- Bolton Council election, 2007
Elections to Bolton Council were held on
3 May ,2007 . One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 26
*Conservative 22
*Liberal Democrat 12Ward results
Astley Bridge ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Lever
votes = 1,989
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joe Hayes
votes = 822
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Clive Atty
votes = 639
percentage =
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votes = 1,167
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 33.53
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Bradshaw ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diana Brierley
votes = 2,334
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Cottam
votes = 618
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Steve Howarth
votes = 446
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anne Mumberson
votes = 167
percentage =
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votes = 1,716
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 38.84
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Breightmet ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Byrne
votes = 1,691
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Norris
votes = 1,431
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Edward Rae Hill
votes = 241
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Lynne Hyland
votes = 140
percentage =
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votes = 260
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 34.58
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Bromley Cross ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Critchley
votes = 2,784
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Muscat Terrible
votes = 677
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Christine MacPherson
votes = 362
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Liz Spencer
votes = 350
percentage =
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votes = 2,107
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 39.62
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Crompton ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Scowcroft
votes = 1,662
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Don Fairclough
votes = 1,035
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Anne Warren
votes = 482
percentage =
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votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 30.71
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Farnworth ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Cottam
votes = 1,107
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Tariq Aziz
votes = 920
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Kenny
votes = 399
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ria Greenhalgh
votes = 179
percentage =
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votes = 187
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 23.96
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Great Lever ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Madeline Murray
votes = 1,601
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Idrees
votes = 1,276
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Wendy Connor
votes = 306
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alan Johnson
votes = 219
percentage =
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votes = 325
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 34.94
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Halliwell ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Thomas
votes = 1,802
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Grindrod
votes = 517
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Martin McLoughlin
votes = 463
percentage =
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votes = 1,285
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 28.5
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Harper Green ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Clare
votes = 1,182
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Tyler
votes = 719
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Dave Connor
votes = 419
percentage =
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votes = 463
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 23.37
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Heaton and Lostock ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Allen
votes = 3,199
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gillatt
votes = 908
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jonathon Evans
votes = 538
percentage =
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votes = 2,291
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 43.88
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Horwich and Blackrod ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Raymond Barrow
votes = 1,325
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Isabel Seddon
votes = 1,162
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Peter McGeehan
votes = 731
percentage =
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votes = 163
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 33.59
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Horwich North East ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Robert Ronson
votes = 1,807
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Wallan
votes = 1,038
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevan Jones
votes = 787
percentage =
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votes = 769
percentage = 36.78
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percentage =
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winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =Hulton ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Francis
votes = 1,088
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Ashcroft
votes = 1,692
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Linden Greensitt
votes = 441
percentage =
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votes = 604
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 32.16
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Kearsley ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Margaret Rothwell
votes = 1,215
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Guy Harkin
votes = 1,188
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diane Bamber
votes = 463
percentage =
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votes = 27
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 28.37
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winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Connell
votes = 1,667
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rees Gibbon
votes = 1,596
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Eric Hyde
votes = 323
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alwynne Cartmell
votes = 275
percentage =
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votes = 71
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 39.82
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Rumworth ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ebrahim Adia
votes = 2,079
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John (Jack) Heyes
votes = 668
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Sandra Bridger
votes = 480
percentage =
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votes = 1,411
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 31.14
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =mithills ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Carole Swarbrick
votes = 1,763
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Bray
votes = 1,044
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Shaw
votes = 680
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Rachel Mann
votes = 218
percentage =
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votes = 719
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 36.75
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winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Sherrington
votes = 1,463
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Ford
votes = 831
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = David Wood
votes = 524
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Rosalind Harasiwka
votes = 236
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = James Tomkinson
votes = 133
percentage =
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party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = Anthony Backhouse
votes = 74
percentage =
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votes = 632
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 34.56
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winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Weshoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = June Patricia Allen
votes = 1,482
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Price
votes = 1,219
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ronald Halliwell
votes = 651
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Laura Spencer
votes = 188
percentage =
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votes = 263
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 33.67
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winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Weshoughton South ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Chadwick
votes = 1,023
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Wild
votes = 815
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Pamela Rigby
votes = 724
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Eric Hyland
votes = 279
percentage =
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votes = 208
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 30.01
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =sequence
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* [http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2007/5/4/990107.html Bolton Council election results in full] , "The
Bolton Evening News ", first published 4 May 2007.
* [http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2007/5/4/990090.html Labour beat of Tory challenge to tighten grip in council chamber] , "TheBolton Evening News ", first published 4 May 2007.
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