2004 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. [1] The council stayed under no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats overtaking the Labour Party, by 1 seat, as the largest party and assuming control of the council from Labour. Overall turnout was 43.5%.

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Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 21+735.029.968,281+0.9%
  Labour 20-733.331.972,917-3.2%
  Conservative 19031.736.984,371+2.8%
  Green 000000.3770+0.0%
  Socialist Labour 000000.3675-0.5%
  Respect 000000.2540+0.2%
  UKIP 000000.2495+0.2%
  Independent 000000.2412+0.2%

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Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourConservativeLib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

201921
LabourConservativeLib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Fairclough 2,574 21.4
Conservative Stuart Lever 2,377 19.8
Conservative John Walsh 2,341 19.5
Labour June Crook9978.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Warren8547.1
Labour Muhammad Rafiq7916.6
Liberal Democrats Ronald Halliwell6555.5
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari6275.2
Labour Christopher White4914.1
Socialist Labour Howard Broadbent3082.6
Turnout 12,01540.0

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Hall 2,579 20.7
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,420 19.4
Conservative Paul Brierley 2,418 19.4
Labour Janice Sutton1,0118.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth9968.0
Labour Paul Sedgwick9897.9
Liberal Democrats Tracy Ward7506.0
Liberal Democrats Frances Thomas6865.5
Labour Mohammed Ayub6205.0
Turnout 12,46945.0

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wilkinson 1,631 15.2
Labour John Bryne 1,554 14.5
Labour Lynda Byrne 1,492 13.9
Conservative James Hinegan1,47113.7
Conservative Richard Elliott1,45913.6
Labour Donald Grime1,41913.2
Liberal Democrats Edward Hill6956.5
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka5104.8
Liberal Democrats Franko Harasiwka4944.6
Turnout 10,72535.0

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Wilkinson 3,315 21.9
Conservative Norman Critchley 3,286 21.7
Conservative Donald Carr 3,257 21.5
Labour Jeremy Foster1,0436.9
Labour Anthony Muscat Terribile9976.6
Liberal Democrats Clive Atty9386.2
Labour Susan Whittle8905.9
Liberal Democrats Lesley Easterman7825.2
Liberal Democrats Bernard McCartin6144.1
Turnout 15,12248.0

Crompton ward

Crompton ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iqbal Patel 2,258 17.9
Liberal Democrats Stewart Ball 2,225 17.7
Liberal Democrats Valibhai Patel 2,043 16.2
Labour R Howarth 1,1359.0
Conservative Donald Fairclough9547.6
Labour Mohammed Alli9297.4
Conservative Winifred Wilkinson9027.2
Conservative Jolyon Coombs8746.9
Labour Ibrahim Kala8206.5
Socialist Labour Lynne Lowe2311.8
Independent Anthony Backhouse2281.8
Turnout 12,59943.0

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lord 1,484 17.9
Labour Raymond Stones 1,454 17.5
Labour Anthony Spencer 1,334 16.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Brooks89910.8
Conservative Peter Taylor7338.8
Liberal Democrats David Connor7238.7
Liberal Democrats Sara McGeehan6167.4
Conservative Talib Hussain5306.5
Conservative Mohammed Iqbal5256.3
Turnout 8,29827.0

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ansar Hussain 1,487 14.2
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,439 13.8
Labour Prentice Howarth 1,400 13.4
Labour Martin Donaghy1,39913.4
Labour Champak Mistry1,30612.5
Conservative Neil Germaine1,27512.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Toft7657.3
Liberal Democrats Maria Garcia7347.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Toft6526.2
Turnout 10,45738.0

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Morris 2,012 19.6
Labour Linda Thomas 1,944 18.9
Labour Akhtar Zaman 1,918 18.7
Liberal Democrats Martin McLoughlin8318.1
Conservative Mohammad Hanif8117.9
Liberal Democrats Asif Vali7407.2
Liberal Democrats Yakub Patel7267.1
Conservative Maureen Coombs6786.6
Conservative Robert Ionn6025.9
Turnout 10,26235.0

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Dennis 1,272 15.1
Labour Margaret Clare 1,196 14.2
Labour Laurence Williamson 1,195 14.1
Conservative Robert Tyler86010.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Willis8399.9
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor8389.9
Liberal Democrats Laura Baron7919.4
Conservative Ethel Kenny7408.8
Conservative Frederick Taylor7168.5
Turnout 8,44730.0

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Rushton 3,485 21.3
Conservative Robert Allen 3,445 21.1
Conservative Colin Shaw 3,419 20.9
Liberal Democrats David Cooper1,0806.6
Liberal Democrats Thomas Swarbrick1,0466.4
Labour Barbara Sharples1,0436.4
Labour John Gillatt1,0276.3
Liberal Democrats Christine MacPherson9886.0
Labour Ghulam Raja8064.9
Turnout 16,33953.0

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Hamilton 1,455 12.9
Liberal Democrats Martyn Cox 1,357 12.0
Liberal Democrats John Cronnolley 1,324 11.7
Labour Isabel Seddon1,28311.3
Conservative John Barrow1,26611.2
Conservative Michael Hollick1,24111.0
Labour Keith Bowes1,18210.5
Labour Kevan Helsby1,15510.2
Conservative Thomas Ashton1,0479.3
Turnout 11,31042.0

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ronson 2,720 21.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Ronson 2,685 20.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock 1,887 14.6
Conservative Oliver Fairhurst1,0668.2
Conservative Peter Baxendale9827.6
Conservative Stephen Wallen9587.4
Labour James Kilcoyne8906.9
Labour Madeline Murray8716.7
Labour Joyce Kellett8666.7
Turnout 12,92546.0

Hulton ward

Hulton ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Walsh 1,827 15.3
Conservative Phillip Ashcroft 1,752 14.7
Conservative Andrew Morgan 1,711 14.3
Labour Thomas Fitzpatrick1,42311.9
Labour Guy Harkin1,38011.6
Labour Michael Francis1,28110.7
Liberal Democrats Linden Greensitt9377.8
Liberal Democrats Joseph Hayes8627.2
Liberal Democrats Kieran McGeehan7716.5
Turnout 11,94441.0

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Rothwell 1,807 19.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rothwell 1,769 19.2
Liberal Democrats William Collison 1,616 17.5
Labour Derek Burrows1,14412.4
Labour Maureen Barlow91910.0
Labour Peter Johnston9059.8
Conservative George Hardman3794.1
Conservative Sheila Kesler3523.8
Conservative Barry Noble3423.7
Turnout 9,23333.0

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Woodward 1,671 14.3
Labour Anthony Connell 1,642 14.1
Labour Maurenn Connell 1,630 14.0
Conservative David Broadie1,53613.2
Labour Sean Hornby1,53213.1
Conservative Jason Tyler1,25210.7
Liberal Democrats William Crook7186.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Goodier5304.5
Green Alwynne Cartmell4914.2
Liberal Democrats Pauline Grimshaw3853.3
Green Alan Johnson2792.4
Turnout 11,66644.0

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosa Kay 1,734 15.6
Labour Ebrahim Adia 1,706 15.3
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 1,683 15.1
Liberal Democrats Rashid Jangharia1,31611.8
Liberal Democrats Gulamali Jiva1,22811.0
Liberal Democrats James Woodrow9918.9
Conservative John Heyes6335.7
Conservative Albert Brandwood5985.4
Conservative Sydney Palmer5675.1
Respect Neil McAlister5404.9
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle1361.2
Turnout 11,13238.0

Smithills ward

Smithills ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hayes 2,277 18.8
Liberal Democrats Carole Swarbrick 2,176 18.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Silvester 1,919 15.9
Conservative Dennis Bray9958.2
Conservative Douglas Bagnall9097.5
Conservative John Batley8467.0
Labour Andrew Page7666.3
Labour Robert Bradley7646.3
Labour Mary Page7536.2
UKIP Michael Ford4954.1
Independent James Pendlebury1841.5
Turnout 12,08442.0

Tonge with The Haulgh ward

Tonge with The Haulgh ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank White 1,818 18.0
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,779 17.6
Labour Nicholas Peel 1,721 17.0
Conservative Nigel Ford1,28212.7
Conservative David Greenhalgh1,21412.0
Conservative Kevan Ward1,16811.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Eidlow4724.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Langdon3783.7
Liberal Democrats Tanwir Taj Din2922.9
Turnout 10,12437.0

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Gradwell 1,537 13.0
Liberal Democrats Arthur Price 1,532 13.0
Liberal Democrats James Gilfillan 1,456 12.3
Conservative Kay Rushton1,31711.1
Conservative Jane Frappola1,27910.8
Conservative Philip Gore1,27710.8
Labour David Chadwick1,26910.7
Labour Kevin McManmon1,1549.8
Labour David Holden-Locke9939.4
Turnout 11,81443.0

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 1,645 17.3
Liberal Democrats John Ainscough 1,468 15.5
Liberal Democrats Julia Silvester 1,376 14.5
Labour Barbara Ramsden1,01710.7
Labour Trevor Leese8609.1
Labour Valerie Leese8298.7
Conservative Michael Pepper8008.4
Conservative Betty Joyce7648.0
Conservative Salvatore Frappola7377.8
Turnout 9,49636.0

Sources

Notes

  1. "Bolton council". BBC News . Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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