2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough 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.

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

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
	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 Democrats	1	0	2	-2		12.2	8,431	-0.7
Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	2,929	+0.6
English Democrat	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

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
35	20	5
Labour	Conservative	L

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
41	16	3
Labour	Conservative	L

L – Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward
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 Democrats	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 stood again for election in 2014, Haslam in 2015, and Hall in 2016.

Bradshaw ward
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 Democrats	Stephen Frederick Howarth	447	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Peacock	424	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gabrielle McDowall	291	3.0
Majority			(Hall) 922
Majority			(Haslam) 913
Majority			(Dean) 549
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Wilkinson	2,207	59.0	−0.7
	Labour	Tony Muscat	1,215	32.5	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hanif Darvesh	2,375	74.9	+6.2
	Conservative	Ryan Patrick Haslam	523	16.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Champak Gulab Mistry	1,656	73.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Robert Edward Tyler	389	17.1	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Richard Silvester	1,495	43.6	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrat	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
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Ann Burrows	1,475	55.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing	Con to LD 4.6

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Robert Evans	1,524	44.3	−5.7
	Conservative	Mary Elizabeth Woodward	910	26.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing	Con to Labour 7.8

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
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 Democrats	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
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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne-Marie Watters	1,250	42.4	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur Wilkinson	1,027	34.8	+10.6
	Conservative	Pat Allen	373	12.6	−11.9
	English Democrat	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 Democrats		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.
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.