2010 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2010 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

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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:

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1330+339.548,880+7.1
  Conservative 601-133.941,919-8.0
  Liberal Democrats 102-221.426,474+1.0
  Green 000002.22,728-0.3
  BNP 000001.51,865+0.3
  Independent 000001.72,139+1.6

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

28239
LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

30228
LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Walsh 3,204 46.5 −17.9
Labour Asif Ibrahim2,03429.5+13.9
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty1,25718.4−1.8
Independent Neville Mercer3965.7+5.7
Majority 1,17016.8−27.6
Turnout 6,94769.1+33.1
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 15.9

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Brierley 3,464 53.7 −15.0
Labour Kate Challender1,73326.9+10.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth1,09016.9+7.6
Green Anne Mumberson1632.5−2.8
Majority 1,73126.7−25.2
Turnout 6,47872.1+31.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 12.5

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynda Jean Byrne 2,787 49.6 +16.8
Conservative Sandra MacNeill1,95134.7−12.4
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper87615.6+11.1
Majority 83614.8
Turnout 5,65559.2+18.6
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 14.6

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Wells Greenhalgh 4,236 54.5 −14.4
Labour Anthony Muscat Terribile1,77422.8+6.2
Liberal Democrats Stewart Malcolm Ball1,45618.7+10.9
Green Lynne Hyland3033.9+0.4
Majority 2,46231.5−20.8
Turnout 7,82174.1+33.3
Conservative hold Swing Con to LD 12.6

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sufrana Bashir-Ismail 3,749 62.4 +12.4
Conservative Amina Khilji1,32522.0−6.0
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari93815.6−6.4
Majority 2,42440.3+18.4
Turnout 6,01261.7+22.9
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 9.4

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noel Spencer 2,612 53.2 +11.7
Conservative Ruth Kenny1,04021.2+2.1
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Connor99420.3−14.1
Green Diana Hayes2605.3+0.3
Majority 1,57232.0+24.9
Turnout 4,90645.9+20.5
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 12.9

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,844 49.9 +3.3
Conservative Mohammad Idrees1,80531.6−4.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew David Tyas Cooper78513.8+6.9
Green Alan Johnson2704.7−5.8
Majority 1,03918.2+8.2
Turnout 5,70458.3+21.8
Labour hold Swing Green to LD 6.3

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Akhtar Zaman 3,228 65.1 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey88217.8+1.3
Conservative Gareth Morris84517.1−4.0
Majority 2,34647.3+5.9
Turnout 4,95555.1+23.5
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 3.3

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Francis 2,312 44.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor1,20323.3+8.5
Conservative Bill Dawson90317.5−23.0
Independent Laurence John Williamson62512.1+12.1
Green Eric Thomas Hyland1142.2+2.2
Majority 1,10921.5+17.3
Turnout 5,15754.0+27.3
Labour hold Swing Con to Ind 17.5

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Shaw 4,643 57.6 −13.0
Labour John William Gillatt1,97324.5+7.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson1,26515.7+8.9
Green Daniel James Mann1842.3−2.9
Majority 2,67033.1−20.1
Turnout 8,06575.6+30.3
Conservative hold Swing Con to LD 10.9

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Pickup 2,423 38.1 +7.7
Conservative Michael Hollick2,22935.1−8.6
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Thomson1,31920.7−5.2
Green Graham Chadwick3886.1+6.1
Majority 1943.0
Turnout 6,35965.9+30.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Con to Labour 8.1

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin P. McKeon 2,243 33.0 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Rock2,15331.7−12.3
Conservative Carol Ann Forshaw1,97029.0−1.7
BNP Ivan Andrew Cooper4216.2+6.2
Majority 901.3
Turnout 6,78769.4+32.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 11.3

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Philip Morgan 2,873 57.5 −6.7
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh1,92831.9−1.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Harasiwka88814.7+2.2
Green James David Tomkinson3646.0+6.0
Majority 94515.6−5.3
Turnout 6,05361.8−27.8
Conservative hold Swing Con to Green 6.3

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Burrows 2,706 46.4 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Tracey Kane1,79730.8−15.8
Conservative Diane Bamber1,33122.8+3.5
Majority 90915.6
Turnout 5,83456.5+26.7
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 14.0

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Connell 2,036 31.6 −5.5
Conservative Rees Gibbon1,79427.8−17.7
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde1,34220.8+9.8
Independent Sean Colin Hornby1,11817.3+17.3
Green Alwynne Cartmell1612.5−3.9
Majority 2423.7
Turnout 6,45166.0+27.3
Labour hold Swing Con to Ind 17.5

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 3,928 70.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Glen Carl Atkinson85514.7+14.7
Conservative Michelle Laura Ionn82515.2−6.6
Majority 3,07354.8+13.4
Turnout 5,60856.0+26.7
Labour hold Swing Con to LD 10.6

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony James Radlett 2,741 41.0 −6.6
Labour Co-op Richard Edward Warner Silvester1,69925.4+9.8
Conservative Christine Deidre Flannagan1,63224.4−7.4
BNP Anthony Backhouse4616.9+6.9
Green Rachel Elizabeth Mann1532.3−1.3
Majority 1,04215.6+0.8
Turnout 6,68667.3+29.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Con to Labour 8.6

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Peel 2,495 48.0 +7.7
Conservative Kath Kavanagh1,41827.3−7.4
Liberal Democrats Michael George Langdon75614.6+8.5
BNP Dorothee Sayers52510.1−5.7
Majority 1,07720.7+15.1
Turnout 5,19457.7+23.2
Labour hold Swing Con to LD 7.9

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Cox 2,826 38.2 −9.4
Labour Co-op Karen Louise Lawrinson2,26330.6+6.1
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell2,08728.2+4.2
Green Ian David McHugh2223.0−0.9
Majority 5637.6−15.5
Turnout 7,39867.6+34.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 7.7

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevan Stanley Jones 2,113 34.6 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Mary Silvester1,79029.3−8.1
Conservative Paul Vernon Wild1,60526.3−5.1
BNP Richard Adam Bates4587.5+7.5
Green Kirsty Rachael Upham1462.4−1.7
Majority 3235.3
Turnout 6,11263.5+31.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 7.8

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