Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
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 | ||||||||||
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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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 ward
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 and Chew Moor ward
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 ward
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
- 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.
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