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- 22 seats available for the Bolton Council elections
- 109 candidates contesting 22 council seats today
- Of the seats up for grabs, 15 are Labour, 6 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat
- Green party standing in every seat
- UKIP represented in 19 of the 20 council wards, with only Crompton not contested
- Current council make up 40 Labour, 15 Tory, 3 Lib Dem and 2 UKIP
- Two seats available in Heaton and Lostock and Westhoughton North and Chew Moor
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