Bolton Council election, 2003

Elections to Bolton Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 27
*Conservative 19
*Liberal Democrat 14

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = -4
seats % = 35.0
votes % = 35.1
votes = 27,668
plus/minus = -5.2%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 35.0
votes % = 34.1
votes = 26,833
plus/minus = +0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 30.0
votes % = 29.0
votes = 22,878
plus/minus = +5.8%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 627
plus/minus = -0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 563
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 218
plus/minus = +0.0%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Lever
votes = 2,285
percentage = 50.0
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher White
votes = 1,402
percentage = 30.7
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Greenalgh
votes = 882
percentage = 19.3
change = +7.7Election box majority
votes = 883
percentage = 19.3
change = +0.3Election box turnout
votes = 4,569
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martyn Cox
votes = 1,456
percentage = 36.8
change = +11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevan Helsby
votes = 1,362
percentage = 34.4
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Hollick
votes = 1,138
percentage = 28.8
change = -7.5Election box majority
votes = 94
percentage = 2.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,956
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Hall
votes = 2,600
percentage = 53.7
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Hyland
votes = 1,302
percentage = 26.9
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Howarth
votes = 944
percentage = 19.5
change = +4.1Election box majority
votes = 1,298
percentage = 26.8
change = +0.4Election box turnout
votes = 4,846
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Grime
votes = 1,426
percentage = 41.2
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Elliott
votes = 1,370
percentage = 39.6
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Hill
votes = 666
percentage = 19.2
change = +6.8Election box majority
votes = 56
percentage = 1.6
change = -3.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,462
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Wilkinson
votes = 3,065
percentage = 61.3
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Muscat Terribile
votes = 1,048
percentage = 20.9
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stewart Ball
votes = 890
percentage = 17.8
change = +3.7Election box majority
votes = 2,017
percentage = 40.4
change = +6.9Election box turnout
votes = 5,003
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Idrees
votes = 1,453
percentage = 39.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin McMulkin
votes = 1,421
percentage = 38.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Connor
votes = 686
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = David Sumner
votes = 119
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 32
percentage = 0.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,679
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valibhai Patel
votes = 1,693
percentage = 49.8
change = +40.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Noble
votes = 1,191
percentage = 35.0
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Iqbal
votes = 319
percentage = 9.4
change = -12.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Lowe
votes = 198
percentage = 5.8
change = +2.0Election box majority
votes = 502
percentage = 14.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,401
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Fitzpatrick
votes = 1,335
percentage = 41.7
change = -14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Linden Greensitt
votes = 1,091
percentage = 34.0
change = +17.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Heyes
votes = 779
percentage = 24.3
change = -3.1Election box majority
votes = 244
percentage = 7.7
change = -20.6Election box turnout
votes = 3,205
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hanscomb
votes = 3,285
percentage = 54.8
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gillatt
votes = 1,598
percentage = 26.6
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Macpherson
votes = 1,116
percentage = 18.6
change = -0.6Election box majority
votes = 1,687
percentage = 28.2
change = -1.7Election box turnout
votes = 5,999
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rosa Kay
votes = 1,868
percentage = 49.7
change = -27.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yakub Jiva
votes = 1,101
percentage = 29.3
change = +17.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara McGeehan
votes = 500
percentage = 13.3
change = +6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Neil McAlister
votes = 202
percentage = 5.4
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Entwistle
votes = 84
percentage = 2.2
change = -2.7Election box majority
votes = 767
percentage = 20.4
change = -44.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,755
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Stones
votes = 1,627
percentage = 59.1
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Jackson
votes = 556
percentage = 20.2
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Rock
votes = 402
percentage = 14.6
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Kelly
votes = 167
percentage = 6.1
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 1,071
percentage = 38.9
change = -2.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,752
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cliff Morris
votes = 1,848
percentage = 53.2
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Hinegan
votes = 732
percentage = 21.1
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Warren
votes = 683
percentage = 19.7
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = John Greenwood
votes = 151
percentage = 4.3
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Broadbent
votes = 61
percentage = 1.8
change = -3.5Election box majority
votes = 1,116
percentage = 32.1
change = +2.1Election box turnout
votes = 3,475
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Dennis
votes = 1,673
percentage = 50.8
change = -6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Tyler
votes = 807
percentage = 24.5
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wendy Connor
votes = 699
percentage = 21.2
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Kelly
votes = 117
percentage = 3.5
change = -1.9Election box majority
votes = 866
percentage = 26.3
change = -8.6Election box turnout
votes = 3,296
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Cronnolley
votes = 2,284
percentage = 51.8
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Kellet
votes = 1,170
percentage = 26.5
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Olive Fairhurst
votes = 864
percentage = 19.6
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Robert Ince
votes = 91
percentage = 2.1
change = +0.0Election box majority
votes = 1,114
percentage = 25.3
change = -3.7Election box turnout
votes = 4,409
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Ashcroft
votes = 2,064
percentage = 38.5
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Derek Gradwell
votes = 1,756
percentage = 32.8
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Chadwick
votes = 1,540
percentage = 28.7
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 308
percentage = 5.7
change = +3.6Election box turnout
votes = 5,360
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Rothwell
votes = 1,863
percentage = 51.9
change = +3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Burrows
votes = 1,348
percentage = 37.5
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Kesler
votes = 381
percentage = 10.6
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 515
percentage = 14.4
change = +8.2Election box turnout
votes = 3,592
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Woodward
votes = 1,658
percentage = 40.4
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Evans
votes = 1,554
percentage = 37.9
change = -11.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Crook
votes = 669
percentage = 16.3
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Alwynne Cartmell
votes = 218
percentage = 5.3
change = +5.3Election box majority
votes = 104
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,099
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joe Higson
votes = 2,398
percentage = 64.1
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Bagnall
votes = 705
percentage = 18.8
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Ramsden
votes = 640
percentage = 17.1
change = -1.3Election box majority
votes = 1,693
percentage = 45.3
change = +5.7Election box turnout
votes = 3,743
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Sherrington
votes = 1,510
percentage = 49.7
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Ford
votes = 1,092
percentage = 35.9
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Langdon
votes = 438
percentage = 14.4
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 418
percentage = 13.8
change = -4.3Election box turnout
votes = 3,040
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Wilkinson
votes = 1,762
percentage = 56.0
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Kilcoyne
votes = 805
percentage = 25.6
change = -11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Frappola
votes = 579
percentage = 18.4
change = +5.4Election box majority
votes = 957
percentage = 30.4
change = +17.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,146
percentage =
change =

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