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Halliwell
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Bolton
Created	1973
Named for	Halliwell
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	No overall control
Area
• Total	1.07 sq mi (2.77 km2)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	13,929.
UK Parliament constituency	Bolton North East
Website	Halliwell Area Forum

Halliwell is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It 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.

The electoral ward covers the Brownlow Fold and Victory areas of Halliwell, Bolton School, Queen's Park, Top Way (A673 road), Moor Lane (A676 road), and western and northern of Bolton town centre (including Bolton Town Hall and Bolton Market Hall).

Halliwell was part of the Bolton West constituency until 1997 when it was transferred to the Bolton North East constituency in boundary changes.

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Bolton Council election, 2018: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	2,181	70.2	+3.6
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	418	13.6	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Falch	120	3.8	−0.2
	Green	Ian David McHugh	118	3.8	−0.7
	Independent	Martin McLoughlin	114	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Sarfraz Nawaz	83	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Anthony Massey	71	2.3	+2.3
Majority			1,767	56.8	+6.6
Turnout			3,110	35.2	−0.3
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2016: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,042	66.6	+3.5
	UKIP	Sandra Harvey	503	16.4	−1.5
	Conservative	Edward Mather	260	8.5	−1.4
	Green	Ian David McHugh	137	4.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan New	122	4.0	+1.5
Majority			1,539	50.2	+5.0
Turnout			3,064	35.5	−19.6
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2015: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	3,121	63.1	−3.0
	UKIP	Sandra Harvey	886	17.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Iqraa Shahid	489	9.9	+3.4
	Green	Ian David McHugh	207	4.2	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Joyce Macpherson	123	2.5	−0.3
	Independent	Roheel Iqbal	117	117	+1.2
Majority			2,235	45.2	−3.4
Turnout			4,943	55.1	+16.8
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2014: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	2,260	66.1	−12.3
	UKIP	Leo Taylor	607	17.8	+17.8
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	223	6.5	−2.9
	Green	Ian David McHugh	173	5.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	95	2.8	−1.0
	Independent	Andrew Mckenzie	42	1.2	+1.2
Rejected ballots			17	0.50
Majority			1,653	48.6	−20.4
Turnout			3,417	38.32	+6.8
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2012: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,122	78.4	+2.6
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	254	9.4	−3.4
	Green	Ian David McHugh	227	8.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	103	3.8	−1.0
Majority			1,868	69.0	+6.4
Turnout			2,706	30.5	−2.6
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2011: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	2,235	75.8	+10.7
	Conservative	Joylon Horton Greenhalgh	377	12.8	−4.2
	Green	Ian David McHugh	195	6.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	143	4.8	−13.0
Majority			1,858	62.6	+15.3
Turnout			2,969	33.1	−22.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2010: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	3,228	65.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francine Godfrey	882	17.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Gareth James Morris	845	17.1	−4.0
Majority			2,346	47.3	+5.9
Turnout			4,955	55.1	+23.5
	Labour hold

Elections in the 2000s

Bolton Council election, 2008: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	1,875	62.5	−2.3
	Conservative	Shahid Mahmood	632	21.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Riaz Gul	494	16.5	−0.1
Majority			1,243	41.4	−4.8
Turnout			3,001	31.6	+3.1
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2007: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	1,802	64.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Martin Grindrod	517	18.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin McLoughlin	463	16.6	+4.4
Majority			1,285	46.2	−4.9
Turnout			2,782	28.5	−5.5
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2006: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	2,289	69.4	+12.2
	Conservative	Jamie Douglas	605	18.3	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Biney	404	12.2	−10.2
Majority			1,684	51.1
Turnout			3,298	34.0	−1.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2004: Halliwell ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,012	19.6
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	1,944	18.9
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	1,918	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin McLoughlin	831	8.1
	Conservative	Mohammad Hanif	811	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Vali	740	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Yakub Patel	726	7.1
	Conservative	Maureen Coombs	678	6.6
	Conservative	Robert Ionn	602	5.9
Turnout			10,262	35.0

Bolton Council election, 2003: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	1,848	53.2	+0.4
	Conservative	James Hinegan	732	21.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sanders Warren	683	19.7	+3.6
	Socialist Alliance	John Greenwood	151	4.3	+4.3
	Socialist Labour	Howard Broadbent	61	1.8	−3.5
Majority			1,116	32.1	+2.1
Turnout			3,475	41.0	+9.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2002: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtar Zaman	1,676	52.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	724	22.8	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Andrew Cox	511	16.1	+5.3
	Socialist Labour	Howard Broadbent	169	5.3	+0.6
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Alwynne Cartmel	96	3.0	+0.1
Majority			952	30.0	+15.5
Turnout			3,176	32.0	+9.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 2000: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	1,053	48.1	−10.6
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	737	33.6	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sanders Warren	236	10.8	−2.9
	Socialist Labour	Howard Broadbent	102	4.7	−0.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Alwynne Cartmell	63	2.9	+2.9
Majority			316	14.5	−21.6
Turnout			2,191	23.0	−1.0
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1990s

Bolton Council election, 1999: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	1,362	58.7	−5.0
	Conservative	Jolyon Horton Coombs	524	22.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sanders Warren	319	13.7	−3.1
	Socialist Labour	Howard Broadbent	117	5.0	+5.0
Majority			838	36.1	−8.1
Turnout			2,322	24.0	+1.3
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1998: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Michael Kilcoyne	1,353	63.7	−3.1
	Conservative	J Evans	414	19.5	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	S Howarth	356	16.8	−3.1
Majority			939	44.2	−2.7
Turnout			2,123	22.7	−7.3
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1996: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Carol Thomas	1,919	66.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	I Greenhalgh	572	19.9	−3.2
	Conservative	A Osborn	382	13.3	+3.1
Majority			1,347	46.9	+3.3
Turnout			2,873	30.0	−5.9
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1995: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,222	66.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	A Radlett	770	23.1	−8.5
	Conservative	D Price	338	10.2	−0.5
Majority			1,452	43.6	+17.5
Turnout			3,330	35.9	−5.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1994: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Michael Kilcoyne	2,199	57.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	J Radlett	1,204	31.6	+9.5
	Conservative	D Mercer	407	10.7	−12.5
Majority			995	26.1	−5.4
Turnout			3,811	40.9	+8.3
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1992: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	1,690	54.7	−5.2
	Conservative	R Pryce	716	23.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	J Radlett	684	22.1	+2.4
Majority			974	31.5	−8.0
Turnout			3,090	32.6	−11.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1991: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,491	59.9	−5.7
	Conservative	R Pryce	848	20.4	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	J Radlett	817	19.7	+6.2
Majority			1,643	39.5	−12.6
Turnout			4,156	43.6	−7.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1990: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Michael Kilcoyne	3,166	65.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Henry	652	13.5	+0.7
	Conservative	J Batley	651	13.5	−6.9
	Islamic Party	M Khan	178	3.7	+3.7
	Green	B Childs	178	3.7	+3.7
Majority			2,514	52.1	+5.6
Turnout			4,825	50.6	+7.6
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1980s

Bolton Council election, 1988: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	2,740	66.8	+16.7
	Conservative	R Pryce	835	20.4	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	D Eccles	524	12.8	−14.1
Majority			1,905	46.5	+23.3
Turnout			4,099	43.0	−3.3
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1987: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	2,282	50.1	+3.1
	Liberal	A Halliwell	1,226	26.9	−9.3
	Conservative	E Holland	1,049	23.0	+6.2
Majority			1,056	23.2	+12.4
Turnout			4,557	46.3	+2.6
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1986: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Michael Kilcoyne	2,022	47.0	+2.6
	Liberal	A Halliwell	1,556	36.2	−1.4
	Conservative	A Cole	721	16.8	−1.2
Majority			466	10.8
Turnout			4,299	43.7	+1.7
	Labour gain from Liberal

Bolton Council election, 1984: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	1,853	44.4	+0.6
	Liberal	A Halliwell	1,571	37.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Stanley Dawson	752	18.0	−4.7
Majority			282	6.7	−3.6
Turnout			4,176	42.0	−3.4
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1983: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Morris	1,966	43.8	+6.9
	Liberal	A Halliwell	1,503	33.5	−3.7
	Conservative	Walter Hall	1,018	22.7	−3.2
Majority			463	10.3
Turnout			4,487	45.4	+11.6
	Labour gain from Liberal

Bolton Council election, 1982: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D Walmsley	1,226	37.2	+1.2
	Labour	R Johnson	1,214	36.9	−9.7
	Conservative	L Keighley	854	25.9	+8.6
Majority			12	0.4
Turnout			3,294	33.8
	Liberal gain from Labour

Bolton Council election, 1980: Halliwell ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	2,011	16.9
	Liberal	J Fish	1,856	15.6
	Labour	R Johnson	1,775	14.9
	Labour	J Knight	1,768	14.8
	Liberal	S Roberts	1,227	10.3
	Liberal	E Wood	1,209	10.2
	Conservative	Walter Hall	1,052	8.8
	Conservative	W Higham	1,008	8.5
Turnout			11,906

Elections in the 1970s

Bolton Council election, 1979: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J Fish	2,972	43.2	+17.6
	Labour	R Johnson	2,171	31.5	−5.6
	Conservative	John Walsh	1,743	25.3	−10.2
Majority			801	11.6
Turnout			6,886	78.0	+37.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Bolton Council election, 1978: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	1,363	37.1	−7.3
	Conservative	B Holland	1,299	35.4	−20.2
	Liberal	J Fish	941	25.6	+25.6
	National Front	J Bridge	71	1.9	+1.9
Majority			64	1.7
Turnout			3,674	41.0	+9.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election, 1976: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Hall	1,742	55.6	+0.3
	Labour	R Johnson	1,389	44.4	+5.9
Majority			353	11.2	−5.6
Turnout			3,131	32.0	−1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

Bolton Council election, 1975: Halliwell ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Walsh	1,804	55.3	+9.5
	Labour	Gerald Riley	1,256	38.5	−15.6
	National Front	J Walsh	202	6.2	+6.2
Majority			548	16.8
Turnout			3,262	33.0	+6.0
	Conservative gain from Labour

Bolton Council election, 1973: Halliwell ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Olwen Hamer	1,533	18.6
	Labour	R Johnson	1,485	18.0
	Labour	Gerald Riley	1,444	17.5
	Conservative	Walter Hall	1,280	15.5
	Conservative	R Stones	1,252	15.2
	Conservative	J Morris	1,248	15.1
Turnout			8,242	27.0

References

• Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 July 2018.