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Great Lever
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughBolton
Established
  • 1973 (as Great Lever)
  • renamed 1980 (as Burnden)
  • restored name 2004 (as Great Lever)
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough
 • BodyBolton Council
 • LeadershipLeader and Cabinet
 • ExecutiveNo overall control
Area
 • Total1.49 sq mi (3.87 km2)
Population
 • Total14,467.[1][2]
UK Parliament constituencyBolton South East
WebsiteGreat Lever Area Forum

Great Lever is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It had changed its name to Burnden in 1980, but was reverted to its original name in 2004. Great Lever ward elects three Councillors to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

Background

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Great Lever had been one of the autonomous townships of the ancient parish of Middleton in the Salford Hundred of the historic county of Lancashire until the mid-19th century.[3] In 1866, it gained civil parish status in its own right.[4][5] Great Lever became one of the civil parishes of the Bolton Rural Sanitary District from 1872 to 1894, then part of Bolton Rural District from 1894 to 1898. Under of the Bolton, Turton and Westhoughton Extension Act, Great Lever lost its civil parish status and became one of the electoral wards of the County Borough of Bolton from 1898 to 1974.

Metropolitan borough ward

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Under the Local Government Act 1972, Great Lever became one of the electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton for the 1973 to 1979 elections. Following ward boundary changes, it changed its name to the Burnden ward for the 1980 to 2003 elections. But following further boundary changes for the 2004 election, its original name was restored to the Great Lever ward. It covers the Great Lever and Burnden areas and it stretches northwards to include the eastern half of Bolton town centre.[1][2] At the 2011 United Kingdom census, the electoral ward had a population of 14,467.[1][2] Great Lever ward is represented in Bolton Town Hall by three elected councillors.[6] It is also one of the seven wards which form the Bolton South East constituency and has been represented in the House of Commons by the Labour Party MP Yasmin Qureshi since 2010.

Great Lever results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2021 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,133 58.0 +6.3
Conservative Nalik Nazar 1,190 32.3 −1.3
Green David Figgins 223 6.0 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Duncan McPherson 134 3.6 +0.8
Majority 943 25.6 +7.5
Turnout 3,680 38.5 +0.0
Labour hold

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Murray 1,928 51.2 −24.8
Conservative Arfan Khan 1,254 33.6 +21.4
UKIP Derek R Wunderley 272 7.3 +7.3
Green David Figgins 169 4.5 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Duncan McPherson 105 2.8 −1.7
Majority 674 18.1 −45.7
Turnout 3,728 38.5 +5.6
Labour hold
2018 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,422 76.0 +6.5
Conservative Mohammed Waqas 389 12.2 +4.6
Green David Figgins 232 7.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Francine Godfrey 143 4.5 +0.6
Majority 2,033 63.8 +7.2
Turnout 3,186 32.9 −1.4
Labour hold
2016 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,192 69.5 +2.6
UKIP Dot Sexton 407 12.9 −1.8
Conservative Mohammed Waqas 241 7.6 −4.8
Green David Figgins 191 6.1 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Graham 124 3.9 +1.5
Majority 1,785 56.6 +4.4
Turnout 3,156 34.3 −21.2
Labour hold
2015 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Murray 3,542 66.9 −1.7
UKIP Paul Eccles 779 14.7 +0.4
Conservative Mohammed Waqas 658 12.4 +2.8
Green Helen Dickson 189 3.6 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Duncan Macpherson 126 2.4 +0.6
Majority 2,763 52.2 −2.4
Turnout 5,294 55.5 +18.9
Labour hold
2014 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,420 68.6 −5.4
UKIP Dot Sexton 505 14.3 +14.3
Conservative Jay Patel 338 9.6 −0.8
Green David William Collins 127 3.6 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Fairhurst 64 1.8 −3.0
Independent Joseph Thomas Holt 54 1.5 +1.5
Rejected ballots 21 0.60
Majority 1,915 54.6 −8.7
Turnout 3,529 36.59 +5.9
Labour hold
2012 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 2,183 74.0 +5.5
Green David William Collins 316 10.7 +4.8
Conservative Albert Brandwood 307 10.4 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Andrew Kane 143 4.8 −2.4
Majority 1,867 63.3 +13.8
Turnout 2,949 30.7 −4.8
Labour hold
2011 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Murray 2,282 68.5 +19.0
Conservative Anjani Kumar 612 18.4 −13.0
Liberal Democrats Aqeel Akhtar 241 7.2 −6.5
Green David William Collins 198 5.9 +1.2
Majority 1,670 49.5 −31.3
Turnout 3,375 35.5 −22.8
Labour hold
2010 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 2,844 49.9 +3.3
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,805 31.6 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew David Tyas Cooper 785 13.8 +6.9
Green Alan Johnson 270 4.7 −5.8
Majority 1,039 18.2 +8.2
Turnout 5,704 58.3 +21.8
Labour hold

Elections in the 2000s

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2008 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 1,657 46.3 −0.8
Conservative Mudasir Dean 1,299 36.3 −1.2
Green Alan Johnson 374 10.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Mian Akhtar 245 6.9 −2.1
Majority 358 10.0 +0.5
Turnout 3,575 36.5 +1.6
Labour gain from Conservative
2007 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Murray 1,601 47.1 −11.6
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,276 37.5 +16.7
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor 306 9.0 −1.4
Green Alan Johnson 219 6.4 −3.8
Majority 325 9.5 −28.4
Turnout 3,402 34.9 −3.0
Labour gain from Conservative
2006 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ayub 1,889 58.7 +19.4
Conservative Christine Wild 669 20.8 −19.4
Liberal Democrats Gulamali Jiva 335 10.4 −10.2
Green Alan Johnson 327 10.2 +10.2
Majority 1,220 37.9
Turnout 3,220 34.0 −4.0
Labour hold
2004 election: Great Lever ward
(all 3 seats were up for election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ansar Hussain 1,487 14.2
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,439 13.8
Labour Prentice Howarth 1,400 13.4
Labour Martin Donaghy 1,399 13.4
Labour Champak Mistry 1,306 12.5
Conservative Neil Germaine 1,275 12.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Toft 765 7.3
Liberal Democrats Maria Garcia 734 7.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Toft 652 6.2
Turnout 10,457 38.0

Burnden ward results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2003 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammad Idrees 1,453 39.5
Labour Martin McMulkin 1,421 38.6
Liberal Democrats David Connor 686 18.6
Socialist Alliance David Sumner 119 3.2
Majority 32 0.9
Turnout 3,679 38.0 +0.0
Conservative gain from Labour
2002 election: Burnden ward
(2 seats were up for election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Howarth 1,280 22.3
Labour P Spencer 1,159 20.2
Conservative M Idrees 1,154 20.1
Conservative M Iqbal 1,105 19.3
Liberal Democrats D Connor 443 7.7
Liberal Democrats R Harasiwka 340 5.9
Socialist Labour D Entwistle 133 2.3
Socialist Alliance D Sumner 115 2.0
Turnout 5,729 38.0 +9.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
2000 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 1,050 53.9 −15.2
Conservative M Woodward 545 28.0 +8.9
Liberal Democrats D Connor 272 14.0 +2.2
Socialist Labour D Entwistle 80 4.1 +4.1
Majority 505 25.9 −24.1
Turnout 1,947 29.0 +9.0
Labour hold

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Birch 1,307 69.1 +2.8
Conservative R Wood 361 19.1 −0.3
Liberal Democrats D Connor 223 11.8 −2.5
Majority 946 50.0 +3.2
Turnout 1,891 20.0 +0.7
Labour hold
1998 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Howarth 1,223 66.3 −3.7
Conservative S Jackson 359 19.4 +3.8
Liberal Democrats D Connor 264 14.3 −0.2
Majority 864 46.8 −7.6
Turnout 1,846 19.3 −9.1
Labour hold
1996 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 1,907 70.0 −5.0
Conservative R Wood 425 15.6 +1.7
Liberal Democrats D Connor 394 14.5 +3.4
Majority 1,482 54.4 −6.8
Turnout 2,726 28.4 −2.5
Labour hold
1995 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Birch 2,280 75.0 +6.4
Conservative E Holland 421 13.9 −2.5
Liberal Democrats R Harasiwka 338 11.1 −3.9
Majority 1,859 61.2 +10.0
Turnout 3,039 31.9 −3.1
Labour hold
1994 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Howarth 2,280 68.6 +16.3
Conservative F Tebbutt 546 16.4 −8.8
Liberal Democrats M Rothwell 498 15.0 −7.4
Majority 1,734 51.2 +24.1
Turnout 3,324 35.0 +5.0
Labour hold
1992 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 1,495 52.3 −10.4
Conservative S Rae 721 25.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats F Harasiwka 640 22.4 +9.6
Majority 774 27.1 −11.1
Turnout 2,856 30.0 −8.9
Labour hold
1991 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Birch 2,277 62.7 +1.2
Conservative J Cosgrave 890 24.5 +0.9
Liberal Democrats P Howarth 464 12.8 +2.7
Majority 1,387 38.2 +0.3
Turnout 3,631 38.9 −6.1
Labour hold
1990 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Howarth 2,705 61.5 −0.6
Conservative S Hornby 1,037 23.6 −5.8
Liberal Democrats P Howarth 445 10.1 +1.6
Islamic Party A Khalique 210 4.8 +4.8
Majority 1,668 37.9 +5.3
Turnout 4,397 45.0 +5.0
Labour hold

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 2,156 62.1 +9.7
Conservative E Holland 1,022 29.4 −3.9
Liberal Democrats L Easterman 296 8.5 −5.8
Majority 1,134 32.6 +13.6
Turnout 3,474 40.0 −3.6
Labour hold
1987 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Birch 2,041 52.4 −2.1
Conservative F Hunter 1,299 33.3 +0.9
Liberal P Howarth 558 14.3 +1.2
Majority 742 19.0 −3.0
Turnout 3,898 43.6 +4.6
Labour hold
1986 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Howarth 1,874 54.5 +1.8
Conservative L Robertson 1,115 32.4 −7.3
Liberal P Howarth 452 13.1 +5.5
Majority 759 22.0 +8.9
Turnout 3,441 39.0 −2.0
Labour hold
1984 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 1,993 52.7 +5.5
Conservative E Holland 1,501 39.7 −1.3
Liberal S Vickers 268 7.6 −4.2
Majority 492 13.1 +6.9
Turnout 3,780 41.0 −7.0
Labour hold
1983 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Birch 2,139 47.2 +3.2
Conservative W Hall 1,859 41.0 −2.9
Liberal F Harasiwka 534 11.8 −0.3
Majority 280 6.2 +6.1
Turnout 4,532 48.0 +11.3
Labour hold
1982 election: Burnden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J Mason 1,558 44.0 −14.4
Conservative W Hall 1,553 43.9 −0.7
Liberal W Crook 427 12.1 +12.1
Majority 5 0.1
Turnout 3,538 36.7
Labour hold
1980 election: Burnden ward
(all 3 seats were up for election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Eastwood 2,524 18.9
Labour P Birch 2,368 17.8
Labour J Mason 2,362 17.7
Conservative M Drinkwater 2,063 15.5
Conservative L Hunton 1,953 14.7
Conservative R Haslam 1,927 14.5
National Front P Salveson 127 1.0
Turnout 13,324

Great Lever ward results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1979 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L Williamson 4,408 55.1 +3.9
Conservative L Huyton 3,598 44.9 −3.9
Majority 810 10.1 +8.2
Turnout 8,006 76.9 +42.3
Labour gain from Conservative
1978 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Atkinson 1,842 51.0 +11.3
Conservative J Shore 1,772 49.0 −11.3
Majority 70 2.0
Turnout 3,614 34.6 −1.4
Labour gain from Conservative
1976 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S Haslam 2,283 60.3 −6.1
Labour G Harkin 1,504 39.7 +6.1
Majority 779 20.4 −12.2
Turnout 3,787 36.0 +8.0
Conservative gain from Labour
1975 election: Great Lever ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L Huyton 2,031 66.4 +16.4
Labour A Perry 1,027 33.6 −16.4
Majority 1,004 32.8
Turnout 3,058 28.0 −1.0
Conservative gain from Labour
1973 election: Great Lever ward
(all 3 seats were up for election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Shore 1,526 17.3
Labour V Urmston 1,492 16.9
Labour A Perry 1,471 16.7
Conservative G Woosey 1,456 16.5
Labour P Lowe 1,444 16.4
Conservative L Huyton 1,442 16.3
Turnout 8,831 29.0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Great Lever". Ward in North West England. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Great Lever (E05000656)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Authority Records: Townships And Civil Parishes". Bolton Museum and Archive Service. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Great Lever Tn/CP: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Status details for Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Elected Members". Bolton Council. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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