Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Following a four-year cycle, one third of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England, is elected each year for three consecutive years, followed by one year without an election. The council has 60 councillors with 3 elected from each of the 20 wards.[1]

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

PartyPeriod
Conservative ||align=center| 1973–1980
Labour ||align=center| 1980–2003
No overall control2003–2011
Labour ||align=center| 2011–2019
No overall controlsince 2019

Council elections

Between 1973 and 1980, there were 69 councillors; three seats for each of the 23 wards. Following ward boundary changes for the 1980 election, the number of wards was reduced to 20 and all 60 seats were contested.[3] Further boundary changes were made for the 2004 election and again all council seats were contested.[4]

By-election results
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
Daubhill by-election
10 April 1997 [8][9][10]
triggered by the disqualification of Cllr. Martin Donaghy
Turnout: 2,036 (24.0%)		Labour hold
Majority: 1,070 (52.5%) 		Dennis BarlowLabour1,40268.8
Jean Walsh Conservative33216.3
Margaret Rothwell Liberal Democrats1828.9
Doris Kelly Socialist Labour1205.9
Daubhill by-election
21 November 2002 [11][12][13]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Dennis Barlow
Turnout: 1,933 (21.4%)		Labour hold
Majority: 96 (5.0%) 		Paul FitzpatrickLabour72137.3-18.4
Linden Greensitt Liberal Democrats62532.3+15.3
Yakub Jiva Conservative58730.4+3.0
Crompton by-election
13 July 2006 [14][15][16]
triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Iqbal Patel
Turnout: 3,126 (30.7%)		Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Majority: 815 (26.1%) 		Hanif DarveshLabour1,79357.4+33.8
Donald Fairclough Conservative97831.3+11.4
John Cronnelly Liberal Democrats2247.2-39.8
Rachel Mann Green963.1+3.1
Lynne Lowe Socialist Labour351.1-3.7
Crompton by-election
1 October 2009 [17][18]
triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Emma Scowcroft
Turnout: 3,223 (31.0%)		Labour hold
Majority: 593 (18.4%) 		Guy HarkinLabour1,52847.4-2.6
Kath Kavanagh Conservative93529.0+1.0
Mohmed Alli Independent37711.7+11.7
Anne Warren Liberal Democrats2848.8-13.2
Angela Tibke Green993.1+3.1
Harper Green by-election
19 December 2013 [19][20]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Margaret Clare
Turnout: 1,450		Labour hold
Majority: 419 		Asha Ali IsmailLabour74451.9-15.2
Robert Tyler Conservative32522.7+1.1
Peter McGeehan UKIP25217.6+17.6
Kathy Sykes Green604.2+4.2
Wendy Connor Liberal Democrats533.7-7.7
Harper Green by-election
16 October 2014 [21][22]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Asha Ali Ismail		Labour hold
Majority: 399 		Susan HaworthLabour1,17650.7-6.3
Jeff Armstrong UKIP77733.5+9.3
Robert Tyler Conservative28212.20.0
James Tomkinson Green381.6-2.2
Rebekah Fairhurst Liberal Democrats281.2-1.7
Joseph Holt Independent190.8+0.8
Crompton by-election
11 February 2016 [23][24]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Sufrana Bashir-Ismail		Labour hold
Majority: 1,641 (28.3%) 		Bilkis Bashir-IsmailLabour1,96170.9+7.9
Paul Eccles UKIP32011.6+11.6
Ryan Haslam Conservative30210.9-10.8
Garry Veevers Liberal Democrats1174.2-6.1
Laura Diggle Green652.4-2.6
Rumworth by-election
6 October 2016 [25][26]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Rosa Kay
Turnout: 28.4%		Labour hold
Majority: 1,901 (68.1%) 		Shamim AbdullahLabour2,15277.1+4.9
Jonathan Baxendale UKIP2519.0-1.0
Mohammed Waqas Conservative1676.0-4.5
Alan Johnson Green1264.5-0.5
Rebecca Forrest Liberal Democrats963.4+1.1
Hulton by-election
18 January 2018 [27][28]
triggered by the death of Cllr. Darren Whitehead		Conservative gain from Labour
Majority: 276 		Toby HewittConservative1,45549.4+16.7
Rabiya Jiva Labour1,17940.1+3.0
Beverley Fletcher UKIP1906.5-18.0
Derek Gradwell Liberal Democrats672.3-0.2
James Tomkinson Green521.8-1.5
Farnworth by-election
8 March 2018 [29][30]
triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Asif Ibrahim
Turnout: 24.32%		Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Labour
Majority: 235 		Paul David SandersFarnworth and Kearsley First1,20447.5+47.5
Rebecca Jane Minors Labour96938.2-10.5
Dave Harvey UKIP1696.7-30.0
Matthew Thomas Littler Conservative1536.0-2.0
David Andrew Walsh Liberal Democrats230.9-2.2
David Figgins Green180.7+0.7

References
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  5. All seats in the 1980 election were contested due to boundary changes.
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  7. All seats in the 2004 election were contested due to boundary changes.[6]
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  20. "Asha scores double first in Labour romp". The Bolton News. 21 December 2013. p. 4.
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