Bolton Council election, 2006

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

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 37.7
votes = 25,452
plus/minus = +5.8%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 35.0
votes % = 40.1
votes = 27,096
plus/minus = +3.2%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 4
net = -4
seats % = 15.0
votes % = 18.9
votes = 12,789
plus/minus = -11.0%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.2
votes = 1,500
plus/minus = +1.9%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.6
votes = 379
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Veritas (political party)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 288
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Walsh
votes = 2,424
percentage = 65.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Muhammad Rafiq
votes = 686
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jaleh Salari
votes = 351
percentage = 9.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Broadbent
votes = 250
percentage = 6.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,738
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,711
percentage = 36.0
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Brierley
votes = 2,319
percentage = 64.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janice Sutton
votes = 751
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Howarth
votes = 539
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,568
percentage = 43.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,609
percentage = 39.0
change = -6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynda Byrne
votes = 1,435
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Elliot
votes = 1,358
percentage = 43.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Hill
votes = 351
percentage = 11.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage = 2.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,144
percentage = 31.0
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Greenhalgh
votes = 2,725
percentage = 64.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Terrible
votes = 712
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Atty
votes = 462
percentage = 11.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Elizbaeth Spencer
votes = 297
percentage = 7.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,013
percentage = 47.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,196
percentage = 40.0
change = -8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sufrana Bashir-Ismail
votes = 1,932
percentage = 44.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valibhai Patel
votes = 1,132
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Fairclough
votes = 941
percentage = 21.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = Anthony Backhouse
votes = 190
percentage = 4.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Lowe
votes = 129
percentage = 3.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 800
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,324
percentage = 43.0
change = +0.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Spencer
votes = 1,296
percentage = 58.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Taylor
votes = 509
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Connor
votes = 394
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 787
percentage = 35.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,199
percentage = 21.0
change = -6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Ayub
votes = 1,889
percentage = 58.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Wild
votes = 669
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gulamali Jiva
votes = 335
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alan Johnson
votes = 327
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,220
percentage = 37.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,220
percentage = 34.0
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Akhtar Zaman
votes = 2,289
percentage = 69.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jamie Douglas
votes = 605
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nathan Biney
votes = 404
percentage = 12.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,684
percentage = 51.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,298
percentage = 34.0
change = -1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Laurence Williamson
votes = 1,194
percentage = 49.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Tyler
votes = 768
percentage = 31.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Willis
votes = 454
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 426
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,416
percentage = 25.0
change = -5.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Shaw
votes = 3,329
percentage = 69.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gillatt
votes = 828
percentage = 17.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Snowden
votes = 668
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,501
percentage = 51.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,825
percentage = 46.0
change = -7.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Hollick
votes = 1,151
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Isabel Seddon
votes = 1,105
percentage = 33.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Cronnolley
votes = 1,025
percentage = 31.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 46
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,281
percentage = 35.0
change = -7.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Rock
votes = 1,449
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Wallen
votes = 1,169
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Madeline Murray
votes = 1,004
percentage = 27.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 280
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,622
percentage = 38.0
change = -8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Morgan
votes = 1,741
percentage = 53.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Romanna Kowalczuk
votes = 1,051
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Linden Greensitt
votes = 463
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 690
percentage = 21.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,255
percentage = 33.0
change = -8.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Burrows
votes = 1,158
percentage = 42.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Collison
votes = 1,079
percentage = 39.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diane Bamber
votes = 487
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 79
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,724
percentage = 28.0
change = -5.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sean Hornby
votes = 1,573
percentage = 42.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Broadie
votes = 1,427
percentage = 38.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alwynne Cartmell
votes = 345
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wendy Connor
votes = 298
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = William Jones
votes = 98
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 146
percentage = 3.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,741
percentage = 40.0
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ismail Ibrahim
votes = 2,028
percentage = 68.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Heyes
votes = 932
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,096
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,960
percentage = 29.0
change = -9.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Silvester
votes = 1,621
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Bray
votes = 1,345
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Hayes
votes = 861
percentage = 22.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 276
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,827
percentage = 38.0
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Peel
votes = 1,598
percentage = 54.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mudasir Dean
votes = 874
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosalind Harasiwka
votes = 252
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = James Tomkinson
votes = 227
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 724
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,951
percentage = 31.0
change = -6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Higson
votes = 1,486
percentage = 43.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Chadwick
votes = 1,146
percentage = 33.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Gilfallan
votes = 515
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Eric Hyland
votes = 304
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 342
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,451
percentage = 35.0
change = -8.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julia Silvester
votes = 997
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Ramsden
votes = 916
percentage = 33.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Baker
votes = 837
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 81
percentage = 3.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,750
percentage = 30.0
change = -6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

sequence
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References

* [http://www.bolton.gov.uk/pls/portal92/docs/PAGE/CENTRAL_SERVICES_DEPARTMENT/CIVIC%20AND%20ADMIN/DEMOCRATIC%20SERVICES/ELECTIONS/2006RESULTS.HTM Official Bolton Results page] . Accessed 4th June 2006