Bolton Council election, 2004

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Elections to Bolton Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 43.5%.

[edit] Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2004
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Liberal Democrat 21 +7 35.0 29.9 68,281 +0.9%
  Labour 20 -7 33.3 31.9 72,917 -3.2%
  Conservative 19 0 31.7 36.9 84,371 +2.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 770 +0.0%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 675 -0.5%
  Respect 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 540 +0.2%
  UK Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 495 +0.2%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 412 +0.2%

[edit] Ward results

Astley Bridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Fairclough 2,574
Conservative Stuart Lever 2,377
Conservative John Walsh 2,341
Labour June Crook 997
Liberal Democrat Anne Warren 854
Labour Muhammad Rafiq 791
Liberal Democrat Ronald Halliwell 655
Liberal Democrat Jaleh Salari 627
Labour Christopher White 491
Socialist Labour Howard Broadbent 308
Turnout 12,015 40.0
Bradshaw (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Hall 2,579
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,420
Conservative Paul Brierley 2,418
Labour Janice Sutton 1,011
Liberal Democrat Stephen Howarth 996
Labour Paul Sedgwick 989
Liberal Democrat Tracy Ward 750
Liberal Democrat Frances Thomas 686
Labour Mohammed Ayub 620
Turnout 12,469 45.0
Breightmet (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wilkinson 1,631
Labour John Bryne 1,554
Labour Lynda Byrne 1,492
Conservative James Hinegan 1,471
Conservative Richard Elliott 1,459
Labour Donald Grime 1,419
Liberal Democrat Edward Hill 695
Liberal Democrat Rosalind Harasiwka 510
Liberal Democrat Franko Harasiwka 494
Turnout 10,725 35.0
Bromley Cross (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Wilkinson 3,315
Conservative Norman Critchley 3,286
Conservative Donald Carr 3,257
Labour Jeremy Foster 1,043
Labour Anthony Muscat Terribile 997
Liberal Democrat Clive Atty 938
Labour Susan Whittle 890
Liberal Democrat Lesley Easterman 782
Liberal Democrat Bernard McCartin 614
Turnout 15,122 48.0
Crompton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Iqbal Patel 2,258
Liberal Democrat Stewart Ball 2,225
Liberal Democrat Valibhai Patel 2,043
Labour Robert Howarth 1,135
Conservative Donald Fairclough 954
Labour Mohmed Alli 929
Conservative Winifred Wilkinson 902
Conservative Jolyon Coombs 874
Labour Ibrahim Kala 820
Socialist Labour Lynne Lowe 231
Independent Anthony Backhouse 228
Turnout 12,599 43.0
Farnworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lord 1,484
Labour Raymond Stones 1,454
Labour Anthony Spencer 1,334
Liberal Democrat Anthony Brooks 899
Conservative Peter Taylor 733
Liberal Democrat David Connor 723
Liberal Democrat Sara McGeehan 616
Conservative Talib Hussain 530
Conservative Mohammed Iqbal 525
Turnout 8,298 27.0
Great Lever (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ansar Hussain 1,487
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,439
Labour Prentice Howarth 1,400
Labour Martin Donaghy 1,399
Labour Champak Mistry 1,306
Conservative Neil Germaine 1,275
Liberal Democrat Catherine Toft 765
Liberal Democrat Maria Garcia 734
Liberal Democrat Simon Toft 652
Turnout 10,457 38.0
Halliwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Morris 2,012
Labour Linda Thomas 1,944
Labour Akhtar Zaman 1,918
Liberal Democrat Martin McLoughlin 831
Conservative Mohammad Hanif 811
Liberal Democrat Asif Vali 740
Liberal Democrat Yakub Patel 726
Conservative Maureen Coombs 678
Conservative Robert Ionn 602
Turnout 10,262 35.0
Harper Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Dennis 1,272
Labour Margaret Clare 1,196
Labour Laurence Williamson 1,195
Conservative Robert Tyler 860
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Willis 839
Liberal Democrat Wendy Connor 838
Liberal Democrat Laura Baron 791
Conservative Ethel Kenny 740
Conservative Frederick Taylor 716
Turnout 8,447 30.0
Heaton and Lostock (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Rushton 3,485
Conservative Robert Allen 3,445
Conservative Colin Shaw 3,419
Liberal Democrat David Cooper 1,080
Liberal Democrat Thomas Swarbrick 1,046
Labour Barbara Sharples 1,043
Labour John Gillatt 1,027
Liberal Democrat Christine MacPherson 988
Labour Ghulam Raja 806
Turnout 16,339 53.0
Horwich and Blackrod (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ian Hamilton 1,455
Liberal Democrat Martyn Cox 1,357
Liberal Democrat John Cronnolley 1,324
Labour Isabel Seddon 1,283
Conservative John Barrow 1,266
Conservative Michael Hollick 1,241
Labour Keith Bowes 1,182
Labour Kevan Helsby 1,155
Conservative Thomas Ashton 1,047
Turnout 11,310 42.0
Horwich North East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Barbara Ronson 2,720
Liberal Democrat Robert Ronson 2,685
Liberal Democrat Stephen Rock 1,887
Conservative Oliver Fairhurst 1,066
Conservative Peter Baxendale 982
Conservative Stephen Wallen 958
Labour James Kilcoyne 890
Labour Madeline Murray 871
Labour Joyce Kellett 866
Turnout 12,925 46.0
Hulton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Walsh 1,827
Conservative Phillip Ashcroft 1,752
Conservative Andrew Morgan 1,711
Labour Thomas Fitzpatrick 1,423
Labour Guy Harkin 1,380
Labour Michael Francis 1,281
Liberal Democrat Linden Greensitt 937
Liberal Democrat Joseph Hayes 862
Liberal Democrat Kieran McGeehan 771
Turnout 11,944 41.0
Kearsley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Rothwell 1,807
Liberal Democrat Margaret Rothwell 1,769
Liberal Democrat William Collison 1,616
Labour Derek Burrows 1,144
Labour Maureen Barlow 919
Labour Peter Johnston 905
Conservative George Hardman 379
Conservative Sheila Kesler 352
Conservative Barry Noble 342
Turnout 9,233 33.0
Little Lever and Darcy Lever (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Woodward 1,671
Labour Anthony Connell 1,642
Labour Maurenn Connell 1,630
Conservative David Broadie 1,536
Labour Sean Hornby 1,532
Conservative Jason Tyler 1,252
Liberal Democrat William Crook 718
Liberal Democrat Christine Goodier 530
Green Alwynne Cartmell 491
Liberal Democrat Pauline Grimshaw 385
Green Alan Johnson 279
Turnout 11,666 44.0
Rumworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosa Kay 1,734
Labour Ebrahim Adia 1,706
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 1,683
Liberal Democrat Rashid Jangharia 1,316
Liberal Democrat Gulamali Jiva 1,228
Liberal Democrat James Woodrow 991
Conservative John Heyes 633
Conservative Albert Brandwood 598
Conservative Sydney Palmer 567
Respect Neil McAlister 540
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle 136
Turnout 11,132 38.0
Smithills (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Roger Hayes 2,277
Liberal Democrat Carole Swarbrick 2,176
Liberal Democrat Richard Silvester 1,919
Conservative Dennis Bray 995
Conservative Douglas Bagnall 909
Conservative John Batley 846
Labour Andrew Page 766
Labour Robert Bradley 764
Labour Mary Page 753
UK Independence Michael Ford 495
Independent James Pendlebury 184
Turnout 12,084 42.0
Tonge with The Haulgh (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank White 1,818
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,779
Labour Nicholas Peel 1,721
Conservative Nigel Ford 1,282
Conservative David Greenhalgh 1,214
Conservative Kevan Ward 1,168
Liberal Democrat Mary Eidlow 472
Liberal Democrat Michael Langdon 378
Liberal Democrat Tanwir Taj Din 292
Turnout 10,124 37.0
Westhoughton North & Chew Moor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Derek Gradwell 1,537
Liberal Democrat Arthur Price 1,532
Liberal Democrat James Gilfillan 1,456
Conservative Kay Rushton 1,317
Conservative Jane Frappola 1,279
Conservative Philip Gore 1,277
Labour David Chadwick 1,269
Labour Kevin McManmon 1,154
Labour David Holden-Locke 993
Turnout 11,814 43.0
Westhoughton South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Wilkinson 1,645
Liberal Democrat John Ainscough 1,468
Liberal Democrat Julia Silvester 1,376
Labour Barbara Ramsden 1,017
Labour Trevor Leese 860
Labour Valerie Leese 829
Conservative Michael Pepper 800
Conservative Betty Joyce 764
Conservative Salvatore Frappola 737
Turnout 9,496 36.0


Preceded by
Bolton Council election 2003
Bolton local elections Succeeded by
Bolton Council election 2006