Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, along with the European Parliament elections, 2014. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2018.
21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich and Blackrod ward following the resignation of Labour councillor Lindsey Kell. The Labour Party won 13 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:
Election result
Bolton Local Election Result 2014 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
13 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
40.3 |
29,891 |
-9.7 |
|
UKIP |
2 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
|
25.3 |
18,770 |
+25.3 |
|
Conservative |
5 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
22.4 |
16,642 |
-8.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
1 |
0 |
0 |
+0 |
|
7.1 |
5,300 |
-5.1 |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
2,626 |
-0.7 |
|
English Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
97 |
-0.7 |
|
BNP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
109 |
-0.3 |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
743 |
-0.1 |
Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
↓
41 |
16 |
3 |
Labour |
Conservative |
LD |
After the election the composition of the council was:
↓
40 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
Labour |
Conservative |
LD |
U |
LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP
Ward results
Astley Bridge ward
Astley Bridge ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
John Walsh |
1,481 |
36.3 |
-10.2 |
|
Labour |
Stuart William Murray |
1,279 |
31.4 |
-9.5 |
|
UKIP |
Harry Lamb |
1,039 |
25.5 |
+25.5 |
|
Green |
Ben Deed |
182 |
4.5 |
+4.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Clive Richard Atty |
85 |
2.1 |
-1.2 |
Rejected ballots |
10 |
0.25 |
|
Majority |
202 |
5.0 |
-0.6 |
Turnout |
4,076 |
40.44 |
+5.0 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Conservative to UKIP 17.8 |
|
Bradshaw ward
Bradshaw ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Mudasir Dean |
1,585 |
43.7 |
-13.3 |
|
UKIP |
Arthur Norris |
932 |
25.7 |
+25.7 |
|
Labour |
Paul Fitzpatrick |
786 |
21.7 |
-9.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gaby McDowall |
172 |
4.7 |
-7.4 |
|
Green |
Daniel Bolton |
150 |
4.1 |
+4.1 |
Rejected ballots |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Majority |
653 |
18.0 |
-8.1 |
Turnout |
3,625 |
40.95 |
+4.6 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Conservative to UKIP 19.5 |
|
Breightmet ward
Breightmet ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Lynda Jean Byrne |
1,490 |
43.0 |
-16.8 |
|
UKIP |
Kathleen Mary Kavanagh |
1,217 |
35.1 |
+35.1 |
|
Conservative |
Clara Heyes |
577 |
16.7 |
-13.1 |
|
Green |
Laura Diggle |
115 |
3.3 |
-3.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Frederick Howarth |
51 |
1.5 |
-2.0 |
Rejected ballots |
13 |
0.38 |
|
Majority |
273 |
7.9 |
-22.1 |
Turnout |
3,463 |
37.01 |
+4.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 29.5 |
|
Bromley Cross ward
Bromley Cross ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
David Wells Greenhalgh |
2,312 |
53.6 |
-5.4 |
|
Labour |
Collette Harkin |
957 |
22.2 |
-10.3 |
|
UKIP |
Lynda Rosewell |
878 |
20.3 |
+20.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Chris Atty |
169 |
3.9 |
-4.6 |
Rejected ballots |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Majority |
1,355 |
31.4 |
+4.9 |
Turnout |
4,316 |
40.75 |
+5.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 15.3 |
|
Crompton ward
Crompton ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Sufrana Bashir-Ismail |
2,363 |
60.0 |
-14.9 |
|
UKIP |
George Stanley Bown |
826 |
21.0 |
+21.0 |
|
Conservative |
Ryan Patrick Haslam |
456 |
11.6 |
-4.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Sanders Warren |
148 |
3.8 |
-4.8 |
|
Independent |
Pam Humphreys |
121 |
3.1 |
+3.1 |
Rejected ballots |
23 |
0.58 |
|
Majority |
1,537 |
39.3 |
-19.1 |
Turnout |
3,937 |
39.31 |
+7.4 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 17.9 |
|
Farnworth ward
Farnworth ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Noel Spencer |
1,454 |
48.9 |
-18.3 |
|
UKIP |
Jeff Armstrong |
1,108 |
37.3 |
+37.3 |
|
Conservative |
Aidan Meagan |
211 |
7.1 |
-6.7 |
|
Green |
Trevor Bonfield |
115 |
3.9 |
-7.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Doug Bagnall |
73 |
2.5 |
-5.2 |
Rejected ballots |
12 |
0.40 |
|
Majority |
346 |
11.7 |
-14.7 |
Turnout |
2,973 |
28.14 |
+6.5 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 27.8 |
|
Great Lever ward
Great Lever ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Mohammed Ayub |
2,420 |
68.6 |
-5.4 |
|
UKIP |
Dot Sexton |
505 |
14.3 |
+14.3 |
|
Conservative |
Jay Patel |
338 |
9.6 |
-0.8 |
|
Green |
David William Collins |
127 |
3.6 |
-7.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rebekah Fairhurst |
64 |
1.8 |
-3.0 |
|
Independent |
Joseph Thomas Holt |
54 |
1.5 |
+1.5 |
Rejected ballots |
21 |
0.60 |
|
Majority |
1,915 |
54.6 |
-8.7 |
Turnout |
3,529 |
36.59 |
+5.9 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 9.8 |
|
Halliwell ward
Halliwell ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Akhtar Zaman |
2,260 |
66.1 |
-12.3 |
|
UKIP |
Leo Taylor |
607 |
17.8 |
+17.8 |
|
Conservative |
Jolyon Horton Coombs |
223 |
6.5 |
-2.9 |
|
Green |
Ian David McHugh |
173 |
5.1 |
-3.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Francine Godfrey |
95 |
2.8 |
-1.0 |
|
Independent |
Andrew Mckenzie |
42 |
1.2 |
+1.2 |
Rejected ballots |
17 |
0.50 |
|
Majority |
1,653 |
48.6 |
-20.4 |
Turnout |
3,417 |
38.32 |
+6.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 15.0 |
|
Harper Green ward
Harper Green ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Mike Francis |
1,713 |
56.7 |
-16.3 |
|
UKIP |
Geoff Hamlett |
726 |
24.0 |
+24.0 |
|
Conservative |
Rob Tyler |
366 |
12.1 |
-5.1 |
|
Green |
Kathy Sykes |
115 |
3.8 |
+3.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Wendy Connor |
86 |
2.8 |
-7.0 |
Rejected ballots |
13 |
0.43 |
|
Majority |
987 |
32.8 |
-23.1 |
Turnout |
3,019 |
31.40 |
+7.7 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 20.1 |
|
Heaton and Lostock ward
Heaton and Lostock ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Colin Shaw |
2,237 |
47.5 |
-12.0 |
|
Labour Co-op |
John William Gillatt |
1,154 |
24.5 |
-4.3 |
|
UKIP |
Stephen Thomas |
933 |
19.8 |
+19.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Joyce Macpherson |
196 |
4.2 |
-0.9 |
|
Green |
Hannah Louise Middleshaw |
179 |
3.8 |
-2.8 |
Rejected ballots |
14 |
0.30 |
|
Majority |
1,083 |
23.0 |
-7.7 |
Turnout |
4,713 |
44.58 |
+5.5 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Conservative to UKIP 15.9 |
|
Horwich and Blackrod ward
Two seats were up for election. Stephen Pickup will have to stand again for election in 2016 and Alan Bury in 2018.
Horwich North East ward
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 Democrat |
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 |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 15.9 |
|
Hulton ward
Hulton ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
UKIP |
Diane Parkinson |
1,291 |
33.7 |
+33.7 |
|
Conservative |
Andy Morgan |
1,150 |
30.0 |
-12.5 |
|
Labour |
Shafaqat Shaikh |
1,140 |
29.8 |
-12.7 |
|
Green |
James Tomkinson |
162 |
4.2 |
-6.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Charles Cooper |
69 |
1.8 |
-0.3 |
Rejected ballots |
15 |
0.39 |
|
Majority |
141 |
3.7 |
|
Turnout |
3,827 |
39.24 |
+8.5 |
|
UKIP gain from Conservative |
Swing |
Conservative to UKIP 23.1 |
|
Kearsley ward
Kearsley ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Derek Burrows |
1,139 |
35.7 |
-19.4 |
|
UKIP |
Mark Joseph Cunningham |
1,096 |
34.4 |
+34.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Patricia Rothwell |
348 |
10.9 |
-23.0 |
|
Independent |
Simon Paul Colley |
309 |
9.7 |
+9.7 |
|
Conservative |
Sandra Macneill |
278 |
8.7 |
-2.3 |
Rejected ballots |
18 |
0.56 |
|
Majority |
43 |
1.3 |
-19.8 |
Turnout |
3,188 |
30.68 |
+4.7 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 26.9 |
|
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
UKIP |
Paul Richardson |
1,255 |
33.2 |
+33.2 |
|
Labour |
Maureen Connell |
1,051 |
27.8 |
-16.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eric John Hyde |
661 |
17.5 |
-3.5 |
|
Conservative |
Rees Gibbon |
657 |
17.4 |
-9.1 |
|
Green |
Alwynne Cartmell |
147 |
3.9 |
-4.3 |
Rejected ballots |
7 |
0.19 |
|
Majority |
204 |
5.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,778 |
39.51 |
+3.5 |
|
UKIP gain from Labour |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 24.8 |
|
Rumworth ward
Rumworth ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Ismail Ibrahim |
2,876 |
72.5 |
-6.0 |
|
UKIP |
Geoffrey David Kay |
492 |
12.4 |
+12.4 |
|
Conservative |
Jack Heyes |
317 |
8.0 |
-1.6 |
|
Green |
Alan Johnson |
200 |
5.0 |
-4.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jaleh Salari |
66 |
1.7 |
-1.2 |
Rejected ballots |
16 |
0.40 |
|
Majority |
2,384 |
60.3 |
-8.5 |
Turnout |
3,967 |
39.77 |
+9.0 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 9.2 |
|
Smithills ward
Smithills ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Martin |
1,674 |
37.5 |
-3.7 |
|
Labour |
Kevin Patrick Morris |
1,329 |
29.8 |
-10.2 |
|
UKIP |
Aaron Hepworth |
876 |
19.6 |
+19.6 |
|
Conservative |
Christine Flanigan |
429 |
9.6 |
-4.3 |
|
Green |
Richard Alexander Middleshaw |
139 |
3.1 |
-1.9 |
Rejected ballots |
16 |
0.36 |
|
Majority |
345 |
7.7 |
+6.5 |
Turnout |
4,463 |
45.44 |
+6.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 14.9 |
|
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Nick Peel |
1,399 |
43.3 |
-19.7 |
|
UKIP |
Derek Fisher |
1,053 |
32.6 |
+32.6 |
|
Conservative |
Zoe Jennifer Catherine Kirk-Robinson |
486 |
15.1 |
-8.1 |
|
BNP |
Dorothee Sayers |
109 |
3.4 |
-6.4 |
|
Green |
Hafsa Patel |
91 |
2.8 |
+2.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Anthony Harasiwka |
66 |
2.0 |
-2.1 |
|
Left Unity |
Eric Thomas Hyland |
14 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
Rejected ballots |
10 |
0.31 |
|
Majority |
346 |
10.7 |
-29.1 |
Turnout |
3,228 |
36.30 |
+6.2 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 26.5 |
|
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Martyn Andrew Cox |
1,424 |
34.0 |
-1.1 |
|
Labour |
Anne Graham |
1,278 |
30.5 |
-15.9 |
|
UKIP |
Joan Johnson |
984 |
23.5 |
+23.5 |
|
Independent |
Jack Speight |
203 |
4.8 |
-6.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Derek John Gradwell |
163 |
3.9 |
-3.0 |
|
Green |
Heather Rylance |
127 |
3.0 |
+3.0 |
Rejected ballots |
8 |
0.19 |
|
Majority |
146 |
3.5 |
|
Turnout |
4,187 |
38.24 |
+5.2 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
Labour to UKIP 19.7 |
|
Westhoughton South ward
Westhoughton South ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Kevin Jones |
1,268 |
39.3 |
-3.1 |
|
UKIP |
Les Wareing |
917 |
28.4 |
+28.4 |
|
Conservative |
Stephen Wallen |
562 |
17.4 |
+4.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Arthur Wilkinson |
361 |
11.2 |
-23.6 |
|
English Democrat |
Derek John Bullock |
97 |
3.0 |
-7.1 |
Rejected ballots |
19 |
0.59 |
|
Majority |
351 |
10.9 |
+3.3 |
Turnout |
3,224 |
33.60 |
+2.8 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
Lib Dem to UKIP 26.0 |
|
References