Kearsley
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughBolton
Created1973
Named forKearsley
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough
 • BodyBolton Council
 • LeadershipLeader and Cabinet
 • ExecutiveNo overall control
Area
 • Total2.95 sq mi (7.65 km2)
Population
 • Total14,212.[1]
UK Parliament constituencyBolton South East
WebsiteKearsley Area Forum

Kearsley 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.

Together with Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, and Rumworth wards it makes up the Bolton South East Parliamentary Constituency.

Election results

edit

Elections in the 2010s

edit
2018: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnworth and Kearsley First Julie Pattison 1,864 52.3 +52.3
Labour Stephen Langley 882 24.7 −13.5
UKIP Will Pilkington 399 11.2 −34.0
Conservative Kamaran Fathulla 290 8.1 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Connor Goodwin 131 3.7 −3.7
Majority 982 27.5
Turnout 3,566 34.1 +2.3
Farnworth and Kearsley First gain from Labour
2016: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Mark Cunningham 1,480 45.2 +13.7
Labour Carol Burrows 1,248 38.2 +0.6
Conservative Richard Elliot 300 9.2 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Aaron Hepworth 243 7.4 −2.1
Majority 232 7.1
Turnout 3,271 31.8 −27.1
UKIP gain from Labour
2015: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Irving 2,331 37.6 +1.9
UKIP Mark Cunningham 1953 31.5 −2.9
Conservative Sandra Macneill 1053 17.0 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rothwell 590 9.5 −1.4
Green Graham Robert Marsden 271 4.4 +4.4
Majority 378 6.1 +4.8
Turnout 6,198 58.9 +28.2
Labour hold
2014: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Burrows 1,139 35.7 −19.4
UKIP Mark Joseph Cunningham 1,096 34.4 +34.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell 348 10.9 −23.0
Independent Simon Paul Colley 309 9.7 +9.7
Conservative Sandra Macneill 278 8.7 −2.3
Rejected ballots 18 0.56
Majority 43 1.3 −19.8
Turnout 3,188 30.68 +4.7
Labour hold
2012: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Ann Burrows 1,475 55.0 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell 909 33.9 +3.3
Conservative Michelle Laura Ionn 295 11.0 −6.0
Majority 566 21.1 −0.4
Turnout 2,679 26.0 −4.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
2011: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Irving 1,630 52.4 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Patricia Rothwell 953 30.6 −0.2
Conservative Michelle Ionn 529 17.0 −5.8
Majority 677 21.5 +5.9
Turnout 3,144 30.2 −26.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
2010: Kearsley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Burrows 2,706 46.4 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Tracey Kane 1,797 30.8 −15.8
Conservative Diane Bamber 1,331 22.8 +3.5
Majority 909 15.6
Turnout 5,834 56.5 +26.7
Labour hold

Elections in the 2000s

edit

Elections in the 1990s

edit

Elections in the 1980s

edit

Elections in the 1970s

edit

Notes

edit
  1. ^ "Kearsley Ward in North West England". Retrieved 15 May 2019.

References

edit