Bolton Council local elections – the list of candidates

All 60 seats across all 20 wards in the borough are up for election when the polls open next month.

Currently, the council is in no overall control. The Conservative Group is the largest group, but it is six seats short of a majority.

The Labour Group is hoping to become the largest group this time around while others are hoping to make inroads of their own.

An all out council election will take place in Bolton next May as a result of boundary changes.

Here are all the candidates. All voters are allowed to use three votes.

ASTLEY BRIDGE
Michael Armstrong (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Mark Devereux (Green)
Hilary Fairclough (Conservative)
James Haslam (Lib Dem)
Kevin Mulligan (Lib Dem)
Samuel Rimmer (Conservative)
Steve Sutton (Labour)
Kate Taylor (Labour)
Jennifer Tonge (Lib Dem)
John Walsh (Conservative)
Haziq Zaman (Labour)

BRADSHAW
Doug Bagnall (Lib Dem)
Kate Challender (Labour)
Mudasir Dean (Conservative)
Sandra Harris (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Stephen Howarth (Lib Dem)
Salim Kureshi (Labour)
Bill Lovat (Labour)
James Moller (Conservative)
Jim Robertson (Lib Dem)
Les Webb (Conservative)

BREIGHTMET
Malaika Dean (Conservative)
Sean Fielding (Labour)
Hugh Godfrey (Lib Dem)
Dale Gregory (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Stuart Hartigan (Conservative)
Robert Morrisey (Labour)
Jennifer Sayers (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Carol Turner (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Uju Ulasi (Labour)
Adele Warren (Conservative)

BROMLEY CROSS
Laura Armstrong (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Clive Atty (Lib Dem)
Ian Brown (Labour)
Paul Canning (Labour)
Samantha Connor (Conservative)
Amy Cowen (Conservative)
Gaynor Cox (Labour)
Lee Harrison (Green)
Roland Marsden (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Nadim Muslim (Conservative)
Amy Perrigo (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Liz Turner-Allen (Lib Dem)
Jenn Wilkes (Lib Dem)

FARNWORTH NORTH
Jennifer Armstrong (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Nadeem Ayub (Labour)
David Connor (Lib Dem)
Wendy Connor (Lib Dem)
Susan Haworth (Labour)
Bethany Hood (Conservative)
Colin Hunter (Lib Dem)
Hamid Khurram (Labour)
Philip Kochitty (Green)
Kirsty Lawlor (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Raja Mahmood (Conservative)
Robert Tyler (Conservative)
Sharon Whitworth (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)

FARNWORTH SOUTH
Kubbar Alom (Conservative)
Jeff Armstrong (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Richard Cooper (Lib Dem)
Zahra Davda (Conservative)
Maureen Flitcroft (Farnworth & Kearsley First)
Jean Gillies (Lib Dem)
Waj Khan (Labour)
Christine MacPherson (Lib Dem)
Champak Mistry (Labour)
Paul Sanders (Farnworth & Kearsley First)
Jackie Schofield (Labour)
Natalie Yates (Conservative)

GREAT LEVER
Mahboob Alom (Green)
Mohammed Ayub (Labour)
Michael Farrell (Lib Dem)
Karen Hon (Labour)
Mohammed Iqbal (Labour)
Taylor Jones (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Duncan Learmonth (Lib Dem)
Duncan MacPherson (Lib Dem)
Malik Nazar (Conservative)
Susan Owen (Conservative)
Sajidkhan Pathan (Conservative)
Phillip Worthington (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)

HALLIWELL
Norman Cryer (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Gareth Fitzsimmons (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Francine Godfrey (Lib Dem)
Mohamed Haji (Conservative)
Rabiya Jiva (Labour)
Kenneth Kay (Lib Dem)
Martin McLoughlin (Green)
Kevin Morris (Labour)
Dave Nightingale (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Safwaan Patel (Labour)
Siraj Patel (Conservative)
Gordon Stone (Lib Dem)
Faruk Ugharadar (Conservative)

HEATON, LOSTOCK AND CHEW MOOR
Gordon Campbell (Independent Choice)
Steven Chadwick (Independent Choice)
Martyn Cox (Conservative)
Rebekah Fairhurst (Lib Dem)
Lyn Fisher (Labour)
Anne Galloway (Conservative)
John Gillatt (Labour)
Abraham Halliwell (Independent)
Janahan Kugathas (Labour)
Paul Martin (Lib Dem)
Graham McGreavy (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Andy Morgan (Conservative)
Jim Priest (Lib Dem)
Stephen Rock (Independent Choice)

HORWICH NORTH
Kubbar Alom (Green)
Michael Baines (Conservative)
Ryan Bamforth (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Eddie Carr (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Richard Elliott (Conservative)
Geoffrey Fairhurst (Lib Dem)
Mike Jarvis (Labour)
Matthew Kyle (Conservative)
Kevin McKeon (Labour)
Rod Riesco (Green)
Victoria Rigby (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Craig Rotheram (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Matt Turner-Allen (Lib Dem)
Caroline Turner-Preece (Lib Dem)
Samantha Watkin (Labour)

HORWICH SOUTH AND BLACKROD
Helen Alker (Green)
Susan Baines (Conservative)
George Butler (Labour)
Sylvia Fairhurst (Lib Dem)
David Grant (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Fazeelah Khan (Labour)
Nadir Mohammad (Labour)
Paul Norris (Conservative)
Loren Richards (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Scott Turner-Preece (Lib Dem)
Samantha Williamson (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Hannah Wright (Conservative)
Peter Wright (Horwich & Blackrod First)
Ollie Younge (Lib Dem)

HULTON
Rachel Armstrong (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Derek Bullock (Conservative)
Derek Gradwell (Lib Dem)
Toby Hewitt (Conservative)
Ryan Hough (Lib Dem)
Aalaina Khan (Labour)
Rob Lowe (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Linda Maher (Lib Dem)
Shafi Patel (Conservative)
Logan Pratheepan (Labour)
Shafaqat Shaikh (Labour)
Wendy Shepherd (Green)

KEARSLEY
Musa Amedu (Labour)
Charles Cooper (Lib Dem)
Lewis Croden (Conservative)
Mark Cunningham (Conservative)
Eddie Gorman (Labour)
Sophie Hallworth (Labour)
Paul Heslop (One Kearsley)
Melanie Livesey (One Kearsley)
Debbie Newall (One Kearsley)
Julie Pattison (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Glenys Ratcliffe (Conservative)
Christine Strawbridge (Lib Dem)
John Strawbridge (Lib Dem)
Tracey Wilkinson (Farnworth & Kearsley First)

LITTLE LEVER AND DARCY LEVER
Naila Asghar (Lib Dem)
Liam Barnard (Labour)
Jo Fisk (Labour)
Rees Gibbon (Little Lever & Darcy Lever First)
Kathryn Harris (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Sean Hornby (Little Lever & Darcy Lever First)
Simon Johnson (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Fred Khan (Conservative)
Susie Martin (Lib Dem)
David Meehan (Conservative)
Bob Sproat (Labour)
Andrea Taylor-Burke (Conservative)
Brett Varnam (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Michael Wilkinson (Lib Dem)

QUEENS PARK AND CENTRAL
Hetan Ajwani (Conservative)
Stewart Ball (Lib Dem)
Hafiz Butt (Conservative)
Tracey Earp (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Sandra Harvey (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Michael Isherwood (Lib Dem)
Anthony Massey (Northern Heart)
Shahjahan Shah (Conservative)
Richard Silvester (Labour)
Linda Thomas (Labour)
Andrew Tonge (Lib Dem)
Akhtar Zaman (Labour)

RUMWORTH
Rosy Abdullah (Conservative)
Sajid Ali (Labour)
Abdul Atcha (Labour)
Yusuf Davda (Conservative)
Jaleh Hayes (Lib Dem)
Alan Johnson (Green)
Glenys Johnson (Green)
Amjid Khan (Labour)
Ayyub Patel (Conservative)
Colin Speakman (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)

SMITHILLS
Zeeshan Akhtar (Labour)
Vicki Attenborough (Green)
Carol Forshaw (Conservative)
Noelene Gillatt (Labour)
Roger Hayes (Lib Dem)
Cathryn Norris (Conservative)
Sue Priest (Lib Dem)
Sorie Sesay (Labour)
Helen Shaw (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Douglas Taylor (Conservative)
Stephen Tonge (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Garry Veevers (Lib Dem)

TONGE WITH THE HAULGH
Selena Bain (Conservative)
Martin Donaghy (Labour & Co-Operative)
Rebecca Forrest (Lib Dem)
Franko Harasiwka (Lib Dem)
Rosalind Harasiwka (Lib Dem)
Trevor Jones (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Jodie Lane (Conservative)
Alexander McAllister (Northern Heart)
Emily Mort (Labour & Co-Operative)
Nick Peel (Labour & Co-Operative)
Ciaran Tully (Conservative)

WESTHOUGHTON NORTH AND HUNGER HILL
Amanda Armstrong (Labour)
Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon (Conservative)
Andrea Finney (Conservative)
Steven Haslam (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Alison Jackson (Lib Dem)
Arthur Price (Lib Dem)
Heather Rylance (Green)
Jack Speight (Westhoughton First)
Mareike Steiner (Labour)
Martin Tighe (Conservative)
Zoe Walsh (Labour)
Gillian Wroe (Lib Dem)

WESTHOUGHTON SOUTH
David Chadwick (Labour)
Rachel Eckersley-Fallon (Conservative)
Sharon Gough (Westhoughton First)
Sandy Holt (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Matthew Kemp (Reform UK & Bolton for Change)
Carol Kirkman (Conservative)
Neil Maher (Lib Dem)
Deirdre McGeown (Lib Dem)
John McHugh (Labour)
Karen Millington (Labour)
Anna-Marie Watters (Conservative)
David Wilkinson (Lib Dem)

This article was written by Jack Tooth. To contact him, email jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk or follow @JTRTooth on Twitter.