2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bolton Council in Greater Manchester, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council with a majority of 1.

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21 seats were contested and the Conservative Party won 9 seats, the Labour Party won 8 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats, and Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats. [2]

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

Election results

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election results
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 21815Decrease2.svg438.038.529,467Decrease2.svg2.3
  Conservative 21920Increase2.svg242.834.026,084Increase2.svg8.4
  Liberal Democrats 21210Increase2.svg14.713.810,583Increase2.svg2.7
  Farnworth and Kearsley First 3220Increase2.svg29.55.84,460N/A
  UKIP 7001Decrease2.svg10.02.92,263Decrease2.svg16.4
  Green 13000Steady2.svg0.02.72,072Decrease2.svg0.3
  Independent 7000Steady2.svg0.02.01,599Increase2.svg1.7
 Totals9321100.0100.076,528Increase2.svg3,956

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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3517341
LabourConservativeLDUFK

After the election the composition of the council was:

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3119433
LabourConservativeLDUFK

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP
FK - Farnworth and Kearsley First

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Walsh 1,842 42.5 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Warren Fox1,56436.1+15.6
Labour Zulfi Jiva93021.4-3.7
Majority2786.4-11.1
Turnout 4,33642.0-2.0
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Lib Dem 12.7

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mudasir Dean 1,949 57.1 +6.5
Labour Tony Shepherd88025.8+1.0
Independent Eric Hyland2788.1+2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth1735.1+2.4
Green Laura Diggle1353.9+1.5
Majority1,06931.3+5.5
Turnout 3,41538.1-4.8
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 10.3

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adele Warren 1,549 47.4 +21.5
Labour Francesca Platt1,27839.1+3.3
UKIP Harry Lamb2427.4-25.5
Green Dan Bolton1384.2+1.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates611.9-0.8
Majority2718.3
Turnout 3,26834.4-2.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing UKIP to Conservative 23.5

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Greenhalgh 2,928 73.3
Conservative Nadim Muslim 2,257 56.5
Labour Steve Sutton1,02325.6
Labour Deb Whenlock91022.8
Green Liz Spencer3749.4
Liberal Democrats Elliott Bermudez-Galton3037.6
Liberal Democrats David Walsh1964.9
Majority(Greenhalgh) 1,905
Majority(Muslim) 1,234
Turnout 3,99638.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bilkis Ismail 2,258 57.1 -10.4
Conservative Daniel Wheatley73718.6+9.2
Independent Siraj Patel70617.8+17.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Langdon2526.4+2.7
Majority1,52138.5-9.5
Turnout 3,95336.8+0.9
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Ind 18.6

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Maureen Flitcroft1,69953.9+53.9
Labour Martin McMulkin1,17237.3-11.1
Conservative Jennifer Kirk1424.5-4.1
UKIP Dave Harvey922.9-33.5
Liberal Democrats David Cooper441.4-1.6
Majority52216.5
Turnout 3,15430.0
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Labour Swing UKIP to FKF 43.7

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,422 76.0 +6.5
Conservative Mohammed Waqas38912.2+4.6
Green David Figgins2327.3+1.2
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey1434.5+0.6
Majority2,03363.8+7.2
Turnout 3,18632.9-1.4
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Labour 9.7

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Akhtar Zaman 2,181 70.2 +3.6
Conservative Jolyon Coombs41813.6+5.1
Liberal Democrats John Falch1203.8-0.2
Green Ian McHugh1183.8-0.7
Independent Martin McLoughlin1143.7+3.7
Independent Sarfraz Nawaz832.7+2.7
Independent Anthony Massey712.3+2.3
Majority1,76756.8+6.6
Turnout 3,11035.2-0.3
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 10.7

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hamid Khurram 1,910 53.3 +3.8
Farnworth and Kearsley First Lisa Weatherby89725.1+25.1
Conservative Robert Tyler47713.4+1.7
UKIP Amy Wunderley1574.4-27.9
Green Matthew Barnes631.8-1.7
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh621.7-1.4
Majority1,01328.4+11.2
Turnout 3,56636.1+4.3
Labour hold Swing UKIP to FKF 26.5

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Galloway 3,000 66.4 +10.2
Labour John Gillatt1,24727.6+0.6
Liberal Democrats Garry Veevers2695.9+0.4
Majority1,75338.8+9.5
Turnout 4,51642.3-3.6
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 9.3

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Baines 1,668 47.6 +18.0
Labour Michael Jarvis1,43741.0-1.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest2316.6+3.1
Green Keith Cocker1694.8-0.6
Majority2316.6
Turnout 3,50533.7-2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing UKIP to Conservative 18.5

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin McKeon 1,345 36.0 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock1,28834.5+14.3
Conservative Joan Johnson88723.8+3.5
Green Rod Riesco2135.7+0.8
Majority571.5-19.1
Turnout 3,73338.0-2.7
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Lib Dem 14.0

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Parkinson 1,858 50.2 +17.5
Labour Rabiya Jiva1,45139.2+2.2
UKIP Beverley Fletcher2155.8-18.7
Green Chris Taylor1072.9-0.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan681.8-0.7
Majority40711.0
Turnout 3,69937.0-1.4
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 18.1

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Julie Pattison1,86452.3+52.3
Labour Stephen Langley88224.7-13.5
UKIP Will Pilkington39911.2-34.0
Conservative Kamaran Fathulla2908.1-1.1
Liberal Democrats Connor Goodwin1313.7-3.7
Majority98227.5
Turnout 3,56634.1+2.3
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Labour Swing UKIP to FKF 43.1

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Evans 1,249 37.5 +10.1
Conservative David Meehan1,00030.0+19.3
UKIP Paul Richardson92627.8-11.5
Liberal Democrats Christine MacPherson1594.8-15.5
Majority2497.5
Turnout 3,33434.7-7.5
Labour gain from UKIP Swing Lib Dem to Conservative 17.4

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,570 75.7 +3.5
Conservative Hafiz Butt37911.2+0.7
Green Alan Johnson2517.4+2.4
Independent Damien Walsh1113.3+3.3
Liberal Democrats Duncan MacPherson552.5+0.2
Majority2,19164.5+2.8
Turnout 3,39634.4-2.6
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Labour 6.7

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Doug Bagnall 2,031 48.9 -1.9
Labour Ryan Quick1,26030.3+4.7
Conservative Sam Rimmer75118.1+8.9
Green Elizabeth McManus1112.7+0.5
Majority77118.6-6.6
Turnout 4,15440.2-4.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 10.5

Tonge with The Haulgh ward

Tonge with The Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Peel 1,379 50.4 +4.5
Conservative Matthew Littler92833.9+19.4
UKIP Derek Wunderley2328.5-24.9
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka1134.1+0.6
Green James Tomkinson823.0+0.3
Majority45116.5+4.0
Turnout 2,73431.0-4.3
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 22.1

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Cox 1,831 42.6 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon1,38632.2+23.4
Labour Ged Carter78418.2-14.3
Independent Jack Speight2365.5+5.5
Green Heather Rylance612.6-0.2
Majority44510.5+4.1
Turnout 4,30039.7+1.2
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Lib Dem 20.2

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 1,934 53.2 +24.2
Labour Ryan Battersby89924.7-8.0
Conservative Martin Tighe80422.1+1.8
Majority1,03528.4
Turnout 3,63737.0+1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing UKIP to Lib Dem 21.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Notices and results: local election May 2018". bolton.gov.uk. Bolton Council . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Four seats keep Labour in control at town hall". The Bolton News . 5 May 2018. pp. 4–5.
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