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.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bolton Local Election Result 2002
	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		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,103	53.7	−10.4
	Labour	1,358	34.7	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	452	11.6	+3.0
Majority		745	19.0	−17.8
Turnout		3,913

Blackrod
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,255	38.1	+3.8
	Conservative	1,193	36.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	842	25.6	−0.9
Majority		62	1.8
Turnout		3,290

Bradshaw
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,117	55.5	−2.4
	Labour	1,110	29.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	587	15.4	+2.8
Majority		1,007	26.4	−2.0
Turnout		3,814

Breightmet
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,329	46.5	−2.8
	Conservative	1,173	41.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	353	12.4	+2.6
Majority		156	5.4	−3.0
Turnout		2,855

Bromley Cross
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,393	59.7	+2.2
	Labour	1,050	26.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	563	14.1	−1.8
Majority		1,343	33.5	+2.6
Turnout		4,006

Burnden (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	1,280
	Labour	1,159
	Conservative	1,154
	Conservative	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	443
	Liberal Democrats	340
	Socialist Labour	133
	Socialist Alliance	115
Turnout		5,729

Central
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,270	44.2	−3.7
	Conservative	615	21.4	−21.6
	Independent	459	16.0	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	278	9.7	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	144	5.0	+5.0
	Socialist Labour	108	3.8	+1.3
Majority		655	22.8	+17.9
Turnout		2,874

Daubhill
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,404	55.7	+3.2
	Conservative	690	27.4	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	428	17.0	+3.6
Majority		714	28.3	+9.9
Turnout		2,522

Deane-cum-Heaton
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,607	55.4	−4.8
	Labour	1,199	25.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	902	19.2	+4.8
Majority		1,408	29.9	−4.9
Turnout		4,708

Derby
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,553	76.7	+31.7
	Conservative	384	11.5	−36.2
	Liberal Democrats	228	6.9	+3.0
	Socialist Labour	162	4.9	+1.6
Majority		2,169	65.2
Turnout		3,327

Farnworth
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,141	59.0	+3.1
	Conservative	344	17.8	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	317	16.4	+1.0
	Socialist Labour	133	6.9	+0.5
Majority		797	41.2	+7.6
Turnout		1,935

Halliwell
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,676	52.8	+4.7
	Conservative	724	22.8	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	511	16.1	+5.3
	Socialist Labour	169	5.3	+0.6
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	96	3.0	+0.1
Majority		952	30.0	+15.5
Turnout		3,176

Harper Green
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,295	57.3	+3.8
	Conservative	506	22.4	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	338	14.9	+3.5
	Socialist Labour	123	5.4	+0.8
Majority		789	34.9	+11.8
Turnout		2,262

Horwich
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,283	55.2	−1.8
	Labour	1,082	26.2	+4.3
	Conservative	687	16.6	−4.5
	Socialist Alliance	85	2.1	+2.1
Majority		1,101	29.0	−6.1
Turnout		4,137

Hulton Park
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,540	36.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,451	34.3	+5.4
	Labour	1,236	29.2	+0.4
Majority		89	2.1	−11.2
Turnout		4,227

Kearsley
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,357	48.4	−5.3
	Labour	1,182	42.2	+5.7
	Conservative	263	9.4	−0.4
Majority		175	6.2	−11.0
Turnout		2,802

Little Lever
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,550	49.4	+4.5
	Conservative	1,153	36.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	351	11.2	+0.0
	Socialist Alliance	81	2.6	+2.6
Majority		397	12.6	+11.6
Turnout		3,135

Smithills
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,836	59.0	−5.4
	Conservative	605	19.4	−1.0
	Labour	572	18.4	+3.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	101	3.2	+3.2
Majority		1,231	39.6	−4.4
Turnout		3,114

Tonge
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,345	52.4	+3.7
	Conservative	879	34.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	342	13.3	+6.1
Majority		466	18.1	−4.0
Turnout		2,566

Westhoughton
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,324	49.8	−2.0
	Labour	988	37.2	+3.3
	Conservative	345	13.0	−1.2
Majority		336	12.6	−5.3
Turnout		2,657

Preceded by Bolton Council election 2000	Bolton local elections	Succeeded by Bolton Council election 2003