2011 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015.
21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich North East ward following Barbara Ronson's resignation. The Labour Party won 15 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 5 and the Liberal Democrats 1.
The Labour Party gained overall control of the council for the first time since 2003.
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
- Labour 35
- Conservative 20
- Liberal Democrats 5
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 15 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 49.3 | 38,148 | +9.8 | ||
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 33.2 | 25,745 | -0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 12.7 | 9,801 | -8.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 2,762 | +1.4 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 299 | -1.1 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 692 | -0.8 |
Council Composition
editPrior to the election the composition of the council was:
30 | 22 | 8 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
After the election the composition of the council was:
35 | 20 | 5 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
Ward results
editAstley Bridge ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Vernon Wild | 1,982 | 46.1 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Asif Ismail Ibrahim | 1,481 | 34.5 | +5.0 | |
Independent | Neville Mercer | 430 | 10.00 | +4.3 | |
Astley Bridge First | Stuart Anthony Lever | 202 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Richard Atty | 202 | 4.7 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 501 | 11.6 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,297 | 42.9 | −26.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | LD to Labour 9.2 |
Bradshaw ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Brierley | 2,328 | 55.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Kate Challender | 1,567 | 37.5 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Frederick Howarth | 285 | 6.8 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 761 | 18.1 | −8.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,209 | 47.7 | −24.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Labour 10.4 |
Breightmet ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Byrne | 2,045 | 60.2 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 1,176 | 34.6 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Odessa Kane | 176 | 5.2 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 869 | 25.4 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,420 | 36.0 | −23.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 10.5 |
Bromley Cross ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Andrew Wilkinson | 2,821 | 59.7 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Tony Muscat | 1,244 | 26.3 | +3.5 | |
Green | Rosa Sarah Shaw | 336 | 7.1 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Atty | 327 | 6.9 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 1,577 | 33.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,755 | 45.0 | −29.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 8.4 |
Crompton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Guy J. Harkin | 2,403 | 68.7 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Gareth James Morris | 713 | 20.4 | −1.6 | |
Green | Alex Shaw | 218 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gabrielle McDowall | 164 | 4.7 | −10.9 | |
Majority | 1,690 | 48.0 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,522 | 35.1 | −26.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 10.6 |
Farnworth ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Gillies | 1,855 | 68.8 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Ibby Ismail | 383 | 14.2 | −6.8 | |
Green | Diana Hayes | 231 | 8.6 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Connor | 226 | 8.4 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 1,472 | 54.0 | +32.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,726 | 25.5 | −20.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 13.8 |
Great Lever ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Madeline Murray | 2,282 | 68.5 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Anjani Kumar | 612 | 18.4 | −13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aqeel Akhtar | 241 | 7.2 | −6.5 | |
Green | David William Collins | 198 | 5.9 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,670 | 49.5 | −31.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,375 | 35.5 | −22.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 16.0 |
Halliwell ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Carol Thomas | 2,235 | 75.8 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Joylon Horton Greenhalgh | 377 | 12.8 | −4.2 | |
Green | Ian David McHugh | 195 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francine Godfrey | 143 | 4.8 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 1,858 | 62.6 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,969 | 33.1 | −22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 11.8 |
Harper Green ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Clare | 1,918 | 69.2 | +24.6 | |
Conservative | Jay Patel | 616 | 22.2 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Arthur Connor | 236 | 8.5 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 1,302 | 45.2 | +23.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,881 | 30.0 | −24.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 19.6 |
Heaton and Lostock ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Allen | 3,175 | 62.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | John William Gillatt | 1,394 | 27.2 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Joyce MacPherson | 316 | 6.2 | −9.4 | |
Green | Hannah Louisa Middleton | 240 | 4.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,781 | 34.6 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,149 | 48.5 | −27.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 7.0 |
Horwich and Blackrod ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lindsey Ann Kell | 1,851 | 49.1 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | John Raymond Birchall Barrow | 1,425 | 37.8 | +3.0 | |
Green | Graham Chadwick | 281 | 7.4 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Andrew Kane | 215 | 5.7 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 426 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,804 | 39.7 | −26.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | LD to Labour 13.1 |
Horwich North East ward
editTwo seats were up for election in this ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Kellett | 1,869 | 24.6 | ||
Labour Co-op | Richard Silvester | 1,526 | 20.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Michael Rock | 1,217 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | Carol Ann Forshaw | 1,135 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Thomson | 1,017 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Peter Sloan | 837 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | (Kellett) 652 | ||||
Majority | (Silvester) 309 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats |
Hulton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip John Ashcroft | 1,671 | 46.4 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Shafaqat Shaikh | 1,369 | 38.0 | +6.3 | |
Green | James Tomkinson | 344 | 9.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew David Tyas Cooper | 215 | 6.0 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 302 | 8.4 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,599 | 36.7 | −25.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Labour 7.4 |
Kearsley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liam Irving | 1,630 | 52.4 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Patricia Rothwell | 953 | 30.6 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Michelle Ionn | 529 | 17.0 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 677 | 21.5 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,144 | 30.2 | −26.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | Con to Labour 5.9 |
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Connell | 1,988 | 50.0 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,057 | 26.6 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric John Hyde | 714 | 18.0 | −2.8 | |
Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 217 | 5.5 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 931 | 23.3 | +19.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,992 | 41.2 | −24.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 10.6 |
Rumworth ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ebrahim Adia | 2,677 | 77.1 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 374 | 10.8 | −3.9 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 300 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Charles Tyas Cooper | 119 | 3.4 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 2,303 | 66.4 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,470 | 34.6 | −21.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Green 10.2 |
Smithills ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carole R. Swarbrick | 1,642 | 40.0 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Sean Francis Harkin | 1,344 | 32.8 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Christine Deidre Porter | 913 | 22.3 | −1.9 | |
Green | Rachel Elizabeth Mann | 202 | 4.9 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 298 | 7.2 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,125 | 41.6 | −25.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | Con to Labour 4.7 |
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Sherrington | 1,714 | 55.2 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Kath Kavanagh | 933 | 30.0 | +2.7 | |
BNP | Dorothee Sayers | 299 | 9.6 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Anthony Harasiwka | 160 | 5.2 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 781 | 25.0 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,124 | 35.1 | −22.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 8.2 |
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Peacock | 2,038 | 47.8 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Patricia Allen | 1,837 | 43.1 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooper | 392 | 9.2 | −18.8 | |
Majority | 201 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,304 | 39.3 | −28.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | LD to Labour 18.1 |
Westhoughton South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Andrew Chadwick | 1,718 | 49.5 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Baker | 851 | 24.5 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek John Gradwell | 841 | 24.2 | −5.1 | |
Independent | Glenn George Kaalman | 60 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 933 | 26.2 | +20.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,562 | 37.1 | −26.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 10.0 |
References
edit- "Bolton Election Line-Up". The Bolton News. 5 April 2011. p. 4.
- "Bolton Council Results: Ward by Ward". The Bolton News. 7 May 2011. p. 6.
- 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.