Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council was held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the General Election which led to a much higher turnout than in recent years. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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20 seats were contested with 13 being won by the Labour Party, 6 by the Conservatives and 1 by the Liberal Democrats.

In the Smithills ward, the Lib Dems held the seat but defeated the sitting Councillor, R Silvester, who had previously moved from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party.

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

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 13 3 0 +3 39.5 48,880 +7.1
  Conservative 6 0 1 -1 33.9 41,919 -8.0
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 2 -2 21.4 26,474 +1.0
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2,728 -0.3
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1,865 +0.3
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 2,139 +1.6

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

28239
LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

30228
LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Walsh 3,204 46.5 -17.9
Labour Asif Ibrahim 2,034 29.5 +13.9
Liberal Democrat Clive Richard Atty 1,257 18.4 -1.8
Independent Neville Mercer 396 5.7 +5.7
Majority 1,170 16.8 -27.6
Turnout 6,947 69.1 +33.1
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 15.9

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Brierley 3,464 53.7 -15.0
Labour Kate Challender 1,733 26.9 +10.1
Liberal Democrat Stephen Frederick Howarth 1,090 16.9 +7.6
Green Anne Mumberson 163 2.5 -2.8
Majority 1,731 26.7 -25.2
Turnout 6,478 72.1 +31.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 12.5

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynda Jean Byrne 2,787 49.6 +16.8
Conservative Sandra MacNeill 1,951 34.7 -12.4
Liberal Democrat David Charles Tyas Cooper 876 15.6 +11.1
Majority 836 14.8
Turnout 5,655 59.2 +18.6
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 14.6

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Wells Greenhalgh 4,236 54.5 -14.4
Labour Anthony Muscat Terribile 1,774 22.8 +6.2
Liberal Democrat Stewart Malcolm Ball 1,456 18.7 +10.9
Green Lynne Hyland 303 3.9 +0.4
Majority 2,462 31.5 -20.8
Turnout 7,821 74.1 +33.3
Conservative hold Swing Con to LD 12.6

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sufrana Bashir-Ismail 3,749 62.4 +12.4
Conservative Amina Khilji 1,325 22.0 -6.0
Liberal Democrat Jaleh Salari 938 15.6 -6.4
Majority 2,424 40.3 +18.4
Turnout 6,012 61.7 +22.9
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 9.4

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Noel Spencer 2,612 53.2 +11.7
Conservative Ruth Kenny 1,040 21.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrat David Arthur Connor 994 20.3 -14.1
Green Diana Hayes 260 5.3 +0.3
Majority 1,572 32.0 +24.9
Turnout 4,906 45.9 +20.5
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 12.9

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,844 49.9 +3.3
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,805 31.6 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Matthew David Tyas Cooper 785 13.8 +6.9
Green Alan Johnson 270 4.7 -5.8
Majority 1,039 18.2 +8.2
Turnout 5,704 58.3 +21.8
Labour hold Swing Green to LD 6.3

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Akhtar Zaman 3,228 65.1 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Francine Godfrey 882 17.8 +1.3
Conservative Gareth Morris 845 17.1 -4.0
Majority 2,346 47.3 +5.9
Turnout 4,955 55.1 +23.5
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 3.3

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Francis 2,312 44.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrat Wendy Connor 1,203 23.3 +8.5
Conservative Bill Dawson 903 17.5 -23.0
Independent Laurence John Williamson 625 12.1 +12.1
Green Eric Thomas Hyland 114 2.2 +2.2
Majority 1,109 21.5 +17.3
Turnout 5,157 54.0 +27.3
Labour hold Swing Con to Ind 17.5

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Shaw 4,643 57.6 -13.0
Labour John William Gillatt 1,973 24.5 +7.1
Liberal Democrat Christine Joyce Macpherson 1,265 15.7 +8.9
Green Daniel James Mann 184 2.3 -2.9
Majority 2,670 33.1 -20.1
Turnout 8,065 75.6 +30.3
Conservative hold Swing Con to LD 10.9

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Pickup 2,423 38.1 +7.7
Conservative Michael Hollick 2,229 35.1 -8.6
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Thomson 1,319 20.7 -5.2
Green Graham Chadwick 388 6.1 +6.1
Majority 194 3.0
Turnout 6,359 65.9 +30.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Con to Labour 8.1

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin P. McKeon 2,243 33.0 +10.3
Liberal Democrat Stephen Michael Rock 2,153 31.7 -12.3
Conservative Carol Ann Forshaw 1,970 29.0 -1.7
BNP Ivan Andrew Cooper 421 6.2 +6.2
Majority 90 1.3
Turnout 6,787 69.4 +32.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing LD to Labour 11.3

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Philip Morgan 2,873 57.5 -6.7
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh 1,928 31.9 -1.4
Liberal Democrat Paul Anthony Harasiwka 888 14.7 +2.2
Green James David Tomkinson 364 6.0 +6.0
Majority 945 15.6 -5.3
Turnout 6,053 61.8 -27.8
Conservative hold Swing Con to Green 6.3

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Derek Burrows 2,706 46.4 +12.2
Liberal Democrat Tracey Kane 1,797 30.8 -15.8
Conservative Diane Bamber 1,331 22.8 +3.5
Majority 909 15.6
Turnout 5,834 56.5 +26.7
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 14.0

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Connell 2,036 31.6 -5.5
Conservative Rees Gibbon 1,794 27.8 -17.7
Liberal Democrat Eric John Hyde 1,342 20.8 +9.8
Independent Sean Colin Hornby 1,118 17.3 +17.3
Green Alwynne Cartmell 161 2.5 -3.9
Majority 242 3.7
Turnout 6,451 66.0 +27.3
Labour hold Swing Con to Ind 17.5

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 3,928 70.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Glen Carl Atkinson 855 14.7 +14.7
Conservative Michelle Laura Ionn 825 15.2 -6.6
Majority 3,073 54.8 +13.4
Turnout 5,608 56.0 +26.7
Labour hold Swing Con to LD 10.6

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anthony James Radlett 2,741 41.0 -6.6
Labour Co-op Richard Edward Warner Silvester 1,699 25.4 +9.8
Conservative Christine Deidre Flannagan 1,632 24.4 -7.4
BNP Anthony Backhouse 461 6.9 +6.9
Green Rachel Elizabeth Mann 153 2.3 -1.3
Majority 1,042 15.6 +0.8
Turnout 6,686 67.3 +29.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Con to Labour 8.6

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nick Peel 2,495 48.0 +7.7
Conservative Kath Kavanagh 1,418 27.3 -7.4
Liberal Democrat Michael George Langdon 756 14.6 +8.5
BNP Dorothee Sayers 525 10.1 -5.7
Majority 1,077 20.7 +15.1
Turnout 5,194 57.7 +23.2
Labour hold Swing Con to LD 7.9

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Martyn Cox 2,826 38.2 -9.4
Labour Co-op Karen Louise Lawrinson 2,263 30.6 +6.1
Liberal Democrat Derek John Gradwell 2,087 28.2 +4.2
Green Ian David McHugh 2,22 3.0 -0.9
Majority 563 7.6 -15.5
Turnout 7,398 67.6 +34.4
Conservative hold Swing Con to Labour 7.7

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevan Stanley Jones 2,113 34.6 +7.5
Liberal Democrat Julia Mary Silvester 1,790 29.3 -8.1
Conservative Paul Vernon Wild 1,605 26.3 -5.1
BNP Richard Adam Bates 458 7.5 +7.5
Green Kirsty Rachael Upham 146 2.4 -1.7
Majority 323 5.3
Turnout 6,112 63.5 +31.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing LD to Labour 7.8

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