Bolton Council election, 2007

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Elections to Bolton Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was


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[edit] Ward results

[edit] Astley Bridge ward

Asley Bridge ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Lever 1,989
Labour Joe Hayes 822
Liberal Democrat Clive Atty 639
Majority 1,167
Turnout 33.53
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,334
Labour Jim Cottam 618
Liberal Democrat Steve Howarth 446
Green Anne Mumberson 167
Majority 1,716
Turnout 38.84
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Byrne 1,691
Conservative Arthur Norris 1,431
Liberal Democrat Edward Rae Hill 241
Green Lynne Hyland 140
Majority 260
Turnout 34.58
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Critchley 2,784
Labour Anthony Muscat Terrible 677
Liberal Democrat Christine MacPherson 362
Green Liz Spencer 350
Majority 2,107
Turnout 39.62
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Scowcroft 1,662
Conservative Don Fairclough 1,035
Liberal Democrat Anne Warren 482
Majority 627
Turnout 30.71
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Cottam 1,107
Liberal Democrat Tariq Aziz 920
Conservative Ruth Kenny 399
Green Ria Greenhalgh 179
Majority 187
Turnout 23.96
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Murray 1,601
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,276
Liberal Democrat Wendy Connor 306
Green Alan Johnson 219
Majority 325
Turnout 34.94
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Thomas 1,802
Conservative Martin Grindrod 517
Liberal Democrat Martin McLoughlin 463
Majority 1,285
Turnout 28.5
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Clare 1,182
Conservative Robert Tyler 719
Liberal Democrat Dave Connor 419
Majority 463
Turnout 23.37
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Allen 3,199
Labour John Gillatt 908
Liberal Democrat Jonathon Evans 538
Majority 2,291
Turnout 43.88
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Raymond Barrow 1,325
Labour Isabel Seddon 1,162
Liberal Democrat Peter McGeehan 731
Majority 163
Turnout 33.59
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Horwich North East ward

North East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Ronson 1,807
Conservative Stephen Wallan 1,038
Labour Kevan Jones 787
Majority 769 36.78
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

[edit] Hulton ward

Hulton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Francis 1,088
Conservative Phillip Ashcroft 1,692
Liberal Democrat Linden Greensitt 441
Majority 604
Turnout 32.16
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Margaret Rothwell 1,215
Labour Guy Harkin 1,188
Conservative Diane Bamber 463
Majority 27
Turnout 28.37
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

[edit] Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Connell 1,667
Conservative Rees Gibbon 1,596
Liberal Democrat Eric Hyde 323
Green Alwynne Cartmell 275
Majority 71
Turnout 39.82
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,079
Conservative John (Jack) Heyes 668
Liberal Democrat Sandra Bridger 480
Majority 1,411
Turnout 31.14
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Smithills ward

Smithills ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Carole Swarbrick 1,763
Conservative Dennis Bray 1,044
Labour James Shaw 680
Green Rachel Mann 218
Majority 719
Turnout 36.75
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

[edit] Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,463
Conservative Nigel Ford 831
British National Party David Wood 524
Liberal Democrat Rosalind Harasiwka 236
Green James Tomkinson 133
Veritas Anthony Backhouse 74
Majority 632
Turnout 34.56
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative June Patricia Allen 1,482
Labour Arthur Price 1,219
Liberal Democrat Ronald Halliwell 651
Green Laura Spencer 188
Majority 263
Turnout 33.67
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Weshoughton South ward

Weshoughton South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Chadwick 1,023
Conservative Christine Wild 815
Liberal Democrat Pamela Rigby 724
Green Eric Hyland 279
Majority 208
Turnout 30.01
Labour hold Swing


Preceded by
Bolton Council election, 2006		 Bolton local elections Succeeded by
Bolton Council election, 2008

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