Local Election Results 2023
Bolton
One-third of council up for election.
FKF = Farnworth and Kearsley First
ForBritn = For Britain Movement
HBF = Horwich and Blackrod First
IndChce = The Independent Choice
LLDLF = Little Lever and Darcy Lever First
NHeart = Northern Heart
OKearsly = One Kearsley
RUK/BFC = Reform UK and Bolton for Change
Westhton = Westhoughton First Independents
Other results for Bolton:2002200320042006200720082010201120122014201520162018201920212022
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 |
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| Labour | 27156 | 36.4% | 26 |
| Conservative | 22776 | 30.5% | 17 |
| Liberal Democrat | 7079 | 9.5% | 6 |
| Reform UK and Bolton for Change | 5549 | 7.4% | 0 |
| Horwich and Blackrod First | 3391 | 4.5% | 6 |
| Green Party | 3092 | 4.1% | 0 |
| Farnworth and Kearsley First | 1870 | 2.5% | 2 |
| One Kearsley | 1350 | 1.8% | 3 |
| Westhoughton First Independents | 742 | 1.0% | 0 |
| The Independent Choice | 684 | 0.9% | 0 |
| Little Lever and Darcy Lever First | 664 | 0.9% | 0 |
| Northern Heart | 218 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Independent | 30 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Hilary Fairclough | C | 2031 | 44.5% |
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| John Walsh | C | 1695 | |
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| Kate Taylor | Lab | 1613 | 35.3% |
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| Steve Sutton | Lab | 1599 | |
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| Samuel Rimmer | C | 1594 | |
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| Haziq Zaman | Lab | 1339 | |
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| Mark Devereux | Grn | 418 | 9.1% |
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| James Haslam | LD | 257 | 5.6% |
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| Micheal Armstrong | RUK/BFC | 250 | 5.5% |
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| Kevin Mulligan | LD | 175 | |
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| Jennifer Tonge | LD | 170 | |
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| James Moller | C | 1658 | 47.2% |
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| Leslie Webb | C | 1637 | |
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| Mudasir Dean | C | 1536 | |
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| Kate Challender | Lab | 1224 | 34.9% |
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| Bill Lovat | Lab | 1082 | |
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| Salim Kureshi | Lab | 990 | |
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| Stephen Howarth | LD | 347 | 9.9% |
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| Jim Robertson | LD | 330 | |
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| Sandra Harris | RUK/BFC | 283 | 8.1% |
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| Doug Bagnall | LD | 249 | |
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| Sean Fielding | Lab | 1382 | 43.5% |
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| Adele Warren | C | 1293 | 40.7% |
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| Robert Morrisey | Lab | 1260 | |
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| Stuart Hartigan | C | 1232 | |
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| Malaika Dean | C | 1146 | |
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| Uju Ulasi | Lab | 1131 | |
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| Carol Turner | RUK/BFC | 359 | 11.3% |
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| Jennifer Sayers | RUK/BFC | 342 | |
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| Dale Gregory | RUK/BFC | 277 | |
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| Hugh Godfrey | LD | 141 | 4.4% |
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| Samantha Connor | C | 1903 | 47.9% |
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| Amy Cowen | C | 1883 | |
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| Nadim Muslim | C | 1627 | |
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| Ian Brown | Lab | 1201 | 30.2% |
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| Paul Canning | Lab | 1195 | |
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| Gaynor Cox | Lab | 1047 | |
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| Lee Harrison | Grn | 343 | 8.6% |
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| Laura Armstrong | RUK/BFC | 338 | 8.5% |
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| Jenn Wilkes | LD | 191 | 4.8% |
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| Clive Atty | LD | 183 | |
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| Amy Perrigo | RUK/BFC | 173 | |
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| Roland Marsden | RUK/BFC | 153 | |
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| Liz Turner-Allen | LD | 125 | |
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| Hamid Khurram | Lab | 1598 | 52.2% |
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| Nadeem Ayub | Lab | 1580 | |
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| Susan Haworth | Lab | 1508 | |
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| Raja Mahmood | C | 567 | 18.5% |
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| Jennifer Armstrong | RUK/BFC | 520 | 17.0% |
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| Sharon Whitworth | RUK/BFC | 487 | |
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| Robert Tyler | C | 347 | |
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| Kirsty Lawlor | RUK/BFC | 341 | |
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| Bethany Hood | C | 272 | |
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| Philip Kochitty | Grn | 241 | 7.9% |
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| Wendy Connor | LD | 133 | 4.3% |
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| David Connor | LD | 114 | |
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| Colin Hunter | LD | 72 | |
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| Maureen Flitcroft | FKF | 1184 | 42.7% |
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| Paul Sanders | FKF | 1173 | |
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| Champak Mistry | Lab | 900 | 32.5% |
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| Jackie Schofield | Lab | 877 | |
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| Waj Khan | Lab | 846 | |
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| Jeff Armstrong | RUK/BFC | 381 | 13.7% |
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| Natalie Yates | C | 171 | 6.2% |
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| Jean Gillies | LD | 137 | 4.9% |
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| Kubbar Alom | C | 114 | |
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| Zahra Davda | C | 105 | |
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| Christine Macpherson | LD | 67 | |
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| Richard Cooper | LD | 65 | |
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| Mohammed Ayub | Lab | 2410 | 52.9% |
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| Mohammed Iqbal | Lab | 2288 | |
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| Karen Hon | Lab | 2048 | |
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| Malik Nazar | C | 1580 | 34.7% |
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| Susan Owen | C | 970 | |
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| Sajidkhan Pathan | C | 950 | |
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| Mahboob Alom | Grn | 280 | 6.1% |
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| Taylor Jones | RUK/BFC | 170 | 3.7% |
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| Phillip Worthington | RUK/BFC | 161 | |
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| Michael Farrell | LD | 118 | 2.6% |
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| Duncan Learmonth | LD | 101 | |
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| Duncan Macpherson | LD | 84 | |
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| Rabiya Jiva | Lab | 2080 | 46.7% |
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| Safwaan Patel | Lab | 1983 | |
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| Kevin Morris | Lab | 1911 | |
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| Mohamed Haji | C | 1834 | 41.2% |
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| Siraj Patel | C | 1715 | |
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| Faruk Ugharadar | C | 1683 | |
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| Norman Cryer | RUK/BFC | 216 | 4.9% |
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| Gareth Fitzsimmons | RUK/BFC | 185 | |
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| Martin McLoughlin | Grn | 171 | 3.8% |
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| Dave Nightingale | RUK/BFC | 168 | |
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| Francine Godfrey | LD | 150 | 3.4% |
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| Gordon Stone | LD | 102 | |
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| Kenneth Kay | LD | 99 | |
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| Martyn Cox | C | 2112 | 46.0% |
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| Anne Galloway | C | 2054 | |
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| Andy Morgan | C | 2010 | |
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| Lyn Fisher | Lab | 1184 | 25.8% |
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| John Gillatt | Lab | 1169 | |
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| Janahan Kugathas | Lab | 1095 | |
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| Gordon Campbell | IndChce | 684 | 14.9% |
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| Steven Chadwick | IndChce | 541 | |
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| Stephen Rock | IndChce | 396 | |
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| Rebekah Fairhurst | LD | 299 | 6.5% |
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| Jim Priest | LD | 288 | |
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| Paul Martin | LD | 285 | |
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| Graham McGreavy | RUK/BFC | 278 | 6.1% |
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| Abraham Halliwell (PRF) | Ind | 30 | 0.7% |
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| Ryan Bamforth | HBF | 1910 | 41.4% |
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| Craig Rotheram | HBF | 1709 | |
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| Victoria Rigby | HBF | 1494 | |
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| Kevin McKeon | Lab | 1467 | 31.8% |
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| Mike Jarvis | Lab | 1392 | |
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| Sam Watkin | Lab | 1193 | |
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| Michael Baines | C | 625 | 13.6% |
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| Matthew Kyle | C | 435 | |
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| Richard Elliott | C | 427 | |
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| Rod Riesco | Grn | 238 | 5.2% |
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| Matt Turner-Allen | LD | 214 | 4.6% |
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| Eddie Carr | RUK/BFC | 158 | 3.4% |
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| Geoffrey Fairhurst | LD | 116 | |
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| Caroline Turner-Preece | LD | 90 | |
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| David Grant | HBF | 1481 | 43.4% |
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| Peter Wright | HBF | 1316 | |
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| Samantha Williamson | HBF | 1272 | |
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| Fazeela Khan | Lab | 766 | 22.5% |
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| Susan Baines | C | 752 | 22.0% |
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| Nadir Mohammad | Lab | 747 | |
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| George Butler | Lab | 674 | |
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| Paul Norris | C | 542 | |
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| Hannah Wright | C | 499 | |
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| Helen Alker | Grn | 206 | 6.0% |
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| Loren Richards | RUK/BFC | 113 | 3.3% |
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| Sylvia Fairhurst | LD | 93 | 2.7% |
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| Ollie Younge | LD | 93 | |
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| Scott Turner-Preece | LD | 55 | |
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| Shafaqat Shaikh | Lab | 1431 | 39.0% |
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| Aalaina Khan | Lab | 1412 | |
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| Derek Bullock | C | 1400 | 38.1% |
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| Toby Hewitt | C | 1395 | |
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| Logan Pratheepan | Lab | 1346 | |
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| Shafi Patel | C | 1331 | |
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| Wendy Shepherd | Grn | 362 | 9.9% |
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| Rachel Armstrong | RUK/BFC | 298 | 8.1% |
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| Rob Lowe | RUK/BFC | 262 | |
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| Derek Gradwell | LD | 182 | 5.0% |
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| Linda Maher | LD | 163 | |
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| Ryan Hough | LD | 147 | |
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| Debbie Newall | OKearsly | 1350 | 46.2% |
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| Paul Heslop | OKearsly | 1343 | |
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| Melanie Livesey | OKearsly | 1121 | |
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| Tracey Wilkinson | FKF | 686 | 23.5% |
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| Sophie Hallworth | Lab | 411 | 14.1% |
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| Eddie Gorman | Lab | 385 | |
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| Musa Amedu | Lab | 357 | |
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| Mark Cunningham | C | 270 | 9.2% |
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| Glenys Ratcliffe | C | 221 | |
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| Julie Pattison | RUK/BFC | 180 | 6.2% |
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| Lewis Croden | C | 127 | |
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| Charles Cooper | LD | 28 | 1.0% |
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| Christine Strawbridge | LD | 26 | |
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| John Strawbridge | LD | 14 | |
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| Andrea Taylor-Burke | C | 1213 | 35.4% |
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| David Meehan | C | 986 | |
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| Liam Barnard | Lab | 964 | 28.1% |
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| Fred Khan | C | 801 | |
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| Jo Fisk | Lab | 785 | |
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| Bob Sproat | Lab | 732 | |
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| Sean Hornby | LLDLF | 664 | 19.4% |
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| Rees Gibbon | LLDLF | 582 | |
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| Kathryn Harris | RUK/BFC | 472 | 13.8% |
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| Simon Johnson | RUK/BFC | 333 | |
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| Brett Varnam | RUK/BFC | 313 | |
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| Susie Martin | LD | 113 | 3.3% |
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| Naila Asghar | LD | 85 | |
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| Michael Wilkinson | LD | 69 | |
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| Akhtar Zaman | Lab | 1672 | 66.7% |
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| Richard Silvester | Lab | 1625 | |
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| Linda Thomas | Lab | 1561 | |
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| Hetan Ajwani | C | 354 | 14.1% |
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| Hafiz Butt | C | 347 | |
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| Shahjahen Shah | C | 284 | |
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| Tracy Earp | RUK/BFC | 217 | 8.7% |
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| Sandra Harvey | RUK/BFC | 189 | |
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| Stewart Ball | LD | 163 | 6.5% |
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| Michael Isherwood | LD | 147 | |
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| Andrew Tonge | LD | 116 | |
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| Anthony Massey | NHeart | 101 | 4.0% |
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| Abdul Atcha | Lab | 2491 | 48.4% |
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| Sajid Ali | Lab | 2484 | |
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| Amjid Khan | Lab | 2238 | |
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| Ayyub Patel Chota | C | 2019 | 39.2% |
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| Yusuf Davda | C | 1975 | |
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| Rosy Abdullah | C | 1829 | |
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| Alan Johnson | Grn | 374 | 7.3% |
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| Glenys Johnson | Grn | 296 | |
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| Colin Speakman | RUK/BFC | 163 | 3.2% |
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| Jaleh Hayes | LD | 99 | 1.9% |
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| Roger Hayes | LD | 1944 | 50.8% |
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| Sue Priest | LD | 1867 | |
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| Garry Veevers | LD | 1687 | |
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| Noelene Gillatt | Lab | 922 | 24.1% |
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| Sorie Sesay | Lab | 871 | |
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| Zeeshan Akhtar | Lab | 828 | |
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| Carol Forshaw | C | 473 | 12.4% |
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| Cathryn Norris | C | 393 | |
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| Douglas Taylor | C | 359 | |
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| Vicki Attenborough | Grn | 286 | 7.5% |
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| Helen Shaw | RUK/BFC | 203 | 5.3% |
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| Stephen Tonge | RUK/BFC | 171 | |
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| Martin Donaghy | Lab | 1518 | 48.5% |
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| Nick Peel | Lab | 1446 | |
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| Emily Mort | Lab | 1401 | |
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| Selena Bain | C | 773 | 24.7% |
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| Ciaran Tully | C | 727 | |
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| Jodie Lane | C | 726 | |
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| Trevor Jones | RUK/BFC | 527 | 16.8% |
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| Rebecca Forrest | LD | 194 | 6.2% |
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| Rosalind Harasiwka | LD | 159 | |
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| Franko Harasiwka | LD | 155 | |
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| Alex Mcallister | NHeart | 117 | 3.7% |
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| Arthur Price | LD | 1135 | 30.2% |
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| Martin Tighe | C | 1111 | 29.5% |
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| Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon | C | 1065 | |
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| Andrea Finney | C | 1064 | |
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| Alison Jackson | LD | 1049 | |
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| Gillian Wroe | LD | 981 | |
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| Amanda Armstrong | Lab | 759 | 20.2% |
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| Zoe Walsh | Lab | 716 | |
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| Mareike Steiner | Lab | 644 | |
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| Jack Speight | Westhton | 393 | 10.4% |
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| Steven Haslam | RUK/BFC | 192 | 5.1% |
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| Heather Rylance | Grn | 173 | 4.6% |
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| David Chadwick | Lab | 1163 | 33.0% |
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| David Wilkinson | LD | 1141 | 32.4% |
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| Neil Maher | LD | 1021 | |
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| Deirdre McGeown | LD | 1008 | |
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| John McHugh | Lab | 995 | |
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| Karen Millington | Lab | 970 | |
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| Rachel Eckersley-Fallon | C | 637 | 18.1% |
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| Carol Kirkman | C | 627 | |
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| Anna-Marie Watters | C | 611 | |
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| Sharon Gough | Westhton | 349 | 9.9% |
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| Matthew Kemp | RUK/BFC | 231 | 6.6% |
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| Sandy Holt | RUK/BFC | 192 | |
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