1978 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on in May 1978. The Conservatives retained control of the council.
23 seats were contested, with 11 being won by the Conservative Party and 12 by the Labour Party.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 45
- Labour 23
- Liberal Party 1
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | 1 | 2 | -1 | {{{seats %}}} | 50.9 | 36,495 | -7.0 | |
Labour | 12 | 4 | 1 | +3 | {{{seats %}}} | 42.1 | 30,185 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | {{{seats %}}} | 4.7 | 3,401 | +0.8 | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | {{{seats %}}} | 2.2 | 1,608 | +1.1 |
Ward results
[edit]Astley Bridge ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Shepherd | 2,685 | 74.0 | −3.5 | |
Labour | L Hesketh | 794 | 21.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | M Powell | 147 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 1,891 | 52.1 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,626 | 37.4 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Lib 3.8 |
Bradshaw North and South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B Furlong | 1,662 | 80.0 | −5.7 | |
Labour | L Sanderson | 416 | 20.0 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 1,246 | 60.0 | −11.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,078 | 31.0 | −3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 5.7 |
Bradford ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Foster | 1,451 | 86.0 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | N Patel | 165 | 9.8 | −18.5 | |
Socialist (GB) | E Murphy | 71 | 4.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,286 | 76.2 | +36.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,687 | 41.0 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 18.0 |
Bromley Cross, Eagley and Egerton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Carr | 2,567 | 80.0 | −1.9 | |
Labour | E McCracken | 642 | 20.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 1,925 | 60.0 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,209 | 37.1 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 1.9 |
Church East and North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Iddon | 1,461 | 63.8 | +37.1 | |
Conservative | F Yardley | 774 | 33.8 | −7.3 | |
National Front | D Ashurst | 56 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 687 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,291 | 45.0 | −3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | Con to Labour 22.2 |
Darcy Lever cum Breightmet ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D Dingwall | 2,585 | 50.6 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | J Whittingham | 2,439 | 47.8 | −7.7 | |
Socialist (GB) | N Duffield | 83 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 146 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,107 | 37.5 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 6.9 |
Deane cum Lostock ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Berry | 2,069 | 71.8 | −5.9 | |
Labour | A Moon | 584 | 20.3 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | S Roberts | 150 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
National Front | L Bromilow | 77 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 1,485 | 51.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,880 | 38.8 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Lib 5.5 |
Derby ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G Riley | 1,622 | 74.1 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | B Lomax | 504 | 23.0 | −13.2 | |
Communist | Alan Johnson | 63 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,118 | 51.1 | +23.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,189 | 37.0 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 11.7 |
Farnworth North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L Cunliffe | 1,500 | 52.5 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | D Jones | 1,118 | 39.1 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | W Crook | 238 | 8.3 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 382 | 13.4 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,856 | 31.4 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Lib to Labour 3.8 |
Farnworth South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Wild | 1,540 | 60.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | E Holland | 775 | 30.4 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | L Bale | 237 | 9.3 | −14.3 | |
Majority | 765 | 30.0 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,552 | 27.5 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Lib to Con 11.8 |
Great Lever ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M Atkinson | 1,842 | 51.0 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | J Shore | 1,772 | 49.0 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 70 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,614 | 34.6 | −1.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | Con to Labour 11.3 |
Halliwell ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E Hamer | 1,363 | 37.1 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | B Holland | 1,299 | 35.4 | −20.2 | |
Liberal | J Fish | 941 | 25.6 | +25.6 | |
National Front | J Bridge | 71 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 64 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,674 | 41.0 | +9.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Lib 22.9 |
Heaton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B Allanson | 1,909 | 87.6 | −2.8 | |
Labour | L Williamson | 271 | 12.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 1,638 | 75.2 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,180 | 46.0 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 2.8 |
Horwich North, Central and East ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Parkinson | 2,184 | 52.8 | −0.1 | |
Labour | A Oakley | 1,951 | 47.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 233 | 5.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,135 | 38.9 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Con to Labour 0.1 |
Horwich South and Blackrod ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M Butterfield | 1,063 | 37.9 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | T Mulligan | 950 | 33.9 | −27.7 | |
Independent | L Fearnhead | 791 | 28.2 | +28.2 | |
Majority | 113 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,804 | 42.9 | −5.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | Con to Ind 27.9 |
Hulton and Rumworth ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Parkinson | 1,961 | 50.9 | −4.2 | |
Labour | J Farmer | 1,719 | 44.6 | +8.6 | |
National Front | J Walsh | 176 | 4.6 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 242 | 6.3 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,856 | 39.1 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 6.4 |
Kearsley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R Cornthwaite | 1,597 | 43.0 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | J Rothwell | 1,273 | 34.3 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | A Longmire | 843 | 22.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 324 | 8.7 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,713 | 43.3 | +0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | Lib to Labour 2.9 |
Little Lever ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K Hornby | 1,976 | 62.9 | +22.4 | |
Labour | E Blackwell | 973 | 31.0 | −6.6 | |
Liberal | R Richardson | 192 | 6.1 | −15.8 | |
Majority | 1,003 | 31.9 | +29.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,141 | 39.3 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Lib to Con 19.1 |
Smithills ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Priestley | 2,510 | 71.2 | −3.3 | |
Labour | G Hart | 794 | 22.5 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | F Fish | 223 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 1,716 | 48.7 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,527 | 33.1 | −4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Lib 4.8 |
Tonge ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S Harrison | 2,567 | 54.6 | −2.4 | |
Labour | K McIvor | 1,970 | 41.9 | −1.1 | |
National Front | J Hamilton | 162 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 597 | 12.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,699 | 41.7 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to NF 2.9 |
West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R Howarth | 1,710 | 63.8 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | M Kershaw | 913 | 34.1 | −11.1 | |
Socialist (GB) | I Heyes | 58 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 797 | 29.7 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,681 | 34.3 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 10.0 |
Westhoughton East and Hulton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G Smith | 1,753 | 72.3 | −2.6 | |
Labour | P Jones | 670 | 27.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 44.6 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,423 | 37.8 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | Con to Labour 2.6 |
Westhoughton North, Central and South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W Kettle | 1,667 | 60.2 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | A Prince | 1,100 | 39.8 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 567 | 20.4 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,767 | 37.4 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Lab 7.6 |
References
[edit]- 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.