Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018

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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.

Bolton Council Local government body in England

Bolton Council, also called Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is a Metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the Metropolitan Counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bolton.

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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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:

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

UK Independence Party British political party

The UK Independence Party is a hard Eurosceptic, right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It currently has one representative in the House of Lords and seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It has four Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and one member in the London Assembly. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Members of Parliament and was the largest UK party in the European Parliament.

Election results

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election results
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet% of total%№Net %
  Labour 21815Decrease2.svg438.038.529,467Decrease2.svg2.3
  Conservative 21920Increase2.svg242.834.026,084Increase2.svg8.4
  Liberal Democrat 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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LabourConservativeLDUFK


After the election the composition of the council was:

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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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 36.6
Conservative Nadim Muslim 2,257 28.2
Labour Steve Sutton1,02312.8
Labour Deb Whenlock91011.4
Green Liz Spencer3744.7
Liberal Democrat Elliott Bermudez-Galton3033.8
Liberal Democrat David Walsh1962.4
Majority(Greenhalgh) 1,905
Majority(Muslim) 1,234
Turnout
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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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