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Horwich North East
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Bolton
Created	1973, renamed 1980 and again 2004
Named for	Horwich
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	No overall control
Area
• Total	3.9 sq mi (10.1 km2)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	12,327.
UK Parliament constituency	Bolton West
Website	Two Towns Area Forum

Horwich North East is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. The ward had previously been known as Horwich North, Central and East (1973–1980) and shortened to Horwich (1980–2004). Horwich North East ward elects three Councillors to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

Background

Horwich had been in one of the autonomous townships of the ancient parish of Deane in the Salford Hundred of the historic county of Lancashire until the mid-19th century. In 1866, it gained civil parish status in its own right. A Local Government Board was established for the civil parish of Horwich in 1872, and it assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district in 1875. Horwich Local Board was replaced by an elected urban district council of twelve members in 1894. Horwich Urban District Council had four electoral wards: Central, East, North, and South, each represented by three councillors.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, Horwich Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area became a successor parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.

Metropolitan borough ward

Three wards of the former urban district merged to become the Horwich North, Central and East ward as one of the electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton for the 1973 to 1979 elections. Following ward boundary changes, it was renamed as simply the Horwich ward for the 1980 to 2003 elections.

Following further boundary changes, it was renamed again as the Horwich North East ward for the 2004 election. The ward covers the northern and eastern areas of the town of Horwich. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, the electoral ward had a population of 12,327. It is also one of the seven wards which form the Bolton West constituency and has been represented in the House of Commons by the ConservativeParty MP Chris Green since 2015.

Horwich North East ward results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 election: 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	8.3
Turnout			4,018	40.3	−2.8
	Labour Co-op hold

Elections in the 2010s

2019 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Horwich and Blackrod First	Marie Brady	1,577	37.5	+37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Stone	984	23.4	−11.1
	Labour	Joyce Kellett	926	22.0	−14.0
	Conservative	Emily Siddall	370	8.8	−15.0
	UKIP	Zak Brown	203	4.8	+4.8
	Green	Rod Riesco	140	3.3	−2.4
Majority			593	14.1
Turnout			4,200	43.1	+5.1
	Horwich and Blackrod First gain from Labour

2018 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin McKeon	1,345	36.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rock	1,288	34.5	+14.3
	Conservative	Joan Johnson	887	23.8	+3.5
	Green	Rod Riesco	213	5.7	+0.8
Majority			57	1.5	−19.1
Turnout			3,733	38.0	−2.7
	Labour hold

2016 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Richard Silvester	1,612	40.9	+11.3
	Conservative	Anne Galloway	801	20.3	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rock	795	20.2	+6.6
	UKIP	Jeffrey Armstrong	543	13.8	−1.1
	Green	Roderick Riesco	193	4.9	+1.2
Majority			811	20.6	+15.4
Turnout			3,944	40.7	−27.1
	Labour Co-op hold

2015 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Kellett	2,040	29.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Anne Galloway	1696	24.6	+4.8
	UKIP	Bob Horsfield	1033	15.0	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	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

2014 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Peter McKeon	1,324	35.4	−8.2
	UKIP	Peter McGeehan	888	23.7	+23.7
	Conservative	Anne Barbara Galloway	743	19.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Michael Rock	573	15.3	−4.1
	Green	Rod Riesco	203	5.4	−4.5
Rejected ballots			9	0.24
Majority			436	11.7	−12.6
Turnout			3,740	37.93	+3.0
	Labour hold

2012 election: 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

2011 election: Horwich North East ward (2 seats were up for election)

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

2010 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin P. McKeon	2,243	33.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Michael Rock	2,153	31.7	−12.3
	Conservative	Carol Ann Forshaw	1,970	29.0	−1.7
	BNP	Ivan Andrew Cooper	421	6.2	+6.2
Majority			90	1.3
Turnout			6,787	69.4	+32.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Elections in the 2000s

2008 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	1,615	44.0	−5.8
	Conservative	Stephen Wallen	1,126	30.7	+2.1
	Labour	Kevin McKeon	832	22.7	+1.0
	You Party	Lucy Openshaw	95	2.6	+2.6
Majority			489	13.3	−7.9
Turnout			3,678	37.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

2007 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ronson	1,807	49.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Stephen Wallan	1,038	28.6	−3.7
	Labour	Kevan Jones	787	21.7	−6.0
Majority			769	21.2	+13.5
Turnout			3,632	36.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold

2006 election: Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rock	1,449	40.0	−16.4
	Conservative	Stephen Wallen	1,169	32.3	+9.0
	Labour	Madeline Murray	1,004	27.7	+7.4
Majority			280	7.7
Turnout			3,622	38.0	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold

2004 election: Horwich North East ward (all 3 seats were up for election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	2,720	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ronson	2,685	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Rock	1,887	14.6
	Conservative	Oliver Fairhurst	1,066	8.2
	Conservative	Peter Baxendale	982	7.6
	Conservative	Stephen Wallen	958	7.4
	Labour	James Kilcoyne	890	6.9
	Labour	Madeline Murray	871	6.7
	Labour	Joyce Kellett	866	6.7
Turnout			12,925	46.0

Horwich ward results

Elections in the 2000s

2003 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Cronnolley	2,284	51.8	−3.7
	Labour	Joyce Kellet	1,170	26.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Olive Fairhurst	864	19.6	+3.0
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Ince	91	2.1	+0.0
Majority			1,114	25.3	−3.7
Turnout			4,409	45.0	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats hold

2002 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ronson	2,283	55.2	−1.8
	Labour	Michael Kilcoyne	1,082	26.2	+4.3
	Conservative	O Fairhurst	687	16.6	−4.5
	Socialist Alliance	R Ince	85	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,101	29.0	−6.1
Turnout			4,137	36.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats hold

2000 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara 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 Democrats hold

Elections in the 1990s

1999 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McGeehan	1,345	39.6	−15.4
	Labour	Betty McCracken	1,321	38.9	+10.7
	Conservative	E Perks	734	21.6	+4.8
Majority			24	0.7	−26.2
Turnout			3,400	29.0	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

1998 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ronson	1,963	55.0	−3.4
	Labour	S Pasquill	1,005	28.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Ivan Cooper	598	16.8	−3.1
Majority			958	26.9	−8.7
Turnout			3,566	31.0	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats hold

1996 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	2,837	58.4	+29.3
	Labour	I Alli	1,105	22.7	−25.4
	Conservative	P Barron	917	18.9	−2.3
Majority			1,732	35.6
Turnout			4,859	43.0	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold

1995 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty McCracken	2,335	48.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McGeehan	1,411	29.1	−18.2
	Conservative	Mark Perks	1,030	21.2	+5.5
	Independent	Ivan Cooper	80	1.6	+1.6
Majority			924	19.0
Turnout			4,856	43.5	−9.3
	Labour hold

1994 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ronson	2,777	47.3	−3.1
	Labour	E Walker	2,168	37.0	+10.4
	Conservative	Mark Perks	920	15.7	−7.3
Majority			609	10.4	−13.3
Turnout			5,865	52.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

1992 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	2,852	50.4	+14.8
	Labour	E Walker	1,508	26.6	−12.1
	Conservative	J Berry	1,302	23.0	−2.8
Majority			1,344	23.7
Turnout			5,662	50.0	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

1991 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty McCracken	2,384	38.7	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	2,192	35.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Mark Perks	1,589	25.8	+7.3
Majority			192	3.1	−9.5
Turnout			6,165	54.0	−1.6
	Labour hold

1990 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Carruthers	2,894	45.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	2,091	32.9	+14.7
	Conservative	Mark Perks	1,175	18.5	−11.1
	Green	H Connor	188	3.0
Majority			803	12.6	−3.9
Turnout			6,348	55.6	+7.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Elections in the 1980s

1988 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Walker	2,551	46.1	+7.3
	Conservative	C Rigg	1,916	29.6	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	P Houghton	1,005	18.2	−14.0
	Independent Labour	M Perks	340	6.1	+6.1
Majority			913	16.5	+9.9
Turnout			5,534	48.5	−4.5
	Labour hold

1987 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth McCracken	2,309	38.8	+2.5
	Liberal	Ian Hamilton	1,916	32.2	−5.7
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	1,725	29.0	+3.1
Majority			393	6.6
Turnout			5,950	53.0	+5.6
	Labour hold

1986 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Barbara Ronson	2,000	37.9	+23.5
	Labour	P Senior	1,914	36.3	−8.7
	Conservative	G Howard	1,366	25.9	−13.0
Majority			86	1.6
Turnout			5,280	47.4	+3.8
	SDP gain from Labour

1984 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Seddon	2,137	45.0	+2.1
	Conservative	J Blakemore	1,850	38.9	+1.6
	SDP	M Alcroft	686	14.4	−5.4
	Independent	D Harrison	77	1.6	+1.6
Majority			287	6.0	+0.4
Turnout			4,750	43.6	−4.9
	Labour hold

1983 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth McCracken	2,259	42.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	1,966	37.3	+0.0
	SDP	D Morris	1,041	19.8	−2.6
Majority			293	5.6	+2.7
Turnout			5,266	48.5	+6.9
	Labour hold

1982 election: Horwich ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Senior	1,820	40.2	−14.6
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	1,689	37.3	−7.9
	SDP	D Morris	1,014	22.4	+22.4
Majority			131	2.9
Turnout			4,523	41.6
	Labour hold

1980 election: Horwich ward (all 3 seat for up for election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Oakley	2,867	20.1
	Labour	V Broom	2,481	17.4
	Labour	P Senior	2,452	17.2
	Conservative	Ron Parkinson	2,202	15.5
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	2,193	15.4
	Conservative	P Willett	2,044	14.4
Turnout			14,239

Horwich North, Central and East ward results

Elections in the 1970s

1979 election: Horwich North, Central and East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Oakley	4,262	66.0	+18.8
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	2,193	34.0	−18.8
Majority			2,069	32.0
Turnout			6,455	76.2	+37.3
	Labour gain from Conservative

1978 election: Horwich North, Central and East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Parkinson	2,184	52.8	−0.1
	Labour	Alan Oakley	1,951	47.2	+0.2
Majority			233	5.6	−0.3
Turnout			4,135	38.9	−1.2
	Conservative gain from Labour

1976 election: Horwich North, Central and East ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barrie Crumblehulme	2,159	52.9	+10.3
	Labour	James McBurnie	1,924	47.1	+10.6
Majority			235	5.8	−0.3
Turnout			4,083	40.0	+7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

1975 election: Horwich North, Central and East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Foster	1,434	42.6	+13.6
	Labour	Ellis Dobson	1,227	36.5	−8.6
	Liberal	Eileen Kay	703	20.9	+0.9
Majority			207	6.1
Turnout			3,364	33.0	−9.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

1973 election: Horwich North, Central and East ward (all 3 were up for election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Oakley	1,947	16.6
	Labour	James McBurnie	1,680	14.3
	Labour	Ellis Dobson	1,665	14.2
	Conservative	G Hind	1,377	11.8
	Liberal	Eileen Kay	1,314	11.2
	Conservative	R Winstanley	1,076	9.2
	Liberal	Albert Ratcliffe	1,033	8.8
	Conservative	J Foster	942	8.0
	Communist	J Kay	676	5.8
Turnout			11,710	42.0

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.