Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the General Election which led to a much higher turnout than in recent years. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
20 seats were contested with 13 being won by the Labour Party, 6 by the Conservatives and 1 by the Liberal Democrats.
In the Smithills ward, the Lib Dems held the seat but defeated the sitting Councillor, R Silvester, who had previously moved from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party.
After the election, the total composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 13 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 39.5 | 48,880 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 33.9 | 41,919 | -8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 21.4 | 26,474 | +1.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2,728 | -0.3 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1,865 | +0.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2,139 | +1.6 | |
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
28 | 23 | 9 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
After the election the composition of the council was:
30 | 22 | 8 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walsh | 3,204 | 46.5 | -17.9 | |
Labour | Asif Ibrahim | 2,034 | 29.5 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Richard Atty | 1,257 | 18.4 | -1.8 | |
Independent | Neville Mercer | 396 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 1,170 | 16.8 | -27.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,947 | 69.1 | +33.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 15.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Brierley | 3,464 | 53.7 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Kate Challender | 1,733 | 26.9 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Frederick Howarth | 1,090 | 16.9 | +7.6 | |
Green | Anne Mumberson | 163 | 2.5 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 1,731 | 26.7 | -25.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,478 | 72.1 | +31.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 12.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Jean Byrne | 2,787 | 49.6 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 1,951 | 34.7 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Charles Tyas Cooper | 876 | 15.6 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 836 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,655 | 59.2 | +18.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 14.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Wells Greenhalgh | 4,236 | 54.5 | -14.4 | |
Labour | Anthony Muscat Terribile | 1,774 | 22.8 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Malcolm Ball | 1,456 | 18.7 | +10.9 | |
Green | Lynne Hyland | 303 | 3.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 2,462 | 31.5 | -20.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,821 | 74.1 | +33.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to LD 12.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 3,749 | 62.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Amina Khilji | 1,325 | 22.0 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jaleh Salari | 938 | 15.6 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 2,424 | 40.3 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,012 | 61.7 | +22.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 9.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noel Spencer | 2,612 | 53.2 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 1,040 | 21.2 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur Connor | 994 | 20.3 | -14.1 | |
Green | Diana Hayes | 260 | 5.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,572 | 32.0 | +24.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,906 | 45.9 | +20.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 12.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 2,844 | 49.9 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Idrees | 1,805 | 31.6 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew David Tyas Cooper | 785 | 13.8 | +6.9 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 270 | 4.7 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 1,039 | 18.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,704 | 58.3 | +21.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Green to LD 6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 3,228 | 65.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francine Godfrey | 882 | 17.8 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Gareth Morris | 845 | 17.1 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 2,346 | 47.3 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,955 | 55.1 | +23.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Francis | 2,312 | 44.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Connor | 1,203 | 23.3 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Bill Dawson | 903 | 17.5 | -23.0 | |
Independent | Laurence John Williamson | 625 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Green | Eric Thomas Hyland | 114 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 1,109 | 21.5 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,157 | 54.0 | +27.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Ind 17.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shaw | 4,643 | 57.6 | -13.0 | |
Labour | John William Gillatt | 1,973 | 24.5 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Joyce Macpherson | 1,265 | 15.7 | +8.9 | |
Green | Daniel James Mann | 184 | 2.3 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 2,670 | 33.1 | -20.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,065 | 75.6 | +30.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to LD 10.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Pickup | 2,423 | 38.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Hollick | 2,229 | 35.1 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Thomson | 1,319 | 20.7 | -5.2 | |
Green | Graham Chadwick | 388 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 194 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,359 | 65.9 | +30.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | Con to Labour 8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin P. McKeon | 2,243 | 33.0 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Michael Rock | 2,153 | 31.7 | -12.3 | |
Conservative | Carol Ann Forshaw | 1,970 | 29.0 | -1.7 | |
BNP | Ivan Andrew Cooper | 421 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 90 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,787 | 69.4 | +32.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 11.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Philip Morgan | 2,873 | 57.5 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Shafaqat Shaikh | 1,928 | 31.9 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Anthony Harasiwka | 888 | 14.7 | +2.2 | |
Green | James David Tomkinson | 364 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 945 | 15.6 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,053 | 61.8 | -27.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Green 6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Burrows | 2,706 | 46.4 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Kane | 1,797 | 30.8 | -15.8 | |
Conservative | Diane Bamber | 1,331 | 22.8 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 909 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,834 | 56.5 | +26.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 14.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Connell | 2,036 | 31.6 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,794 | 27.8 | -17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric John Hyde | 1,342 | 20.8 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Sean Colin Hornby | 1,118 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 161 | 2.5 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 242 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,451 | 66.0 | +27.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Ind 17.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 3,928 | 70.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glen Carl Atkinson | 855 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Michelle Laura Ionn | 825 | 15.2 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 3,073 | 54.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,608 | 56.0 | +26.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to LD 10.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony James Radlett | 2,741 | 41.0 | -6.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard Edward Warner Silvester | 1,699 | 25.4 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Christine Deidre Flannagan | 1,632 | 24.4 | -7.4 | |
BNP | Anthony Backhouse | 461 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Green | Rachel Elizabeth Mann | 153 | 2.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 1,042 | 15.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,686 | 67.3 | +29.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | Con to Labour 8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Peel | 2,495 | 48.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Kath Kavanagh | 1,418 | 27.3 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael George Langdon | 756 | 14.6 | +8.5 | |
BNP | Dorothee Sayers | 525 | 10.1 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 1,077 | 20.7 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,194 | 57.7 | +23.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to LD 7.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martyn Cox | 2,826 | 38.2 | -9.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Karen Louise Lawrinson | 2,263 | 30.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek John Gradwell | 2,087 | 28.2 | +4.2 | |
Green | Ian David McHugh | 222 | 3.0 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 563 | 7.6 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,398 | 67.6 | +34.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Stanley Jones | 2,113 | 34.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Mary Silvester | 1,790 | 29.3 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Vernon Wild | 1,605 | 26.3 | -5.1 | |
BNP | Richard Adam Bates | 458 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Green | Kirsty Rachael Upham | 146 | 2.4 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 323 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,112 | 63.5 | +31.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 7.8 | |||
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