2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election information
2021 UK local government election
Bolton Council Election 2021
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6 May 2021
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20 Seats up for Election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Seats before
18
18
7
Seats after
20
19
5
Seat change
2
1
2
Popular vote
30,255
27,517
7,562
Percentage
38.8%
35.3%
9.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Party
Farnworth and Kearsley First
Horwich and Blackrod First
UKIP
Seats before
4
2
2
Seats after
5
3
1
Seat change
1
1
1
Popular vote
4,203
2,380
585
Percentage
5.4%
3.0%
0.7%
Map showing the results of the 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election
Conservative
Leader of the Council
Conservative
The 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections.[1][2]
21 seats were contested, including a by election in Astley Bridge Ward, following the death of Cllr Paul Wild. The Conservative Party won 10 seats, the Labour Party won 7 seats, Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats, Horwich and Blackrod First won 1 seat, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:
Conservative 20
Labour 19
Liberal Democrats 5
Farnworth and Kearsley First 5
Horwich and Blackrod First 3
UK Independence Party 1
Independents 7
^"Notices and results: Local & Mayoral Elections 2021". bolton.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^Gee, Chris (7 May 2021). "RECAP: Bolton's borough election 2021 as it happened". Bolton News. Bolton. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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