2011 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2011 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015.

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21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich North East ward following Barbara Ronson's resignation. The Labour Party won 15 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 5 and the Liberal Democrats 1.

The Labour Party gained overall control of the council for the first time since 2003.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1550+549.338,148+9.8
  Conservative 502-233.225,745-0.7
  Liberal Democrats 103-312.79,801-8.7
  Green 000003.62,762+1.4
  BNP 000000.4299-1.1
  Independent 000000.9692-0.8

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

30228
LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

35205
LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Vernon Wild 1,982 46.1 −0.4
Labour Asif Ismail Ibrahim1,48134.5+5.0
Independent Neville Mercer43010.00+4.3
Astley Bridge FirstStuart Anthony Lever2024.7+4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty2024.7−13.5
Majority 50111.6−5.2
Turnout 4,29742.9−26.2
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative Swing LD to Labour 9.2

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,328 55.7 +2.0
Labour Kate Challender1,56737.5+10.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth2856.8−10.1
Majority 76118.1−8.6
Turnout 4,20947.7−24.4
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 10.4

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne 2,045 60.2 +10.6
Conservative Sandra MacNeill1,17634.6−0.1
Liberal Democrats Tracey Odessa Kane1765.2−10.4
Majority 86925.4+10.6
Turnout 3,42036.0−23.2
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.5

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Andrew Wilkinson 2,821 59.7 +5.2
Labour Tony Muscat1,24426.3+3.5
Green Rosa Sarah Shaw3367.1+3.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Atty3276.9−11.6
Majority 1,57733.2+1.8
Turnout 4,75545.0−29.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 8.4

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Guy J. Harkin 2,403 68.7 +6.4
Conservative Gareth James Morris71320.4−1.6
Green Alex Shaw2186.2+6.2
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle McDowall1644.7−10.9
Majority 1,69048.0+7.7
Turnout 3,52235.1−26.6
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.6

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Gillies 1,855 68.8 +15.9
Conservative Ibby Ismail38314.2−6.8
Green Diana Hayes2318.6+3.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor2268.4−11.7
Majority 1,47254.0+32.0
Turnout 2,72625.5−20.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 13.8

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Madeline Murray 2,282 68.5 +19.0
Conservative Anjani Kumar61218.4−13.0
Liberal Democrats Aqeel Akhtar2417.2−6.5
Green David William Collins1985.9+1.2
Majority 1,67049.5−31.3
Turnout 3,37535.5−22.8
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 16.0

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Carol Thomas 2,235 75.8 +10.7
Conservative Joylon Horton Greenhalgh37712.8−4.2
Green Ian David McHugh1956.6+6.6
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey1434.8−13.0
Majority 1,85862.6+15.3
Turnout 2,96933.1−22.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 11.8

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Clare 1,918 69.2 +24.6
Conservative Jay Patel61622.2+4.8
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Connor2368.5−14.7
Majority 1,30245.2+23.7
Turnout 2,88130.0−24.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 19.6

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Allen 3,175 62.0 +4.7
Labour John William Gillatt1,39427.2+2.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce MacPherson3166.2−9.4
Green Hannah Louisa Middleton2404.7+2.4
Majority 1,78134.6+1.5
Turnout 5,14948.5−27.1
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 7.0

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lindsey Ann Kell 1,851 49.1 +11.3
Conservative John Raymond Birchall Barrow1,42537.8+3.0
Green Graham Chadwick2817.4+1.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Andrew Kane2155.7−14.9
Majority 42611.2
Turnout 3,80439.7−26.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing LD to Labour 13.1

Horwich North East ward

Two seats were up for election in this ward.

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Kellett 1,869 24.6
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester 1,526 20.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Rock1,21716.0
Conservative Carol Ann Forshaw1,13514.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Thomson1,01713.4
Conservative Peter Sloan83711.0
Majority (Kellett) 652
Majority (Silvester) 309
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip John Ashcroft 1,671 46.4 −0.8
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh1,36938.0+6.3
Green James Tomkinson3449.6+3.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew David Tyas Cooper2156.0−8.6
Majority 3028.4−7.2
Turnout 3,59936.7−25.1
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 7.4

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Irving 1,630 52.4 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell95330.6−0.2
Conservative Michelle Ionn52917.0−5.8
Majority 67721.5+5.9
Turnout 3,14430.2−26.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Con to Labour 5.9

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Connell 1,988 50.0 +18.4
Conservative Rees Gibbon1,05726.6−1.2
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde71418.0−2.8
Green Alwynne Cartmell2175.5+3.0
Majority 93123.3+19.6
Turnout 3,99241.2−24.8
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.6

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,677 77.1 +7.1
Conservative Ruth Kenny37410.8−3.9
Green Alan Johnson3008.6+8.6
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper1193.4−11.8
Majority 2,30366.4+11.6
Turnout 3,47034.6−21.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Green 10.2

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carole R. Swarbrick 1,642 40.0 −0.7
Labour Sean Francis Harkin1,34432.8+7.6
Conservative Christine Deidre Porter91322.3−1.9
Green Rachel Elizabeth Mann2024.9+2.6
Majority 2987.2−8.4
Turnout 4,12541.6−25.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Con to Labour 4.7

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,714 55.2 +7.2
Conservative Kath Kavanagh93330.0+2.7
BNP Dorothee Sayers2999.6−0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Harasiwka1605.2−9.3
Majority 78125.0+4.3
Turnout 3,12435.1−22.6
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8.2

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Peacock 2,038 47.8 +17.4
Conservative Patricia Allen1,83743.1+5.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Cooper3929.2−18.8
Majority 2014.7
Turnout 4,30439.3−28.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing LD to Labour 18.1

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Andrew Chadwick 1,718 49.5 +14.9
Conservative Michael Baker85124.5−1.8
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell84124.2−5.1
Independent Glenn George Kaalman601.7+1.7
Majority 93326.2+20.9
Turnout 3,56237.1−26.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.0

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