Local Election Results 2008
Bolton
Left = Left List
You = You Party
Other results for Bolton:2002200320042006200720102011201220142015201620182019202120222023
By-elections for Bolton (may be incomplete): 21st November 2002 (Daubhill) — 13th July 2006 (Crompton) — 1st October 2009 (Crompton) — 19th December 2013 (Harper Green) — 16th October 2014 (Harper Green) — 11th February 2016 (Crompton) — 6th October 2016 (Rumworth) — 18th January 2018 (Hulton) — 8th March 2018 (Farnworth) — 28th October 2021 (Bromley Cross) — 15th September 2022 (Rumworth) — 16th November 2023 (Kearsley;Westhoughton N. & Hunger Hill)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Conservative | 29254 | 41.8% | 9 |
| Labour | 22644 | 32.4% | 7 |
| Liberal Democrat | 14221 | 20.3% | 4 |
| Green Party | 1751 | 2.5% | 0 |
| British National Party | 867 | 1.2% | 0 |
| You Party | 637 | 0.9% | 0 |
| Left List | 444 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Independent | 104 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Hilary Fairclough | C | 2358 | 64.4% |
|---|
| Clive Atty | LD | 733 | 20.0% |
|---|
| Muhammad Rafiq | Lab | 572 | 15.6% |
|---|
| Walter Hall | C | 2535 | 68.7% |
|---|
| James Cottam | Lab | 620 | 16.8% |
|---|
| Lauren Alergant | LD | 342 | 9.3% |
|---|
| Anne Mumberson | Grn | 195 | 5.3% |
|---|
| Arthur Norris | C | 1696 | 47.1% |
|---|
| William Gallagher | Lab | 1182 | 32.8% |
|---|
| Carl Hemmings | BNP | 350 | 9.7% |
|---|
| Stephen Howarth | LD | 163 | 4.5% |
|---|
| Norma Armston | You | 137 | 3.8% |
|---|
| Lynne Hyland | Grn | 74 | 2.1% |
|---|
| Alan Wilkinson | C | 2933 | 68.9% |
|---|
| Jeremy Foster | Lab | 705 | 16.6% |
|---|
| David Wibberley | LD | 331 | 7.8% |
|---|
| Liz Spencer | Grn | 147 | 3.5% |
|---|
| Andy Openshaw | You | 141 | 3.3% |
|---|
| Hanif Darvesh | Lab | 1985 | 50.0% |
|---|
| John Partington | C | 1113 | 28.0% |
|---|
| Yakub Khoda | LD | 873 | 22.0% |
|---|
| Jim Lord | Lab | 1151 | 41.5% |
|---|
| Tariq Aziz | LD | 955 | 34.4% |
|---|
| Michelle Ionn | C | 531 | 19.1% |
|---|
| Andy Allen | You | 138 | 5.0% |
|---|
| Mohammed Iqbal | Lab | 1657 | 46.3% |
|---|
| Mudasir Dean | C | 1299 | 36.3% |
|---|
| Alan Johnson | Grn | 374 | 10.5% |
|---|
| Mian Akhtar | LD | 245 | 6.9% |
|---|
| Cliff Morris | Lab | 1875 | 62.5% |
|---|
| Shahid Mahmood | C | 632 | 21.1% |
|---|
| Riaz Gul | LD | 494 | 16.5% |
|---|
| Champak Mistry | Lab | 1181 | 44.7% |
|---|
| Bill Dawson | C | 1071 | 40.5% |
|---|
| David Connor | LD | 390 | 14.8% |
|---|
| Alan Rushton | C | 3378 | 70.6% |
|---|
| John Gillatt | Lab | 831 | 17.4% |
|---|
| Jonathan Evans | LD | 326 | 6.8% |
|---|
| Daniel Mann | Grn | 249 | 5.2% |
|---|
| Pat Barrow | C | 1469 | 43.7% |
|---|
| Kevan Jones | Lab | 1021 | 30.4% |
|---|
| Ian Hamilton | LD | 869 | 25.9% |
|---|
| Barbara Ronson | LD | 1615 | 44.0% |
|---|
| Stephen Wallen | C | 1126 | 30.7% |
|---|
| Kevin McKeon | Lab | 832 | 22.7% |
|---|
| Lucy Openshaw | You | 95 | 2.6% |
|---|
| Alan Walsh | C | 1822 | 54.2% |
|---|
| Paul Fitzpatrick | Lab | 1118 | 33.3% |
|---|
| Linden Greensitt | LD | 421 | 12.5% |
|---|
| John Rothwell | LD | 1435 | 46.6% |
|---|
| Guy Harkin | Lab | 1052 | 34.2% |
|---|
| Diane Bamber | C | 593 | 19.3% |
|---|
| Mary Woodward | C | 1726 | 45.5% |
|---|
| Jesamine Kay | Lab | 1408 | 37.1% |
|---|
| Eric Hyde | LD | 418 | 11.0% |
|---|
| Alwynne Cartmell | Grn | 243 | 6.4% |
|---|
| Rosa Kay | Lab | 1875 | 63.2% |
|---|
| Wendy Connor | LD | 647 | 21.8% |
|---|
| Neil McAlister | Left | 444 | 15.0% |
|---|
| Roger Hayes | LD | 1784 | 46.6% |
|---|
| Christine Flanigan | C | 1216 | 31.8% |
|---|
| Christopher Peacock | Lab | 599 | 15.6% |
|---|
| Rachel Mann | Grn | 136 | 3.6% |
|---|
| Doug Bagnall | You | 94 | 2.5% |
|---|
| Frank White | Lab | 1289 | 40.2% |
|---|
| Nigel Ford | C | 1109 | 34.6% |
|---|
| David Wood | BNP | 517 | 16.1% |
|---|
| Paul Harasiwka | LD | 194 | 6.0% |
|---|
| James Tomkinson | Grn | 68 | 2.1% |
|---|
| Ryan Barlow | You | 32 | 1.0% |
|---|
| Christine Wild | C | 1700 | 47.6% |
|---|
| Mike Francis | Lab | 874 | 24.5% |
|---|
| Derek Gradwell | LD | 858 | 24.0% |
|---|
| Laura Spencer | Grn | 141 | 3.9% |
|---|
| David Wilkinson | LD | 1128 | 36.2% |
|---|
| Lynda Winrow | C | 947 | 30.4% |
|---|
| Harry Bowling | Lab | 817 | 26.2% |
|---|
| Eric Hyland | Grn | 124 | 4.0% |
|---|
| Ainslie Casson | Ind | 104 | 3.3% |
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