Percentage37.7%40.1%18.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.5%Increase2.svg 4.5%Decrease2.svg 11.2%

Bolton UK local election 2006.svg
Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in orange.

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England. EnglandBolton.png
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party and resuming control of the council after a two-year break.

Contents

20 seats were contested, with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3 Overall turnout was 34.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1020+250.037.725,452+5.8%
  Conservative 720+235.040.127,096+3.2%
  Liberal Democrats 304-415.018.912,789-11.0%
  Green 000002.21,500+1.9%
  Socialist Labour 000000.6379+0.3%
  Veritas 000000.4288+0.4%

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

201921
LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

222117
LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Walsh 2,424 65.3 +3.0
Labour Muhammad Rafiq68618.5−1.0
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari3519.5−8.7
Socialist Labour Howard Broadbent2506.7+6.7
Majority 1,73846.8
Turnout 3,71136.0−4.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Soc Lab 7.7

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Brierley 2,319 64.3 +4.8
Labour Janice Sutton75120.8−0.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth53914.9−4.6
Majority 1,56843.5
Turnout 3,60939.0−6.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 4.7

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynda Byrne 1,435 45.6 +4.0
Conservative Richard Elliot1,35843.2+0.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Hill35111.2−4.6
Majority 772.4
Turnout 3,14431.0−4.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 4.3

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Greenhalgh 2,725 65.0 −0.2
Labour Anthony Terrible71217.0−2.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Atty46211.0−4.4
Green Elizbaeth Spencer2977.1+7.1
Majority 2,01347.9
Turnout 4,19140.0−8.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Green 5.7

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sufrana Bashir-Ismail 1,932 44.7 +21.8
Liberal Democrats Valibhai Patel1,13226.2−25.6
Conservative Donald Fairclough94121.8+0.1
Veritas Anthony Backhouse1904.4+4.4
Socialist Labour Lynne Lowe1293.0+1.2
Majority 80018.5
Turnout 4,32443.0+0.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 23.7

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noel Spencer 1,296 58.9 +7.4
Conservative Peter Taylor50923.1+1.6
Liberal Democrats David Connor39417.9−9.1
Majority 78735.8
Turnout 2,19921.0−6.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8.2

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 1,889 58.7 +19.4
Conservative Christine Wild66920.8−19.4
Liberal Democrats Gulamali Jiva33510.4−10.2
Green Alan Johnson32710.2+10.2
Majority 1,22037.9
Turnout 3,22034.0−4.0
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 19.4

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Akhtar Zaman 2,289 69.4 +12.2
Conservative Jamie Douglas60518.3−2.1
Liberal Democrats Nathan Biney40412.2−10.2
Majority 1,68451.1
Turnout 3,29834.0−1.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 11.2

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence Williamson 1,194 49.4 +6.0
Conservative Robert Tyler76831.8+4.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Willis45418.8−10.4
Majority 42617.6
Turnout 2,41625.0−5.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8.2

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Shaw 3,329 69.0 +6.4
Labour John Gillatt82817.2−1.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Snowden66813.8−5.0
Majority 2,50151.8
Turnout 4,82546.0−7.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 5.7

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hollick 1,151 35.1 +3.7
Labour Isabel Seddon1,10533.7+1.7
Liberal Democrats John Cronnolley1,02531.2−5.4
Majority 461.4
Turnout 3,28135.0−7.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 4.5

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock 1,449 40.0 −16.4
Conservative Stephen Wallen1,16932.3+9.0
Labour Madeline Murray1,00427.7+7.4
Majority 2807.7
Turnout 3,62238.0−8.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 12.7

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Morgan 1,741 53.5 +9.2
Labour Romanna Kowalczuk1,05132.3−1.9
Liberal Democrats Linden Greensitt46314.2−7.3
Majority 69021.2
Turnout 3,25533.0−8.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 8.2

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Burrows 1,158 42.5 +10.4
Liberal Democrats William Collison1,07939.6−16.6
Conservative Diane Bamber48717.9+6.3
Majority 792.9
Turnout 2,72428.0−5.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 13.5

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Hornby 1,573 42.0 +0.8
Conservative David Broadie1,42738.1−0.1
Green Alwynne Cartmell3459.2+2.6
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor2988.0−6.0
Veritas William Jones982.6+2.6
Majority 1463.9
Turnout 3,74140.0−4.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Green 4.3

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,028 68.5 +22.5
Conservative John Heyes93231.5+15.4
Majority 1,09637.0
Turnout 2,96029.0−9.0
Labour hold Swing

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Silvester 1,621 42.4 −10.3
Conservative Dennis Bray1,34535.1+12.3
Labour Joseph Hayes86122.5+3.6
Majority 2767.3
Turnout 3,82738.0−4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 11.3

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas Peel 1,598 54.2 +1.7
Conservative Mudasir Dean87429.6−6.6
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka2528.5−2.8
Green James Tomkinson2277.7+7.7
Majority 72424.6
Turnout 2,95131.0−6.0
Labour hold Swing Con to Green 7.1

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North & Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Higson 1,486 43.1 +10.3
Labour David Chadwick1,14633.2+4.3
Liberal Democrats James Gilfallan51514.9−23.4
Green Eric Hyland3048.8+8.8
Majority 3429.9
Turnout 3,45135.0−8.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 16.8

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Silvester 997 36.3 −11.0
Labour Barbara Ramsden91633.3+4.8
Conservative Michael Baker83730.4+6.2
Majority 813.0
Turnout 2,75030.0−6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 8.6

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