2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, along with the European Parliament elections, 2014. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2018.

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21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich and Blackrod ward following the resignation of Labour councillor Lindsey Kell. The Labour Party won 13 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

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

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1301-140.329,891-9.7
  UKIP 220+225.318,770+25.3
  Conservative 501-122.416,642-8.9
  Liberal Democrats 100+07.15,300-5.1
  Green 000003.52,626-0.7
  English Democrat 000000.197-0.7
  BNP 000000.1109-0.3
  Independent 000001.0743-0.1

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLD

After the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLDU

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Walsh 1,481 36.3 -10.2
Labour Stuart William Murray1,27931.4-9.5
UKIP Harry Lamb1,03925.5+25.5
Green Ben Deed1824.5+4.5
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty852.1-1.2
Rejected ballots100.25
Majority2025.0-0.6
Turnout 4,07640.44+5.0
Conservative hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 17.8

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mudasir Dean 1,585 43.7 -13.3
UKIP Arthur Norris93225.7+25.7
Labour Paul Fitzpatrick78621.7-9.2
Liberal Democrats Gaby McDowall1724.7-7.4
Green Daniel Bolton1504.1+4.1
Rejected ballots00.00
Majority65318.0-8.1
Turnout 3,62540.95+4.6
Conservative hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 19.5

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynda Jean Byrne 1,490 43.0 -16.8
UKIP Kathleen Mary Kavanagh1,21735.1+35.1
Conservative Clara Heyes57716.7-13.1
Green Laura Diggle1153.3-3.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth511.5-2.0
Rejected ballots130.38
Majority2737.9-22.1
Turnout 3,46337.01+4.5
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 29.5

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Wells Greenhalgh 2,312 53.6 -5.4
Labour Collette Harkin95722.2-10.3
UKIP Lynda Rosewell87820.3+20.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Atty1693.9-4.6
Rejected ballots00.00
Majority1,35531.4+4.9
Turnout 4,31640.75+5.1
Conservative hold Swing Labour to UKIP 15.3

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sufrana Bashir-Ismail 2,363 60.0 -14.9
UKIP George Stanley Bown82621.0+21.0
Conservative Ryan Patrick Haslam45611.6-4.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Sanders Warren1483.8-4.8
Independent Pam Humphreys1213.1+3.1
Rejected ballots230.58
Majority1,53739.3-19.1
Turnout 3,93739.31+7.4
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 17.9

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noel Spencer 1,454 48.9 -18.3
UKIP Jeff Armstrong1,10837.3+37.3
Conservative Aidan Meagan2117.1-6.7
Green Trevor Bonfield1153.9-7.4
Liberal Democrats Doug Bagnall732.5-5.2
Rejected ballots120.40
Majority34611.7-14.7
Turnout 2,97328.14+6.5
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 27.8

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,420 68.6 -5.4
UKIP Dot Sexton50514.3+14.3
Conservative Jay Patel3389.6-0.8
Green David William Collins1273.6-7.1
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Fairhurst641.8-3.0
Independent Joseph Thomas Holt541.5+1.5
Rejected ballots210.60
Majority1,91554.6-8.7
Turnout 3,52936.59+5.9
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 9.8

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Akhtar Zaman 2,260 66.1 -12.3
UKIP Leo Taylor60717.8+17.8
Conservative Jolyon Horton Coombs2236.5-2.9
Green Ian David McHugh1735.1-3.3
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey952.8-1.0
Independent Andrew Mckenzie421.2+1.2
Rejected ballots170.50
Majority1,65348.6-20.4
Turnout 3,41738.32+6.8
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 15.0

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Francis 1,713 56.7 -16.3
UKIP Geoff Hamlett72624.0+24.0
Conservative Rob Tyler36612.1-5.1
Green Kathy Sykes1153.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor862.8-7.0
Rejected ballots130.43
Majority98732.8-23.1
Turnout 3,01931.40+7.7
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 20.1

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Shaw 2,237 47.5 -12.0
Labour Co-op John William Gillatt1,15424.5-4.3
UKIP Stephen Thomas93319.8+19.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson1964.2-0.9
Green Hannah Louise Middleshaw1793.8-2.8
Rejected ballots140.30
Majority1,08323.0-7.7
Turnout 4,71344.58+5.5
Conservative hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 15.9

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Two seats were up for election. Stephen Pickup will have to stand again for election in 2016 and Alan Bury in 2018.

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Bury 1,313 21.5
Labour Stephen Pickup 1,310 21.5
UKIP Bob Horsefield1,14718.8
Conservative Carol Ann Forshaw85013.9
Conservative Daniel Clifford Haslam70811.6
Green Keith Michael Cocker4016.6
Liberal Democrats Lynne McCartin2013.3
Liberal Democrats Lynn Natalie Rock1592.6
Rejected ballots80.13
Majority3
Turnout 3,04831.39+0.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Peter McKeon 1,324 35.4 -8.2
UKIP Peter McGeehan88823.7+23.7
Conservative Anne Barbara Galloway74319.9+1.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Rock57315.3-4.1
Green Rod Riesco2035.4-4.5
Rejected ballots90.24
Majority43611.7-12.6
Turnout 3,74037.93+3.0
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 15.9

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Diane Parkinson 1,291 33.7 +33.7
Conservative Andy Morgan1,15030.0-12.5
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh1,14029.8-12.7
Green James Tomkinson1624.2-6.6
Liberal Democrats David Charles Cooper691.8-0.3
Rejected ballots150.39
Majority1413.7
Turnout 3,82739.24+8.5
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing Conservative to UKIP 23.1

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Burrows 1,139 35.7 -19.4
UKIP Mark Joseph Cunningham1,09634.4+34.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell34810.9-23.0
Independent Simon Paul Colley3099.7+9.7
Conservative Sandra Macneill2788.7-2.3
Rejected ballots180.56
Majority431.3-19.8
Turnout 3,18830.68+4.7
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 26.9

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Paul Richardson 1,255 33.2 +33.2
Labour Maureen Connell1,05127.8-16.5
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde66117.5-3.5
Conservative Rees Gibbon65717.4-9.1
Green Alwynne Cartmell1473.9-4.3
Rejected ballots70.19
Majority2045.4
Turnout 3,77839.51+3.5
UKIP gain from Labour Swing Labour to UKIP 24.8

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,876 72.5 -6.0
UKIP Geoffrey David Kay49212.4+12.4
Conservative Jack Heyes3178.0-1.6
Green Alan Johnson2005.0-4.0
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari661.7-1.2
Rejected ballots160.40
Majority2,38460.3-8.5
Turnout 3,96739.77+9.0
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 9.2

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Martin 1,674 37.5 -3.7
Labour Kevin Patrick Morris1,32929.8-10.2
UKIP Aaron Hepworth87619.6+19.6
Conservative Christine Flanigan4299.6-4.3
Green Richard Alexander Middleshaw1393.1-1.9
Rejected ballots160.36
Majority3457.7+6.5
Turnout 4,46345.44+6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Labour to UKIP 14.9

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Peel 1,399 43.3 -19.7
UKIP Derek Fisher1,05332.6+32.6
Conservative Zoe Jennifer Catherine Kirk-Robinson48615.1-8.1
BNP Dorothee Sayers1093.4-6.4
Green Hafsa Patel912.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Harasiwka662.0-2.1
Left Unity Eric Thomas Hyland140.4+0.4
Rejected ballots100.31
Majority34610.7-29.1
Turnout 3,22836.30+6.2
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 26.5

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Andrew Cox 1,424 34.0 -1.1
Labour Anne Graham1,27830.5-15.9
UKIP Joan Johnson98423.5+23.5
Independent Jack Speight2034.8-6.8
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell1633.9-3.0
Green Heather Rylance1273.0+3.0
Rejected ballots80.19
Majority1463.5
Turnout 4,18738.24+5.2
Conservative hold Swing Labour to UKIP 19.7

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Jones 1,268 39.3 -3.1
UKIP Les Wareing91728.4+28.4
Conservative Stephen Wallen56217.4+4.7
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Wilkinson36111.2-23.6
English Democrat Derek John Bullock973.0-7.1
Rejected ballots190.59
Majority35110.9+3.3
Turnout 3,22433.60+2.8
Labour hold Swing Lib Dem to UKIP 26.0

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