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Local Election Results 2015

Bolton

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Bolton: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
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)

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Consolidated results — Bolton 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 49998 39.4% 14
Conservative 35744 28.2% 6
UK Independence Party 24451 19.3% 1
Liberal Democrat 9331 7.4% 1
Green Party 5336 4.2% 0
Independent 2021 1.6% 0

Astley Bridge

Paul Wild C 2963 41.4%
Debbie Newall Lab 2129 29.8%
Harry Lamb UKIP 1500 21.0%
Clive Atty LD 302 4.2%
Ben Deed Grn 261 3.6%

Bradshaw

Stuart Haslam C 3245 50.7%
Tony Shepherd Lab 1519 23.7%
Helen Turner UKIP 1065 16.6%
Joshua Handley Grn 212 3.3%
Gaby McDowall LD 199 3.1%
Eric Hyland Ind 159 2.5%

Breightmet

John Byrne Lab 2323 40.9%
Steven Flatman UKIP 1557 27.4%
Ryan Haslam C 1402 24.7%
Laura Diggle Grn 244 4.3%
Stephen Howarth LD 153 2.7%

Bromley Cross

Norman Critchley C 4340 55.8%
Neil Garrity Lab 1589 20.4%
Brett Varnam UKIP 1057 13.6%
Liz Spencer Grn 424 5.5%
Chris Atty LD 368 4.7%

Crompton

Guy Harkin Lab 3895 63.0%
Nadim Muslim C 1343 21.7%
Anne Warren LD 641 10.4%
Farhan Patel Grn 306 4.9%

Farnworth

Jean Gillies Lab 2703 50.3%
Jeff Armstrong UKIP 1626 30.3%
Aidan Meagan C 723 13.5%
Trevor Bonfield Grn 178 3.3%
David Connor LD 144 2.7%

Great Lever

Madeline Murray Lab 3542 66.9%
Paul Eccles UKIP 779 14.7%
Mohammed Waqas C 658 12.4%
Helen Dickson Grn 189 3.6%
Duncan Macpherson LD 126 2.4%

Halliwell

Linda Thomas Lab 3121 63.1%
Sandra Harvey UKIP 886 17.9%
Iqraa Shahid C 489 9.9%
Ian McHugh Grn 207 4.2%
Christine Macpherson LD 123 2.5%
Roheel Iqbal Ind 117 2.4%

Harper Green

Susan Haworth Lab 2875 51.5%
Dave Harvey UKIP 1549 27.7%
Robert Tyler C 845 15.1%
Elizabeth McManus Grn 165 3.0%
Wendy Connor LD 152 2.7%

Heaton and Lostock (2) [Resignation of Alan Rushton]

Bob Allen C 4299 53.8%
Andy Morgan C 3352
Julia Silvester Lab 1649 20.6%
Ibrahim Ismail Lab 1629
David Butler UKIP 1088 13.6%
Paula Hendrie UKIP 748
Rebekah Fairhurst LD 485 6.1%
Hannah Middleshaw Grn 468 5.9%
Francine Godfrey LD 394

Horwich and Blackrod

Stephen Pickup Lab 2559 37.5%
Carol Forshaw C 2125 31.1%
Derek Snowden UKIP 1476 21.6%
Doug Bagnall LD 339 5.0%
Keith Cocker Grn 331 4.8%

Horwich North East

Joyce Kellett Lab 2040 29.6%
Anne Galloway C 1696 24.6%
Bob Horsefield UKIP 1033 15.0%
Stephen Rock LD 936 13.6%
Marie Brady Ind 922 13.4%
Roderick Riesco Grn 260 3.8%

Hulton [Lab gain from C]

Shafaqat Shaikh Lab 2126 33.7%
Phil Ashcroft C 1961 31.1%
Joan Johnson UKIP 1818 28.8%
David Cooper LD 202 3.2%
James Tomkinson Grn 201 3.2%

Kearsley

Liam Irving Lab 2331 37.6%
Mark Cunningham UKIP 1953 31.5%
Sandra MacNeill C 1053 17.0%
Margaret Rothwell LD 590 9.5%
Graham Marsden Grn 271 4.4%

Little Lever and Darcy Lever [UKIP gain from Lab]

Sean Hornby UKIP 2050 31.8%
Anthony Connell Lab 2011 31.2%
Rees Gibbon C 1414 21.9%
Eric Hyde LD 782 12.1%
Ed Dunsdon Grn 198 3.1%

Rumworth

Ebrahim Adia Lab 4555 77.3%
Jack Heyes C 747 12.7%
Alan Johnson Grn 457 7.8%
Jaleh Hayes LD 136 2.3%

Smithills

Carole Swarbrick LD 2563 36.8%
John Gillatt Lab 1915 27.5%
Danny Haslam C 1161 16.7%
Dot Sexton UKIP 1094 15.7%
Richard Middleshaw Grn 233 3.3%

Tonge with The Haulgh

Elaine Sherrington Lab 2263 42.9%
Derek Fisher UKIP 1675 31.7%
Naima Dean C 968 18.3%
Imran Atcha Grn 199 3.8%
Paul Harasiwka LD 176 3.3%

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor (2) [Resignation of Sean Harkin; C gain from Lab]

Zoe Kirk-Robinson C 2517 34.1%
Anne Graham Lab 2352 31.9%
Christine Wild C 2131
Chris Peacock Lab 1977
George Bown UKIP 948 12.8%
Jack Speight Ind 823 11.2%
Derek Gradwell LD 433 5.9%
John Ainscough LD 402
Heather Rylance Grn 308 4.2%
Stephen Thomas UKIP 306

Westhoughton South

David Chadwick Lab 2501 39.7%
Stephen Wallen C 1795 28.5%
Michael Harvey UKIP 1297 20.6%
David Wilkinson LD 481 7.6%
Alex Conn Grn 224 3.6%

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