Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

The 2015 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England.^[1] This took place on the same day as other local elections

22 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Heaton and Lostock ward following the retirement of Conservative Councillor Alan Rushton, and 2 seats in Westhoughton North following the resignation of Labour Councillor Sean Harkin. The Labour Party won 14 seats, the Conservatives won 6 seats, UKIP won 1 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	1	2	-1	63.7	38.9	53,604	-1.4
	Conservative	6	1	1	0	27.3	29.9	41,227	+7.3
	UKIP	1	1	0	+1	4.5	18.5	25,505	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	4.5	7.3	10,127	+0.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.9	5,336	+0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2,021	+0.5

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
40	15	3	2
Labour	Conservative	LD	U

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
39	15	3	3
Labour	Conservative	LD	U

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Wild	2963	41.4	+5.1
	Labour	Debbie Newall	2129	29.7	-1.7
	UKIP	Harry Lamb	1500	21.0	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Atty	302	4.2	+2.1
	Green	Ben Deed	261	3.6	-0.9
Majority			834	11.6	+6.6
Turnout			7,155	68.1	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 4.8

Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stuart Haslam	3245	50.7	+7.0
	Labour	Tony Shepherd	1519	23.7	+2.0
	UKIP	Helen Turner	1065	16.6	-9.1
	Green	Joshua Handley	212	3.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gaby McDowall	199	3.1	-1.6
	Independent	Eric Hyland	159	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,726	27.0	+9.0
Turnout			6,399	71.3	+30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 8.0

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Byrne	2323	40.9	-2.1
	UKIP	Steven Flatman	1557	27.4	-7.7
	Conservative	Ryan Haslam	1402	24.7	+8.0
	Green	Laura Diggle	244	4.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Howarth	153	2.7	+1.2
Majority			766	13.5	+5.6
Turnout			5,679	59.3	+22.3
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 7.8

Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Norman Critchley	4340	56.0	+2.4
	Labour Co-op	Neil Garrity	1589	20.4	-1.8
	UKIP	Brett Varnam	1057	13.6	-6.7
	Green	Liz Spencer	424	5.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Atty	368	4.7	+0.6
Majority			2,751	35.4	+4.0
Turnout			7,778	73.3	+32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 4.5

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Guy Harkin	3895	63.0	+3.0
	Conservative	Nadim Muslim	1343	21.7	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Warren	641	10.4	+6.6
	Green	Farhan Patel	306	4.9	+4.9
Majority			2,552	41.3	+2.0
Turnout			6,185	60.3	+21.0
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 15.5

Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jean Gillies	2703	50.3	+1.4
	UKIP	Jeff Armstrong	1626	30.2	-7.1
	Conservative	Aidan Meagan	723	13.4	+6.3
	Green	Trevor Bonfield	178	3.3	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Connor	144	2.7	+0.2
Majority			1,077	20.0	+8.3
Turnout			5,374	49.5	+21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 6.7

Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Madeline Murray	3542	66.9	-1.7
	UKIP	Paul Eccles	779	14.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Waqas	658	12.4	+2.8
	Green	Helen Dickson	189	3.6	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan Macpherson	126	2.4	+0.6
Majority			2,763	52.2	-2.4
Turnout			5,294	55.5	+18.9
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Conservative 2.2

Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Linda Thomas	3121	63.1	-3.0
	UKIP	Sandra Harvey	886	17.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Iqraa Shahid	489	9.9	+3.4
	Green	Ian McHugh	207	4.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Macpherson	123	2.5	-0.3
	Independent	Roheel Iqbal	117	117	+1.2
Majority			2,235	45.2	-3.4
Turnout			4,943	55.1	+16.8
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Conservative 3.2

Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan Haworth	2875	51.5	-5.1
	UKIP	Dave Harvey	1549	27.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Robert Tyler	845	15.1	+3.0
	Green	Elizabeth McManus	165	2.9	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Connor	152	2.7	-0.1
Majority			1,330	23.8	-9.0
Turnout			5,590	56.3	+24.9
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 4.4

Heaton and Lostock ward

Two seats were up for election in this ward.

Heaton and Lostock ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Bob Allen	4299	30.5
Conservative	Andy Morgan	3352	23.7
Labour	Julia Silvester	1649	11.7
Labour	Ibrahim Ismail	1629	11.5
UKIP	David Butler	1088	7.7
UKIP	Paula Hendrie	748	5.3
Liberal Democrat	Rebekah Fairhurst	485	3.4
Green	Hannah Middleshaw	468	3.3
Liberal Democrat	Francine Godfrey	394	2.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Pickup	2559	37.5
	Conservative	Carol Forshaw	2125	31.1
	UKIP	Derek Snowden	1476	21.6
	Liberal Democrat	Doug Bagnall	339	5.0
	Green	Keith Cocker	331	4.8
Majority			434	6.3
Turnout			6,830	66.3
	Labour hold

Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joyce Kellett	2040	29.6	-5.8
	Conservative	Anne Galloway	1696	24.6	+4.8
	UKIP	Bob Horsfield	1033	15.0	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Rock	936	13.3	-1.9
	Independent	Marie Brady	922	13.4	+13.4
	Green	Roderick Riesco	260	3.8	-1.6
Majority			344	5.2	-6.5
Turnout			6,887	67.8	+29.9
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 7.0

Hulton ward

Hulton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Shafaqat Shaikh	2126	33.7	+3.9
	Conservative	Phil Ashcroft	1961	31.1	+1.1
	UKIP	Joan Johnson	1818	28.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Cooper	202	3.2	+1.4
	Green	James Tomkinson	201	3.2	-1.0
Majority			165	2.6
Turnout			6,308	63.5	+24.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	UKIP to Labour 4.4

Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Liam Irving	2331	37.6	+1.9
	UKIP	Mark Cunningham	1953	31.5	-2.9
	Conservative	Sandra Macneill	1053	17.0	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Rothwell	590	9.5	-1.4
	Green	Graham Robert Marsden	271	4.4	+4.4
Majority			378	6.1	+4.8
Turnout			6,198	58.9	+28.2
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 5.5

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UKIP	Sean Hornby	2050	31.7	-1.5
	Labour	Anthony Connell	2011	31.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Rees Gibbon	1414	21.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Hyde	782	12.1	-5.4
	Green	Ed Dunsdon	198	3.1	-0.8
Majority			39	0.6	-4.8
Turnout			6,455	65.9	+26.4
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	Lib Dem to Conservative 4.9

Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ebrahim Adia	4555	77.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Jack Heyes	747	12.7	+4.7
	Green	Alan Johnson	457	7.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jaleh Hayes	136	2.3	+0.6
Majority			3,808	64.6	+4.3
Turnout			5,895	59.0	+19.2
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 8.6

Smithills ward

Smithills ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Swarbrick	2563	36.8	-0.7
	Labour Co-op	John Gillatt	1915	27.5	-2.3
	Conservative	Danny Haslam	1161	16.7	+7.1
	UKIP	Dot Sexton	1094	15.7	-3.9
	Green	Richard Middleshaw	233	3.3	+0.2
Majority			648	9.3	+1.6
Turnout			6,964	68.1	+22.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 5.5

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elaine Sherrington	2263	42.8	-0.5
	UKIP	Derek Fisher	1675	31.7	-0.9
	Conservative	Naima Dean	968	18.3	+3.2
	Green	Imran Atcha	199	3.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Harasiwka	176	3.3	+1.3
Majority			588	11.1	+0.4
Turnout			5,281	56.9	+20.6
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 2.0

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Two seats were up for election in this ward.

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Zoe Kirk-Robinson	2517	20.6
Labour	Anne Graham	2352	19.3
Conservative	Christine Wild	2131	17.5
Labour	Chris Peacock	1977	16.2
UKIP	George Bown	948	7.8
Independent	Jack Speight	823	6.7
Liberal Democrat	Derek Gradwell	433	3.5
Liberal Democrat	John Ainscough	402	3.3
Green	Heather Rylance	308	2.5
UKIP	Stephen Thomas	306	2.5
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Chadwick	2501	39.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Stephen Wallen	1795	28.5	+11.1
	UKIP	Michael Harvey	1297	20.6	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Wilkinson	481	7.6	-3.6
	Green	Alex Conn	224	3.5	+3.5
Majority			706	11.2	+0.3
Turnout			6,298	64.4	+30.8
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 9.4

Notes

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

References

"Full list of council hopefuls revealed". The Bolton News. 13 April 2015. p. 4.
"Bolton Council Election Results". The Bolton News. 9 May 2015. p. 3.
Thorp, Liam (10 May 2015). "Plenty of shocks in Bolton Council elections - but not a lot of change". The Bolton News.

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