2010 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were 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:
- Labour 30
- Conservative 22
- Liberal Democrats 8
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | 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 Democrats | 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
editPrior to the election the composition of the council was:
28 | 23 | 9 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
After the election the composition of the council was:
30 | 22 | 8 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
Ward results
editAstley Bridge ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walsh | 3,204 | 46.5 | -17.9 | |
Labour | Asif Ibrahim | 2,034 | 29.5 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Brierley | 3,464 | 53.7 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Kate Challender | 1,733 | 26.9 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Jean Byrne | 2,787 | 49.6 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 1,951 | 34.7 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Wells Greenhalgh | 4,236 | 54.5 | -14.4 | |
Labour | Anthony Muscat Terribile | 1,774 | 22.8 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 3,749 | 62.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Amina Khilji | 1,325 | 22.0 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noel Spencer | 2,612 | 53.2 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 1,040 | 21.2 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 2,844 | 49.9 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Idrees | 1,805 | 31.6 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 3,228 | 65.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Francis | 2,312 | 44.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shaw | 4,643 | 57.6 | -13.0 | |
Labour | John William Gillatt | 1,973 | 24.5 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Pickup | 2,423 | 38.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Hollick | 2,229 | 35.1 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin P. McKeon | 2,243 | 33.0 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 11.3 |
Hulton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Philip Morgan | 2,873 | 57.5 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Shafaqat Shaikh | 1,928 | 31.9 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Burrows | 2,706 | 46.4 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Connell | 2,036 | 31.6 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,794 | 27.8 | -17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 3,928 | 70.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | Con to Labour 8.6 |
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Peel | 2,495 | 48.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Kath Kavanagh | 1,418 | 27.3 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martyn Cox | 2,826 | 38.2 | -9.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Karen Louise Lawrinson | 2,263 | 30.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek John Gradwell | 2,087 | 28.2 | +4.2 | |
Green | Ian David McHugh | 222 | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Stanley Jones | 2,113 | 34.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 7.8 |
References
edit- Bolton Council Elections 2010: Candidates (Bolton Council)
- General Election 2010 – Bolton (Bolton News)
- Local Election Results, 2010 (Bolton Council)
- Labour makes more gains in Bolton local elections (Bolton News)
- "Bolton Council Election Results". The Bolton News. 8 May 2010. p. 2.
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.