ALL the Results in full and coverage of the elections as they happened on our Election 2007 section.
ASTLEY BRIDGE
* Stuart Lever (Con) 1,989
Joe Hayes (Lab) 822
Clive Atty (Lib Dem) 639
Majority 1,167
Con hold
Turnout 33.53 per cent
BRADSHAW
* Diana Brierley (Con) 2,334
Jim Cottam (Lab) 618
Steve Howarth (Lib Dem) 446
Anne Mumberson (Green) 167
Majority 1,716
Con hold
Turnout 38.84 per cent
BREIGHTMET
* John Byrne (Lab) 1,691
Arthur Norris (Con) 1,431
Edward Rae Hill (Lib Dem) 241
Lynne Hyland (Green) 140
Majority 260
Lab hold
Turnout 34.58 per cent
BROMLEY CROSS
* Norman Critchley (Con) 2,784
Anthony Muscat Terrible (Lab) 677
Christine MacPherson (Lib Dem) 362
Liz Spencer (Green) 350
Majority 2,107
Con hold
Turnout 39.62 per cent
CROMPTON
Emma Scowcroft (Lab) 1,662
Don Fairclough (Con) 1,035
Anne Warren (Lib Dem) 482
Majority 627
Lab gain from Lib Dem
Turnout 30.71 per cent
FARNWORTH
Jean Cottam (Lab) 1,107
Tariq Aziz (Lib Dem) 920
Ruth Kenny (Con) 399
Ria Greenhalgh (Green) 179
Majority 187
Lab hold
Turnout 23.96 per cent
GREAT LEVER
Madeline Murray (Lab) 1,601
* Mohammad Idrees (Con) 1,276
Wendy Connor (Lib Dem) 306
Alan Johnson (Green) 219
Majority 325
Lab gain from Con
Turnout 34.94 per cent
HALLIWELL
* Linda Thomas (Lab) 1,802
Martin Grindrod (Con) 517
Martin McLoughlin (Lib Dem) 463
Majority 1,285
Lab hold
Turnout 28.5 per cent
HARPER GREEN
* Margaret Clare (Lab) 1,182
Robert Tyler (Con) 719
Dave Connor (Lib Dem) 419
Majority 463
Lab hold
Turnout 23.37 per cent
HEATON & LOSTOCK
* Bob Allen (Con) 3,199
John Gillatt (Lab) 908
Jonathon Evans (Lib Dem) 538
Majority 2,291
Con hold
Turnout 43.88 per cent
HORWICH & BLACKROD
John Raymond Barrow (Con) 1,325
Isabel Seddon (Lab) 1,162
Peter McGeehan (Lib Dem) 731
Majority 163
Con gain from Lib Dem
Turnout 33.59 per cent
HORWICH NORTH EAST
* Robert Ronson (Lib Dem) 1,807
Stephen Wallan (Con) 1,038
Kevan Jones (Lab) 787
Majority 769
Lib Dem hold
Turnout 36.78 per cent
HULTON
* Phillip Ashcroft (Con) 1,692
Michael Francis (Lab) 1,088
Linden Greensitt (Lib Dem) 441
Majority 604
Con hold
Turnout 32.16 per cent
KEARSLEY
* Margaret Rothwell (Lib Dem) 1,215
Guy Harkin (Lab) 1,188
Diane Bamber (Con) 463
Majority 27
Lib Dem hold
Turnout 28.37 per cent
LITTLE LEVER & DARCY LEVER
* Anthony Connell (Lab) 1,667
Rees Gibbon (Con) 1,596
Eric Hyde (Lib Dem) 323
Alwynne Cartmell (Green) 275
Majority 71
Lab hold
Turnout 39.82 per cent
RUMWORTH
* Ebrahim Adia (Lab) 2,079
John (Jack) Heyes (Con) 668
Sandra Bridger (Lib Dem) 480
Majority 1,411
Lab hold
Turnout 31.14 per cent
SMITHILLS
*Carole Swarbrick (Lib Dem) 1,763
Dennis Bray (Con) 1,044
James Shaw (Lab) 680
Rachel Mann (Green) 218
Majority 719
Lib Dem hold
Turnout 36.75 per cent
TONGE WITH THE HAULGH
* Elaine Sherrington (Lab) 1,463
Nigel Ford (Con) 831
David Wood (BNP) 524
Rosalind Harasiwka (Lib Dem) 236
James Tomkinson (Green) 133
Anthony Backhouse (Veritas) 74
Majority 632
Lab hold
Turnout 34.56 per cent
WESTHOUGHTON NORTH & CHEW MOOR
June Patricia Allen (Con) 1,482
* Arthur Price (Lab) 1,219
Ronald Halliwell (Lib Dem) 651
Laura Spencer (Green) 188
Majority 263
Con gain from Lab
Turnout 33.67 per cent
WESTHOUGHTON SOUTH
David Chadwick (Lab) 1,023
Christine Wild (Con) 815
Pamela Rigby (Lib Dem) 724
Eric Hyland (Green) 279
Majority 208
Lab gain from Lib Dem
Turnout 30.01 per cent
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