Bolton Council election, 2012
Elections to Bolton Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2016.
22 seats were contested, including all 3 Bradshaw seats, following the resignation of Conservative married couple, Diane and Paul Brierley. The Labour Party won 14 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 7 seats and the Liberal Democrats 1 seat.
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Election result
Bolton Local Election Result 2012 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
14 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
|
50.0 |
34,520 |
+0.7 |
|
Conservative |
5 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
31.3 |
21,587 |
-1.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
12.2 |
8,431 |
-0.7 |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
2,929 |
+0.6 |
|
English Democrats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
588 |
+0.8 |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
260 |
-0.0 |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
754 |
+0.2 |
Ward results
Astley Bridge ward
Astley Bridge ward [1] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Hilary Constance Fairclough |
1,653 |
46.5 |
+0.4 |
|
Labour |
Stuart William Murray |
1,453 |
40.8 |
+6.3 |
|
Independent |
Neville Mercer |
334 |
9.4 |
+4.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Clive Richard Atty |
116 |
3.3 |
-1.4 |
Majority |
200 |
5.6 |
-6.0 |
Turnout |
3,556 |
35.4 |
-7.5 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
LD to Labour 3.8 |
|
Bradshaw ward
All three seats were up for election. Dean will have to stand again for election in 2014, Haslam in 2015, and Hall in 2016.
Bradshaw ward [2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Walter Hall |
1,957 |
20.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stuart Haslam |
1,948 |
20.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mudasir Dean |
1,584 |
16.5 |
|
|
Labour |
Steve Rigby |
1,035 |
10.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Deborah Susan Newall |
1,031 |
10.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Asha Ali Ismail |
906 |
9.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Ferderick Howarth |
447 |
4.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Norman Peacock |
424 |
4.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gabrielle McDowall |
291 |
3.0 |
|
Majority |
(Hall) 922 |
|
|
Majority |
(Haslam) 913 |
|
|
Majority |
(Dean) 549 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
|
Conservative hold |
|
Conservative hold |
Breightmet ward
Breightmet ward [3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kate Challender |
1,813 |
59.8 |
-0.4 |
|
Conservative |
Arthur Norris |
904 |
29.8 |
-4.8 |
|
Green |
Laura Diggle |
208 |
6.9 |
+6.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Tracey Odessa Kane |
106 |
3.5 |
-1.7 |
Majority |
909 |
30.0 |
+4.6 |
Turnout |
3,031 |
32.5 |
-3.5 |
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
Con to Green 5.8 |
|
Bromley Cross ward
Bromley Cross ward [4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alan Wilkinson |
2,207 |
59.0 |
-0.7 |
|
Labour |
Tony Muscat |
1,215 |
32.5 |
+6.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Nathan Atty |
317 |
8.5 |
+1.6 |
Majority |
992 |
26.5 |
-6.7 |
Turnout |
3,739 |
35.6 |
-9.4 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 3.4 |
|
Crompton ward
Crompton ward [5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Hanif Darvesh |
2,375 |
74.9 |
+6.2 |
|
Conservative |
Ryan Patrick Haslam |
523 |
16.5 |
-3.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Sanders Warren |
273 |
8.6 |
+3.9 |
Majority |
1,852 |
58.4 |
+10.4 |
Turnout |
3,171 |
31.9 |
+4.0 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 5.0 |
|
Farnworth ward
Farnworth ward [6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Asif Ibrahim |
1,557 |
67.2 |
-1.6 |
|
Conservative |
Frederick Taylor |
320 |
13.8 |
-0.4 |
|
Green |
Trevor Bonfield |
263 |
11.3 |
+2.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Wendy Connor |
178 |
7.7 |
-0.7 |
Majority |
1,237 |
53.4 |
-0.6 |
Turnout |
2,318 |
21.9 |
-3.6 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to Green 2.1 |
|
Great Lever ward
Great Lever ward [7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mohammed Iqbal |
2,183 |
74.0 |
+5.5 |
|
Green |
David William Collins |
316 |
10.7 |
+4.8 |
|
Conservative |
Albert Brandwood |
307 |
10.4 |
-8.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Philip Andrew Kane |
143 |
4.8 |
-2.4 |
Majority |
1,867 |
63.3 |
+13.8 |
Turnout |
2,949 |
30.7 |
-4.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 6.7 |
|
Halliwell ward
Halliwell ward [8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Cliff Morris |
2,122 |
78.4 |
+2.6 |
|
Conservative |
Jolyon Horton Coombs |
254 |
9.4 |
-3.4 |
|
Green |
Ian David McHugh |
227 |
8.4 |
+1.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Francine Godfrey |
103 |
3.8 |
-1.0 |
Majority |
1,868 |
69.0 |
+6.4 |
Turnout |
2,706 |
30.5 |
-2.6 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 3.0 |
|
Harper Green ward
Harper Green ward [9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Champak Gulab Mistry |
1,656 |
73.0 |
+3.8 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Edward Tyler |
389 |
17.1 |
-5.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Arthur Connor |
222 |
9.9 |
+1.4 |
Majority |
1,267 |
58.9 |
+13.7 |
Turnout |
2,267 |
23.7 |
-6.3 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 4.4 |
|
Heaton and Lostock ward
Heaton and Lostock ward [10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alan Rushston |
2,450 |
59.5 |
-2.5 |
|
Labour Co-op |
John William Gillatt |
1,185 |
28.8 |
+1.6 |
|
Green |
Hannah Middleton |
271 |
6.6 |
+1.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Joyce Macpherson |
209 |
5.1 |
-1.1 |
Majority |
1,265 |
30.7 |
-3.9 |
Turnout |
4,115 |
39.1 |
-9.4 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Con to Green 2.2 |
|
Horwich and Blackrod ward
Horwich and Blackrod ward [11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ann Cunliffe |
1,693 |
57.4 |
+8.3 |
|
Conservative |
Christine Deidre Flanigan |
836 |
28.3 |
-9.5 |
|
Green |
Michael John Hillman |
233 |
7.9 |
+0.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lynne McCartin |
187 |
6.3 |
+0.6 |
Majority |
857 |
29.1 |
+17.9 |
Turnout |
2,949 |
30.5 |
-9.2 |
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
Con to Labour 8.9 |
|
Horwich North East ward
Horwich North East ward [12] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour Co-op |
Richard Silvester |
1,495 |
43.6 |
-1.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Michael Rock |
661 |
19.3 |
-10.1 |
|
Conservative |
Peter Sloan |
640 |
18.7 |
-7.2 |
|
Green |
Graham Chadwick |
341 |
9.9 |
+9.9 |
|
English Democrats |
Anthony Backhouse |
291 |
8.5 |
+8.5 |
Majority |
834 |
24.3 |
|
Turnout |
3,428 |
34.9 |
|
|
Labour Co-op hold |
Swing |
Con to Green 10.1 |
|
Hulton ward
Hulton ward [13] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alan Shepherd Walsh |
1,326 |
44.6 |
-1.8 |
|
Labour |
Shafaqat Shaikh |
1,265 |
42.5 |
+4.5 |
|
Green |
James Tomkinson |
322 |
10.8 |
+1.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jaleh Salari |
61 |
2.0 |
-4.0 |
Majority |
61 |
2.0 |
-6.4 |
Turnout |
2,974 |
30.7 |
-6.0 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
LD to Labour 4.2 |
|
Kearsley ward
Kearsley ward [14] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Carol Ann Burrows |
1,475 |
55.0 |
+2.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Patricia Rothwell |
909 |
33.9 |
+3.3 |
|
Conservative |
Michelle Laura Ionn |
295 |
11.0 |
-6.0 |
Majority |
566 |
21.1 |
-0.4 |
Turnout |
2,679 |
26.0 |
-4.2 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
Con to LD 4.6 |
|
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward [15] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Robert Evans |
1,524 |
44.3 |
-5.7 |
|
Conservative |
Mary Elizabeth Woodward |
910 |
26.4 |
-0.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eric John Hyde |
723 |
21.0 |
+3.0 |
|
Green |
Alwynne Cartmell |
282 |
8.2 |
+2.7 |
Majority |
614 |
17.8 |
-5.5 |
Turnout |
3,439 |
36.0 |
-5.2 |
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
Labour to LD 4.3 |
|
Rumworth ward
Rumworth ward [16] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Rosa Kay |
2,394 |
78.5 |
+1.4 |
|
Conservative |
Jack Heyes |
294 |
9.6 |
-1.2 |
|
Green |
Alan Johnson |
274 |
9.0 |
+0.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Charles Cooper |
88 |
2.9 |
-0.5 |
Majority |
2,100 |
68.8 |
+2.4 |
Turnout |
3,050 |
30.7 |
-3.9 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 1.3 |
|
Smithills ward
Smithills ward [17] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Roger Geoffrey Hayes |
1,588 |
41.2 |
+1.2 |
|
Labour |
Kevin Patrick Morris |
1,542 |
40.0 |
+7.2 |
|
Conservative |
Kath Kavanagh |
535 |
13.9 |
-8.4 |
|
Green |
Alex Shaw |
192 |
5.0 |
+0.1 |
Majority |
46 |
1.2 |
-6.0 |
Turnout |
3,857 |
39.4 |
-2.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 7.8 |
|
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Tonge with the Haulgh ward [18] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Martin Donaghy |
1,679 |
63.0 |
+7.8 |
|
Conservative |
Donna Hill |
618 |
23.2 |
-6.8 |
|
BNP |
Dorothee Sayers |
260 |
9.7 |
+0.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Anthony Harasiwka |
108 |
4.0 |
-1.2 |
Majority |
1061 |
39.8 |
+14.8 |
Turnout |
2,665 |
30.1 |
-5.0 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Con to Labour 7.3 |
|
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward [19] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sean Francis Harkin |
1,672 |
46.4 |
-1.4 |
|
Conservative |
Christine Wild |
1,264 |
35.0 |
-8.1 |
|
Independent |
Jack Speight |
420 |
11.6 |
+11.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Derek John Gradwell |
250 |
6.9 |
-2.3 |
Majority |
408 |
11.3 |
+6.6 |
Turnout |
3,606 |
33.0 |
-6.3 |
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
Con to Ind 9.8 |
|
Westhoughton South ward
Westhoughton South ward [20] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Anne-Marie Watters |
1,250 |
42.4 |
-7.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Arthur Wilkinson |
1,027 |
34.8 |
+10.6 |
|
Conservative |
Pat Allen |
373 |
12.6 |
-11.9 |
|
English Democrats |
Derek John Bullock |
297 |
10.1 |
+10.1 |
Majority |
223 |
7.6 |
-18.6 |
Turnout |
2,947 |
30.8 |
-6.3 |
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
Con to LD 11.2 |
|
References
- "Bolton Council Election: Candidates". The Bolton News. 5 April 2012. p. 2.
- "Twenty-two council seats up for grabs". The Bolton News. 3 May 2012. p. 8.
- "Elections 2012: Bolton Council". The Bolton News. Retrieved 4 May 2012.