# 2010 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the General Election which led to a much higher turnout than in recent years. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
20 seats were contested with 13 being won by the Labour Party, 6 by the Conservatives and 1 by the Liberal Democrats.
In the Smithills ward, the Lib Dems held the seat but defeated the sitting Councillor, R Silvester, who had previously moved from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party.
After the election, the total composition of the council was:
* Labour 30
* Conservative 22
* Liberal Democrats 8

## Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 13 | 3 | 0 | +3 | | 39.5 | 48,880 | +7.1 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | | 33.9 | 41,919 | -8.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | | 21.4 | 26,474 | +1.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2,728 | -0.3 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1,865 | +0.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2,139 | +1.6 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 28 | 23 | 9 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 30 | 22 | 8 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |

## Ward results
### Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Walsh | 3,204 | 46.5 | −17.9 |
| | Labour | Asif Ibrahim | 2,034 | 29.5 | +13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Richard Atty | 1,257 | 18.4 | −1.8 |
| | Independent | Neville Mercer | 396 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,170 | 16.8 | −27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,947 | 69.1 | +33.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 15.9 | |

### Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Brierley | 3,464 | 53.7 | −15.0 |
| | Labour | Kate Challender | 1,733 | 26.9 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Frederick Howarth | 1,090 | 16.9 | +7.6 |
| | Green | Anne Mumberson | 163 | 2.5 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,731 | 26.7 | −25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,478 | 72.1 | +31.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 12.5 | |

### Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynda Jean Byrne | 2,787 | 49.6 | +16.8 |
| | Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 1,951 | 34.7 | −12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Charles Tyas Cooper | 876 | 15.6 | +11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 836 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,655 | 59.2 | +18.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 14.6 | |

### Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Wells Greenhalgh | 4,236 | 54.5 | −14.4 |
| | Labour | Anthony Muscat Terribile | 1,774 | 22.8 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Malcolm Ball | 1,456 | 18.7 | +10.9 |
| | Green | Lynne Hyland | 303 | 3.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,462 | 31.5 | −20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,821 | 74.1 | +33.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to LD 12.6 | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 3,749 | 62.4 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Amina Khilji | 1,325 | 22.0 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaleh Salari | 938 | 15.6 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,424 | 40.3 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,012 | 61.7 | +22.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 9.4 | |

### Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Noel Spencer | 2,612 | 53.2 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 1,040 | 21.2 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Arthur Connor | 994 | 20.3 | −14.1 |
| | Green | Diana Hayes | 260 | 5.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,572 | 32.0 | +24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,906 | 45.9 | +20.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 12.9 | |

### Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 2,844 | 49.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Idrees | 1,805 | 31.6 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew David Tyas Cooper | 785 | 13.8 | +6.9 |
| | Green | Alan Johnson | 270 | 4.7 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,039 | 18.2 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,704 | 58.3 | +21.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Green to LD 6.3 | |

### Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 3,228 | 65.1 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francine Godfrey | 882 | 17.8 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Gareth Morris | 845 | 17.1 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,346 | 47.3 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,955 | 55.1 | +23.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 3.3 | |

### Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Francis | 2,312 | 44.8 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Connor | 1,203 | 23.3 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Bill Dawson | 903 | 17.5 | −23.0 |
| | Independent | Laurence John Williamson | 625 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Green | Eric Thomas Hyland | 114 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,109 | 21.5 | +17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,157 | 54.0 | +27.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to Ind 17.5 | |

### Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Shaw | 4,643 | 57.6 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | John William Gillatt | 1,973 | 24.5 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Joyce Macpherson | 1,265 | 15.7 | +8.9 |
| | Green | Daniel James Mann | 184 | 2.3 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,670 | 33.1 | −20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,065 | 75.6 | +30.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to LD 10.9 | |

### Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Pickup | 2,423 | 38.1 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Hollick | 2,229 | 35.1 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Thomson | 1,319 | 20.7 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Graham Chadwick | 388 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,359 | 65.9 | +30.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | Con to Labour 8.1 | |

### Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin P. McKeon | 2,243 | 33.0 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Michael Rock | 2,153 | 31.7 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | Carol Ann Forshaw | 1,970 | 29.0 | −1.7 |
| | BNP | Ivan Andrew Cooper | 421 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,787 | 69.4 | +32.2 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 11.3 | |

### Hulton ward

Hulton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Philip Morgan | 2,873 | 57.5 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | Shafaqat Shaikh | 1,928 | 31.9 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Anthony Harasiwka | 888 | 14.7 | +2.2 |
| | Green | James David Tomkinson | 364 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | 15.6 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,053 | 61.8 | −27.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Green 6.3 | |

### Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Burrows | 2,706 | 46.4 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Kane | 1,797 | 30.8 | −15.8 |
| | Conservative | Diane Bamber | 1,331 | 22.8 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | 15.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,834 | 56.5 | +26.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 14.0 | |

### Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Connell | 2,036 | 31.6 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,794 | 27.8 | −17.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric John Hyde | 1,342 | 20.8 | +9.8 |
| | Independent | Sean Colin Hornby | 1,118 | 17.3 | +17.3 |
| | Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 161 | 2.5 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,451 | 66.0 | +27.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to Ind 17.5 | |

### Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 3,928 | 70.0 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glen Carl Atkinson | 855 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Laura Ionn | 825 | 15.2 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,073 | 54.8 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,608 | 56.0 | +26.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to LD 10.6 | |

### Smithills ward

Smithills ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony James Radlett | 2,741 | 41.0 | −6.6 |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Edward Warner Silvester | 1,699 | 25.4 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Christine Deidre Flannagan | 1,632 | 24.4 | −7.4 |
| | BNP | Anthony Backhouse | 461 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| | Green | Rachel Elizabeth Mann | 153 | 2.3 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,042 | 15.6 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,686 | 67.3 | +29.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | Con to Labour 8.6 | |

### Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Peel | 2,495 | 48.0 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Kath Kavanagh | 1,418 | 27.3 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael George Langdon | 756 | 14.6 | +8.5 |
| | BNP | Dorothee Sayers | 525 | 10.1 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,077 | 20.7 | +15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,194 | 57.7 | +23.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to LD 7.9 | |

### Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martyn Cox | 2,826 | 38.2 | −9.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Karen Louise Lawrinson | 2,263 | 30.6 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek John Gradwell | 2,087 | 28.2 | +4.2 |
| | Green | Ian David McHugh | 222 | 3.0 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 563 | 7.6 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,398 | 67.6 | +34.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 7.7 | |

### Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevan Stanley Jones | 2,113 | 34.6 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Mary Silvester | 1,790 | 29.3 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Vernon Wild | 1,605 | 26.3 | −5.1 |
| | BNP | Richard Adam Bates | 458 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| | Green | Kirsty Rachael Upham | 146 | 2.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 5.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,112 | 63.5 | +31.2 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 7.8 | |