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.

21 seats were contested in the election with 2 seats being contested in the Burnden ward. 12 were won by the Labour Party, with 5 won by the Conservatives and 4 won by the Liberal Democrats

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	0	3	-3	57.1	40.3	27,034	+4.2%
	Conservative	5	1	0	+1	23.8	33.7	22,580	-5.6%
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	0	+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	35.0	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Con to Labour 8.9

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	31.0	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 3.3

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	35.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Con to LD 2.6

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	28.0	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to LD 2.5

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	36.0	−9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	LD to Con 2.0

Burnden (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Howarth	1,280	22.3
	Labour	P Spencer	1,159	20.2
	Conservative	M Idrees	1,154	20.1
	Conservative	M Iqbal	1,105	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Connor	443	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	R Harasiwka	340	5.9
	Socialist Labour	D Entwistle	133	2.3
	Socialist Alliance	D Sumner	115	2.0
Turnout			5,729	38.0	+9.0
	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	34.0	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Ind 18.8

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	28.0	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to LD 5.1

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	34.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Con to LD 4.8

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	34.0	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 33.9

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	20.0	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 3.8

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	32.0	+9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to LD 8.0

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	21.0	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Lab 5.9

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	36.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Con to Labour 4.4

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	28.0	+7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Con to LD 5.6

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	27.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	LD to Labour 5.5

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	34.0	+8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 5.8

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	36.0	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	LD to Labour 4.3

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	32.0	+5.5
	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	28.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	LD to Labour 2.6