Local Election Results 2003
Bolton
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Bolton (may be incomplete): 21st November 2002 (Daubhill)
— 13th July 2006 (Crompton)
— 1st October 2009 (Crompton)
— 19th December 2013 (Harper Green)
— 16th October 2014 (Harper Green)
— 11th February 2016 (Crompton)
— 6th October 2016 (Rumworth)
— 18th January 2018 (Hulton)
— 8th March 2018 (Farnworth)
— 28th October 2021 (Bromley Cross)
— 15th September 2022 (Rumworth)
— 16th November 2023 (Kearsley; Westhoughton N. & Hunger Hill)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
27668 |
35.1% |
7 |
| Conservative |
26833 |
34.1% |
7 |
| Liberal Democrat |
22878 |
29.0% |
6 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
627 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
563 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Green Party |
218 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Stuart Lever |
C |
2285 |
50.0% |
| Christopher White |
Lab |
1402 |
30.7% |
| Ian Greenalgh |
LD |
882 |
19.3% |
| Martyn Cox |
LD |
1456 |
36.8% |
| Kevan Helsby |
Lab |
1362 |
34.4% |
| Michael Hollick |
C |
1138 |
28.8% |
| Walter Hall |
C |
2600 |
53.7% |
| Eric Hyland |
Lab |
1302 |
26.9% |
| Stephen Howarth |
LD |
944 |
19.5% |
| Donald Grime |
Lab |
1426 |
41.2% |
| Richard Elliott |
C |
1370 |
39.6% |
| Edward Hill |
LD |
666 |
19.2% |
| Alan Wilkinson |
C |
3065 |
61.3% |
| Anthony Muscat Terribile |
Lab |
1048 |
20.9% |
| Stewart Ball |
LD |
890 |
17.8% |
| Mohammad Idrees |
C |
1453 |
39.5% |
| Martin McMulkin |
Lab |
1421 |
38.6% |
| David Connor |
LD |
686 |
18.6% |
| David Sumner |
SocAll |
119 |
3.2% |
| Valibhai Patel |
LD |
1693 |
49.8% |
| John Noble |
Lab |
1191 |
35.0% |
| Mohammed Iqbal |
C |
319 |
9.4% |
| Lynne Lowe |
SocLab |
198 |
5.8% |
| Thomas Fitzpatrick |
Lab |
1335 |
41.7% |
| Linden Greensitt |
LD |
1091 |
34.0% |
| John Heyes |
C |
779 |
24.3% |
| John Hanscomb |
C |
3285 |
54.8% |
| John Gillatt |
Lab |
1598 |
26.6% |
| Christine Macpherson |
LD |
1116 |
18.6% |
| Rosa Kay |
Lab |
1868 |
49.7% |
| Yakub Jiva |
C |
1101 |
29.3% |
| Sara McGeehan |
LD |
500 |
13.3% |
| Neil McAlister |
SocAll |
202 |
5.4% |
| Dorothy Entwistle |
SocLab |
84 |
2.2% |
| Raymond Stones |
Lab |
1627 |
59.1% |
| Stanley Jackson |
C |
556 |
20.2% |
| Stephen Rock |
LD |
402 |
14.6% |
| William Kelly |
SocLab |
167 |
6.1% |
| Cliff Morris |
Lab |
1848 |
53.2% |
| James Hinegan |
C |
732 |
21.1% |
| Anne Warren |
LD |
683 |
19.7% |
| John Greenwood |
SocAll |
151 |
4.3% |
| Howard Broadbent |
SocLab |
61 |
1.8% |
| George Dennis |
Lab |
1673 |
50.8% |
| Robert Tyler |
C |
807 |
24.5% |
| Wendy Connor |
LD |
699 |
21.2% |
| William Kelly |
SocLab |
117 |
3.5% |
| John Cronnolley |
LD |
2284 |
51.8% |
| Joyce Kellet |
Lab |
1170 |
26.5% |
| Olive Fairhurst |
C |
864 |
19.6% |
| Robert Ince |
SocAll |
91 |
2.1% |
| Phillip Ashcroft |
C |
2064 |
38.5% |
| Derek Gradwell |
LD |
1756 |
32.8% |
| David Chadwick |
Lab |
1540 |
28.7% |
| John Rothwell |
LD |
1863 |
51.9% |
| Derek Burrows |
Lab |
1348 |
37.5% |
| Sheila Kesler |
C |
381 |
10.6% |
| Mary Woodward |
C |
1658 |
40.4% |
| Robert Evans |
Lab |
1554 |
37.9% |
| William Crook |
LD |
669 |
16.3% |
| Alwynne Cartmell |
Grn |
218 |
5.3% |
| Joe Higson |
LD |
2398 |
64.1% |
| Douglas Bagnall |
C |
705 |
18.8% |
| Barbara Ramsden |
Lab |
640 |
17.1% |
| Elaine Sherrington |
Lab |
1510 |
49.7% |
| Nigel Ford |
C |
1092 |
35.9% |
| Michael Langdon |
LD |
438 |
14.4% |
| David Wilkinson |
LD |
1762 |
56.0% |
| James Kilcoyne |
Lab |
805 |
25.6% |
| Jane Frappola |
C |
579 |
18.4% |
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