2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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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.

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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:

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 Democrats 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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LabourConservativeLDU

After the election the composition of the council was:

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371535
LabourConservativeLDU

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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
UKIP Dot Sexton40712.9-1.8
Conservative Mohammed Waqas2417.6-4.8
Green David Figgins1916.1+2.5
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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
Conservative Anne Galloway80120.3-4.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock79520.2+6.6
UKIP Jeffrey Armstrong54313.8-1.1
Green Roderick Riesco1934.9+1.2
Majority81120.6+15.4
Turnout 3,94440.7-27.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing Conservative to Labour Co-op 7.8

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Whitehead 1,374 37.0 +3.3
Conservative Derek Bullock1,21432.7+1.6
UKIP Joan Johnson90924.5-4.3
Green James Tomkinson1223.3+0.1
Liberal Democrats David Cooper922.5-0.7
Majority1604.3+1.7
Turnout 3,71138.4-25.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing UKIP to Labour 3.8

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mark Cunningham 1,480 45.2 +13.7
Labour Carol Burrows1,24838.2+0.6
Conservative Richard Elliot3009.2-7.8
Liberal Democrats Aaron Hepworth2437.4-2.1
Majority2327.1
Turnout 3,27131.8-27.1
UKIP gain from Labour Swing Conservative to UKIP 10.7

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Rees Gibbons 1,572 39.3 +7.5
Labour David Evans1,09827.4-3.7
Liberal Democrats Eric Hyde81320.3+8.2
Conservative Elizabeth Elliot42910.7-11.2
Green Edmund Dunsdon902.2-0.9
Majority4747.1+6.5
Turnout 4,00242.2-23.5
UKIP gain from Labour Swing Conservative to UKIP 9.3

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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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

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  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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