Bolton Council local elections 2026 results in full

There were 20 of town hall’s 60 seats up for grabs with Reform UK winning the most on the night with nine.

The Greens won three while the Conservatives also won three, with Labour winning two, the Horwich and Blackrod First Independents two and the Liberal Democrats one.

Overall this left Labour with the most seats with 20, but 10 off what they need for a majority.

The Conservatives were left in second place with 11 seats and Reform UK on third with 10 and the five Liberal Democrat with five.

When counting was done there were also four Greens, four Horwich and Blackrod First Independents, three Farnworth and Kearsley First Councillors and three independents.

Results across 20 seats were counted (Image: Phil Taylor)

The results in full –

Astley Bridge

Ryan Bailey – Reform UK – 1635

Sarita Chohan – Liberal Democrats – 106

Peter Brett Hopkinson – Independent – 53

Lee Thorne – Green Party – 1147

John Walsh – Conservative Party – 1248

Phil Warren – Labour Party – 807

Bradshaw

Jennifer Entwistle – Green Party -423

Peter Dennis Firth – Labour & Co-Operative Party – 745

Sandra Harris – Reform UK – 1712

Christine Anne Strawbridge – Liberal Democrats – 130

Les Webb – Conservative Party – 1801

Breightmet

Gillian Fernley – Green Party – 413

Derek John Gradwell – Liberal Democrats – 80

Wendy Ann Hopkinson – Independent – 33

Kate Elizabeth Taylor – Labour & Co-Operative Party – 605

Mike Tucker – Reform UK – 1890

Adele Kay Warren – Conservative Party – 974

Bromley Cross

Joe Burton – Green Party – 718

Charlotte Anne Cadden – Conservative Party – 1794

Jayden Cain – Reform UK – 1669

Bill Lovat – Labour Party – 596

Jim Priest – Liberal Democrats – 164

Farnworth North

Nadeem Ayub – Labour Party – 1131

Sandra Baker – Farnworth & Kearsley First Party – 642

Ryan Cain – Conservative Party – 103

Rees Gibbon – Reform UK – 1109

Philip Kochitty – Green Party – 648

Champak Mistry – Independent – 235

Andrew John Tonge – Liberal Democrats – 35

Farnworth South

Kubbar Alom – The Conservative Party Candidate – 59

Wesley McArdle – Labour Party – 343

Julie Pattison – Reform UK – 1220

Paul Sanders – Farnworth & Kearsley First Party – 950

Jennifer Louise Tonge – Liberal Democrats – 40

David Wright – Green Party – 338

Great Lever

Mahboob Alom – Green Party – 1239

Yusuf Butt – Conservative Party – 159

Rishikesh Ratilal Chohan – Liberal Democrats – 116

Gus Heyes – Reform UK – 755

Mohammed Iqbal – Labour Party – 1918

Halliwell

Philip Booth – Reform UK – 744

Elizabeth Anne Elliott – Conservative Party – 136

Baggy Khan – Green Party – 1752

Safwaan Patel – Labour Party – 1444

Caroline Anne Turner-Preece – Liberal Democrats – 115

Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor

Hetan Ajwani – Reform UK – 1374

Anne Barbara Galloway – Conservative Party – 2112

Paul Martin – Liberal Democrats – 299

Salim Qureshi – Labour Party – 1065

Alexander James Rostron – Green Party – 760

Horwich North

Helena Carman – Green Party – 585

Graham Dawson – Labour Party – 536

Andrea Jane Finney – Horwich and Blackrod First Independents – 1905

Carol Forshaw – Conservative Party – 257

Stephen Martindale – Reform UK – 1243

Charlotte Chloe Minnie Moncado-Sears – Independent – 252

Scott Turner-Preece – Liberal Democrats – 74

Horwich South and Blackrod

Joshua Johnathan Callum Cook – Labour Party – 378

Michael Jarvis – Green Party – 375

Matthew Kyle – Reform UK – 1060

Antony Moncado-Sears – Independent – 49

Paul Norris – Conservative Party – 293

John William Strawbridge – Liberal Democrats – 79

Peter Wright – Horwich & Blackrod First Independents – 1775

Hulton

Derek Bullock – Reform UK – 1939

Alan Johnson – Green Party – 947

Linda Christine Maher – Liberal Democrats – 160

Shafi Patel – Conservative Party – 470

Emma Julia Schofield – Labour Party – 979

Kearsley

George Butler – Labour & Co-Operative Party – 255

David Charles Tyas Cooper – Liberal Democrats – 49

Roger Pedley – Reform UK – 1561

Tony Brendon Sandy Peers – Green Party – 176

Glenys Ratcliffe – The Conservative Party Candidate – 103

Jack Tebay – Advance UK – 71

Tracey Wilkinson – Farnworth & Kearsley First Party – 1153

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Fin Cozens-Stott – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 40

Ben William Dolata – Green Party – 345

Rach Gilmour – Labour Party – 680

Susan Mary Martin – Liberal Democrats – 143

David Michael Meehan – The Conservative Party Candidate – 924

Derek Wunderley – Reform UK – 2040

Queen Park and Central

Zan Arif – Green Party – 1090

Richard Elliott – Conservative Party – 206

Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst – Liberal Democrats – 116

Richard Silvester – Labour & Co-Operative Party – 1044

Nimesh Vara – Reform UK – 609

Rumworth

Sajid Ali – Labour Party – 1659

Ismail Ibrahim – Green Party – 2346

Ghansham Hirji Patel – Reform UK – 463

Shahjahan Shah – Conservative Party – 119

Gillian Elizabeth Wroe – Liberal Democrats – 137

Smithills

Elora Hunt – Green Party – 563

Raymond Ndokwo – Conservative Party – 184

Liam O’Callaghan – Labour Party – 533

Sue Priest – Liberal Democrats – 1713

Simon Roscoe – Reform UK – 1565

Tonge with the Haulgh

Hafiz Tahir-Mahmood Butt – Conservative Party – 251

Rebecca Forrest – Liberal Democrats – 166

Trevor Jones – Reform UK – 2089

Nick Peel – Labour & Co-Operative Party – 1329

Gaynor Margaret Richards – Green Party – 600

Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill

David Lewis – Reform UK – 1781

Neil Maher – Liberal Democrats – 1071

Paul Leslie Saunders – Labour Party – 403

Martin Tighe – Conservative Party – 964

Louise Warburton – Green Party – 439

Westhoughton South

Richard Adam Bates – Independent – 57

Glen Clarke – Reform UK – 1644

Colin Higson – Conservative Party – 276

Simon Penhallow – Green Party – 306

Christina Ruth Saunders – Labour Party – 455

Jack Speight – Westhoughton First Independents – 100

David Arthur Wilkinson – Liberal Democrats – 1550