2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2016 UK local government election April 2016 April 2016 thumb|right|300px|2016 local election results in Bolton 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.The full list of candidates The Bolton News 4 8 April 2016https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35813119 Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland 21 April 2016 BBC News 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.Ward results The Bolton News 5 7 May 2016 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 Labour Party (UK) 12 1 3 -2 60.0 40.8 29,599 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 1 0 25.0 25.6 18,564 -4.3 UK Independence Party 2 2 0 +2 10.0 19.3 13,987 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 5.0 11.1 8,028 +3.8 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2,193 -0.9 Independent (politician) 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 Conservative Party (UK) Hilary Fairclough 1,891 42.5 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Morris 1,114 25.1 -4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Warren Fox 912 20.5 +16.3 UKIP John Toone 440 9.9 -11.1 Green Party of England and Wales Benjamin Deed 88 2.0 -1.6 777 17.5 +5.9 4,445 44.0 -24.1 Conservative Party (UK) UKIP to Lib Dem 13.7 Bradshaw ward Bradshaw ward Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Radcliffe 1,886 50.5 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Shepherd 924 24.8 +1.1 UKIP Stephen Thomas 524 14.0 -2.6 Independent (politician) Eric Hyland 201 5.4 +2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Garry Veevers 100 2.7 -1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Daniel Bolton 96 2.6 -0.7 962 25.8 -1.2 3,635 42.9 -28.4 Conservative Party (UK) UKIP to Independent 2.5 Breightmet ward Breightmet ward Labour Party (UK) Debrorah Newall 1,230 35.8 -5.1 UKIP Harry Lamb 1,130 32.9 +5.5 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra MacNeill 888 25.9 +1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Howarth 94 2.7 +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Pamela Spurling 89 2.6 -1.6 100 2.9 -10.6 3,431 37.0 -22.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour to UKIP 5.3 Bromley Cross ward Bromley Cross ward Conservative Party (UK) Alan Wilkinson 2,443 56.8 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Knowles 1,022 23.7 +3.3 UKIP Brett Varnam 460 10.7 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Walsh 196 4.6 -0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Spencer 183 4.3 -1.2 1,421 33.0 -2.4 4,304 41.8 -31.5 Conservative Party (UK) UKIP to Labour 3.1 Crompton ward Crompton ward Labour Party (UK) Hanif Darvesh 2,432 67.5 +4.6 UKIP Paul Eccles 702 19.5 +19.5 Conservative Party (UK) Nadim Muslim 338 9.4 -12.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Warren 132 3.7 -6.7 1,730 48.0 +6.7 3,604 39.5 -20.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to UKIP 15.9 Farnworth ward Councillor Ibrahim resigned in February 2018 due to time pressures. Holland Daniel By-elections called in Farnworth and Westhoughton http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15917907.By_elections_called_in_Farnworth_and_Westhoughton/ The Bolton News 3 February 2018 27 April 2018 Paul Sanders of the Farnworth & Kearsley First Party won the by-election a month later. Naylor Mary Farnworth & Kearsley First win first council seat, Lib Dems take Westhoughton http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/bolton/16074979.Farnworth___Kearsley_First_win_first_council_seat__Lib_Dems_take_Westhoughton/ The Bolton News 8 March 2018 27 April 2018 Farnworth ward Labour Party (UK) Asif Ibrahim 1,417 48.4 -1.9 UKIP Andrew Mabon 1,066 36.4 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Aidan Meagan 253 8.6 -4.8 Green Party of England and Wales Trevor Bonfield 103 3.5 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Glen Atkinson 89 3.0 +0.3 351 12.0 -8.0 2,928 28.7 -20.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to UKIP 5.5 Great Lever ward Great Lever ward Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Iqbal 2,192 69.5 +2.6 UKIP Dot Sexton 407 12.9 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Waqas 241 7.6 -4.8 Green Party of England and Wales David Figgins 191 6.1 +2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Graham 124 3.9 +1.5 1,785 56.6 +4.4 3,156 34.3 -21.2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to Labour 3.7 Halliwell ward Halliwell ward Labour Party (UK) Clifford Morris 2,042 66.6 +3.5 UKIP Sandra Harvey 503 16.4 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Mather 260 8.5 -1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ian McHugh 137 4.5 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan New 122 4.0 +1.5 1,539 50.2 +5.0 3,064 35.5 -19.6 Labour Party (UK) UKIP to Labour 2.5 Harper Green ward Harper Green ward Labour Party (UK) Champak Mistry 1,489 49.3 -2.3 UKIP David Harvey 978 32.4 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Tyler 354 11.7 -3.5 Green Party of England and Wales Michelle Broderick 105 3.5 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Walsh 94 3.1 -0.3 520 17.2 -6.6 3,029 31.8 -24.5 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to UKIP 4.1 Heaton and Lostock ward Heaton and Lostock ward Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Morgan 2,680 56.2 Labour Party (UK) Gerald Carter 1,285 27.0 UKIP Jonathan Baxendale 402 8.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebekah Fairhurst 263 5.5 Green Party of England and Wales Laura Diggle 136 2.9 1,395 29.3 4,766 45.9 -20.9 Conservative Party (UK) Horwich and Blackrod ward Horwich and Blackrod ward Labour Party (UK) Ann Cunliffe 1,516 42.5 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Forshaw 1,054 29.6 -1.5 UKIP Derek Snowden 679 19.0 -2.6 Green Party of England and Wales Keith Cocker 192 5.4 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Bagnall 125 3.5 -1.5 462 12.9 +6.6 3,566 35.7 -30.6 Labour Party (UK) UKIP to Labour 3.8 Horwich North East ward Horwich North East ward Labour Co-operative Richard Silvester 1,612 40.9 +11.3 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Galloway 801 20.3 -4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Rock 795 20.2 +6.6 UKIP Jeffrey Armstrong 543 13.8 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Roderick Riesco 193 4.9 +1.2 811 20.6 +15.4 3,944 40.7 -27.1 Labour Co-operative Conservative to Labour Co-op 7.8 Hulton ward Hulton ward Labour Party (UK) Darren Whitehead 1,374 37.0 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Bullock 1,214 32.7 +1.6 UKIP Joan Johnson 909 24.5 -4.3 Green Party of England and Wales James Tomkinson 122 3.3 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Cooper 92 2.5 -0.7 160 4.3 +1.7 3,711 38.4 -25.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) UKIP to Labour 3.8 Kearsley ward Kearsley ward UKIP Mark Cunningham 1,480 45.2 +13.7 Labour Party (UK) Carol Burrows 1,248 38.2 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Elliot 300 9.2 -7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Aaron Hepworth 243 7.4 -2.1 232 7.1 3,271 31.8 -27.1 UK Independence Party Labour Party (UK) Conservative to UKIP 10.7 Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward UKIP Rees Gibbons 1,572 39.3 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) David Evans 1,098 27.4 -3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Hyde 813 20.3 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Elliot 429 10.7 -11.2 Green Party of England and Wales Edmund Dunsdon 90 2.2 -0.9 474 7.1 +6.5 4,002 42.2 -23.5 UK Independence Party Labour Party (UK) Conservative to UKIP 9.3 Rumworth ward Rumworth ward Labour Party (UK) Rosa Kay 2,568 72.2 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Hafiz Bhutt 373 10.5 -2.1 UKIP Kathleen Richardson 354 10.0 +10.0 Green Party of England and Wales Alan Johnson 179 5.0 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Amos 82 2.3 +0.0 2,195 61.7 -2.9 3,556 37.0 -22.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour to UKIP 7.5 Smithills ward Smithills ward Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Hayes 2,287 50.8 +14.0 Labour Co-operative John Gillatt 1,152 25.6 -1.9 UKIP Roy Marsh 546 12.1 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Haslam 414 9.2 -7.5 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Middleshaw 98 2.2 -1.1 1,134 25.2 +15.3 4,498 45.1 -23.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative to Lib Dem 10.7 Tonge with the Haulgh ward Tonge with the Haulgh ward Labour Party (UK) Martin Donaghy 1,415 45.9 +3.1 UKIP Derek Fisher 1,030 33.4 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Kirk 448 14.5 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Langdon 109 3.5 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales Alexander Parkinson 83 2.7 -1.1 385 12.5 +1.4 3,085 35.4 -21.5 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to Labour 3.4 Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward Conservative Party (UK) Christine Wild 1,600 39.0 Labour Party (UK) Anne Graham 1,336 32.5 UKIP George Bown 697 17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Gradwell 360 8.8 Green Party of England and Wales Heather Rylance 113 2.8 264 6.4 4,106 38.5 -21.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Westhoughton South ward Westhoughton South ward Labour Party (UK) Anna-Marie Watters 1,123 32.7 -7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Wilkinson 996 29.0 +21.4 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Winrow Baker 696 20.3 -8.2 UKIP Martin Tighe 621 18.1 -2.5 127 3.7 -7.5 3,436 35.8 -28.6 Labour Party (UK) Conservative to Lib Dem 14.8 References Bolton 2016 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016