The candidates standing in Bolton Council local elections 2024 by ward

Residents are voting to elect a representative in each of the borough’s 20 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 2.

There will also be an a second councillor chosen in the Horwich North ward where there is a vacancy after the resignation of Craig Rotheram last month due to ill health.

A total of 118 candidates in total are standing for councillor positions in each of the wards which make up the town.

The council is currently under no overall control but Labour have 28 of the 60 seats and currently lead the authority.

The Conservatives have 15 seats, Liberal Democrats seven, Horwich and Blackrod have five members and Farnworth and Kearsley First three.

There is one independent and one vacancy. The elections will take place on Thursday, May 2, from 7am until 10pm along with similar votes across the country.

Candidates from the Conservatives, Labour, and Reform/Bolton For Change will contest every ward with the Liberal Democrats and Greens contesting 19 of the 21 seats.

The Workers Party of Britain will be fighting to win in three wards while they are joined by a single UKIP candidate and five Independent contenders.

Other parties fielding candidates are Farnworth and Kearsley First, Horwich and Blackrod First and Westhoughton First.

The deadline to apply for a postal vote in this year’s local elections is 5pm on Wednesday, April 17. Residents have until midnight on Tuesday, April 16 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 laws which will mean changes to elections next month including the need for voter identification if voting in person.

If a voter is without relevant photo id they can apply for a voter identification certificate. The deadline to apply for this free voter ID is 5pm on Wednesday, April 24., to be able to vote at a polling station on May 2.

Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Bolton elections:

Astley Bridge Ward

Mike Armstrong (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Mark Devereux (GREEN)

Toby Hewitt (CON)

Kate Elizabeth Taylor (LAB)

Bradshaw Ward

Becky Forrest (LIB DEM)

Sandra Harris (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Matthew Thomas Miller (GREEN)

Jackie Schofield (LAB)

Ciaran Tully (CON)

Breighmet Ward

Becky Campbell (CON)

Derek John Gradwell (LIB DEM)

Georgia Lloyd (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Robert John Morrisey (LAB)

Wendy Shepherd (GREEN)

Bromley Cross Ward

Ian Philip Brown (LAB)

Amy Hare (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Lee Charles Harrison (GREEN)

Nadim Muslim (CON)

Peter James Priest (LIB DEM)

Farnworth North Ward

Mark William Bailey (FARNWORTH & KEARSLEY FIRST)

Dylan Evans (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Susan Haworth (LAB)

Mazhar Iqbal (CON)

Philip Kochitty (GREEN)

Jennifer Louise Tonge (LIB DEM)

Farnworth South Ward

Paula Tracey Connor-Bennett (FARNWORTH & KEARSLEY FIRST)

Carol Forshaw (CON)

Jordan Greenhalgh (GREEN)

Champak Mistry (LAB)

Julie Pattison (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Andre John Tonge (LIB DEM)

Great Lever Ward

Mahboob Alom (GREEN)

Tracey Earp (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Karen Hon (LAB)

Kalim Muslim (CON)

Halliwell Ward

Hanif Alli (GREEN)

Kubbar Alom (CON)

Norman Cryer (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Kevin Patrick Morris (LAB)

Caroline Anne Turner-Preece (LIB DEM)

Heaton Lostock & Chew Moor Ward

Gordon Campbell (INDEPENDENT CHOICE)

Jennifer Entwistle (GREEN)

Bill Lovat (LAB)

Paul Martin (LIB DEM)

Graham McGreavy (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Andy Morgan (CON)

Horwich North Ward (Two elected)

Michael Baines (CON)

George Butler (LAB)

Glenys Ann Johnson (GREEN)

Taylor Jones (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Kevin Peter McKeon (LAB)

Victoria Elise Rigby (HORWICH & BLACKROD FIRST)

Charlotte Chloe Minnie Sears (HORWICH & BLACKROD FIRST)

Stephen Tonge (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Matt Turner-Allen (LIB DEM)

Scott Turner-Preece (LIB DEM)

Hannah Wright (CON)

Horwich South & Blackrod Ward

Helen Alker (GREEN)

Eddie Carr (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Michael Jarvis (LAB)

Paul Norris (CON)

Liz Turner-Allen (LIB DEM)

Samantha Louise Angela Williamson (HORWICH & BLACKROD FIRST)

Hulton Ward

Derek John Bullock (IND)

Pete Hopkinson (GREEN)

Fazeelah Khan (LAB)

Rob Lowe (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Linda Christine Maher (LIB DEM)

Shafi Patel (CON)

Sajid Pathan (WORKERS PARTY OF BRITAIN)

Kearsley Ward

Charles Cooper (LIB DEM)

Sylvia Mary Crossley (FARNWORTH & KEARSLEY FIRST)

Dale Gregory (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Nadim Ian Jojo (GREEN)

Melanie Livesey (LAB)

Glenys Ratcliffe (CON)

Little Lever & Darcy Lever Ward

Liam Barnard (LAB)

Sean Colin Hornby (IND)

Fred Khan (CON)

Susan Mary Martin (LIB DEM)

Brett Varnham (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Queens Park & Central Ward

Don Prof Reis Abraham Halliwell PRF (IND)

Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst (LIB DEM)

Sandra Harvey (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Martin McLoughlin (GREEN)

Omar Shafiq (WORKERS PARTY OF BRITAIN)

Shahjahan Shah (CON)

Linda Carol Thomas (LAB)

Rumworth Ward

Hanif Adia (LAB)

Ismail Ibrahim (WORKERS PARTY OF BRITAIN)

Alan Johnson (GREEN)

Marcelius Mbah (CON)

Ayyub Chota Patel (IND)

Colin Derek Speakman (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Gillian Elizabeth Wroe (LIB DEM)

Smithills Ward

Vicki Helen Attenborough (GREEN)

Raymond Kamsang Ndokwo (CON)

Sorie Sesay (LAB)

Helen Shaw (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Garry Neil Veevers (LIB DEM)

Tonge with the Haulgh Ward

Frank Harasiwka (LIB DEM)

Trevor Jones (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Alexander John Mell Mcallister (GREEN)

Emma Meen (CON)

Emily Grace Amelia Mort (LAB)

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill Ward

Jennifer Armstrong (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Charlie Barrett (GREEN)

Colin Higson (CON)

Deirdre Janice McGeown (LIB DEM)

Karen Millington (LAB)

Jill Alexandra Reynolds (WESTHOUGHTON FIRST INDS)

Westhoughton South Ward

Richard Adam Bates (UKIP)

Neil Maher (LIB DEM)

John Stewart McHugh (LAB)

Cathryn Norris (CON)

Dave Price (REFORM BOLTON FOR CHANGE)

Heather Rylance (GREEN)

Jack Speight (WESTHOUGHTON FIRST INDS)