Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

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

20 seats were contested in the election, with 9 being won by the Labour Party, 7 by the Conservatives and 4 by the Liberal Democrats

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	-10.3
	Conservative	7	5	0	+5	35.0	39.3	21,322	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	4	2	0	+2	20.0	22.8	12,381	+1.8
	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

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
41	10	9
Labour	Conservative	L

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
34	15	11
Labour	Conservative	L

LD - Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H Fairclough	2,091	64.1	+15.7
	Labour	S Hynes	892	27.3	-17.2
	Liberal Democrat	C Macpherson	280	8.6	+1.5
Majority			1,199	36.8	+33.0
Turnout			3,263	29.0	-2.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to Con 16.4

Blackrod ward

Blackrod ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J Barrow	1,055	39.2	+2.9
	Labour	J Lavin	923	34.3	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	I Hamilton	714	26.5	+7.8
Majority			132	4.9
Turnout			2,692	26.0	+2.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to LD 9.2

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D Brierley	1,911	57.9	+8.8
	Labour	C Whitby	975	29.5	-9.7
	Liberal Democrat	S Howarth	416	12.6	+0.9
Majority			936	28.4	+18.5
Turnout			3,302	30.0	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to Con 9.2

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Byrne	1,065	49.3	-10.8
	Conservative	R Elliott	884	40.9	+14.6
	Liberal Democrat	P Howarth	212	9.8	-3.8
Majority			171	8.4	-25.4
Turnout			2,161	21.0	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 12.7

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	N Critchley	2,870	57.5	-0.8
	Labour	A Muscat	1,325	26.6	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	S Ball	794	15.9	+6.9
Majority			1,545	30.9	+5.4
Turnout			4,989	45.0	+13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Labour to LD 6.5

Burnden ward

Burnden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	D Eastwood	1,050	53.9	-15.2
	Conservative	M Woodward	545	28.0	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	D Connor	272	14.0	+2.2
	Socialist Labour	D Entwistle	80	4.1	+4.1
Majority			505	25.9	-24.1
Turnout			1,947	29.0	+9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 12.0

Central ward

Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R Howarth	1,039	47.9	-19.5
	Conservative	F Ahmed	932	43.0	+19.8
	Liberal Democrat	M Eidlow	142	6.6	+0.9
	Socialist Labour	L Lowe	54	2.5	-1.3
Majority			107	4.9	-39.2
Turnout			2,167	24.0	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 19.6

Daubhill ward

Daubhill ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T Anderton	984	52.5	-15.4
	Conservative	W Southern	638	34.1	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	L Greensits	251	13.4	+4.1
Majority			346	18.4	-26.7
Turnout			1,873	21.0	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 13.3

Deane-cum-Heaton ward

Deane-cum-Heaton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	F Rushton	2,355	60.2	+2.1
	Labour	J Woodrow	993	25.4	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	D Cooper	563	14.4	+0.4
Majority			1,362	34.8	+4.7
Turnout			3,911	29.0	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Labour to Con 2.3

Derby ward

Derby ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Hussain	1,317	47.7	+31.2
	Labour	J Foster	1,243	45.0	-32.4
	Liberal Democrat	S McGeehan	109	3.9	-2.2
	Socialist Labour	A Entwistle	91	3.3	+3.3
Majority			74	2.7	2.7
Turnout			2,760	28.0	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to Con 31.8

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Spencer	1,345	55.9	-9.8
	Conservative	J Cottam	536	22.3	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	E Bell	371	15.4	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	153	6.4	-0.9
Majority			809	33.6	-17.5
Turnout			1,873	25.0	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 9.9

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	L Thomas	1,053	48.1	-10.6
	Conservative	J Coombs	737	33.6	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	A Warren	236	10.8	-2.9
	Socialist Labour	H Broadbent	102	4.7	-0.3
	Green	A Cartmell	63	2.9	+2.9
Majority			316	14.5	-21.6
Turnout			2,191	23.0	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 10.8

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M Clare	865	53.5	-11.7
	Conservative	R Tyler	492	30.4	+14.3
	Liberal Democrat	W Connor	184	11.4	-1.1
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	75	4.6	-1.7
Majority			373	23.1	-26.1
Turnout			1,616	15.5	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 13.0

Horwich ward

Horwich ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	B Ronson	1,884	57.0	+17.4
	Labour	B Sharples	725	21.9	-17.0
	Conservative	P Baxendale	696	21.1	-0.5
Majority			1,159	35.1	+34.4
Turnout			3,305	29.0	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	Labour to LD 17.2

Hulton Park ward

Hulton Park ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Walsh	1,391	42.2	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	J Cronnolley	953	28.9	-6.3
	Labour	J Kellett	949	28.8	-5.5
Majority			438	13.3
Turnout			3,293	26.0	+2.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	LD to Con 9.0

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	M Rothwell	1,257	53.7	+4.6
	Labour	D Burrows	854	36.5	-7.9
	Conservative	S Kesler	229	9.8	+3.4
Majority			403	17.2	+12.5
Turnout			2,340	23.0	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to LD 6.2

Little Lever ward

Little Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M Connell	1,103	44.9	-6.9
	Conservative	J Tyler	1,078	43.9	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	W Crook	276	11.2	+0.9
Majority			25	1.0	-13.0
Turnout			2,457	26.0	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 6.4

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	C Swarbrick	2,278	64.4	+3.4
	Conservative	D Bagnall	723	20.4	+1.0
	Labour	A Zaman	538	15.2	-4.4
Majority			1,555	44.0	+2.6
Turnout			3,539	42.5	+16.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	Labour to LD 3.9

Tonge ward

Tonge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	N Peel	1,021	48.7	+2.6
	Conservative	J Maclaren-Whibley	557	26.6	+3.5
	Independent	P Perry	367	17.5	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	M Langdon	152	7.2	+0.6
Majority			464	22.1	+0.3
Turnout			2,097	26.5	-3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	Ind to Con 5.1

Westhoughton ward

Westhoughton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	J Ainscough	1,037	51.8	-8.8
	Labour	T Fitzpatrick	679	33.9	+2.5
	Conservative	S Wallen	285	14.2	+6.1
Majority			358	17.9	-11.3
Turnout			2,001	22.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	LD to Con 7.4

Sources

Notes

↑ "Bolton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

References

Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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