Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party.

20 seats were contested, with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3 Overall turnout was 34.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 22
• Conservative 21
• Liberal Democrat 17

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	2	0	+2	50.0	37.7	25,452	+5.8%
	Conservative	7	2	0	+2	35.0	40.1	27,096	+3.2%
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	4	-4	15.0	18.9	12,789	-11.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1,500	+1.9%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	379	+0.3%
	Veritas	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	288	+0.4%

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

20	19	21
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓

22	21	17
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Walsh	2,424	65.3	+3.0
	Labour	Muhammad Rafiq	686	18.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jaleh Salari	351	9.5	-8.7
	Socialist Labour	Howard Broadbent	250	6.7	+6.7
Majority			1,738	46.8
Turnout			3,711	36.0	-4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Soc Lab 7.7

Bradshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Brierley	2,319	64.3	+4.8
	Labour	Janice Sutton	751	20.8	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Howarth	539	14.9	-4.6
Majority			1,568	43.5
Turnout			3,609	39.0	-6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Con 4.7

Breightmet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Byrne	1,435	45.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Richard Elliot	1,358	43.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Hill	351	11.2	-4.6
Majority			77	2.4
Turnout			3,144	31.0	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	LD to Labour 4.3

Bromley Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Greenhalgh	2,725	65.0	-0.2
	Labour	Anthony Terrible	712	17.0	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Atty	462	11.0	-4.4
	Green	Elizbaeth Spencer	297	7.1	+7.1
Majority			2,013	47.9
Turnout			4,191	40.0	-8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Green 5.7

Crompton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sufrana Bashir-Ismail	1,932	44.7	+21.8
	Liberal Democrat	Valibhai Patel	1,132	26.2	-25.6
	Conservative	Donald Fairclough	941	21.8	+0.1
	Veritas	Anthony Backhouse	190	4.4	+4.4
	Socialist Labour	Lynne Lowe	129	3.0	+1.2
Majority			800	18.5
Turnout			4,324	43.0	+0.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	LD to Labour 23.7

Farnworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Spencer	1,296	58.9	+7.4
	Conservative	Peter Taylor	509	23.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Connor	394	17.9	-9.1
Majority			787	35.8
Turnout			2,199	21.0	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	LD to Labour 8.2

Great Lever

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	1,889	58.7	+19.4
	Conservative	Christine Wild	669	20.8	-19.4
	Liberal Democrat	Gulamali Jiva	335	10.4	-10.2
	Green	Alan Johnson	327	10.2	+10.2
Majority			1,220	37.9
Turnout			3,220	34.0	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 19.4

Halliwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	2,289	69.4	+12.2
	Conservative	Jamie Douglas	605	18.3	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nathan Biney	404	12.2	-10.2
Majority			1,684	51.1
Turnout			3,298	34.0	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	LD to Labour 11.2

Harper Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Williamson	1,194	49.4	+6.0
	Conservative	Robert Tyler	768	31.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Willis	454	18.8	-10.4
Majority			426	17.6
Turnout			2,416	25.0	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	LD to Labour 8.2

Heaton and Lostock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shaw	3,329	69.0	+6.4
	Labour	John Gillatt	828	17.2	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Snowden	668	13.8	-5.0
Majority			2,501	51.8
Turnout			4,825	46.0	-7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Con 5.7

Horwich and Blackrod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hollick	1,151	35.1	+3.7
	Labour	Isabel Seddon	1,105	33.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Cronnolley	1,025	31.2	-5.4
Majority			46	1.4
Turnout			3,281	35.0	-7.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	LD to Con 4.5

Horwich North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	LD to Con 12.7

Hulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Morgan	1,741	53.5	+9.2
	Labour	Romanna Kowalczuk	1,051	32.3	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Linden Greensitt	463	14.2	-7.3
Majority			690	21.2
Turnout			3,255	33.0	-8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Con 8.2

Kearsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Burrows	1,158	42.5	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat	William Collison	1,079	39.6	-16.6
	Conservative	Diane Bamber	487	17.9	+6.3
Majority			79	2.9
Turnout			2,724	28.0	-5.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	LD to Labour 13.5

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Hornby	1,573	42.0	+0.8
	Conservative	David Broadie	1,427	38.1	-0.1
	Green	Alwynne Cartmell	345	9.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Connor	298	8.0	-6.0
	Veritas	William Jones	98	2.6	+2.6
Majority			146	3.9
Turnout			3,741	40.0	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	LD to Green 4.3

Rumworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	2,028	68.5	+22.5
	Conservative	John Heyes	932	31.5	+15.4
Majority			1,096	37.0
Turnout			2,960	29.0	-9.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Smithills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Silvester	1,621	42.4	-10.3
	Conservative	Dennis Bray	1,345	35.1	+12.3
	Labour	Joseph Hayes	861	22.5	+3.6
Majority			276	7.3
Turnout			3,827	38.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	LD to Con 11.3

Tonge with the Haulgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Peel	1,598	54.2	+1.7
	Conservative	Mudasir Dean	874	29.6	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rosalind Harasiwka	252	8.5	-2.8
	Green	James Tomkinson	227	7.7	+7.7
Majority			724	24.6
Turnout			2,951	31.0	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Green 7.1

Westhoughton North & Chew Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Higson	1,486	43.1	+10.3
	Labour	David Chadwick	1,146	33.2	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	James Gilfallan	515	14.9	-23.4
	Green	Eric Hyland	304	8.8	+8.8
Majority			342	9.9
Turnout			3,451	35.0	-8.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	LD to Con 16.8

Westhoughton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Silvester	997	36.3	-11.0
	Labour	Barbara Ramsden	916	33.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Michael Baker	837	30.4	+6.2
Majority			81	3.0
Turnout			2,750	30.0	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	LD to Con 8.6

References

• Official Bolton Results page. Accessed 4 June 2006