Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council was 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.
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
Contents
- 1 Election result
- 2 Council Composition
- 3 Ward results
- 3.1 Astley Bridge ward
- 3.2 Bradshaw ward
- 3.3 Breightmet ward
- 3.4 Bromley Cross ward
- 3.5 Crompton ward
- 3.6 Farnworth ward
- 3.7 Great Lever ward
- 3.8 Halliwell ward
- 3.9 Harper Green ward
- 3.10 Heaton and Lostock ward
- 3.11 Horwich and Blackrod ward
- 3.12 Horwich North East ward
- 3.13 Hulton ward
- 3.14 Kearsley ward
- 3.15 Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
- 3.16 Rumworth ward
- 3.17 Smithills ward
- 3.18 Tonge with the Haulgh ward
- 3.19 Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
- 3.20 Westhoughton South ward
- 4 References
Election result
Bolton Local Election Result 2010 | ||||||||||
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Party | 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 Democrat | 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
Prior 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
Astley Bridge ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walsh | 3,204 | 46.5 | -17.9 | |
Labour | Asif Ibrahim | 2,034 | 29.5 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Brierley | 3,464 | 53.7 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Kate Challender | 1,733 | 26.9 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Jean Byrne | 2,787 | 49.6 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 1,951 | 34.7 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Wells Greenhalgh | 4,236 | 54.5 | -14.4 | |
Labour | Anthony Muscat Terribile | 1,774 | 22.8 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 3,749 | 62.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Amina Khilji | 1,325 | 22.0 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noel Spencer | 2,612 | 53.2 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 1,040 | 21.2 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 2,844 | 49.9 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Idrees | 1,805 | 31.6 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 3,228 | 65.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Francis | 2,312 | 44.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shaw | 4,643 | 57.6 | -13.0 | |
Labour | John William Gillatt | 1,973 | 24.5 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Pickup | 2,423 | 38.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Hollick | 2,229 | 35.1 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin P. McKeon | 2,243 | 33.0 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | LD to Labour 11.3 |
Hulton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Philip Morgan | 2,873 | 57.5 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Shafaqat Shaikh | 1,928 | 31.9 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Burrows | 2,706 | 46.4 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Connell | 2,036 | 31.6 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,794 | 27.8 | -17.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 3,928 | 70.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | Con to Labour 8.6 |
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Peel | 2,495 | 48.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Kath Kavanagh | 1,418 | 27.3 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martyn Cox | 2,826 | 38.2 | -9.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Karen Louise Lawrinson | 2,263 | 30.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek John Gradwell | 2,087 | 28.2 | +4.2 | |
Green | Ian David McHugh | 2,22 | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevan Stanley Jones | 2,113 | 34.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing | LD to Labour 7.8 |
References
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- Bolton Council Elections 2010: Candidates (Bolton Council)
- Council Election's 2010: The Candidates (Tower FM)
- General Election 2010 - Bolton (Bolton News)
- General and Local Election Results, 2010 (Bolton Council)
- Labour makes more gains in Bolton local elections (Bolton News)
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