Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Bolton Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. [1] [2]

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Council elections

Between 1973 and 1980, there were 69 councillors; three seats for each of the 23 wards. Following ward boundary changes for the 1980 election, the number of wards was reduced to 20 and all 60 seats were contested. [3] Further boundary changes were made for the 2004 election and again all council seats were contested. [4]

Results maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Daubhill ward by-election 10 April 1997 [9] [10] [11]
(Triggered by the disqualification of Cllr. Martin Donaghy)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Barlow 1,402 68.8
Conservative Jean Walsh33216.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rothwell1828.9
Socialist Labour Doris Kelly1205.9
Majority 1,07052.5
Turnout 2,03624.0
Labour hold

2002-2006

Daubhill ward by-election 21 November 2002 [12] [13] [14]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Dennis Barlow)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Fitzpatrick 721 37.3 −18.4
Liberal Democrats Linden Greensitt62532.3+15.3
Conservative Yakub Jiva58730.4+3.0
Majority 965.0
Turnout 1,93321.4
Labour hold

2006-2010

Crompton ward by-election 13 July 2006 [15] [16] [17]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Iqbal Patel)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hanif Darvesh 1,793 57.4 +33.8
Conservative Donald Fairclough97831.3+11.4
Liberal Democrats John Cronnelly2247.2−39.8
Green Rachel Mann963.1+3.1
Socialist Labour Lynne Lowe351.1−3.7
Majority 81526.1
Turnout 3,12630.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Daubhill ward by-election 1 October 2009 [18] [19]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Emma Scowcroft)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Guy Harkin 1,528 47.4 −2.6
Conservative Kath Kavanagh93529.0+1.0
Independent Mohmed Alli37711.7+11.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Warren2848.8−13.2
Green Angela Tibke993.1+3.1
Majority 59318.4
Turnout 3,22331.0
Labour hold

2010-2014

Harper Green ward by-election 19 December 2013 [20] [21]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Margaret Clare)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asha Ali Ismail 744 51.9 −15.2
Conservative Robert Tyler32522.7+1.1
UKIP Peter McGeehan25217.6+17.6
Green Kathy Sykes604.2+4.2
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor533.7−7.7
Majority 419
Turnout 1,450
Labour hold

2014-2018

Harper Green ward by-election 16 October 2014 [22] [23]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Asha Ali Ismail)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Haworth 1,176 50.7 −6.3
UKIP Jeff Armstrong77733.5+9.3
Conservative Robert Tyler28212.20.0
Green James Tomkinson381.6−2.2
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Fairhurst281.2−1.7
Independent Joseph Holt190.8+0.8
Majority 399
Turnout
Labour hold
Crompton ward by-election 11 February 2016 [24] [25]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Sufrana Bashir-Ismail)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bilkis Bashir-Ismail 1,961 70.9 +7.9
UKIP Paul Eccles32011.6+11.6
Conservative Ryan Haslam30210.9−10.8
Liberal Democrats Garry Veevers1174.2−6.1
Green Laura Diggle652.4−2.6
Majority 1,64128.3
Turnout
Labour hold
Rumworth ward by-election 6 October 2016 [26] [27]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Rosa Kay)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shamim Abdullah 2,152 77.1 +4.9
UKIP Jonathan Baxendale2519.0−1.0
Conservative Mohammed Waqas1676.0−4.5
Green Alan Johnson1264.5−0.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest963.4+1.1
Majority 1,90168.1
Turnout 28.4
Labour hold
Hulton ward by-election 18 January 2018 [28] [29]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. Darren Whitehead)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Hewitt 1,455 49.4 +16.7
Labour Rabiya Jiva1,17940.1+3.0
UKIP Beverley Fletcher1906.5−18.0
Liberal Democrats Derek Gradwell672.3−0.2
Green James Tomkinson521.8−1.5
Majority 276
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour
Farnworth ward by-election 8 March 2018 [30] [31]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Asif Ibrahim)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Paul David Sanders 1,204 47.5 +47.5
Labour Rebecca Jane Minors96938.2−10.5
UKIP Dave Harvey1696.7−30.0
Conservative Matthew Thomas Littler1536.0−2.0
Liberal Democrats David Andrew Walsh230.9−2.2
Green David Figgins180.7+0.7
Majority 235
Turnout 24.32
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Labour

2018-2022

Bromley Cross ward by-election 28 October 2021 [32]
(Triggered by the death of Cllr. David Greenhalgh)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amy Cowen 1,732 70.0 +7.5
Labour Emily Mort40916.5+0.5
Green Liz Spencer1656.7−0.5
Reform UK & BFC Laura Armstrong994.0+4.0
Liberal Democrats James Haslam682.7−3.2
Majority 1,32353.5
Turnout 2,473
Conservative hold

2022-2026

Rumworth ward by-election 15 September 2022 [33]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Ebrahim Adia)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ayyub Patel 1,610 55.0 +19.5
Labour Ismail Patel1,10237.6−17.6
Green Alan Johnson1565.3−0.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Cooper361.2−0.3
Reform UK & BFC Rose Makar230.8−0.9
Majority 50817.4
Turnout 2,927
Conservative gain from Labour
Kearsley ward by-election 16 November 2023 [34]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Paul Heslop)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Tracey Wilkinson 1,081 66.0 +42.5
Labour Jackie Schofield36522.3+8.2
Reform UK & BFC Dale Gregory1217.4+1.2
Conservative Malaika Dean382.3−6.9
Green Alan Johnson181.1+1.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Cooper150.9−0.1
Majority 71643.7
Turnout 1,638
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from One Kearsley
Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill ward by-election 16 November 2023 [35]
(Triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deirdre McGeown 959 41.5 +11.3
Conservative Andrea Finney66528.8−0.7
Labour Karen Millington44019.0−1.2
Westhoughton First IndependentsJack Speight1185.1−5.3
Reform UK & BFC Jeff Armstrong1014.4−0.7
Green Wendy Shepherd281.2−3.4
Majority 29412.7
Turnout 2,311
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

References

  1. ↑ "The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/964, retrieved 30 May 2024
  2. ↑ "Bolton". Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Report No. 289: Bolton" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. September 1978. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 "The Borough of Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2004/356, retrieved 30 August 2022
  5. ↑ All seats in the 1980 election were contested due to boundary changes.
  6. ↑ All seats in the 2004 election were contested due to boundary changes. [4]
  7. ↑ "The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/964, retrieved 9 September 2024
  8. ↑ All seats in the 2023 election were contested due to boundary changes. [7]
  9. ↑ "By-election as council bars Donaghy". The Bolton News . 27 February 1997. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "Four fight for Daubhill seat". The Bolton News . 8 April 1997. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Labour easily holds Daubhill". The Bolton News . 11 April 1997. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Tories bid for council upset". The Bolton News . 29 October 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Votes cast in key by-election". The Bolton News . 21 November 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "Labour scramble home". The Bolton News . 22 November 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  15. ↑ Tidman, Gareth (14 May 2006). "Uncertainty at town hall as councillor quits". The Bolton News . Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Go-ahead for election". The Bolton News . 27 May 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  17. ↑ Youssef, Anna (14 July 2006). "Labour scoop by-election win". The Bolton News . Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "Former deputy council leader Guy Harkin to stand in by-election". The Bolton News . 31 August 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  19. ↑ Greaves, Andrew (2 October 2009). "VIDEO: Labour secure vital by-election win in Bolton". The Bolton News . Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  20. ↑ O'Flynn, Elaine (20 December 2013). "UPDATE: Labour storm to victory in Harper Green by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "Asha scores double first in Labour romp". The Bolton News . 21 December 2013. p. 4.
  22. ↑ Thorp, Liam (24 September 2014). "Six-way battle for vacant council seat in Harper Green by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  23. ↑ O'Flynn, Elaine (17 October 2014). "UPDATE: Labour win Harper Green by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  24. ↑ Thorp, Liam (21 January 2016). "REVEALED: The 5 candidates looking for your votes in Crompton ward by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  25. ↑ Thorp, Liam (12 February 2016). "Labour storm to victory in Crompton by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  26. ↑ Thorp, Liam (15 September 2016). "Five candidates will contest next month's Bolton Council by-election in Rumworth ward". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  27. ↑ Thorp, Liam (7 October 2016). "Labour storm to victory in Rumworth by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  28. ↑ McIntre, Alex (18 January 2018). "Voters set to decide Hulton ward by-election". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  29. ↑ Naynor, mary (19 January 2018). "Conservatives take Hulton ward seat in narrow by-election win". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  30. ↑ Holland, Daniel (3 February 2018). "By-elections called in Farnworth and Westhoughton". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  31. ↑ Naylor, Mary (9 March 2018). "Farnworth and Kearsley First victory is a 'political earthquake'". The Bolton News . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  33. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Rumworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  34. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kearsley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  35. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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