2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map showing the results of the 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections.^[1]^[2]

21 seats were contested, including a by election in Astley Bridge Ward, following the death of Cllr Paul Wild. The Conservative Party won 10 seats, the Labour Party won 7 seats, Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats, Horwich and Blackrod First won 1 seat, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

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

Conservative 20
Labour 19
Liberal Democrats 5
Farnworth and Kearsley First 5
Horwich and Blackrod First 3
UK Independence Party 1
Independents 7

Election results[]

2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	50.0	10	20	33.3	30,255	38.8	9.4
	Labour	7	1	35.0	12	19	32.0	27,517	35.3	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	5.0	3	5	8.0	7,562	9.7	3.3
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	2	1	10.0	4	5	8.0	4,203	5.4	1.7
	Horwich and Blackrod First	1	1	5.0	2	3	5.0	2,380	3.0	1.2
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.0	585	0.7	10.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,168	4.1	1.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,698	2.2	New
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	655	0.8	1.3
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	16	0.0	New

Council composition[]

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
18	17	6	2	15
Labour	Conservative	LD	U	IND

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓
20	19	5	1	15
Conservative	Labour	LD	U	IND

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP
IND - Independent (politician)

Ward results[]

Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.

Astley Bridge[]

Astley Bridge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Fairclough	2,569	61.5	+22.1
	Conservative	Samuel Rimmer	1,746	41.8	+2.4
	Labour	Safwaan Patel	1,025	24.5	+10.9
	Labour	Steve Sutton	897	21.5	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulligan	386	9.2	-23.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Haslam	380	9.1	-23.1
	Bolton for Change	Paul Eccleshare	311	7.4	+7.4
Majority			(Fairclough) 823
Majority			(Rimmer) 721
Turnout				40.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bradshaw ward[]

Bradshaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Radcliffe	2,539	68.4	+12.8
	Labour	Logan Pratheepan	842	22.7	+9.0
	Green	Steph Howes	214	5.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Turner-Preece	96	2.6	-3.3
Majority			1,697	46.0	+2.0
Turnout			3,712	41.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 11.2

Breightmet ward[]

Breightmet ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hartigan	1,576	49.1	+7.9
	Labour	Bernadette Gallagher	1,222	38.1	+5.6
	Bolton for Change	Sandy Holt	262	8.2	+8.2
	Green	Chich Hewitt	86	2.7	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Wilkes	60	1.9	-1.0
Majority			354	11.0	+2.3
Turnout			3,228	33.2	-1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	UKIP to BFC 10.4

Bromley Cross ward[]

Bromley Cross ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadim Muslim	2,748	61.7	-0.8
	Labour	Emily Mort	1,261	28.3	+12.3
	Green	Liz Spencer	282	6.3	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Turner	164	3.7	-2.2
Majority			1,487	33.4	-13.0
Turnout			4,455	42.8	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 10.3

Crompton ward[]

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rabiya Jiva	2,266	54.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Siraj Patel	1,319	31.8	+1.6
	Bolton for Change	Tracy Fenton	281	6.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	158	3.8	-0.0
	Green	Heather Rylance	124	3.0	-1.0
Majority			947	22.8	+2.5
Turnout			4,148	36.4	-1.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	UKIP to BFC 9.1

Farnworth ward[]

Farnworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Paul Sanders	1,647	49.6	-3.3
	Labour	Nadeem Ayub	1,335	40.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Bashim Dean	279	8.4	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine McPherson	61	1.8	+0.4
Majority			312	9.4	-7.3
Turnout			3,322	30.4	-3.3
	Farnworth and Kearsley First hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 4.9%

Great Lever ward[]

Great Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	2,133	58.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Nalik Nazar	1,190	32.3	-1.3
	Green	David Figgins	223	6.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan McPherson	134	3.6	+0.8
Majority			943	25.6	+7.5
Turnout			3,680	38.5	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 6.8

Halliwell ward[]

Halliwell ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Lewis	2,113	73.4	+9.8
	Conservative	Malaika Dean	529	18.4	+5.1
	Green	Christopher Taylor	103	3.6	-1.4
	Independent	Anthony Massey	79	2.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Newall	55	1.9	-2.3
Majority			1,584	55.0	+3.0
Turnout			2,879	31.2	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 10.2

Harper Green ward[]

Harper Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Champak Mistry	1,565	44.9	-1.6
	Conservative	Fred Khan	922	26.4	+17.5
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Peter Flitcroft	777	22.3	-6.6
	Green	Wendy Shepherd	128	3.7	+0.8
	Bolton for Change	Paul Gannon	54	1.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeleh Hayes	39	1.1	-0.5
Majority			643	18.4	+0.8
Turnout			3,485	34.2	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Heaton and Lostock ward[]

Heaton and Lostock ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Morgan	2,799	57.0	+2.8
	Labour	John Gillatt	1,419	28.9	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Priest	488	9.9	-0.3
	Green	Katie Jones	205	4.2	-1.1
Majority			1,380	28.1	-2.1
Turnout			4,911	45.9	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Labour 5.7

Horwich and Blackrod ward[]

Horwich and Blackrod ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Horwich and Blackrod First	David Grant	1,303	33.0	-4.4
	Conservative	Finlay Stanley	1,288	32.6	+7.9
	Labour	Joan Pritchard-Jones	1,130	28.6	+2.3
	Green	Andrew Bovill	149	3.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Walsh	80	2.0	-1.3
Majority			15	11.1	-10.7
Turnout			3,950	36.2	-2.0
	Horwich and Blackrod First gain from Independent		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 6.4

Horwich North East ward[]

Horwich North East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Silvester	1,412	35.2	+13.2
	Horwich and Blackrod First	Ryan Bamforth	1,077	26.8	-10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Stone	794	19.8	-3.7
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	618	15.4	+6.6
	Green	Keith Cocker	117	2.9	-1.4
Majority			335	8.4
Turnout			4,018	40.3	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	HBF to Labour 11.9

Hulton ward[]

Hulton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Hewitt	1,695	44.9	-1.7
	Labour	Shafaqat Shaikh	1,075	28.4	-5.0
	Green	Paris Hayes	860	22.8	+17.6
	Bolton for Change	Jeff Armstrong	77	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Allen	67	1.8	-1.7
Majority			620	16.4	+3.1
Turnout			3,774	37.2	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Green 14.4

Kearsley ward[]

Kearsley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Tracey Wilkinson	1,779	52.3	-15.4
	Conservative	Mark Cunningham	600	17.6	+12.1
	Labour	Abdul Atcha	528	15.5	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Newall	493	14.5	+10.9
Majority			1,179	34.7	-17.9
Turnout			3,400	32.4	-1.6
	Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Conservative		Swing	FKF to Conservative 13.7

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward[]

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Taylor-Burke	1,536	42.6	+12.8
	Labour	James Entwistle	1,095	30.4	+4.3
	UKIP	Rees Gibbon	585	16.2	-23.1
	Bolton for Change	Brett Varnam	179	5.0	+5.0
	Green	Gillian Hewitt	148	4.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Turner-Preece	46	1.8	-2.8
	For Britain	Simon Collins	16	0.4	+0.4
Majority			441	12.2
Turnout			3,605	37.0	-0.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 12.9

Rumworth ward[]

Rumworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shamim Abdullah	2,417	63.5	-9.3
	Conservative	Shafi Patel	1,100	28.9	+18.0
	Green	Alan Johnson	196	5.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Cooper	90	2.3	+0.2
Majority			1,317	34.6	-27.3
Turnout			3,803	37.5	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Conservative 13.6

Smithills ward[]

Smithills ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hayes	1,728	44.2	-8.0
	Labour	Sorie Seesay	986	25.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Joan Johnson	883	22.9	+10.8
	Bolton for Change	Daniel Bentham	177	4.5	+4.5
	Green	David Ebbitt	134	3.4	+3.4
Majority			742	19.3	-10.0
Turnout			3,908	37.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 11.7

Tonge with The Haulgh ward[]

Tonge with The Haulgh ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Donaghy	1,272	44.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Wesley McArdle	1,120	39.6	+11.8
	Bolton for Change	Trevor Jones	357	12.6	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Forrest	81	2.9	-2.7
Majority			152	5.4	-9.0
Turnout			2,830	30.9	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	UKIP to BFC 18.4

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward[]

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Finney	1,937	46.6	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Price	1,207	29.0	-10.0
	Labour	Zulfi Jiva	652	15.7	+1.6
	Westhoughton First Independent	Jack Speight	201	4.8	-3.1
	Green	Amanda Stewart	107	2.6	+2.6
	Active for Westhoughton	Richard Bates	52	1.2	+1.2
Majority			730	17.6
Turnout			4,156	37.8	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	Lib Dem to Conservative 12.4

Westhoughton South[]

Westhoughton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hill	1,262	36.0	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Maher	955	27.3	-5.8
	Labour	Mike Jarvis	871	24.9	+0.5
	Westhoughton First	Richard Brennan	194	5.5	-5.4
	Active for Westhoughton	Victoria Rowley	129	3.7	+3.7
	Green	Elizabeth McManus	92	2.6	+2.6
Majority			307	8.7
Turnout			3,503	35.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	UKIP to Conservative 15.0

References[]

^ "Notices and results: Local & Mayoral Elections 2021". bolton.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Gee, Chris (7 May 2021). "RECAP: Bolton's borough election 2021 as it happened". Bolton News. Bolton. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[1] "Notices and results: Local & Mayoral Elections 2021". bolton.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[2] Gee, Chris (7 May 2021). "RECAP: Bolton's borough election 2021 as it happened". Bolton News. Bolton. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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