Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the General Election which led to a much higher turnout than in recent years. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
20 seats were contested with 13 being won by the Labour Party, 6 by the Conservatives and 1 by the Liberal Democrats.
In the Smithills ward, the Lib Dems held the seat but defeated the sitting Councillor, R Silvester, who had previously moved from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party.
After the election, the total composition of the council was: Labour 30 Conservative 22 Liberal Democrats 8
Election result
Council composition Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
+ ↓ 28 23 9 Labour Conservative Lib Dems
After the election the composition of the council was:
+ ↓ 30 22 8 Labour Conservative Lib Dems
Ward results Astley Bridge ward
Bradshaw ward
Breightmet ward
Bromley Cross ward
Crompton ward
Farnworth ward
Great Lever ward
Halliwell ward
Harper Green ward
Heaton and Lostock ward
Horwich and Blackrod ward
Horwich North East ward
Hulton ward
Kearsley ward
Little Lever and Darcy Lever ward
Rumworth ward
Smithills ward
Tonge with the Haulgh ward
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor ward
Westhoughton South ward
References
Bolton Council Elections 2010: Candidates (Bolton Council) General Election 2010 – Bolton (Bolton News) Local Election Results, 2010 (Bolton Council) Labour makes more gains in Bolton local elections (Bolton News)