2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections.

Bolton Council Election 2021

6 May 2021
20 Seats up for Election
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 18 18 7 Seats after 20 19 5 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 30,255 27,517 7,562 Percentage 38.8% 35.3% 9.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Farnworth and Kearsley First Horwich and Blackrod First UKIP Seats before 4 2 2 Seats after 5 3 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 4,203 2,380 585 Percentage 5.4% 3.0% 0.7%
Map showing the results of the 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council Conservative

21 seats were contested, including a by election in Astley Bridge Ward, following the death of Cllr Paul Wild. The Conservative Party won 10 seats, the Labour Party won 7 seats, Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats, Horwich and Blackrod First won 1 seat, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

• Conservative 20
• Labour 19
• Liberal Democrats 5
• Farnworth and Kearsley First 5
• Horwich and Blackrod First 3
• UK Independence Party 1
• Independents 7

Election results

2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	50.0	10	20	33.3	30,255	38.8	9.4
	Labour	7	1	35.0	12	19	32.0	27,517	35.3	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	5.0	3	5	8.0	7,562	9.7	3.3
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	2	1	10.0	4	5	8.0	4,203	5.4	1.7
	Horwich and Blackrod First	1	1	5.0	2	3	5.0	2,380	3.0	1.2
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.0	585	0.7	10.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,168	4.1	1.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,698	2.2	New
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	655	0.8	1.3
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	16	0.0	New

Council composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

18	17	6	2	15
Labour	Conservative	LD	U	IND

After the election the composition of the council was:

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20	19	5	1	15
Conservative	Labour	LD	U	IND

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP
IND - Independent (politician)

Ward results

Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.

Astley Bridge

Astley Bridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Fairclough	2,569	61.5	+22.1
	Conservative	Samuel Rimmer	1,746	41.8	+2.4
	Labour	Safwaan Patel	1,025	24.5	+10.9
	Labour	Steve Sutton	897	21.5	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulligan	386	9.2	-23.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Haslam	380	9.1	-23.1
	Bolton for Change	Paul Eccleshare	311	7.4	+7.4
Majority			(Fairclough) 823
Majority			(Rimmer) 721
Turnout				40.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Radcliffe	2,539	68.4	+12.8
	Labour	Logan Pratheepan	842	22.7	+9.0
	Green	Steph Howes	214	5.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Turner-Preece	96	2.6	-3.3
Majority			1,697	46.0	+2.0
Turnout			3,712	41.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 11.2

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hartigan	1,576	49.1	+7.9
	Labour	Bernadette Gallagher	1,222	38.1	+5.6
	Bolton for Change	Sandy Holt	262	8.2	+8.2
	Green	Chich Hewitt	86	2.7	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Wilkes	60	1.9	-1.0
Majority			354	11.0	+2.3
Turnout			3,228	33.2	-1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	UKIP to BFC 10.4

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadim Muslim	2,748	61.7	-0.8
	Labour	Emily Mort	1,261	28.3	+12.3
	Green	Liz Spencer	282	6.3	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Turner	164	3.7	-2.2
Majority			1,487	33.4	-13.0
Turnout			4,455	42.8	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 10.3

Crompton ward

Crompton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rabiya Jiva	2,266	54.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Siraj Patel	1,319	31.8	+1.6
	Bolton for Change	Tracy Fenton	281	6.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	158	3.8	-0.0
	Green	Heather Rylance	124	3.0	-1.0
Majority			947	22.8	+2.5
Turnout			4,148	36.4	-1.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	UKIP to BFC 9.1

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Paul Sanders	1,647	49.6	-3.3
	Labour	Nadeem Ayub	1,335	40.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Bashim Dean	279	8.4	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine McPherson	61	1.8	+0.4
Majority			312	9.4	-7.3
Turnout			3,322	30.4	-3.3
	Farnworth and Kearsley First hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 4.9%

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	2,133	58.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Nalik Nazar	1,190	32.3	-1.3
	Green	David Figgins	223	6.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan McPherson	134	3.6	+0.8
Majority			943	25.6	+7.5
Turnout			3,680	38.5	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 6.8

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Lewis	2,113	73.4	+9.8
	Conservative	Malaika Dean	529	18.4	+5.1
	Green	Christopher Taylor	103	3.6	-1.4
	Independent	Anthony Massey	79	2.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Newall	55	1.9	-2.3
Majority			1,584	55.0	+3.0
Turnout			2,879	31.2	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 10.2

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Champak Mistry	1,565	44.9	-1.6
	Conservative	Fred Khan	922	26.4	+17.5
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Peter Flitcroft	777	22.3	-6.6
	Green	Wendy Shepherd	128	3.7	+0.8
	Bolton for Change	Paul Gannon	54	1.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeleh Hayes	39	1.1	-0.5
Majority			643	18.4	+0.8
Turnout			3,485	34.2	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Morgan	2,799	57.0	+2.8
	Labour	John Gillatt	1,419	28.9	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Priest	488	9.9	-0.3
	Green	Katie Jones	205	4.2	-1.1
Majority			1,380	28.1	-2.1
Turnout			4,911	45.9	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 5.7

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Horwich and Blackrod First	David Grant	1,303	33.0	-4.4
	Conservative	Finlay Stanley	1,288	32.6	+7.9
	Labour	Joan Pritchard-Jones	1,130	28.6	+2.3
	Green	Andrew Bovill	149	3.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Walsh	80	2.0	-1.3
Majority			15	11.1	-10.7
Turnout			3,950	36.2	-2.0
	Horwich and Blackrod First gain from Independent		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 6.4

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Richard Silvester	1,412	35.2	+13.2
	Horwich and Blackrod First	Ryan Bamforth	1,077	26.8	-10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Stone	794	19.8	-3.7
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	618	15.4	+6.6
	Green	Keith Cocker	117	2.9	-1.4
Majority			335	8.4
Turnout			4,018	40.3	-2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	HBF to Labour 11.9

Hulton ward

Hulton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Hewitt	1,695	44.9	-1.7
	Labour	Shafaqat Shaikh	1,075	28.4	-5.0
	Green	Paris Hayes	860	22.8	+17.6
	Bolton for Change	Jeff Armstrong	77	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Allen	67	1.8	-1.7
Majority			620	16.4	+3.1
Turnout			3,774	37.2	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Green 14.4

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Tracey Wilkinson	1,779	52.3	-15.4
	Conservative	Mark Cunningham	600	17.6	+12.1
	Labour	Abdul Atcha	528	15.5	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Newall	493	14.5	+10.9
Majority			1,179	34.7	-17.9
Turnout			3,400	32.4	-1.6
	Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Conservative		Swing	FKF to Conservative 13.7

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Taylor-Burke	1,536	42.6	+12.8
	Labour	James Entwistle	1,095	30.4	+4.3
	UKIP	Rees Gibbon	585	16.2	-23.1
	Bolton for Change	Brett Varnam	179	5.0	+5.0
	Green	Gillian Hewitt	148	4.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Turner-Preece	46	1.8	-2.8
	For Britain	Simon Collins	16	0.4	+0.4
Majority			441	12.2
Turnout			3,605	37.0	-0.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shamim Abdullah	2,417	63.5	-9.3
	Conservative	Shafi Patel	1,100	28.9	+18.0
	Green	Alan Johnson	196	5.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Cooper	90	2.3	+0.2
Majority			1,317	34.6	-27.3
Turnout			3,803	37.5	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Conservative 13.6

Smithills ward

Smithills ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hayes	1,728	44.2	-8.0
	Labour	Sorie Seesay	986	25.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Joan Johnson	883	22.9	+10.8
	Bolton for Change	Daniel Bentham	177	4.5	+4.5
	Green	David Ebbitt	134	3.4	+3.4
Majority			742	19.3	-10.0
Turnout			3,908	37.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 11.7

Tonge with The Haulgh ward

Tonge with The Haulgh ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Donaghy	1,272	44.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Wesley McArdle	1,120	39.6	+11.8
	Bolton for Change	Trevor Jones	357	12.6	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Forrest	81	2.9	-2.7
Majority			152	5.4	-9.0
Turnout			2,830	30.9	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to BFC 18.4

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Finney	1,937	46.6	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Price	1,207	29.0	-10.0
	Labour	Zulfi Jiva	652	15.7	+1.6
	Westhoughton First Independent	Jack Speight	201	4.8	-3.1
	Green	Amanda Stewart	107	2.6	+2.6
	Active for Westhoughton	Richard Bates	52	1.2	+1.2
Majority			730	17.6
Turnout			4,156	37.8	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	Lib Dem to Conservative 12.4

Westhoughton South

Westhoughton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hill	1,262	36.0	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Maher	955	27.3	-5.8
	Labour	Mike Jarvis	871	24.9	+0.5
	Westhoughton First	Richard Brennan	194	5.5	-5.4
	Active for Westhoughton	Victoria Rowley	129	3.7	+3.7
	Green	Elizabeth McManus	92	2.6	+2.6
Majority			307	8.7
Turnout			3,503	35.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 15.0