Elections for Bolton Council are less than a month away with all 60 seats in the borough’s wards up for grabs in the poll. Residents are voting to elect three representatives in each of the borough’s 20 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 4.
A total of 246 candidates in total are standing for councillor positions in each of the wards which make up the town.The elections will take place on Thursday, May 4, from 7am until 10pm along with similar votes across the country.
Candidates from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform/Bolton For Change will contest every ward. The Green Party will be fighting to win in 12 wards while they are joined by two Northern Heart candidates and four Independent contenders.
Other parties fielding candidates are Farnworth and Kearsley First, One Kearsley, Horwich and Blackrod First, Little Lever and Darcy Lever First and Westhoughton Independents.
Residents have until midnight on Monday, April 17 to make sure they are on the electoral register and therefore entitled to vote. To register to vote, go to https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
The government has passed new laws which will mean changes to elections next month including the need for voter identification if voting in person.
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If a voter is without relevant photo id they can apply for a voter identification certificate.
The deadline to apply for a voter authority certificate is 5pm on Tuesday, April 25, to be able to vote at a polling station on May 4.
Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Bolton elections:
Astley Bridge
- ARMSTRONG, Micheal (REFORM)
- DEVEREUX, Mark (GRN)
- FAIRCLOUGH, Hilary Constance (CON)
- HASLAM, James Peter (LIB)
- MULLIGAN, Kevin (LIB)
- RIMMER, Samuel James (CON)
- SUTTON, Steve (LAB)
- TAYLOR, Kate (LAB)
- TONGE, Jennifer (LIB)
- WALSH, John (CON)
- ZAMAN, Hazig (LAB)
Bradshaw
- BAGNALL, Doug (LIB)
- CHALLENDER, Kate (LAB)
- DEAN, Mudasir (CON)
- HARRIS, Sandra Jayne (REFORM)
- HOWARTH, Stephen Frederick (LIB)
- KURESHI, Salim (LAB)
- LOVAT, Bill (LAB)
- MOLLER, James (CON)
- ROBERTSON, Jim (LIB)
- WEBB, Les (CON)
Breightmet
- DEAN, Malaika Noor Aysha Jabeen Taj (CON)
- FIELDING, Sean Eric (LAB)
- GODFREY, Hugh (LIB)
- GREGORY, Dale (REFORM)
- HARTIGAN, Stuart (CON)
- MORRISEY, Robert John (LAB)
- SAYERS, Jennifer Ann (REFORM)
- TURNER, Carol Jane (REFORM)
- ULAST, Uju Roseline (LAB)
- WARREN, Adele (CON)
Bromley Cross
- ARMSTRONG, Laura Jane (REFORM)
- ATTY, Clive Richard (LIB)
- BROWN, Ian Philip (LAB)
- CANNING, Paul Gerard (LAB)
- CONNOR, Samantha (CON)
- COWEN, Amy (CON)
- COX, Gaynor Louise (LAB)
- HARRISON, Lee (GRN)
- MARSDEN, Roland (REFORM)
- MUSLIM, Nadim (CON)
- PERRIGO, Amy (REFORM)
- TURNER-ALLEN, Liz (LIB)
- WILKES, Jenn (LIB)
Farnworth North
- ARMSTRONG, Jennifer Mary (REFORM)
- AYUB, Nadeem (LAB)
- CONNOR, David Arthur (LIB)
- CONNOR, Wendy (LIB)
- HAWORTH, Susan (LAB)
- HOOD, Bethany (CON)
- HUNTER, Colin Stewart (LIB)
- KHURRAM, Hamid Ali (LAB)
- KOCHITTY, Philio (GRN)
- LAWLOR, Kirsty (REFORM)
- MAHMOOD, Raja Talat (CON)
- TYLER, Robert (CON)
- WHITWORTH, Sharon (REFORM)
Farnworth South
- ALOM, Kubbar (CON)
- ARMSTRONG, Jeff (REFORM)
- COOPER, Richard Maurice (LIB)
- DAVDA, Zahra (CON)
- FLITCROFT, Maureen Ann (FARN & KEARSLEY FIRST)
- GILLIES, Jean (LIB)
- KHAN, Wai (LAB)
- MACPHERSON, Christine Joyce (LIB)
- MISTRY, Champak (LAB)
- SANDERS, Paul David FARN & KEARSLEY FIRST)
- SCHOFIELD, Jackie (LAB)
- YATES, Natalie (CON)
Great Lever
- ALOM, Mahboob (GRN)
- AYUB, Mohammed (LAB)
- FARRELL, Michael John (LIB)
- HON, Karen Frances (LAB)
- IQBAL, Mohammed (LAB)
- JONES, Taylor (REFORM)
- LEARMONTH, Duncan (LIB)
- MACPHERSON, Duncan Alexander (LIB)
- NAZAR, Malik Muzafar (CON)
- OWEN, Susan (CON)
- PATHAN, Saidkhan (CON)
- WORTHINGTON, Phillip James (REFORM)
Halliwell
- CRYER, Norman (REFORM)
- FITZSIMMONS, Gareth James (REFORM)
- GODFREY, Francine (LIB)
- HAJI, Mohamed (CON)
- JIVA, Rabiya (LAB)
- KAY, Kenneth (LIB)
- MCLOUGHLIN, Martin (GRN)
- MORRIS, Kevin (LAB)
- NIGHTINGALE, Dave (REFORM)
- PATEL, Satwaan (LAB)
- PATEL, Siraj Suleman (CON)
- STONE, Gordon (LIB)
- UGHARADAR, Faruk (CON)
Heaton & Lostock
- CAMPBELL, Gordon (INDEPENDENT CHOICE)
- CHADWICK, Steven John (INDEPENDENT CHOICE)
- COX, Martyn Andrew (CON)
- FAIRHURST, Rebekah Susan Mary (LIB)
- FISHER, Lyn (LAB)
- GALLOWAY, Anne (CON)
- GILLATT, John William (LAB)
- HALLIWELL, Abraham (IND)
- KUGATHAS, Janahan Kandiah (LAB)
- MARTIN, Paul (LIB)
- MCGREAVY, Graham (REFORM)
- MORGAN, Andy (CON)
- PRIEST, Jim (LIB)
- ROCK, Stephen Michael (INDEPENDENT CHOICE)
Horwich North
- ALOM, Kubbar (GRN)
- BAINES, Michael (CON)
- BAMFORTH, Ryan (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- CARR, Eddie (REFORM)
- ELLIOTT, Richard (CON)
- FAIRHURST, Geoffrey Alan (LIB)
- JARVIS, Mike (LAB)
- KYLE, Matthew (CON)
- MCKEON, Kevin (LAB)
- RIESCO, Rod (GRN)
- RIGBY, Vicioria Elise (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- ROTHERAM, Craig (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- TURNER-ALLEN, Matt (LIB)
- TURNER-PREECE, Caroline Anne (LIB)
- WATKIN, Samantha (LAB)
Horwich South & Blackrod
- ALKER, Helen (GRN)
- BAINES, Susan Mary (CON)
- BUTLER, George (LAB)
- FAIRHURST, Sylvia Mary (LIB)
- GRANT, David James (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- KHAN, Fazeelah (LAB)
- MOHAMMAD, Nadir (LAB)
- NORRIS, Paul (CON)
- RICHARDS, Loren Jo-Ann (REFORM)
- TURNER-PREECE, Scott James (LIB)
- WILLIAMSON, Samantha Louise Angela (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- WRIGHT, Hannah (CON)
- WRIGHT, Peter (HOR & BLACKROD INDS)
- YOUNGE, Ollie (LIB)
Hulton
- ARMSTRONG, Rachel (REFORM)
- BULLOCK, Derek (CON)
- GRADWELL, Derek John (LIB)
- HEWTT, Toby (CON)
- HOUGH, Ryan Michael (LIB)
- KHAN, Aalaina (LAB)
- LOWE, Rob (REFORM)
- MAHER, Linda Christine (LIB)
- PATEL, Shafi (CON)
- PRATHEEPAN, Logan (LAB)
- SHAIKH, Shafagal (LAB)
- SHEPHERD, Wendy Ann (GRN)
Kearsley
- AMEDU, Musa (LAB)
- COOPER, Charles (LIB)
- CRODEN, Lewis (CON)
- CUNNINGHAM, Mark (CON)
- GORMAN, Eddie (LAB)
- HALLWORTH, Sophie (LAB)
- HESLOP, Paul (ONE KEARSLEY)
- LIVESEY, Melanie (ONE KEARLSEY)
- NEWALL, Debbie (ONE KEARSLEY)
- PATTISON, Julie (REFORM)
- RATCLIFFE, Glenys (CON)
- STRAWBRIDGE, Christine Anne (LIB)
- STRAWBRIDGE, John William (LIB)
- WILKINSON, Tracey Louise Eden (FARN & KEARSLEY FIRST)
Little Lever and Darcy Lever
- ASGHAR, Naila (LIB)
- BARNARD, Liam (LAB)
- FISK, Jo (LAB)
- GIBBON, Rees (LITTLE LEVER & DARCY LEVER FIRST)
- HARRIS, Kathryn Andrea (REFORM)
- HORNBY, Sean Colin (LITTLE LEVER & DARCY LEVER FIRST)
- JOHNSON, Simon (REFORM)
- KHAN, Fred (CON)
- MARTIN, Susie (LIB)
- MEEHAN, David (CON)
- SPROAT, Bob (LAB)
- TAYLOR-BURKE, Andrea (CON)
- VARNAM, Brett (REFORM)
- WILKINSON, Michael Robert (LIB)
Queens Park & Central
- AJWANI, Hetan (CON)
- BALL, Stewart Malcolm (LIB)
- BUTT, Hafiz Tahir (CON)
- EARP, Tracey Ann (REFORM)
- HARVEY, Sandra (REFORM)
- ISHERWOOD, Michael Justin Kay (LIB)
- MASSEY, Anthony (NORTHERN HEART UK)
- SHAH, Shahjahan (CON)
- SILVESTER, Richard (LAB)
- THOMAS, Linda Carol (LAB)
- TONGE, Andrew John(LIB)
- ZAMAN, Akhtar (LAB)
Rumworth
- ABDULLAH, Rosy (CON)
- ALI, Sajid (LAB)
- ATCHA, Abdul Aziz (LAB)
- DAVDA, Yusuf (CON)
- HAYES, Jaleh (LIB)
- JOHNSON, Alan (GRN)
- JOHNSON, Glenys Ann (GRN)
- KHAN, Amjid (LAB)
- PATEL CHOTA, Ayyub (CON)
- SPEAKMAN, Colin (REFORM)
Smithills
- AKHTAR, Zeeshan (LAB)
- ATTENBOROUGH, Vicki (GRN)
- FORSHAW, Carol (CON)
- GILLATT, Noelene (LAB)
- HAYES, Roger Geoffrey Cliffe (LIB)
- NORRIS, Cathryn (CON)
- PRIEST, Sue (LIB)
- SESAY, Sorie (LAB)
- SHAW, Helen (REFORM)
- TAYLOR, Douglas (CON)
- TONGE, Stephen (REFORM)
- VEEVERS, Garry Neil (LIB)
Tonge with the Haulgh
- BAIN, Selena (CON)
- DONAGHY, Martin (LAB)
- FORREST, Rebecca Ann (LIB)
- HARASIWKA, Franko (LIB)
- HARASIWKA, Rosalind (LIB)
- JONES, Trevor (REFORM)
- LANE, Jodie Louise (CON)
- MCALLISTER, Alexander John Mell (NORTHERN HEART)
- MORT, Emily Grace Amelia (LAB)
- PEEL, Nick (LAB)
- TULLY, Ciaran (CON)
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
- ARMSTRONG, Amanda Jayne (LAB)
- ECKERSLEY-FALLON, Bernadette (CON)
- FINNEY, Andrea (CON)
- HASLAM, Steven (REFORM)
- JACKSON, Alison Jean (LIB)
- PRICE, Arthur (LIB)
- RYLANCE, Heather (GRN)
- SPEIGHT, Jack (WESTHOUGHTON INDS)
- STEINER, Mareike (LAB)
- TIGHE, Martin (CON)
- WALSH, Zoe (LAB)
- WROE, Gillian Elizabeth (LIB)
Westhoughton South
- CHADWICK, David Andrew (LAB)
- ECKERSLEY-FALLON, Rachel (CON)
- GOUGH, Sharon Ann (WESTHOUGHTON INDS)
- HOLT, Sandy (REFORM)
- KEMP, Matthew (REFORM)
- KIRKMAN, Carol (CON)
- MAHER, Neil (LIB)
- MCGEOWN, Deirdre Janice (LIB)
- MCHUGH, John Stewart (LAB)
- MILLINGTON, Karen (LAB)
- WATTERS, Anna-Marie (CON)
- WILKINSON, David Arthur (LIB)
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