2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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20 seats were contested with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1020+236.524,426-1.2
  Conservative 721+139.826,637-0.3
  Liberal Democrats 303-319.713,187+0.8
  Green 000003.22,148+1.0
  BNP 000000.8524+0.8
  Veritas 000000.174-0.3

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Lever 1,989 57.7 −12.3
Labour Joe Hayes82223.8+4.0
Liberal Democrats Clive Atty63918.5+8.4
Majority 1,16733.8−13.0
Turnout 3,45033.5−2.5
Conservative hold Swing Con to LD 10.3

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,334 65.5 +1.2
Labour Jim Cottam61817.3−3.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Howarth44612.5−2.4
Green Anne Mumberson1674.7+4.7
Majority 1,71648.1+4.6
Turnout 3,56538.8−0.2
Conservative hold Swing Labour to Green 4.1

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne 1,691 48.3 +2.7
Conservative Arthur Norris1,43140.9−2.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Rae Hill2416.9−4.3
Green Lynne Hyland1404.0+4.0
Majority 2607.4+5.0
Turnout 3,50334.6+3.6
Labour hold Swing LD to Green 4.1

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Critchley 2,784 66.7 +1.7
Labour Anthony Muscat Terrible67716.2−0.8
Liberal Democrats Christine MacPherson3628.7−2.3
Green Liz Spencer3508.4+1.4
Majority 2,10750.5+2.6
Turnout 4,17339.6−0.4
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 2.0

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Scowcroft 1,662 52.3 +7.6
Conservative Don Fairclough1,03532.6+10.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Warren48215.2−11.0
Majority 62719.7+1.2
Turnout 3,17930.7−12.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 10.9

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Cottam 1,107 42.5 −16.4
Liberal Democrats Tariq Aziz92035.3+17.4
Conservative Ruth Kenny39915.3−7.8
Green Ria Greenhalgh1796.9+6.9
Majority 1877.2−28.6
Turnout 2,60524.0+3.0
Labour hold Swing Labour to LD 16.9

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Madeline Murray 1,601 47.1 −11.6
Conservative Mohammad Idrees1,27637.5+16.7
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor3069.0−1.4
Green Alan Johnson2196.4−3.8
Majority 3259.5−28.4
Turnout 3,40234.9−3.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour to Con 14.1

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Thomas 1,802 64.8 −4.6
Conservative Martin Grindrod51718.6+0.3
Liberal Democrats Martin McLoughlin46316.6+4.4
Majority 1,28546.2−4.9
Turnout 2,78228.5−5.5
Labour hold Swing Labour to LD 4.5

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Clare 1,182 50.9 +1.5
Conservative Robert Tyler71931.0−0.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Connor41918.1−0.7
Majority 46319.9+2.3
Turnout 2,32023.4−1.6
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 1.1

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Allen 3,199 68.9 −0.1
Labour John Gillatt90819.5+2.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Evans53811.6−2.2
Majority 2,29149.3−2.5
Turnout 4,64543.9−2.1
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 2.2

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Raymond Barrow 1,325 41.2 +6.1
Labour Isabel Seddon1,16236.1+2.4
Liberal Democrats Peter McGeehan73122.7−8.5
Majority 1635.1
Turnout 3,21833.6−1.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 7.3

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Ronson 1,807 49.8 +9.8
Conservative Stephen Wallan1,03828.6−3.7
Labour Kevan Jones78721.7−6.0
Majority 76921.2+13.5
Turnout 3,63236.8−1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Labour to LD 7.9

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Ascroft 1,692 52.5 −1.0
Labour Michael Francis1,08833.8+1.5
Liberal Democrats Linden Greensitt44113.7−0.5
Majority 60418.7−2.5
Turnout 3,22132.2−0.8
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 1.2

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rothwell 1,215 42.4 +2.8
Labour Guy Harkin1,18841.5−1.0
Conservative Diane Bamber46316.2−1.7
Majority 270.9
Turnout 2,86628.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Con to LD 2.0

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Connell 1,667 43.2 +1.2
Conservative Rees Gibbon1,59641.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Eric Hyde3238.4+0.4
Green Alwynne Cartmell2757.1−1.1
Majority 711.8−2.1
Turnout 3,86139.8−0.2
Labour hold Swing Green to Con 2.1

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,079 64.4 −4.1
Conservative John (Jack) Heyes66820.7−10.8
Liberal Democrats Sandra Bridger48014.9+14.9
Majority 1,41143.7+6.7
Turnout 3,22731.1+2.1
Labour hold Swing Con to LD 12.8

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Swarbrick 1,763 47.6 +5.2
Conservative Dennis Bray1,04428.2−6.9
Labour James Shaw68018.4−4.1
Green Rachel Mann2185.9+5.9
Majority 71919.4+12.1
Turnout 3,70536.7−1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Con to Green 6.4

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,463 44.9 −9.3
Conservative Nigel Ford83125.5−4.1
BNP David Wood52416.1+16.1
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka2367.2−1.3
Green James Tomkinson1334.7−3.6
Veritas Anthony Backhouse742.3+2.3
Majority 63219.4−5.2
Turnout 3,26134.6+3.6
Labour hold Swing Labour to BNP 12.7

Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Patricia Allen 1,482 41.9 −1.2
Labour Arthur Price1,21934.4+1.2
Liberal Democrats Ronald Halliwell65118.4+3.5
Green Laura Spencer1885.3−3.5
Majority 2637.4−2.5
Turnout 3,54033.7−1.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Green to LD 3.5

Weshoughton South ward

Weshoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Chadwick 1,023 36.0 +2.7
Conservative Christine Wild81528.7−1.7
Liberal Democrats Pamela Rigby72425.5−10.8
Green Eric Hyland2799.8+9.8
Majority 2087.3
Turnout 2,84130.0+0.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Green 9.3

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