2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
# 2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

20 seats were contested with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3.

After the election, the composition of the council was

* Labour 26
* Conservative 22
* Liberal Democrat 12

## Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2007 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | | 36.5 | 24,426 | -1.2 |
| Conservative | 7 | 2 | 1 | +1 | | 39.8 | 26,637 | -0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | | 19.7 | 13,187 | +0.8 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 2,148 | +1.0 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 524 | +0.8 |
| Veritas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 74 | -0.3 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

| 22 | 21 | 17 |
| - | - | - |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |

After the election the composition of the council was:

| 26 | 22 | 12 |
| - | - | - |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |

## Ward results

### Astley Bridge ward

Astley Bridge ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Stuart Lever | 1,989 | 57.7 | -12.3 |
| | Labour | Joe Hayes | 822 | 23.8 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Atty | 639 | 18.5 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,167 | 33.8 | -13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,450 | 33.5 | -2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to LD 10.3 | |

### Bradshaw ward

Bradshaw ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Diana Brierley | 2,334 | 65.5 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Jim Cottam | 618 | 17.3 | -3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Howarth | 446 | 12.5 | -2.4 |
| | Green | Anne Mumberson | 167 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,716 | 48.1 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,565 | 38.8 | -0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Labour to Green 4.1 | |

### Breightmet ward

Breightmet ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | John Byrne | 1,691 | 48.3 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Norris | 1,431 | 40.9 | -2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Rae Hill | 241 | 6.9 | -4.3 |
| | Green | Lynne Hyland | 140 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 7.4 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,503 | 34.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | LD to Green 4.1 | |

### Bromley Cross ward

Bromley Cross ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Norman Critchley | 2,784 | 66.7 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Anthony Muscat Terrible | 677 | 16.2 | -0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine MacPherson | 362 | 8.7 | -2.3 |
| | Green | Liz Spencer | 350 | 8.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,107 | 50.5 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,173 | 39.6 | -0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 2.0 | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Emma Scowcroft | 1,662 | 52.3 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Don Fairclough | 1,035 | 32.6 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Warren | 482 | 15.2 | -11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 627 | 19.7 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,179 | 30.7 | -12.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Con 10.9 | |

### Farnworth ward

Farnworth ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jean Cottam | 1,107 | 42.5 | -16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tariq Aziz | 920 | 35.3 | +17.4 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Kenny | 399 | 15.3 | -7.8 |
| | Green | Ria Greenhalgh | 179 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 7.2 | -28.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,605 | 24.0 | +3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Labour to LD 16.9 | |

### Great Lever ward

Great Lever ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Madeline Murray | 1,601 | 47.1 | -11.6 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Idrees | 1,276 | 37.5 | +16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Connor | 306 | 9.0 | -1.4 |
| | Green | Alan Johnson | 219 | 6.4 | -3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 9.5 | -28.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,402 | 34.9 | -3.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | Labour to Con 14.1 | |

### Halliwell ward

Halliwell ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Linda Thomas | 1,802 | 64.8 | -4.6 |
| | Conservative | Martin Grindrod | 517 | 18.6 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin McLoughlin | 463 | 16.6 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,285 | 46.2 | -4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,782 | 28.5 | -5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Labour to LD 4.5 | |

### Harper Green ward

Harper Green ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Margaret Clare | 1,182 | 50.9 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Tyler | 719 | 31.0 | -0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Connor | 419 | 18.1 | -0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | 19.9 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,320 | 23.4 | -1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 1.1 | |

### Heaton and Lostock ward

Heaton and Lostock ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bob Allen | 3,199 | 68.9 | -0.1 |
| | Labour | John Gillatt | 908 | 19.5 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathon Evans | 538 | 11.6 | -2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,291 | 49.3 | -2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,645 | 43.9 | -2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Labour 2.2 | |

### Horwich and Blackrod ward

Horwich and Blackrod ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | John Raymond Barrow | 1,325 | 41.2 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Isabel Seddon | 1,162 | 36.1 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter McGeehan | 731 | 22.7 | -8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,218 | 33.6 | -1.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Con 7.3 | |

### Horwich North East ward

Horwich North East ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Ronson | 1,807 | 49.8 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Wallan | 1,038 | 28.6 | -3.7 |
| | Labour | Kevan Jones | 787 | 21.7 | -6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 769 | 21.2 | +13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,632 | 36.8 | -1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | Labour to LD 7.9 | |

### Hulton ward

Hulton ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Phillip Ascroft | 1,692 | 52.5 | -1.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Francis | 1,088 | 33.8 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linden Greensitt | 441 | 13.7 | -0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | 18.7 | -2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,221 | 32.2 | -0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 1.2 | |

### Kearsley ward

Kearsley ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rothwell | 1,215 | 42.4 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Guy Harkin | 1,188 | 41.5 | -1.0 |
| | Conservative | Diane Bamber | 463 | 16.2 | -1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,866 | 28.4 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | Con to LD 2.0 | |

### Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Anthony Connell | 1,667 | 43.2 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Rees Gibbon | 1,596 | 41.3 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Hyde | 323 | 8.4 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 275 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 1.8 | -2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,861 | 39.8 | -0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Green to Con 2.1 | |

### Rumworth ward

Rumworth ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ebrahim Adia | 2,079 | 64.4 | -4.1 |
| | Conservative | John (Jack) Heyes | 668 | 20.7 | -10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Bridger | 480 | 14.9 | +14.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,411 | 43.7 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,227 | 31.1 | +2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Con to LD 12.8 | |

### Smithills ward

Smithills ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Swarbrick | 1,763 | 47.6 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Bray | 1,044 | 28.2 | -6.9 |
| | Labour | James Shaw | 680 | 18.4 | -4.1 |
| | Green | Rachel Mann | 218 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 719 | 19.4 | +12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,705 | 36.7 | -1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | Con to Green 6.4 | |

### Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Tonge with the Haulgh ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Elaine Sherrington | 1,463 | 44.9 | -9.3 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Ford | 831 | 25.5 | -4.1 |
| | BNP | David Wood | 524 | 16.1 | +16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Harasiwka | 236 | 7.2 | -1.3 |
| | Green | James Tomkinson | 133 | 4.7 | -3.6 |
| | Veritas | Anthony Backhouse | 74 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 19.4 | -5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,261 | 34.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Labour to BNP 12.7 | |

### Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | June Patricia Allen | 1,482 | 41.9 | -1.2 |
| | Labour | Arthur Price | 1,219 | 34.4 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Halliwell | 651 | 18.4 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Laura Spencer | 188 | 5.3 | -3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 7.4 | -2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,540 | 33.7 | -1.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | Green to LD 3.5 | |

### Weshoughton South ward

Weshoughton South ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Chadwick | 1,023 | 36.0 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Christine Wild | 815 | 28.7 | -1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Rigby | 724 | 25.5 | -10.8 |
| | Green | Eric Hyland | 279 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,841 | 30.0 | +0.0 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Green 9.3 | |
