2002 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 31
• Conservative 16
• Liberal Democrat 13

Result

Bolton Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12			-3	57.1	40.3	27,034	+4.2%
	Conservative	5			+1	23.8	33.7	22,580	-5.6%
	Liberal Democrats	4			+2	19.0	23.2	15,526	+0.4%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	828	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	459	+0.0%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	425	+0.6%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	197	+0.2%

Ward results

Astley Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Walsh	2,103	53.7	−10.4
	Labour	S Murray	1,358	34.7	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	C McPhearson	452	11.6	+3.0
Majority			745	19.0	−17.8
Turnout			3,913
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackrod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I Seddon	1,255	38.1	+3.8
	Conservative	M Hollick	1,193	36.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	I Hamilton	842	25.6	−0.9
Majority			62	1.8
Turnout			3,290
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Brierley	2,117	55.5	−2.4
	Labour	S Ward	1,110	29.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	S Howarth	587	15.4	+2.8
Majority			1,007	26.4	−2.0
Turnout			3,814
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breightmet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Murray	1,329	46.5	−2.8
	Conservative	R Elliott	1,173	41.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	S Rock	353	12.4	+2.6
Majority			156	5.4	−3.0
Turnout			2,855
	Labour hold		Swing

Bromley Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Carr	2,393	59.7	+2.2
	Labour	A Muscat	1,050	26.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	S Ball	563	14.1	−1.8
Majority			1,343	33.5	+2.6
Turnout			4,006
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnden (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Howarth	1,280
	Labour	P Spencer	1,159
	Conservative	M Idrees	1,154
	Conservative	M Iqbal	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	D Connor	443
	Liberal Democrats	R Harasiwka	340
	Socialist Labour	D Entwistle	133
	Socialist Alliance	D Sumner	115
Turnout			5,729
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Alli	1,270	44.2	−3.7
	Conservative	H Simjee	615	21.4	−21.6
	Independent	V Patel	459	16.0	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Eidlow	278	9.7	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	M Lowe	144	5.0	+5.0
	Socialist Labour	M McLoughlin	108	3.8	+1.3
Majority			655	22.8	+17.9
Turnout			2,874
	Labour hold		Swing

Daubhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Harkin	1,404	55.7	+3.2
	Conservative	J Groak	690	27.4	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	L Greensit	428	17.0	+3.6
Majority			714	28.3	+9.9
Turnout			2,522
	Labour hold		Swing

Deane-cum-Heaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Shaw	2,607	55.4	−4.8
	Labour	J Gillatt	1,199	25.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	S Bromley	902	19.2	+4.8
Majority			1,408	29.9	−4.9
Turnout			4,708
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Adia	2,553	76.7	+31.7
	Conservative	G Peel	384	11.5	−36.2
	Liberal Democrats	S McGeehan	228	6.9	+3.0
	Socialist Labour	A Entwistle	162	4.9	+1.6
Majority			2,169	65.2
Turnout			3,327
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Lord	1,141	59.0	+3.1
	Conservative	R O'Neill	344	17.8	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	A Higson	317	16.4	+1.0
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	133	6.9	+0.5
Majority			797	41.2	+7.6
Turnout			1,935
	Labour hold		Swing

Halliwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Zaman	1,676	52.8	+4.7
	Conservative	J Coombs	724	22.8	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	M Cox	511	16.1	+5.3
	Socialist Labour	H Broadbent	169	5.3	+0.6
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	A Cartmel	96	3.0	+0.1
Majority			952	30.0	+15.5
Turnout			3,176
	Labour hold		Swing

Harper Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Williamson	1,295	57.3	+3.8
	Conservative	R Tyler	506	22.4	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	W Cooper	338	14.9	+3.5
	Socialist Labour	W Kelly	123	5.4	+0.8
Majority			789	34.9	+11.8
Turnout			2,262
	Labour hold		Swing

Horwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R Ronson	2,283	55.2	−1.8
	Labour	M Kilcoyne	1,082	26.2	+4.3
	Conservative	O Fairhurst	687	16.6	−4.5
	Socialist Alliance	R Ince	85	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,101	29.0	−6.1
Turnout			4,137
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hulton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Morgan	1,540	36.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	J Cronnolley	1,451	34.3	+5.4
	Labour	E Hyland	1,236	29.2	+0.4
Majority			89	2.1	−11.2
Turnout			4,227
	Conservative gain from Labour

Kearsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W Collison	1,357	48.4	−5.3
	Labour	D Burrows	1,182	42.2	+5.7
	Conservative	S Kesler	263	9.4	−0.4
Majority			175	6.2	−11.0
Turnout			2,802
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Little Lever

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Connell	1,550	49.4	+4.5
	Conservative	J Tyler	1,153	36.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	B Crook	351	11.2	+0.0
	Socialist Alliance	D Kemp	81	2.6	+2.6
Majority			397	12.6	+11.6
Turnout			3,135
	Labour hold		Swing

Smithills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R Hayes	1,836	59.0	−5.4
	Conservative	D Bagnall	605	19.4	−1.0
	Labour	S Hynes	572	18.4	+3.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	F Calvert	101	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,231	39.6	−4.4
Turnout			3,114
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tonge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F White	1,345	52.4	+3.7
	Conservative	N Ford	879	34.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	M Langdon	342	13.3	+6.1
Majority			466	18.1	−4.0
Turnout			2,566
	Labour hold		Swing

Westhoughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J Silvester	1,324	49.8	−2.0
	Labour	D Chadwick	988	37.2	+3.3
	Conservative	J Batley	345	13.0	−1.2
Majority			336	12.6	−5.3
Turnout			2,657
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

References

Preceded by Bolton Council election, 2000

Bolton local elections

Succeeded by Bolton Council election, 2003