# 2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
20 seats were contested and the Labour Party won 12 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:
* Labour 37
* Conservative 15
* UK Independence Party 5
* Liberal Democrats 3.

## Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 12 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 60.0 | 40.8 | 29,599 | +1.9 |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 18,564 | -4.3 |
| UKIP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 10.0 | 19.3 | 13,987 | +0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 8,028 | +3.8 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2,193 | -0.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 201 | -1.2 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 39 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| Labour | Conservative | LD | U |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 37 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| Labour | Conservative | LD | U |
LD - Liberal Democrats U - UKIP

## Ward results
### Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hilary Fairclough | 1,891 | 42.5 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Kevin Morris | 1,114 | 25.1 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Warren Fox | 912 | 20.5 | +16.3 |
| | UKIP | John Toone | 440 | 9.9 | −11.1 |
| | Green | Benjamin Deed | 88 | 2.0 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | 17.5 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,445 | 44.0 | −24.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | UKIP to Lib Dem 13.7 | |

### Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Radcliffe | 1,886 | 50.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | Anthony Shepherd | 924 | 24.8 | +1.1 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Thomas | 524 | 14.0 | −2.6 |
| | Independent | Eric Hyland | 201 | 5.4 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Veevers | 100 | 2.7 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Daniel Bolton | 96 | 2.6 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 962 | 25.8 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,635 | 42.9 | −28.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | UKIP to Independent 2.5 | |

### Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Debrorah Newall | 1,230 | 35.8 | −5.1 |
| | UKIP | Harry Lamb | 1,130 | 32.9 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Sandra MacNeill | 888 | 25.9 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Howarth | 94 | 2.7 | +0.0 |
| | Green | Pamela Spurling | 89 | 2.6 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 2.9 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,431 | 37.0 | −22.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Labour to UKIP 5.3 | |

### Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Wilkinson | 2,443 | 56.8 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Knowles | 1,022 | 23.7 | +3.3 |
| | UKIP | Brett Varnam | 460 | 10.7 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walsh | 196 | 4.6 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Spencer | 183 | 4.3 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,421 | 33.0 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,304 | 41.8 | −31.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | UKIP to Labour 3.1 | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hanif Darvesh | 2,432 | 67.5 | +4.6 |
| | UKIP | Paul Eccles | 702 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Conservative | Nadim Muslim | 338 | 9.4 | −12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Warren | 132 | 3.7 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,730 | 48.0 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,604 | 39.5 | −20.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to UKIP 15.9 | |

### Farnworth ward

Councillor Ibrahim resigned in February 2018 due to time pressures. Paul Sanders of the Farnworth & Kearsley First Party won the by-election a month later.
Farnworth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asif Ibrahim | 1,417 | 48.4 | −1.9 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Mabon | 1,066 | 36.4 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Aidan Meagan | 253 | 8.6 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Trevor Bonfield | 103 | 3.5 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glen Atkinson | 89 | 3.0 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 12.0 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,928 | 28.7 | −20.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to UKIP 5.5 | |

### Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 2,192 | 69.5 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Dot Sexton | 407 | 12.9 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Waqas | 241 | 7.6 | −4.8 |
| | Green | David Figgins | 191 | 6.1 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Graham | 124 | 3.9 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,785 | 56.6 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,156 | 34.3 | −21.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to Labour 3.7 | |

### Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clifford Morris | 2,042 | 66.6 | +3.5 |
| | UKIP | Sandra Harvey | 503 | 16.4 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Edward Mather | 260 | 8.5 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Ian McHugh | 137 | 4.5 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan New | 122 | 4.0 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,539 | 50.2 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,064 | 35.5 | −19.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | UKIP to Labour 2.5 | |

### Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Champak Mistry | 1,489 | 49.3 | −2.3 |
| | UKIP | David Harvey | 978 | 32.4 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Robert Tyler | 354 | 11.7 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Michelle Broderick | 105 | 3.5 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Walsh | 94 | 3.1 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 17.2 | −6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,029 | 31.8 | −24.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to UKIP 4.1 | |

### Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Morgan | 2,680 | 56.2 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Carter | 1,285 | 27.0 | |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Baxendale | 402 | 8.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebekah Fairhurst | 263 | 5.5 | |
| | Green | Laura Diggle | 136 | 2.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,395 | 29.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,766 | 45.9 | −20.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ann Cunliffe | 1,516 | 42.5 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Carol Forshaw | 1,054 | 29.6 | −1.5 |
| | UKIP | Derek Snowden | 679 | 19.0 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Keith Cocker | 192 | 5.4 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Bagnall | 125 | 3.5 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 462 | 12.9 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,566 | 35.7 | −30.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Silvester | 1,612 | 40.9 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | Anne Galloway | 801 | 20.3 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rock | 795 | 20.2 | +6.6 |
| | UKIP | Jeffrey Armstrong | 543 | 13.8 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Roderick Riesco | 193 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 811 | 20.6 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,944 | 40.7 | −27.1 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | Conservative to Labour Co-op 7.8 | |

### Hulton ward

Hulton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Darren Whitehead | 1,374 | 37.0 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Derek Bullock | 1,214 | 32.7 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Joan Johnson | 909 | 24.5 | −4.3 |
| | Green | James Tomkinson | 122 | 3.3 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cooper | 92 | 2.5 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 4.3 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,711 | 38.4 | −25.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | UKIP to Labour 3.8 | |

### Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Mark Cunningham | 1,480 | 45.2 | +13.7 |
| | Labour | Carol Burrows | 1,248 | 38.2 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Elliot | 300 | 9.2 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aaron Hepworth | 243 | 7.4 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 7.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,271 | 31.8 | −27.1 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | Conservative to UKIP 10.7 | |

### Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Rees Gibbons | 1,572 | 39.3 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | David Evans | 1,098 | 27.4 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Hyde | 813 | 20.3 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Elliot | 429 | 10.7 | −11.2 |
| | Green | Edmund Dunsdon | 90 | 2.2 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 7.1 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,002 | 42.2 | −23.5 |
| | UKIP gain from Labour | UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | Conservative to UKIP 9.3 | |

### Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosa Kay | 2,568 | 72.2 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Hafiz Bhutt | 373 | 10.5 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | Kathleen Richardson | 354 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| | Green | Alan Johnson | 179 | 5.0 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Amos | 82 | 2.3 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,195 | 61.7 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,556 | 37.0 | −22.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Labour to UKIP 7.5 | |

### Smithills ward

Smithills ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hayes | 2,287 | 50.8 | +14.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | John Gillatt | 1,152 | 25.6 | −1.9 |
| | UKIP | Roy Marsh | 546 | 12.1 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Haslam | 414 | 9.2 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Richard Middleshaw | 98 | 2.2 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,134 | 25.2 | +15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,498 | 45.1 | −23.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | Conservative to Lib Dem 10.7 | |

### Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Donaghy | 1,415 | 45.9 | +3.1 |
| | UKIP | Derek Fisher | 1,030 | 33.4 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kirk | 448 | 14.5 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Langdon | 109 | 3.5 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Alexander Parkinson | 83 | 2.7 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 12.5 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,085 | 35.4 | −21.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to Labour 3.4 | |

### Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Wild | 1,600 | 39.0 | |
| | Labour | Anne Graham | 1,336 | 32.5 | |
| | UKIP | George Bown | 697 | 17.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Gradwell | 360 | 8.8 | |
| | Green | Heather Rylance | 113 | 2.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,106 | 38.5 | −21.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Westhoughton South ward

Westhoughton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anna-Marie Watters | 1,123 | 32.7 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wilkinson | 996 | 29.0 | +21.4 |
| | Conservative | Lynda Winrow Baker | 696 | 20.3 | −8.2 |
| | UKIP | Martin Tighe | 621 | 18.1 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 3.7 | −7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,436 | 35.8 | −28.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Conservative to Lib Dem 14.8 | |