Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party and resuming control of the council after a two-year break.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006 One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party and resuming control of the council after a two year break 2006 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election 2004 4 May 2006 2007 20 of the 60 seats on Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Party Labour Conservative Liberal DemocratsSeats won 10 7 3Seats after 22 21 17Seat change 2 2 4Popular vote 25 452 27 096 12 789Percentage 37 7 40 1 18 9 Swing 6 5 4 5 11 2 Labour in red Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow Council control before electionNo overall control Council control after election No overall controlThe Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England 20 seats were contested with the Labour Party winning 10 seats the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3 Overall turnout was 34 3 After the election the composition of the council was Labour 22 Conservative 21 Liberal Democrat 17Contents 1 Election result 2 Council Composition 3 Ward results 3 1 Astley Bridge ward 3 2 Bradshaw ward 3 3 Breightmet ward 3 4 Bromley Cross ward 3 5 Crompton ward 3 6 Farnworth ward 3 7 Great Lever ward 3 8 Halliwell ward 3 9 Harper Green ward 3 10 Heaton and Lostock ward 3 11 Horwich and Blackrod ward 3 12 Horwich North East ward 3 13 Hulton ward 3 14 Kearsley ward 3 15 Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward 3 16 Rumworth ward 3 17 Smithills ward 3 18 Tonge with the Haulgh ward 3 19 Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward 3 20 Westhoughton South ward 4 ReferencesElection result editBolton Local Election Result 2006 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Labour 10 2 0 2 50 0 37 7 25 452 5 8 Conservative 7 2 0 2 35 0 40 1 27 096 3 2 Liberal Democrats 3 0 4 4 15 0 18 9 12 789 11 0 Green 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 500 1 9 Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 379 0 3 Veritas 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 288 0 4 Council Composition editPrior to the election the composition of the council was 20 19 21Labour Conservative Lib DemsAfter the election the composition of the council was 22 21 17Labour Conservative Lib DemsWard results editAstley Bridge ward edit Astley Bridge ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Walsh 2 424 65 3 3 0Labour Muhammad Rafiq 686 18 5 1 0Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari 351 9 5 8 7Socialist Labour Howard Broadbent 250 6 7 6 7Majority 1 738 46 8Turnout 3 711 36 0 4 0Conservative hold Swing LD to Soc Lab 7 7Bradshaw ward edit Bradshaw ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative Paul Brierley 2 319 64 3 4 8Labour Janice Sutton 751 20 8 0 2Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth 539 14 9 4 6Majority 1 568 43 5Turnout 3 609 39 0 6 0Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 4 7Breightmet ward edit Breightmet ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Lynda Byrne 1 435 45 6 4 0Conservative Richard Elliot 1 358 43 2 0 7Liberal Democrats Edward Hill 351 11 2 4 6Majority 77 2 4Turnout 3 144 31 0 4 0Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 4 3Bromley Cross ward edit Bromley Cross ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Greenhalgh 2 725 65 0 0 2Labour Anthony Terrible 712 17 0 2 4Liberal Democrats Clive Atty 462 11 0 4 4Green Elizbaeth Spencer 297 7 1 7 1Majority 2 013 47 9Turnout 4 191 40 0 8 0Conservative hold Swing LD to Green 5 7Crompton ward edit Crompton ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Sufrana Bashir Ismail 1 932 44 7 21 8Liberal Democrats Valibhai Patel 1 132 26 2 25 6Conservative Donald Fairclough 941 21 8 0 1Veritas Anthony Backhouse 190 4 4 4 4Socialist Labour Lynne Lowe 129 3 0 1 2Majority 800 18 5Turnout 4 324 43 0 0 0Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 23 7Farnworth ward edit Farnworth ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Noel Spencer 1 296 58 9 7 4Conservative Peter Taylor 509 23 1 1 6Liberal Democrats David Connor 394 17 9 9 1Majority 787 35 8Turnout 2 199 21 0 6 0Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8 2Great Lever ward edit Great Lever ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Mohammed Ayub 1 889 58 7 19 4Conservative Christine Wild 669 20 8 19 4Liberal Democrats Gulamali Jiva 335 10 4 10 2Green Alan Johnson 327 10 2 10 2Majority 1 220 37 9Turnout 3 220 34 0 4 0Labour hold Swing Con to Labour 19 4Halliwell ward edit Halliwell ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Akhtar Zaman 2 289 69 4 12 2Conservative Jamie Douglas 605 18 3 2 1Liberal Democrats Nathan Biney 404 12 2 10 2Majority 1 684 51 1Turnout 3 298 34 0 1 0Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 11 2Harper Green ward edit Harper Green ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Laurence Williamson 1 194 49 4 6 0Conservative Robert Tyler 768 31 8 4 4Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Willis 454 18 8 10 4Majority 426 17 6Turnout 2 416 25 0 5 0Labour hold Swing LD to Labour 8 2Heaton and Lostock ward edit Heaton and Lostock ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative Colin Shaw 3 329 69 0 6 4Labour John Gillatt 828 17 2 1 3Liberal Democrats Andrew Snowden 668 13 8 5 0Majority 2 501 51 8Turnout 4 825 46 0 7 0Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 5 7Horwich and Blackrod ward edit Horwich and Blackrod ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Hollick 1 151 35 1 3 7Labour Isabel Seddon 1 105 33 7 1 7Liberal Democrats John Cronnolley 1 025 31 2 5 4Majority 46 1 4Turnout 3 281 35 0 7 0Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 4 5Horwich North East ward edit Horwich North East ward Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Stephen Rock 1 449 40 0 16 4Conservative Stephen Wallen 1 169 32 3 9 0Labour Madeline Murray 1 004 27 7 7 4Majority 280 7 7Turnout 3 622 38 0 8 0Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 12 7Hulton ward edit Hulton ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative Andrew Morgan 1 741 53 5 9 2Labour Romanna Kowalczuk 1 051 32 3 1 9Liberal Democrats Linden Greensitt 463 14 2 7 3Majority 690 21 2Turnout 3 255 33 0 8 0Conservative hold Swing LD to Con 8 2Kearsley ward edit Kearsley ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Derek Burrows 1 158 42 5 10 4Liberal Democrats William Collison 1 079 39 6 16 6Conservative Diane Bamber 487 17 9 6 3Majority 79 2 9Turnout 2 724 28 0 5 0Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Labour 13 5Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward edit Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Sean Hornby 1 573 42 0 0 8Conservative David Broadie 1 427 38 1 0 1Green Alwynne Cartmell 345 9 2 2 6Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor 298 8 0 6 0Veritas William Jones 98 2 6 2 6Majority 146 3 9Turnout 3 741 40 0 4 0Labour hold Swing LD to Green 4 3Rumworth ward edit Rumworth ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2 028 68 5 22 5Conservative John Heyes 932 31 5 15 4Majority 1 096 37 0Turnout 2 960 29 0 9 0Labour hold SwingSmithills ward edit Smithills ward Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Richard Silvester 1 621 42 4 10 3Conservative Dennis Bray 1 345 35 1 12 3Labour Joseph Hayes 861 22 5 3 6Majority 276 7 3Turnout 3 827 38 0 4 0Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 11 3Tonge with the Haulgh ward edit Tonge with the Haulgh ward Party Candidate Votes Labour Nicholas Peel 1 598 54 2 1 7Conservative Mudasir Dean 874 29 6 6 6Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka 252 8 5 2 8Green James Tomkinson 227 7 7 7 7Majority 724 24 6Turnout 2 951 31 0 6 0Labour hold Swing Con to Green 7 1Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward edit Westhoughton North amp Chew Moor ward Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Higson 1 486 43 1 10 3Labour David Chadwick 1 146 33 2 4 3Liberal Democrats James Gilfallan 515 14 9 23 4Green Eric Hyland 304 8 8 8 8Majority 342 9 9Turnout 3 451 35 0 8 0Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing LD to Con 16 8Westhoughton South ward edit Westhoughton South ward Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Julia Silvester 997 36 3 11 0Labour Barbara Ramsden 916 33 3 4 8Conservative Michael Baker 837 30 4 6 2Majority 81 3 0Turnout 2 750 30 0 6 0Liberal Democrats hold Swing LD to Con 8 6References editRallings Colin Thrasher Michael Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973 2012 PDF The Elections Centre The Elections Centre Plymouth University Retrieved 12 July 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2006 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election amp oldid 1144017568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
