2024 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2024

20 out of 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
Last election 26 seats, 40.4% 17 seats, 32.7% 6 seat, 9.8%
Seats before 27 15 7
Seats won 9 3 2
Seats after 26 15 6
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 24,475 14,124 5,388
Percentage 33.7% 19.5% 7.4%
Swing 6.7% 13.2% 2.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader David Grant Paul Sanders
Party Horwich and Blackrod First Farnworth and Kearsley First Green
Last election 6 seats, 4.8% 2 seats, 1.6% 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats before 6 3 0
Seats won 3 2 1
Seats after 6 5 1
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 5,370 2,900 6,493
Percentage 7.4% 4.0% 8.9%
Swing 2.6% 2.4% 7.1%

  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Last election 0 seats, 0.9%
Seats before 2
Seats won 1
Seats after 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 3,964
Percentage 5.5%
Swing 4.6%

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader before election

Nick Peel
Labour Party
No overall control

Leader after election

Nick Peel
Labour Party
No overall control

The 2024 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The council remained under no overall control and continued to be run by a Labour minority administration.