Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016

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2016 local election results in Bolton

The 2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Greater Manchester County of England

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford. Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972; and designated a functional city region on 1 April 2011.

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20 seats were contested and the Labour Party won 12 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat. [3]

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

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Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1213-260.040.829,599+1.9
  Conservative 511025.025.618,564-4.3
  UKIP 220+210.019.313,987+0.8
  Liberal Democrat 10005.011.18,028+3.8
  Green 000003.02,193-0.9
  Independent 000000.3201-1.2

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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After the election the composition of the council was:

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LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hilary Fairclough 1,891 42.5 +1.1
Labour Kevin Morris1,11425.1-4.6
Liberal Democrat Warren Fox91220.5+16.3
UKIP John Toone4409.9-11.1
Green Benjamin Deed882.0-1.6
Majority77717.5+5.9
Turnout 4,44544.0-24.1
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Lib Dem 13.7

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jacqueline Radcliffe 1,886 50.5 -0.2
Labour Anthony Shepherd92424.8+1.1
UKIP Stephen Thomas52414.0-2.6
Independent Eric Hyland2015.4+2.9
Liberal Democrat Garry Veevers1002.7-1.4
Green Daniel Bolton962.6-0.7
Majority96225.8-1.2
Turnout 3,63542.9-28.4
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Independent 2.5

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Debrorah Newall 1,230 35.8 -5.1
UKIP Harry Lamb1,13032.9+5.5
Conservative Sandra MacNeill88825.9+1.2
Liberal Democrat Stephen Howarth942.7+0.0
Green Pamela Spurling892.6-1.6
Majority1002.9-10.6
Turnout 3,43137.0-22.3
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 5.3

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Wilkinson 2,443 56.8 +0.8
Labour Geoffrey Knowles1,02223.7+3.3
UKIP Brett Varnam46010.7-2.9
Liberal Democrat David Walsh1964.6-0.1
Green Elizabeth Spencer1834.3-1.2
Majority1,42133.0-2.4
Turnout 4,30441.8-31.5
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Labour 3.1

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hanif Darvesh 2,432 67.5 +4.6
UKIP Paul Eccles70219.5+19.5
Conservative Nadim Muslim3389.4-12.3
Liberal Democrat Anne Warren1323.7-6.7
Majority1,73048.0+6.7
Turnout 3,60439.5-20.8
Labour hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 15.9

Farnworth ward

Councillor Ibrahim resigned in February 2018 due to time pressures. [4] Paul Sanders of the Farnworth & Kearsley First Party won the by-election a month later. [5]

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Asif Ibrahim 1,417 48.4 -1.9
UKIP Andrew Mabon1,06636.4+6.2
Conservative Aidan Meagan2538.6-4.8
Green Trevor Bonfield1033.5+0.2
Liberal Democrat Glen Atkinson893.0+0.3
Majority35112.0-8.0
Turnout 2,92828.7-20.8
Labour hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 5.5

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,192 69.5 +2.6
Conservative Mohammed Waqas2417.6-4.8
Green David Figgins1916.1+2.5
Liberal Democrat Robert Graham1243.9+1.5
Majority1,78556.6+4.4
Turnout 3,15634.3-21.2
Labour hold Swing Conservative to Labour 3.7

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clifford Morris 2,042 66.6 +3.5
UKIP Sandra Harvey50316.4-1.5
Conservative Edward Mather2608.5-1.4
Green Ian McHugh1374.5+0.3
Liberal Democrat Jonathan New1224.0+1.5
Majority1,53950.2+5.0
Turnout 3,06435.5-19.6
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Labour 2.5

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Champak Mistry 1,489 49.3 -2.3
UKIP David Harvey97832.4+4.7
Conservative Robert Tyler35411.7-3.5
Green Michelle Broderick1053.5+0.6
Liberal Democrat Kevin Walsh943.1-0.3
Majority52017.2-6.6
Turnout 3,02931.8-24.5
Labour hold Swing Conservative to UKIP 4.1

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Morgan 2,680 56.2
Labour Gerald Carter1,28527.0
UKIP Jonathan Baxendale4028.4
Liberal Democrat Rebekah Fairhurst2635.5
Green Laura Diggle1362.9
Majority1,39529.3
Turnout 4,76645.9-20.9
Conservative hold Swing

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ann Cunliffe 1,516 42.5 +5.0
Conservative Carol Forshaw1,05429.6-1.5
UKIP Derek Snowden67919.0-2.6
Green Keith Cocker1925.4+0.6
Liberal Democrat Douglas Bagnall1253.5-1.5
Majority46212.9+6.6
Turnout 3,56635.7-30.6
Labour hold

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester 1,612 40.9 +11.3

Hulton ward

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Kearsley ward

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Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

|- | | Conservative | Elizabeth Elliot | 429 | 10.7 | -11.2 |- |- | | Green | Edmund Dunsdon | 90 | 2.2 | -0.9 |-

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|- ! Majority | 474 | 7.1 | +6.5 |-

|- ! Turnout | 4,002 | 42.2 | -23.5 |-

|- | | UKIP gain from Labour ! Swing | Conservative to UKIP 9.3 | |- |}

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Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rosa Kay 2,568 72.2 -5.1
Conservative Hafiz Bhutt37310.5-2.1
UKIP Kathleen Richardson35410.0+10.0
Green Alan Johnson1795.0-2.7
Liberal Democrat Christopher Amos822.3+0.0
Majority2,19561.7-2.9
Turnout 3,55637.0-22.0
Labour hold Swing Labour to UKIP 7.5

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Roger Hayes 2,287 50.8 +14.0
Labour Co-op John Gillatt1,15225.6-1.9
UKIP Roy Marsh54612.1-3.6
Conservative Daniel Haslam4149.2-7.5
Green Richard Middleshaw982.2-1.1
Majority1,13425.2+15.3
Turnout 4,49845.1-23.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing Conservative to Lib Dem 10.7

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martin Donaghy 1,415 45.9 +3.1
UKIP Derek Fisher1,03033.4+1.7
Conservative Jennifer Kirk44814.5-3.8
Liberal Democrat Michael Langdon1093.5+0.2
Green Alexander Parkinson832.7-1.1
Majority38512.5+1.4
Turnout 3,08535.4-21.5
Labour hold Swing Conservative to Labour 3.4

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christine Wild 1,600 39.0
Labour Anne Graham1,33632.5
UKIP George Bown69717.0
Liberal Democrat Derek Gradwell3608.8
Green Heather Rylance1132.8
Majority2646.4
Turnout 4,10638.5-21.5
Conservative gain from Labour

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anna-Marie Watters 1,123 32.7 -7.0
Liberal Democrat David Wilkinson99629.0+21.4
Conservative Lynda Winrow Baker69620.3-8.2
UKIP Martin Tighe62118.1-2.5
Majority1273.7-7.5
Turnout 3,43635.8-28.6
Labour hold Swing Conservative to Lib Dem 14.8

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References

  1. ↑ "The full list of candidates". The Bolton News . 8 April 2016. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ward results". The Bolton News . 7 May 2016. p. 5.
  4. ↑ Holland, Daniel (3 February 2018). "By-elections called in Farnworth and Westhoughton". The Bolton News . Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Naylor, Mary (8 March 2018). "Farnworth & Kearsley First win first council seat, Lib Dems take Westhoughton". The Bolton News . Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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