2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections.[1][2]

Bolton Council Election 2021

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20 Seats up for Election
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 18 18 7
Seats after 20 19 5
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 30,255 27,517 7,562
Percentage 38.8% 35.3% 9.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Farnworth and Kearsley First Horwich and Blackrod First UKIP
Seats before 4 2 2
Seats after 5 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease1
Popular vote 4,203 2,380 585
Percentage 5.4% 3.0% 0.7%

Map showing the results of the 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council


Conservative

21 seats were contested, including a by election in Astley Bridge Ward, following the death of Cllr Paul Wild. The Conservative Party won 10 seats, the Labour Party won 7 seats, Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats, Horwich and Blackrod First won 1 seat, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

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

Election results

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2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 10  2 50.0 10 20 33.3 30,255 38.8  9.4
  Labour 7  1 35.0 12 19 32.0 27,517 35.3  3.1
  Liberal Democrats 1  2 5.0 3 5 8.0 7,562 9.7  3.3
  Farnworth and Kearsley First 2  1 10.0 4 5 8.0 4,203 5.4  1.7
  Horwich and Blackrod First 1  1 5.0 2 3 5.0 2,380 3.0  1.2
  UKIP 0  1 0.0 1 1 2.0 585 0.7  10.0
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 3,168 4.1  1.0
  Independent 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,698 2.2 New
  Independent 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 655 0.8  1.3
  For Britain 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 16 0.0 New

Council composition

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Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

18 17 6 2 15
Labour Conservative LD U IND

After the election the composition of the council was:

20 19 5 1 15
Conservative Labour LD U IND

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP
IND - Independent (politician)

Ward results

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Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.

Astley Bridge

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Astley Bridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Fairclough 2,569 61.5 +22.1
Conservative Samuel Rimmer 1,746 41.8 +2.4
Labour Safwaan Patel 1,025 24.5 +10.9
Labour Steve Sutton 897 21.5 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan 386 9.2 −23.0
Liberal Democrats James Haslam 380 9.1 −23.1
Bolton for Change Paul Eccleshare 311 7.4 +7.4
Majority (Fairclough) 823
Majority (Rimmer) 721
Turnout 40.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bradshaw ward

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Bradshaw ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Radcliffe 2,539 68.4 +12.8
Labour Logan Pratheepan 842 22.7 +9.0
Green Steph Howes 214 5.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Caroline Turner-Preece 96 2.6 −3.3
Majority 1,697 46.0 +2.0
Turnout 3,712 41.3 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 11.2

Breightmet ward

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Breightmet ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Hartigan 1,576 49.1 +7.9
Labour Bernadette Gallagher 1,222 38.1 +5.6
Bolton for Change Sandy Holt 262 8.2 +8.2
Green Chich Hewitt 86 2.7 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Wilkes 60 1.9 −1.0
Majority 354 11.0 +2.3
Turnout 3,228 33.2 −1.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing UKIP to BFC 10.4

Bromley Cross ward

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Bromley Cross ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadim Muslim 2,748 61.7 −0.8
Labour Emily Mort 1,261 28.3 +12.3
Green Liz Spencer 282 6.3 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner 164 3.7 −2.2
Majority 1,487 33.4 −13.0
Turnout 4,455 42.8 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Labour 10.3

Crompton ward

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Crompton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rabiya Jiva 2,266 54.6 +4.1
Conservative Siraj Patel 1,319 31.8 +1.6
Bolton for Change Tracy Fenton 281 6.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 158 3.8 −0.0
Green Heather Rylance 124 3.0 −1.0
Majority 947 22.8 +2.5
Turnout 4,148 36.4 −1.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing UKIP to BFC 9.1

Farnworth ward

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Farnworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Paul Sanders 1,647 49.6 −3.3
Labour Nadeem Ayub 1,335 40.2 +4.2
Conservative Bashim Dean 279 8.4 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Christine McPherson 61 1.8 +0.4
Majority 312 9.4 −7.3
Turnout 3,322 30.4 −3.3
Farnworth and Kearsley First hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 4.9%

Great Lever ward

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Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,133 58.0 +6.3
Conservative Nalik Nazar 1,190 32.3 −1.3
Green David Figgins 223 6.0 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Duncan McPherson 134 3.6 +0.8
Majority 943 25.6 +7.5
Turnout 3,680 38.5 +0.0
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Labour 6.8

Halliwell ward

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Halliwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Lewis 2,113 73.4 +9.8
Conservative Malaika Dean 529 18.4 +5.1
Green Christopher Taylor 103 3.6 −1.4
Independent Anthony Massey 79 2.7 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Newall 55 1.9 −2.3
Majority 1,584 55.0 +3.0
Turnout 2,879 31.2 +0.3
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Labour 10.2

Harper Green ward

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Harper Green ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Champak Mistry 1,565 44.9 −1.6
Conservative Fred Khan 922 26.4 +17.5
Farnworth and Kearsley First Peter Flitcroft 777 22.3 −6.6
Green Wendy Shepherd 128 3.7 +0.8
Bolton for Change Paul Gannon 54 1.5 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Jeleh Hayes 39 1.1 −0.5
Majority 643 18.4 +0.8
Turnout 3,485 34.2 +2.6
Labour hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Heaton and Lostock ward

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Heaton and Lostock ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Morgan 2,799 57.0 +2.8
Labour John Gillatt 1,419 28.9 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest 488 9.9 −0.3
Green Katie Jones 205 4.2 −1.1
Majority 1,380 28.1 −2.1
Turnout 4,911 45.9 +5.4
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Labour 5.7

Horwich and Blackrod ward

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Horwich and Blackrod ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Horwich and Blackrod First David Grant 1,303 33.0 −4.4
Conservative Finlay Stanley 1,288 32.6 +7.9
Labour Joan Pritchard-Jones 1,130 28.6 +2.3
Green Andrew Bovill 149 3.8 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Walsh 80 2.0 −1.3
Majority 15 11.1 −10.7
Turnout 3,950 36.2 −2.0
Horwich and Blackrod First gain from Independent Swing UKIP to Conservative 6.4

Horwich North East ward

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Horwich North East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester 1,412 35.2 +13.2
Horwich and Blackrod First Ryan Bamforth 1,077 26.8 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon Stone 794 19.8 −3.7
Conservative Hannah Wright 618 15.4 +6.6
Green Keith Cocker 117 2.9 −1.4
Majority 335 8.4
Turnout 4,018 40.3 −2.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing HBF to Labour 11.9

Hulton ward

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Hulton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Toby Hewitt 1,695 44.9 −1.7
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh 1,075 28.4 −5.0
Green Paris Hayes 860 22.8 +17.6
Bolton for Change Jeff Armstrong 77 2.0 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Matt Allen 67 1.8 −1.7
Majority 620 16.4 +3.1
Turnout 3,774 37.2 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Green 14.4

Kearsley ward

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Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Tracey Wilkinson 1,779 52.3 −15.4
Conservative Mark Cunningham 600 17.6 +12.1
Labour Abdul Atcha 528 15.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Debbie Newall 493 14.5 +10.9
Majority 1,179 34.7 −17.9
Turnout 3,400 32.4 −1.6
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Conservative Swing FKF to Conservative 13.7

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

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Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Taylor-Burke 1,536 42.6 +12.8
Labour James Entwistle 1,095 30.4 +4.3
UKIP Rees Gibbon 585 16.2 −23.1
Bolton for Change Brett Varnam 179 5.0 +5.0
Green Gillian Hewitt 148 4.1 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Scott Turner-Preece 46 1.8 −2.8
For Britain Simon Collins 16 0.4 +0.4
Majority 441 12.2
Turnout 3,605 37.0 −0.2
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Rumworth ward

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Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shamim Abdullah 2,417 63.5 −9.3
Conservative Shafi Patel 1,100 28.9 +18.0
Green Alan Johnson 196 5.1 −2.8
Liberal Democrats David Cooper 90 2.3 +0.2
Majority 1,317 34.6 −27.3
Turnout 3,803 37.5 +1.9
Labour hold Swing Labour to Conservative 13.6

Smithills ward

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Smithills ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hayes 1,728 44.2 −8.0
Labour Sorie Seesay 986 25.2 +2.3
Conservative Joan Johnson 883 22.9 +10.8
Bolton for Change Daniel Bentham 177 4.5 +4.5
Green David Ebbitt 134 3.4 +3.4
Majority 742 19.3 −10.0
Turnout 3,908 37.4 +1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 11.7

Tonge with The Haulgh ward

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Tonge with The Haulgh ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Donaghy 1,272 44.9 +2.7
Conservative Wesley McArdle 1,120 39.6 +11.8
Bolton for Change Trevor Jones 357 12.6 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Becky Forrest 81 2.9 −2.7
Majority 152 5.4 −9.0
Turnout 2,830 30.9 −0.4
Labour hold Swing UKIP to BFC 18.4

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

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Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Finney 1,937 46.6 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Arthur Price 1,207 29.0 −10.0
Labour Zulfi Jiva 652 15.7 +1.6
Westhoughton First Independent Jack Speight 201 4.8 −3.1
Green Amanda Stewart 107 2.6 +2.6
Active for Westhoughton Richard Bates 52 1.2 +1.2
Majority 730 17.6
Turnout 4,156 37.8 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing Lib Dem to Conservative 12.4

Westhoughton South

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Westhoughton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hill 1,262 36.0 +16.8
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 955 27.3 −5.8
Labour Mike Jarvis 871 24.9 +0.5
Westhoughton First Richard Brennan 194 5.5 −5.4
Active for Westhoughton Victoria Rowley 129 3.7 +3.7
Green Elizabeth McManus 92 2.6 +2.6
Majority 307 8.7
Turnout 3,503 35.2 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing UKIP to Conservative 15.0

References

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  1. ^ "Notices and results: Local & Mayoral Elections 2021". bolton.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ Gee, Chris (7 May 2021). "RECAP: Bolton's borough election 2021 as it happened". Bolton News. Bolton. Retrieved 8 May 2021.