This thread is the result of the local election in Bolton and will be constantly updated as results are announced.
A third of councillors are being chosen tonight, one for each ward, and we’ll update the results for those wards as they come in.
There are a total of 60 seats on the council, 20 up for re-election tonight.
The total number of confirmed councillors as it stands:
Conservative – 23
Labour – 18
Liberal Democrats – 5
Farnworth and Kearsley First – 3
Horwich and Blackrod First Independents – 2
Crompton Independents – 2
The Bolton Independent Group – 2
Independents – 3
One Kearsley – 2
Bolton for Change – 1
The makeup of the council pre-election:
Conservative – 22
Labour – 17
Liberal Democrats – 5
Farnworth and Kearsley First – 4
Horwich and Blackrod First Independents – 2
Crompton Independents – 2
The Bolton Independent Group – 2
Independents – 4
One Kearsley – 1
Bolton for Change – 1
WARDS DECLARED:
Astley Bridge – Conservative HOLD
Mark Devereux (Green Party) – 254
James Haslam (Lib Dem) – 232
Aimee Monson (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 108
Steve Sutton (Labour and Co-Operative Party) – 1,193
John Walsh (Conservative Party) – 1,743
Bradshaw – Conservative HOLD
Mudasir Dean (Conservative Party) – 1,723
Daniel Swarsbrick (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 191
James Tibbitts (Labour Party) – 1,069
Caroline Turner-Preece – (Lib Dem) – 301
Breightmet – Conservative HOLD
George Butler (Labour and Co-Operative Party) – 1,207
Becky Forrest (Lib Dem) – 127
Martin McLoughlin (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 228
Adele Warren (Conservative Party) – 1,504
Bromley Cross – Conservative HOLD
Amy Cowen (Conservative Party) – 2,295
Gaynor Cox (Labour Party) – 1,227
Warren Fox (Lib Dem) – 174
Amy Hare (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 183
Lee Harrison (Green Party) – 187
Crompton – Labour GAIN
Yusuf Davda (Conservative Party) – 1,783
Gareth Fitzsimmons (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 198
Francine Godfrey (Lib Dem) – 174
Emily Mort (Labour Party) – 1,815
Farnworth – Labour GAIN from Farnworth and Kearsley First Party
Nadeem Ayub (Labour Party) – 1,406
Mark Derbyshire (Conservative Party) – 216
Maureen Flitcroft (Farnworth and Kearsley First Party) – 1,118
Christine Joyce MacPherson (Lib Dem) – 52
Sharon Ann Whitworth (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 143
Great Lever – Labour HOLD
Mohammed Ayub (Labour Party) – 1,963
Zahra Davda (Conservative Party) – 514
Duncan MacPherson (Lib Dem) – 107
Heather Rylance (Green Party) – 140
Halliwell – Labour HOLD
Norman Cryer (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 156
Anthony Massey (Independent) – 92
Liz Turner-Allen (Lib Dem) – 126
Leslie Webb (Conservative Party) – 335
Aktar Zaman (Labour Party) – 2,017
Harper Green – Labour HOLD
Jaleh Hayes (Lib Dem) – 73
Fred Kahn (Conservative Party) – 567
Hamid Khurram (Labour Party) – 1,831
Leanne Oliver (Farnworth and Kearsley First Party) – 561
Phillip Worthington (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 180
Heaton and Lostock – Conservative HOLD
Gordon Campbell (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 596
Anne Galloway (Conservative Party) – 2,239
Janahan Kugathas (Labour Party) – 1,172
Jim Priest (Lib Dem) – 270
Horwich and Blackrod – Conservative HOLD
Jackie Anderson (Green Party) – 155
Susan Baines (Conservative Party) – 1,200
Karen Millington (Labour Party) – 1,129
Loren Richards (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 46
Kevin Walsh (Lib Dem) – 73
Samantha Williamson (Horwich and Blackrod First Independents) – 1,143
Horwich North East – Labour HOLD
Ryan Bamforth (Horwich and Blackrod First Independents) – 1,299
David Ebbitt (Green Party) – 133
Darren Lear (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 40
Kevin McKeon (Labour Party) – 1,428
Charles O’Kelly (Conservative Party) – 641
Matt Turner-Allen (Lib Dem) – 212
Hulton – Conservative HOLD
Robert Lowe (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 171
Neil Maher (Lib Dem) – 179
Shafi Patel (Conservative Party) – 1,420
Shafaqat Shaikh (Labour Party) – 1,189
Wendy Shepherd (Green Party) – 241
Kearsley
Mark Cunningham (Conservative Party) – 241
Peter Flitcroft (Farnworth and Kearsley First Party) – 715
Debbie Newall (One Kearsley) – 1,099
Jonathan Owen (Labour Party) – 593
Julie Pattison (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 221
Michael Wilkinson (Lib Dem) – 34
Little Lever & Darcy Lever – Conservative GAIN from LAB
Rees Gibbon (Little Lever & Darcy Lever First) – 634
Kath Harris (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 485
David Meehan (Conservative Party) – 1,243
Logan Pratheepan (Labour Party) – 809
Scoot Turner-Preece (Lib Dems) – 106
Rumworth – Labour HOLD
Abdul Atcha (Labour Party) – 2,017
David Cooper (Lib Dem) – 55
Alan Johnson (Green Party) – 226
Ayyub Patel (Conservative Party) – 1,297
Christopher Riley (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 62
Smithills – Lib Dem HOLD
Joan Johnson (Conservative Party) – 612
Sue Priest (Lib Dem) – 1,931
Rod Riesco (Green Party) – 104
Sorie Sesay (Laboue and Co-Operative Party) – 980
Helen Shaw (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 183
Tonge with the Haulgh – Labour HOLD
Rosalind Harasiwka (Lib Dem) – 86
Trevor Jones (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 401
Wesley McArdle (Conservative Party) – 1,102
Nick Peel (Labour Party) – 1,288
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor – Conservative HOLD
Jeff Armstrong (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 84
Martyn Cox (Conservative Party) – 1,648
Zulfi Jiva (Labour Party) – 245
Arthur Price (Lib Dems) – 1,266
Jack Speight (Westhoughton Firsts Independents – 220
Westhoughton South – Lib Dem HOLD
Richard Bates (Reform/Bolton for Change) – 97
Richard Brennan (Westhoughton First Independents) – 141
David Chadwick (Labour Party) – 1,009
Martin Tighe (Conservative Party) – 1,054
David Wilkinson (Lib Dem) – 1,118
