Bolton Council election, 2006
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Elections to Bolton Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.3%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 22
- Conservative 21
- Liberal Democrat 17
[edit] Election result
| Bolton Local Election Result 2006 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.0 | 37.7 | 25,452 | +5.8% | |
| Conservative | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 35.0 | 40.1 | 27,096 | +3.2% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 15.0 | 18.9 | 12,789 | -11.0% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1,500 | +1.9% | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 379 | +0.3% | |
| Veritas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 288 | +0.4% | |
[edit] Ward results
| Astley Bridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Walsh | 2,424 | 65.3 | ||
| Labour | Muhammad Rafiq | 686 | 18.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Jaleh Salari | 351 | 9.5 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Howard Broadbent | 250 | 6.7 | ||
| Majority | 1,738 | 46.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,711 | 36.0 | -4.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Bradshaw | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Paul Brierley | 2,319 | 64.3 | ||
| Labour | Janice Sutton | 751 | 20.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Howarth | 539 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,568 | 43.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,609 | 39.0 | -6.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Breightmet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lynda Byrne | 1,435 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Elliot | 1,358 | 43.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Edward Hill | 351 | 11.2 | ||
| Majority | 77 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,144 | 31.0 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Bromley Cross | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Greenhalgh | 2,725 | 64.9 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Terrible | 712 | 17.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Clive Atty | 462 | 11.0 | ||
| Green | Elizbaeth Spencer | 297 | 7.1 | ||
| Majority | 2,013 | 47.9 | |||
| Turnout | 4,196 | 40.0 | -8.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Crompton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 1,932 | 44.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Valibhai Patel | 1,132 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Donald Fairclough | 941 | 21.8 | ||
| Veritas | Anthony Backhouse | 190 | 4.4 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Lynne Lowe | 129 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 800 | 18.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,324 | 43.0 | +0.0 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Farnworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Noel Spencer | 1,296 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Taylor | 509 | 23.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David Connor | 394 | 17.9 | ||
| Majority | 787 | 35.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,199 | 21.0 | -6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Great Lever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 1,889 | 58.7 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Wild | 669 | 20.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Gulamali Jiva | 335 | 10.4 | ||
| Green | Alan Johnson | 327 | 10.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,220 | 37.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,220 | 34.0 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Halliwell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 2,289 | 69.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie Douglas | 605 | 18.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Nathan Biney | 404 | 12.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,684 | 51.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,298 | 34.0 | -1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Harper Green | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Laurence Williamson | 1,194 | 49.4 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Tyler | 768 | 31.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Willis | 454 | 18.8 | ||
| Majority | 426 | 17.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,416 | 25.0 | -5.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Heaton and Lostock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Shaw | 3,329 | 69.0 | ||
| Labour | John Gillatt | 828 | 17.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Snowden | 668 | 13.8 | ||
| Majority | 2,501 | 51.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,825 | 46.0 | -7.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Horwich and Blackrod | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Hollick | 1,151 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | Isabel Seddon | 1,105 | 33.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | John Cronnolley | 1,025 | 31.2 | ||
| Majority | 46 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,281 | 35.0 | -7.0 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Horwich North East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Rock | 1,449 | 40.0 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Wallen | 1,169 | 32.3 | ||
| Labour | Madeline Murray | 1,004 | 27.7 | ||
| Majority | 280 | 7.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,622 | 38.0 | -8.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Hulton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Morgan | 1,741 | 53.5 | ||
| Labour | Romanna Kowalczuk | 1,051 | 32.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Linden Greensitt | 463 | 14.2 | ||
| Majority | 690 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,255 | 33.0 | -8.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Kearsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Burrows | 1,158 | 42.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | William Collison | 1,079 | 39.6 | ||
| Conservative | Diane Bamber | 487 | 17.9 | ||
| Majority | 79 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,724 | 28.0 | -5.0 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Little Lever and Darcy Lever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sean Hornby | 1,573 | 42.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Broadie | 1,427 | 38.1 | ||
| Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 345 | 9.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Wendy Connor | 298 | 8.0 | ||
| Veritas | William Jones | 98 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 146 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,741 | 40.0 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Rumworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 2,028 | 68.5 | ||
| Conservative | John Heyes | 932 | 31.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,096 | 37.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,960 | 29.0 | -9.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Smithills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Silvester | 1,621 | 42.4 | ||
| Conservative | Dennis Bray | 1,345 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Hayes | 861 | 22.5 | ||
| Majority | 276 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,827 | 38.0 | -4.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Tonge with the Haulgh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Nicholas Peel | 1,598 | 54.2 | ||
| Conservative | Mudasir Dean | 874 | 29.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Rosalind Harasiwka | 252 | 8.5 | ||
| Green | James Tomkinson | 227 | 7.7 | ||
| Majority | 724 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,951 | 31.0 | -6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Westhoughton North & Chew Moor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Higson | 1,486 | 43.1 | ||
| Labour | David Chadwick | 1,146 | 33.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | James Gilfallan | 515 | 14.9 | ||
| Green | Eric Hyland | 304 | 8.8 | ||
| Majority | 342 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,451 | 35.0 | -8.0 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Westhoughton South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julia Silvester | 997 | 36.3 | ||
| Labour | Barbara Ramsden | 916 | 33.3 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Baker | 837 | 30.4 | ||
| Majority | 81 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,750 | 30.0 | -6.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by Bolton Council election 2004 |
Bolton local elections | Succeeded by Bolton Council election 2007 |
[edit] References
- Official Bolton Results page. Accessed 4th June 2006

