Bolton Council election, 2000

Elections to Bolton Council were held on 4th May, 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Result

Bolton Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	9	0	7	-7	45.0	36.1	19,621
	Conservative	7	5	0	+5	35.0	39.3	21,322
	Liberal Democrat	4	2	0	+2	20.0	22.8	12,381
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	555
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	367
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	63

Ward results

Astley Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Fairclough	2,091	64.1
	Labour	S Hynes	892	27.3
	Liberal Democrat	C Macpherson	280	8.6
Majority			1,199	36.8
Turnout			3,263
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Blackrod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Barrow	1,055	39.2
	Labour	J Lavin	923	34.3
	Liberal Democrat	I Hamilton	714	26.5
Majority			132	4.9
Turnout			2,692
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bradshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Brierley	1,911	57.9
	Labour	C Whitby	975	29.5
	Liberal Democrat	S Howarth	416	12.6
Majority			936	28.4
Turnout			3,302
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Breightmet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Byrne	1,065	49.3
	Conservative	R Elliott	884	40.9
	Liberal Democrat	P Howarth	212	9.8
Majority			171	8.4
Turnout			2,161
	Labour hold		Swing

Bromley Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N Critchley	2,870	57.5
	Labour	A Muscat	1,325	26.6
	Liberal Democrat	S Ball	794	15.9
Majority			1,545	30.9
Turnout			4,989
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Eastwood	1,050	53.9
	Conservative	M Woodward	545	28.0
	Liberal Democrat	D Connor	272	14.0
	Socialist Labour	D Entwistle	80	4.1
Majority			505	25.9
Turnout			1,947
	Labour hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Howarth	1,039	47.9
	Conservative	F Ahmed	932	43.0
	Liberal Democrat	M Eidlow	142	6.6
	Socialist Labour	L Lowe	54	2.5
Majority			107	4.9
Turnout			2,167
	Labour hold		Swing

Daubhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Anderton	984	52.5
	Conservative	W Southern	638	34.1
	Liberal Democrat	L Greensits	251	13.4
Majority			346	18.4
Turnout			1,873
	Labour hold		Swing

Deane-cum-Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F Rushton	2,355	60.2
	Labour	J Woodrow	993	25.4
	Liberal Democrat	D Cooper	563	14.4
Majority			1,362	34.8
Turnout			3,911
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Hussain	1,317	47.7
	Labour	J Foster	1,243	45.0
	Liberal Democrat	S McGeehan	109	3.9
	Socialist Labour	A Entwistle	91	3.3
Majority			74	2.7
Turnout			2,760
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Farnworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Spencer	1,345	55.9
	Conservative	J Cottam	536	22.3
	Liberal Democrat	E Bell	371	15.4
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	153	6.4
Majority			809	33.6
Turnout			1,873
	Labour hold		Swing

Halliwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Thomas	1,053	48.1
	Conservative	J Coombs	737	33.6
	Liberal Democrat	A Warren	236	10.8
	Socialist Labour	H Broadbent	102	4.7
	Green	A Cartmell	63	2.9
Majority			316	14.5
Turnout			2,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Harper Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Clare	865	53.5
	Conservative	R Tyler	492	30.4
	Liberal Democrat	W Connor	184	11.4
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	75	4.6
Majority			373	23.1
Turnout			1,616
	Labour hold		Swing

Horwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	B Ronson	1,884	57.0
	Labour	B Sharples	725	21.9
	Conservative	P Baxendale	696	21.1
Majority			1,159	35.1
Turnout			3,305
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hulton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Walsh	1,391	42.2
	Liberal Democrat	J Cronnolley	953	28.9
	Labour	J Kellett	949	28.8
Majority			438	13.3
Turnout			3,293
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kearsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	M Rothwell	1,257	53.7
	Labour	D Burrows	854	36.5
	Conservative	S Kesler	229	9.8
Majority			403	17.2
Turnout			2,340
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Little Lever
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Connell	1,103	44.9
	Conservative	J Tyler	1,078	43.9
	Liberal Democrat	W Crook	276	11.2
Majority			25	1.0
Turnout			2,457
	Labour hold		Swing

Smithills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	C Swarbrick	2,278	64.4
	Conservative	D Bagnall	723	20.4
	Labour	A Zaman	538	15.2
Majority			1,555	44.0
Turnout			3,539
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tonge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Peel	1,021	48.7
	Conservative	J Maclaren-Whibley	557	26.6
	Independent	P Perry	367	17.5
	Liberal Democrat	M Langdon	152	7.2
Majority			464	22.1
Turnout			2,097
	Labour hold		Swing

Westhoughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	J Ainscough	1,037	51.8
	Labour	T Fitzpatrick	679	33.9
	Conservative	S Wallen	285	14.2
Majority			358	17.9
Turnout			2,001
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Bolton". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/12.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

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