2011 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015.

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich North East ward following Barbara Ronson's resignation. The Labour Party won 15 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 5 and the Liberal Democrats 1.

The Labour Party gained overall control of the Council for the first time since 2003.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Election result
Bolton Local Election Result 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 5 0 +5 49.3 38,148 +9.8
  Conservative 5 0 2 -2 33.2 25,745 -0.7
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 3 -3 12.7 9,801 -8.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 2,762 +1.4
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 299 -1.1
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 692 -0.8

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
30 22 8
Labour Conservative Lib Dems

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
35 20 5
Labour Conservative Lib Dems

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward
Astley Bridge ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Vernon Wild 1,982 46.1 -0.4
Labour Asif Ismail Ibrahim 1,481 34.5 +5.0
Independent Neville Mercer 430 10.00 +4.3
Astley Bridge First Stuart Anthony Lever 202 4.7 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty 202 4.7 -13.5
Majority 501 11.6 -5.2
Turnout 4,297 42.9 -26.2
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative Swing LD to Labour 9.2

Bradshaw ward
Bradshaw ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Diana Brierley 2,328 55.7 +2.0
Labour Kate Challender 1,567 37.5 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth 285 6.8 -10.1
Majority 761 18.1 -8.6
Turnout 4,209 47.7 -24.4
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 10.4

Breightmet ward
Breightmet ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Byrne 2,045 60.2 +10.6
Conservative Sandra MacNeill 1,176 34.6 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Tracey Odessa Kane 176 5.2 -10.4
Majority 869 25.4 +10.6
Turnout 3,420 36.0 -23.2
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.5

Bromley Cross ward
Bromley Cross ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Norman Andrew Wilkinson 2,821 59.7 +5.2
Labour Tony Muscat 1,244 26.3 +3.5
Green Rosa Sarah Shaw 336 7.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Atty 327 6.9 -11.6
Majority 1,577 33.2 +1.8
Turnout 4,755 45.0 -29.0
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 8.4

Crompton ward
Crompton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Guy J. Harkin 2,403 68.7 +6.4
Conservative Gareth James Morris 713 20.4 -1.6
Green Alex Shaw 218 6.2 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle McDowall 164 4.7 -10.9
Majority 1,690 48.0 +7.7
Turnout 3,522 35.1 -26.6
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.6

Farnworth ward
Farnworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jean Gillies 1,855 68.8 +15.9
Conservative Ibby Ismail 383 14.2 -6.8
Green Diana Hayes 231 8.6 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor 226 8.4 -11.7
Majority 1,472 54.0 +32.0
Turnout 2,726 25.5 -20.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 13.8

Great Lever ward
Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Madeline Murray 2,282 68.5 +19.0
Conservative Anjani Kumar 612 18.4 -13.0
Liberal Democrats Aqeel Akhtar 241 7.2 -6.5
Green David William Collins 198 5.9 +1.2
Majority 1,670 49.5 -31.3
Turnout 3,375 35.5 -22.8
Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 16.0

Halliwell ward
Halliwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Linda Carol Thomas 2,235 75.8 +10.7
Conservative Joylon Horton Greenhalgh 377 12.8 -4.2
Green Ian David McHugh 195 6.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 143 4.8 -13.0
Majority 1,858 62.6 +15.3
Turnout 2,969 33.1 -22.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 11.8

Harper Green ward
Harper Green ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Margaret Clare 1,918 69.2 +24.6
Conservative Jay Patel 616 22.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Connor 236 8.5 -14.7
Majority 1,302 45.2 +23.7
Turnout 2,881 30.0 -24.0
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 19.6

Heaton and Lostock ward
Heaton and Lostock ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Bob Allen 3,175 62.0 +4.7
Labour John William Gillatt 1,394 27.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce MacPherson 316 6.2 -9.4
Green Hannah Louisa Middleton 240 4.7 +2.4
Majority 1,781 34.6 +1.5
Turnout 5,149 48.5 -27.1
Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 7.0

Horwich and Blackrod ward
Horwich and Blackrod ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lindsey Ann Kell 1,851 49.1 +11.3
Conservative John Raymond Birchall Barrow 1,425 37.8 +3.0
Green Graham Chadwick 281 7.4 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Andrew Kane 215 5.7 -14.9
Majority 426 11.2
Turnout 3,804 39.7 -26.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing LD to Labour 13.1

Horwich North East ward

Two seats were up for election in this ward.

Horwich North East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joyce Kellett 1,869 24.6
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester 1,526 20.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Rock 1,217 16.0
Conservative Carol Ann Forshaw 1,135 14.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Thomson 1,017 13.4
Conservative Peter Sloan 837 11.0
Majority (Kellett) 652
Majority (Silvester) 309
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Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats

Hulton ward
Hulton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Philip John Ashcroft 1,671 46.4 -0.8
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh 1,369 38.0 +6.3
Green James Tomkinson 344 9.6 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew David Tyas Cooper 215 6.0 -8.6
Majority 302 8.4 -7.2
Turnout 3,599 36.7 -25.1
Conservative hold Swing LD to Labour 7.4

Kearsley ward
Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Liam Irving 1,630 52.4 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell 953 30.6 -0.2
Conservative Michelle Ionn 529 17.0 -5.8
Majority 677 21.5 +5.9
Turnout 3,144 30.2 -26.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Con to Labour 5.9

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anthony Connell 1,988 50.0 +18.4
Conservative Rees Gibbon 1,057 26.6 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Eric John Hyde 714 18.0 -2.8
Green Alwynne Cartmell 217 5.5 +3.0
Majority 931 23.3 +19.6
Turnout 3,992 41.2 -24.8
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.6

Rumworth ward
Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,677 77.1 +7.1
Conservative Ruth Kenny 374 10.8 -3.9
Green Alan Johnson 300 8.6 +8.6
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 119 3.4 -11.8
Majority 2,303 66.4 +11.6
Turnout 3,470 34.6 -21.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Green 10.2

Smithills ward
Smithills ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Carole R. Swarbrick 1,642 40.0 -0.7
Labour Sean Francis Harkin 1,344 32.8 +7.6
Conservative Christine Deidre Porter 913 22.3 -1.9
Green Rachel Elizabeth Mann 202 4.9 +2.6
Majority 298 7.2 -8.4
Turnout 4,125 41.6 -25.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Con to Labour 4.7

Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elaine Sherrington 1,714 55.2 +7.2
Conservative Kath Kavanagh 933 30.0 +2.7
BNP Dorothee Sayers 299 9.6 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Harasiwka 160 5.2 -9.3
Majority 781 25.0 +4.3
Turnout 3,124 35.1 -22.6
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8.2

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Christopher Peacock 2,038 47.8 +17.4
Conservative Patricia Allen 1,837 43.1 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Patricia Cooper 392 9.2 -18.8
Majority 201 4.7
Turnout 4,304 39.3 -28.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing LD to Labour 18.1

Westhoughton South ward
Westhoughton South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Andrew Chadwick 1,718 49.5 +14.9
Conservative Michael Baker 851 24.5 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Derek John Gradwell 841 24.2 -5.1
Independent Glenn George Kaalman 60 1.7 +1.7
Majority 933 26.2 +20.9
Turnout 3,562 37.1 -26.4
Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 10.0
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References
    • "Bolton Election Line-Up". The Bolton News. 5 April 2011. p. 4.
    • "Bolton Council Results: Ward by Ward". The Bolton News. 7 May 2011. p. 6.
    • Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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