2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, along with the European Parliament elections, 2014. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2018.

21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich and Blackrod ward following the resignation of Labour councillor Lindsey Kell. The Labour Party won 13 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

• Labour 40
• Conservative 15
• UK Independence Party 2
• Liberal Democrats 3

Bolton Local Election Result 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	0	1	-1		40.3	29,891	-9.7
	UKIP	2	2	0	+2		25.3	18,770	+25.3
	Conservative	5	0	1	-1		22.4	16,642	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	+0		7.1	5,300	-5.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	2,626	-0.7
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	97	-0.7
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	109	-0.3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	743	-0.1

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓

41	16	3
Labour	Conservative	LD

After the election the composition of the council was:

↓

40	15	3	2
Labour	Conservative	LD	U

LD - Liberal Democrats
U - UKIP

Astley Bridge ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Walsh	1,481	36.3	−10.2
	Labour	Stuart William Murray	1,279	31.4	−9.5
	UKIP	Harry Lamb	1,039	25.5	+25.5
	Green	Ben Deed	182	4.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Richard Atty	85	2.1	−1.2
Rejected ballots			10	0.25
Majority			202	5.0	−0.6
Turnout			4,076	40.44	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	Conservative to UKIP 17.8

Bradshaw ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mudasir Dean	1,585	43.7	−13.3
	UKIP	Arthur Norris	932	25.7	+25.7
	Labour	Paul Fitzpatrick	786	21.7	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gaby McDowall	172	4.7	−7.4
	Green	Daniel Bolton	150	4.1	+4.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
Majority			653	18.0	−8.1
Turnout			3,625	40.95	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	Conservative to UKIP 19.5

Breightmet ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Jean Byrne	1,490	43.0	−16.8
	UKIP	Kathleen Mary Kavanagh	1,217	35.1	+35.1
	Conservative	Clara Heyes	577	16.7	−13.1
	Green	Laura Diggle	115	3.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Frederick Howarth	51	1.5	−2.0
Rejected ballots			13	0.38
Majority			273	7.9	−22.1
Turnout			3,463	37.01	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 29.5

Bromley Cross ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wells Greenhalgh	2,312	53.6	−5.4
	Labour	Collette Harkin	957	22.2	−10.3
	UKIP	Lynda Rosewell	878	20.3	+20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Atty	169	3.9	−4.6
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
Majority			1,355	31.4	+4.9
Turnout			4,316	40.75	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 15.3

Crompton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sufrana Bashir-Ismail	2,363	60.0	−14.9
	UKIP	George Stanley Bown	826	21.0	+21.0
	Conservative	Ryan Patrick Haslam	456	11.6	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sanders Warren	148	3.8	−4.8
	Independent	Pam Humphreys	121	3.1	+3.1
Rejected ballots			23	0.58
Majority			1,537	39.3	−19.1
Turnout			3,937	39.31	+7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 17.9

Farnworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Spencer	1,454	48.9	−18.3
	UKIP	Jeff Armstrong	1,108	37.3	+37.3
	Conservative	Aidan Meagan	211	7.1	−6.7
	Green	Trevor Bonfield	115	3.9	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Bagnall	73	2.5	−5.2
Rejected ballots			12	0.40
Majority			346	11.7	−14.7
Turnout			2,973	28.14	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 27.8

Great Lever ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ayub	2,420	68.6	−5.4
	UKIP	Dot Sexton	505	14.3	+14.3
	Conservative	Jay Patel	338	9.6	−0.8
	Green	David William Collins	127	3.6	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rebekah Fairhurst	64	1.8	−3.0
	Independent	Joseph Thomas Holt	54	1.5	+1.5
Rejected ballots			21	0.60
Majority			1,915	54.6	−8.7
Turnout			3,529	36.59	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 9.8

Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	2,260	66.1	−12.3
	UKIP	Leo Taylor	607	17.8	+17.8
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	223	6.5	−2.9
	Green	Ian David McHugh	173	5.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	95	2.8	−1.0
	Independent	Andrew Mckenzie	42	1.2	+1.2
Rejected ballots			17	0.50
Majority			1,653	48.6	−20.4
Turnout			3,417	38.32	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 15.0

Harper Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Francis	1,713	56.7	−16.3
	UKIP	Geoff Hamlett	726	24.0	+24.0
	Conservative	Rob Tyler	366	12.1	−5.1
	Green	Kathy Sykes	115	3.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Connor	86	2.8	−7.0
Rejected ballots			13	0.43
Majority			987	32.8	−23.1
Turnout			3,019	31.40	+7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 20.1

Heaton and Lostock ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Shaw	2,237	47.5	−12.0
	Labour Co-op	John William Gillatt	1,154	24.5	−4.3
	UKIP	Stephen Thomas	933	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Joyce Macpherson	196	4.2	−0.9
	Green	Hannah Louise Middleshaw	179	3.8	−2.8
Rejected ballots			14	0.30
Majority			1,083	23.0	−7.7
Turnout			4,713	44.58	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	Conservative to UKIP 15.9

Two seats were up for election. Stephen Pickup will have to stand again for election in 2016 and Alan Bury in 2018.

Horwich and Blackrod ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Bury	1,313	21.5
	Labour	Stephen Pickup	1,310	21.5
	UKIP	Bob Horsefield	1,147	18.8
	Conservative	Carol Ann Forshaw	850	13.9
	Conservative	Daniel Clifford Haslam	708	11.6
	Green	Keith Michael Cocker	401	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne McCartin	201	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Natalie Rock	159	2.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.13
Majority			3
Turnout			3,048	31.39	+0.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Horwich North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Peter McKeon	1,324	35.4	−8.2
	UKIP	Peter McGeehan	888	23.7	+23.7
	Conservative	Anne Barbara Galloway	743	19.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Michael Rock	573	15.3	−4.1
	Green	Rod Riesco	203	5.4	−4.5
Rejected ballots			9	0.24
Majority			436	11.7	−12.6
Turnout			3,740	37.93	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 15.9

Hulton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Diane Parkinson	1,291	33.7	+33.7
	Conservative	Andy Morgan	1,150	30.0	−12.5
	Labour	Shafaqat Shaikh	1,140	29.8	−12.7
	Green	James Tomkinson	162	4.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Cooper	69	1.8	−0.3
Rejected ballots			15	0.39
Majority			141	3.7
Turnout			3,827	39.24	+8.5
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	Conservative to UKIP 23.1

Kearsley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Burrows	1,139	35.7	−19.4
	UKIP	Mark Joseph Cunningham	1,096	34.4	+34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Patricia Rothwell	348	10.9	−23.0
	Independent	Simon Paul Colley	309	9.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Sandra Macneill	278	8.7	−2.3
Rejected ballots			18	0.56
Majority			43	1.3	−19.8
Turnout			3,188	30.68	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 26.9

Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Richardson	1,255	33.2	+33.2
	Labour	Maureen Connell	1,051	27.8	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric John Hyde	661	17.5	−3.5
	Conservative	Rees Gibbon	657	17.4	−9.1
	Green	Alwynne Cartmell	147	3.9	−4.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.19
Majority			204	5.4
Turnout			3,778	39.51	+3.5
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing	Labour to UKIP 24.8

Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	2,876	72.5	−6.0
	UKIP	Geoffrey David Kay	492	12.4	+12.4
	Conservative	Jack Heyes	317	8.0	−1.6
	Green	Alan Johnson	200	5.0	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jaleh Salari	66	1.7	−1.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.40
Majority			2,384	60.3	−8.5
Turnout			3,967	39.77	+9.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 9.2

Smithills ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Martin	1,674	37.5	−3.7
	Labour	Kevin Patrick Morris	1,329	29.8	−10.2
	UKIP	Aaron Hepworth	876	19.6	+19.6
	Conservative	Christine Flanigan	429	9.6	−4.3
	Green	Richard Alexander Middleshaw	139	3.1	−1.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.36
Majority			345	7.7	+6.5
Turnout			4,463	45.44	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 14.9

Tonge with the Haulgh ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Peel	1,399	43.3	−19.7
	UKIP	Derek Fisher	1,053	32.6	+32.6
	Conservative	Zoe Jennifer Catherine Kirk-Robinson	486	15.1	−8.1
	BNP	Dorothee Sayers	109	3.4	−6.4
	Green	Hafsa Patel	91	2.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Anthony Harasiwka	66	2.0	−2.1
	Left Unity	Eric Thomas Hyland	14	0.4	+0.4
Rejected ballots			10	0.31
Majority			346	10.7	−29.1
Turnout			3,228	36.30	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 26.5

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Andrew Cox	1,424	34.0	−1.1
	Labour	Anne Graham	1,278	30.5	−15.9
	UKIP	Joan Johnson	984	23.5	+23.5
	Independent	Jack Speight	203	4.8	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Derek John Gradwell	163	3.9	−3.0
	Green	Heather Rylance	127	3.0	+3.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.19
Majority			146	3.5
Turnout			4,187	38.24	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	Labour to UKIP 19.7

Westhoughton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Jones	1,268	39.3	−3.1
	UKIP	Les Wareing	917	28.4	+28.4
	Conservative	Stephen Wallen	562	17.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Arthur Wilkinson	361	11.2	−23.6
	English Democrat	Derek John Bullock	97	3.0	−7.1
Rejected ballots			19	0.59
Majority			351	10.9	+3.3
Turnout			3,224	33.60	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	Lib Dem to UKIP 26.0

• "Bolton ready to go to polls". The Bolton News. 26 April 2014. pp. 6–7.
• "2014 elections". The Bolton News. Retrieved 12 July 2016.