2023 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Peel Martyn Cox Roger Hayes
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 19 26 5
Seats won 26 17 6
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 9 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Horwich and Blackrod First One Kearsley Farnworth and Kearsley First
Seats before 2 2 3
Seats won 6 3 2
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Martyn Cox
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Nick Peel
Labour Party
No overall control

The 2023 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 60 seats on Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election.

The council remained in no overall control following the election, however the Labour Party, with the support of Horwich and Blackrod First and One Kearsley, were able to displace the Conservative Party's minority administration and install their group leader Nick Peel as the new leader of the council.[1][2]

Background

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Bolton was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4]

In December 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished all 20 existing wards and established 20 new wards with new boundaries. Because of this change all 60 seats on the council, three per ward, were contested.[5]

Pre- election composition

Composition of council before election
Party Seats
Conservative Party 26
Labour Party 19
Liberal Democrats 5
Farnworth and Kearsley First 3
Horwich and Blackrod First 2
Bolton Independent Group 2
One Kearsley 2
Little Lever and Darcy Lever First 1
Crompton Independent 1
Independent 2

Electoral process

The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each wards being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three year term ending in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one year term ending in 2024.[5]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bolton aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Results

2023 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 26 7 Increase 43.3 40.4 76,906
  Conservative 17 9 Decrease 16.7 32.7 62,117
  Liberal Democrats 6 1 Increase 10.0 9.8 18,636
  Reform UK & Bolton for Change 0 0 Steady 4.9 9,296
  Horwich and Blackrod First 6 4 Increase 10.0 4.8 9,182
  One Kearsley 3 1 Increase 5.0 2.0 3,814
  Green 0 0 Steady 1.8 3,388
  Farnworth and Kearsley First 2 1 Decrease 3.3 1.6 3,043
  The Independent Choice 0 0 Steady 0.9 1,621
  Little Lever & Darcy Lever First 0 0 Steady 0.7 1,246
  Westhoughton First Independents 0 0 Steady 0.4 742
  Northern Heart 0 0 Steady 0.1 218
  Independent 0 0 Steady 0.0 30

Asterisks (*) denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.[6]

Astley Bridge

Astley Bridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Constance Fairclough* 2,031 50.4
Conservative John Walsh* 1,695 42.1
Labour Kate Taylor 1,613 40.1
Labour Steve Sutton 1,599 39.7
Conservative Samuel James Rimmer* 1,594 39.6
Labour Haziq Zaman 1,339 33.3
Green Mark Devereux 418 10.4
Liberal Democrats James Peter Haslam 257 6.4
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Michael Armstrong 250 6.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mulligan 175 4.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Tonge 170 4.2
Turnout 4,026 35.19
Registered electors 11,442
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Bradshaw

Bradshaw (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Moller 1,658 49.4
Conservative Les Webb 1,637 48.8
Conservative Mudasir Dean* 1,536 45.8
Labour Kate Challender* 1,224 36.5
Labour Bill Lovat 1,082 32.3
Labour Salim Kureshi 990 29.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Frederick Howarth 347 10.3
Liberal Democrats Jim Robertson 330 9.8
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Sandra Jayne Harris 283 8.4
Liberal Democrats Doug Bagnall 249 7.4
Turnout 3,355 35.04
Registered electors 9,574
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Breightmet

Breightmet (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sean Eric Fielding 1,382 44.8
Conservative Adele Warren* 1,293 41.9
Labour Co-op Robert John Morrisey 1,260 40.8
Conservative Stuart Hartigan* 1,232 40.0
Conservative Malaika Noor Aysha Jabeen Taj Dean 1,146 37.1
Labour Uju Roseline Ulasi 1,131 36.6
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Carol Jane Turner 359 11.6
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Jennifer Ann Sayers 342 11.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Dale Gregory 277 9.0
Liberal Democrats Hugh Godfrey 141 4.6
Turnout 3,086 28.82
Registered electors 10,705
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Bromley Cross

Bromley Cross (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samantha Connor* 1,903 52.4
Conservative Amy Cowen* 1,883 51.8
Conservative Nadim Muslim* 1,627 44.8
Labour Ian Philip Brown 1,201 33.1
Labour Paul Gerard Canning 1,195 32.9
Labour Gaynor Louise Cox 1,047 28.8
Green Lee Harrison 343 9.4
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Laura Jane Armstrong 338 9.3
Liberal Democrats Jenn Wilkes 191 5.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Atty 183 5.0
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Amy Perrigo 173 4.8
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Roland Marsden 153 4.2
Liberal Democrats Liz Turner-Allen 125 3.4
Turnout 3633 37.29
Registered electors 9,742
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Farnworth North

Farnworth North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hamid Ali Khurram* 1,598 55.1
Labour Nadeem Ayub* 1,580 54.5
Labour Susan Haworth* 1,508 52.0
Conservative Raja Talat Mahmood 567 19.6
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Jennifer Mary Armstrong 520 17.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Sharon Whitworth 487 16.8
Conservative Robert Tyler 347 12.0
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Kirsty Lawlor 341 11.8
Conservative Bethany Hood 272 9.4
Green Philip Kochitty 241 8.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor 133 4.6
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Connor 114 3.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Stewart Hunter 72 2.5
Turnout 2,900 29.20
Registered electors 9,912
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Farnworth South

Farnworth South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Maureen Ann Flitcroft 1,184 49.4
Farnworth and Kearsley First Paul David Sanders* 1,173 49.0
Labour Champak Mistry* 900 37.6
Labour Jackie Schofield 877 36.6
Labour Waj Khan 846 35.3
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Jeff Armstrong 381 15.9
Conservative Natalie Yates 171 7.1
Liberal Democrats Jean Gillies 137 5.7
Conservative Kubbar Alom 114 4.8
Conservative Zahra Davda 105 4.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Joyce Macpherson 67 2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Maurice Cooper 65 2.7
Turnout 2,395 25.1
Registered electors 9,536
Farnworth and Kearsley First win (new seat)
Farnworth and Kearsley First win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Great Lever

Great Lever (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub* 2,410 58.1
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 2,288 55.1
Labour Karen Frances Hon 2,048 49.3
Conservative Malik Muzafar Nazar 1,580 38.1
Conservative Susan Owen 970 23.4
Conservative Sajidkhan Pathan 950 22.9
Green Mahboob Alom 280 6.7
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Taylor Jones 170 4.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Philip James Worthington 161 3.9
Liberal Democrats Michael John Farrell 118 2.8
Liberal Democrats Duncan Learmonth 101 2.4
Liberal Democrats Duncan Alexander Macpherson 84 2.0
Turnout 4,150 36.5
Registered electors 11,377
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Halliwell

Halliwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rabiya Jiva* 2,080 49.3
Labour Safwaan Patel 1,983 47.0
Labour Kevin Morris 1,911 45.3
Conservative Mohamed Haji 1,834 43.5
Conservative Siraj Suleman Patel 1,715 40.6
Conservative Faruk Ugharadar 1,683 39.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Norman Cryer 216 5.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Gareth James Fitzsimmons 185 4.4
Green Martin McLoughlin 171 4.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Dave Nightingale 168 4.0
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 150 3.6
Liberal Democrats Gordon Stone 102 2.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Kay 99 2.3
Turnout 4,219 40.85
Registered electors 10,329
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Heaton Lostock and Chew Moor

Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martyn Andrew Cox* 2,112 46.8
Conservative Anne Galloway* 2,054 45.5
Conservative Andy Morgan* 2,010 44.5
Labour Lyn Fisher 1,184 26.2
Labour John William Gillatt 1,169 25.9
Labour Janahan Kandiah Kugathas 1,095 24.3
The Independent Choice Gordon Campbell 684 15.1
The Independent Choice Steven John Chadwick 541 12.0
The Independent Choice Stephen Michael Rock 396 8.8
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Susan Mary Fairhurst 299 6.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Priest 288 6.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin 285 6.3
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Graham McGreavy 278 6.2
Independent Abraham Halliwell (PRF,) 30 0.7
Turnout 4,515 40.35
Registered electors 11,189
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Horwich North

Horwich North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Horwich and Blackrod First Ryan Bamforth 1,910 47.4
Horwich and Blackrod First Craig Rotheram 1,709 42.4
Horwich and Blackrod First Victoria Elise Rigby 1,494 37.0
Labour Kevin McKeon* 1,467 36.4
Labour Mike Jarvis 1,392 34.5
Labour Samantha Watkin 1,193 29.6
Conservative Michael Baines 625 15.5
Conservative Matthew Kyle 435 10.8
Conservative Richard Elliott 427 10.6
Green Rod Riesco 238 5.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Turner-Allen 214 5.3
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Eddie Carr 158 3.9
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Alan Fairhurst 116 2.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Turner-Preece 90 2.2
Turnout 4,033 36.4
Registered electors 11,093
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)

Horwich South and Blackrod

Horwich South and Blackrod (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Horwich and Blackrod First David Grant* 1,481 46.1
Horwich and Blackrod First Peter Wright* 1,316 40.9
Horwich and Blackrod First Samantha Williamson 1,272 39.6
Labour Fazeelah Khan 766 23.8
Conservative Susan Baines* 752 23.4
Labour Nadir Mohammad 747 23.2
Labour George Butler 674 21.0
Conservative Paul Norris 542 16.9
Conservative Hannah Wright 499 15.5
Green Helen Alker 206 6.4
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Loren Richards 113 3.5
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fairhurst 93 2.9
Liberal Democrats Ollie Younge 93 2.9
Liberal Democrats Scott Turner-Preece 55 1.7
Turnout 3,215 33.2
Registered electors 9.685
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)
Horwich and Blackrod First win (new seat)

Hulton

Hulton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shafaqat Shaikh 1,431 40.5
Labour Aalaina Khan 1,412 39.9
Conservative Derek Bullock* 1,400 39.6
Conservative Toby Hewitt* 1,395 39.5
Labour Logan Pratheepan 1,346 38.1
Conservative Shafi Patel* 1,331 37.7
Green Wendy Ann Shepherd 362 10.2
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Rachel Armstrong 298 5.6
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Rob Lowe 262 7.4
Liberal Democrats Derek Gradwell 182 5.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Christine Maher 163 4.6
Liberal Democrats Ryan Michael Hough 147 4.2
Turnout 3,535 32.8
Registered electors 10,528
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Kearsley

Kearsley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
One Kearsley Debbie Newall* 1,350 55.9
One Kearsley Paul Heslop* 1,343 55.6
One Kearsley Melanie Livesey 1,121 46.4
Farnworth and Kearsley First Tracey Louise Wilkinson* 686 28.4
Labour Sophie Hallworth 411 17.0
Labour Eddie Gorman 385 15.9
Labour Musa Amedu 357 14.8
Conservative Mark Cunningham 270 11.2
Conservative Glenys Ratcliffe 221 9.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Julie Pattison 180 7.5
Conservative Lewis Croden 127 5.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Cooper 28 1.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Anne Strawbridge 26 1.1
Liberal Democrats John William Strawbridge 14 0.6
Turnout 2,414 26.3
Registered electors 9,192
One Kearsley win (new boundaries)
One Kearsley win (new boundaries)
One Kearsley win (new boundaries)

Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Little Lever and Darcy Lever (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Taylor-Burke* 1,213 40.4
Conservative David Meehan* 986 32.8
Labour Liam Barnard 964 32.1
Conservative Fred Khan 801 26.7
Labour Jo Fisk 785 26.1
Labour Bob Sproat 732 24.4
Little Lever & Darcy Lever First Sean Colin Hornby* 664 22.1
Little Lever & Darcy Lever First Rees Gibbon 582 19.4
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Kathryn Andrea Harris 472 15.7
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Simon Johnson 333 11.1
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Brett Varnam 313 10.4
Liberal Democrats Susie Martin 113 3.8
Liberal Democrats Naila Asghar 85 2.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Wilkinson 69 2.3
Turnout 3,002 31.3
Registered electors 9,591
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Queens Park and Central

Queens Park and Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Akhtar Zaman* 1,672 67.0
Labour Co-op Richard Silvester* 1,625 65.1
Labour Linda Carol Thomas* 1,561 62.6
Conservative Hetan Ajwani 354 14.2
Conservative Hafiz Tahir Butt 347 13.9
Conservative Shahjahan Shah 284 11.4
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Tracey Ann Earp 217 8.7
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Sandra Harvey 189 7.6
Liberal Democrats Stewart Malcolm Ball 163 6.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Justin Kay Isherwood 147 5.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Tonge 116 4.6
Northern Heart Anthony Massey 101 4.0
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,495 24.5
Registered electors 9,818
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rumworth

Rumworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Aziz Atcha* 2,491 50.0
Labour Sajid Ali 2,484 49.8
Labour Amjid Khan 2,238 44.9
Conservative Ayyub Patel Chota 2,019 40.5
Conservative Yusuf Davda 1,975 39.6
Conservative Rosy Abdullah 1,829 36.7
Green Alan Johnson 374 7.5
Green Glenys Ann Johnson 296 5.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Colin Speakman 163 3.3
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Hayes 99 2.0
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 4,983 43.6
Registered electors 11,436
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Smithills

Smithills (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Geoffrey Cliffe Hayes* 1,944 53.4
Liberal Democrats Sue Priest* 1,867 51.2
Liberal Democrats Garry Neil Veevers* 1,687 46.3
Labour Noelene Gillatt 922 25.3
Labour Sorie Sesay 871 23.9
Labour Zeeshan Akhtar 828 22.7
Conservative Carol Forshaw 473 13.0
Conservative Cathryn Norris 393 10.8
Conservative Douglas Taylor 359 9.9
Green Vicki Attenborough 286 7.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Helen Shaw 203 5.6
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Stephen Tonge 171 4.7
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 3,643 34.7
Registered electors 10,503
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Tonge with the Haulgh

Tonge with the Haulgh (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martin Donaghy* 1,518 52.8
Labour Co-op Nick Peel* 1,446 50.3
Labour Co-op Emily Grace Amelia Mort* 1,401 48.8
Conservative Selena Bain 773 26.9
Conservative Ciaran Tully 727 25.3
Conservative Jodie Louise Lane 726 25.3
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Trevor Jones 527 18.3
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Ann Forrest 194 6.8
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Harasiwka 159 5.5
Liberal Democrats Franko Harasiwka 155 5.4
Northern Heart Alexander John Mell McAllister 117 4.1
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 2,873 25.1
Registered electors 11,238
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill

Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Price 1,135 34.3
Conservative Martin Tighe 1,111 33.5
Conservative Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon* 1,065 32.2
Conservative Andrea Finney* 1,064 32.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Jean Jackson 1,049 31.7
Liberal Democrats Gillian Elizabeth Wroe 981 29.6
Labour Amanda Jayne Armstrong 759 22.9
Labour Zoe Walsh 716 21.6
Labour Mareike Steiner 644 19.4
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 393 11.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Steven Haslam 192 5.8
Green Heather Rylance 173 5.2
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 3,312 32.4
Registered electors 10,209
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Westhoughton South

Westhoughton South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Andrew Chadwick 1,163 36.3
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Wilkinson* 1,141 35.6
Liberal Democrats Neil Maher 1,021 31.9
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Janice McGeown* 1,008 31.5
Labour John Stewart McHugh 995 31.0
Labour Karen Millington 970 30.3
Conservative Rachel Eckersley-Fallon 637 19.9
Conservative Carol Kirkman 627 19.6
Conservative Anna-Marie Watters 611 19.1
Westhoughton First Independents Sharon Ann Gough 349 10.9
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Matthew Kemp 231 7.2
Reform UK & Bolton for Change Sandy Holt 192 6.0
Rejected ballots 31
Turnout 3,205 31.1
Registered electors 10,292
Labour win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

By-elections

Kearsley

A by-election was held on 16 November 2023 following the resignation of Paul Heslop on 2 October 2023.[7]

Kearsley: 16 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Tracey Wilkinson 1,081 66.0 +42.5
Labour Jackie Schofield 365 22.3 +8.2
Reform UK Dale Gregory 121 7.4 +1.2
Conservative Malaika Dean 38 2.3 –6.9
Green Alan Johnson 18 1.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Cooper 15 0.9 –0.1
Majority 716 43.7 N/A
Turnout 1,640
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from One Kearsley Swing Increase17.2

Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill

A by-election will be held on 16 November 2023 following the resignation of Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon on 2 October 2023.[7]

Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill: 16 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Deirdre McGeown 959 41.5 +11.3
Conservative Andrea Finney 665 28.8 –0.7
Labour Karen Millington 440 19.0 –1.2
Westhoughton First Independents Jack Speight 118 5.1 –5.3
Reform UK Jeff Armstrong 101 4.4 –0.7
Green Wendy Shepherd 28 1.2 –3.4
Majority 294 12.7
Turnout 2,315
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase6.0

References

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  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour replace Tories as Bolton's biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Bolton Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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