2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Results of the 2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2016.

Contents

22 seats were contested, including all 3 Bradshaw seats, following the resignation of Conservative married couple, Diane and Paul Brierley. The Labour Party won 14 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 7 seats and the Liberal Democrats 1 seat.

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

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1460+650.034,520+0.7
  Conservative 504-431.321,587-1.9
  Liberal Democrats 102-212.28,431-0.7
  Green 000004.22,929+0.6
  English Democrat 000000.8588+0.8
  BNP 000000.4260-0.0
  Independent 000001.1754+0.2

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

35205
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After the election the composition of the council was:

41163
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L – Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Constance Fairclough 1,653 46.5 +0.4
Labour Stuart William Murray1,45340.8+6.3
Independent Neville Mercer3349.4+4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty1163.3−1.4
Majority 2005.6−6.0
Turnout 3,55635.4−7.5
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 3.8

Bradshaw ward

All three seats were up for election. Dean stood again for election in 2014, Haslam in 2015, and Hall in 2016.

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Hall 1,957 20.3
Conservative Stuart Haslam 1,948 20.2
Conservative Mudasir Dean 1,584 16.5
Labour Steve Rigby1,03510.8
Labour Deborah Susan Newall1,03110.7
Labour Asha Ali Ismail9069.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth4474.6
Liberal Democrats Norman Peacock4244.4
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle McDowall2913.0
Majority (Hall) 922
Majority (Haslam) 913
Majority (Dean) 549
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Challender 1,813 59.8 −0.4
Conservative Arthur Norris90429.8−4.8
Green Laura Diggle2086.9+6.9
Liberal Democrats Tracey Odessa Kane1063.5−1.7
Majority 90930.0+4.6
Turnout 3,03132.5−3.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Con to Green 5.8

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Wilkinson 2,207 59.0 −0.7
Labour Tony Muscat1,21532.5+6.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Nathan Atty3178.5+1.6
Majority 99226.5−6.7
Turnout 3,73935.6−9.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 3.4

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hanif Darvesh 2,375 74.9 +6.2
Conservative Ryan Patrick Haslam52316.5−3.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Sanders Warren2738.6+3.9
Majority 1,85258.4+10.4
Turnout 3,17131.9+4.0
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 5.0

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asif Ibrahim 1,557 67.2 −1.6
Conservative Frederick Taylor32013.8−0.4
Green Trevor Bonfield26311.3+2.7
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor1787.7−0.7
Majority 1,23753.4−0.6
Turnout 2,31821.9−3.6
Labour hold Swing Labour to Green 2.1

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,183 74.0 +5.5
Green David William Collins31610.7+4.8
Conservative Albert Brandwood30710.4−8.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Andrew Kane1434.8−2.4
Majority 1,86763.3+13.8
Turnout 2,94930.7−4.8
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 6.7

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cliff Morris 2,122 78.4 +2.6
Conservative Jolyon Horton Coombs2549.4−3.4
Green Ian David McHugh2278.4+1.8
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey1033.8−1.0
Majority 1,86869.0+6.4
Turnout 2,70630.5−2.6
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 3.0

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Champak Gulab Mistry 1,656 73.0 +3.8
Conservative Robert Edward Tyler38917.1−5.1
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Connor2229.9+1.4
Majority 1,26758.9+13.7
Turnout 2,26723.7−6.3
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 4.4

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Rushston 2,450 59.5 −2.5
Labour Co-op John William Gillatt1,18528.8+1.6
Green Hannah Middleton2716.6+1.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson2095.1−1.1
Majority 1,26530.7−3.9
Turnout 4,11539.1−9.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Green 2.2

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Cunliffe 1,693 57.4 +8.3
Conservative Christine Deidre Flanigan83628.3−9.5
Green Michael John Hillman2337.9+0.5
Liberal Democrats Lynne McCartin1876.3+0.6
Majority 85729.1+17.9
Turnout 2,94930.5−9.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Con to Labour 8.9

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester 1,495 43.6 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Rock66119.3−10.1
Conservative Peter Sloan64018.7−7.2
Green Graham Chadwick3419.9+9.9
English Democrat Anthony Backhouse2918.5+8.5
Majority 83424.3
Turnout 3,42834.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Con to Green 10.1

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Shepherd Walsh 1,326 44.6 −1.8
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh1,26542.5+4.5
Green James Tomkinson32210.8+1.2
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari612.0−4.0
Majority 612.0−6.4
Turnout 2,97430.7−6.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 4.2

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Ann Burrows 1,475 55.0 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell90933.9+3.3
Conservative Michelle Laura Ionn29511.0−6.0
Majority 56621.1−0.4
Turnout 2,67926.0−4.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Con to LD 4.6

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Robert Evans 1,524 44.3 −5.7
Conservative Mary Elizabeth Woodward91026.4−0.2
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde72321.0+3.0
Green Alwynne Cartmell2828.2+2.7
Majority 61417.8−5.5
Turnout 3,43936.0−5.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Labour to LD 4.3

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosa Kay 2,394 78.5 +1.4
Conservative Jack Heyes2949.6−1.2
Green Alan Johnson2749.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats David Charles Cooper882.9−0.5
Majority 2,10068.8+2.4
Turnout 3,05030.7−3.9
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 1.3

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Geoffrey Hayes 1,588 41.2 +1.2
Labour Kevin Patrick Morris1,54240.0+7.2
Conservative Kath Kavanagh53513.9−8.4
Green Alex Shaw1925.0+0.1
Majority 461.2−6.0
Turnout 3,85739.4−2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Con to Labour 7.8

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Donaghy 1,679 63.0 +7.8
Conservative Donna Hill61823.2−6.8
BNP Dorothee Sayers2609.7+0.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Harasiwka1084.0−1.2
Majority 106139.8+14.8
Turnout 2,66530.1−5.0
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 7.3

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Francis Harkin 1,672 46.4 −1.4
Conservative Christine Wild1,26435.0−8.1
Independent Jack Speight42011.6+11.6
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell2506.9−2.3
Majority 40811.3+6.6
Turnout 3,60633.0−6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Con to Ind 9.8

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne-Marie Watters 1,250 42.4 −7.1
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Wilkinson1,02734.8+10.6
Conservative Pat Allen37312.6−11.9
English Democrat Derek John Bullock29710.1+10.1
Majority 2237.6−18.6
Turnout 2,94730.8−6.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Con to LD 11.2

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