Bolton local elections
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Following a four-year cycle, one third of Bolton Council is elected each year for three consecutive years, followed by one year without an election.
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[edit] Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1980
Labour 1980 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - present
[edit] Council elections
[edit] By-election results
| Daubhill By-Election 10 April 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Dennis Barlow | 1,402 | 68.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Walsh | 332 | 16.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Margaret Rothwell | 182 | 8.9 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Doris Kelly | 120 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,070 | 52.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,036 | 24.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Daubhill By-Election 21 November 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Fitzpatrick | 721 | 37.3 | -18.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Linden Greensitt | 625 | 32.3 | +15.3 | |
| Conservative | Yakub Jiva | 587 | 30.4 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 96 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,933 | 21.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Crompton By-Election 13 July 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hanif Darvesh | 1,793 | 57.4 | +33.8 | |
| Conservative | Donald Fairclough | 978 | 31.3 | +11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Cronnelly | 224 | 7.2 | -39.8 | |
| Green | Rachel Mann | 96 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | Lynne Lowe | 35 | 1.1 | -3.7 | |
| Majority | 815 | 26.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,126 | 31.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
