Rumworth
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughBolton
Created2004
Named forRumworth
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough
 • BodyBolton Council
 • LeadershipLeader and Cabinet
 • ExecutiveNo overall control
Area
 • Total0.95 sq mi (2.45 km2)
Population
 • Total16,250.[1]
UK Parliament constituencyBolton South East
WebsiteRumworth Area Forum

Rumworth Ward 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.

History

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The Rumworth ward was first created in 1872 as the seventh electoral ward of the Muncipal Borough of Bolton from the eastern portion of the township of Rumworth.

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

Councillors

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Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2006 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2007 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2008 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2010 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2011 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2012 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2014 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2015 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2016 Rosa Kay (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2016 by-election Shamim Abdullah (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2018 Shamim Abdullah (Lab) Ebrahim Adia (Lab) Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Election results

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Elections in the 2010s

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Bolton Council election 2018: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,570
Conservative Hafiz Butt 379
Green Alan Johnson 251
Independent Damien Walsh 111
Liberal Democrats Duncan MacPherson 55
Rumworth by-election, 6 October 2016 [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shamim Abdullah 2,152 77.1 +4.9
UKIP Jonathan Baxendale 251 9.0 −1.0
Conservative Mohammed Waqas 167 6.0 −4.5
Green Alan Johnson 126 4.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Forrest 96 3.4 +1.1
Majority 1,901 68.1
Turnout
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2016: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosa Kay 2,568 72.2 −5.1
Conservative Hafiz Bhutt 373 10.5 −2.1
UKIP Kathleen Richardson 354 10.0 +10.0
Green Alan Johnson 179 5.0 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Amos 82 2.3 +0.0
Majority 2,195 61.7 −2.9
Turnout 3,556 37.0 −22.0
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2015: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 4,555 77.3 +4.8
Conservative Jack Heyes 747 12.7 +4.7
Green Alan Johnson 457 7.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Hayes 136 2.3 +0.6
Majority 3,808 64.6 +4.3
Turnout 5,895 59.0 +19.2
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2014: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,876 72.5 −6.0
UKIP Geoffrey David Kay 492 12.4 +12.4
Conservative Jack Heyes 317 8.0 −1.6
Green Alan Johnson 200 5.0 −4.0
Liberal Democrats Jaleh Salari 66 1.7 −1.2
Rejected ballots 16 0.40
Majority 2,384 60.3 −8.5
Turnout 3,967 39.77 +9.0
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2012: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosa Kay 2,394 78.5 +1.4
Conservative Jack Heyes 294 9.6 −1.2
Green Alan Johnson 274 9.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats David Charles Cooper 88 2.9 −0.5
Majority 2,100 68.8 +2.4
Turnout 3,050 30.7 −3.9
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2011: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,677 77.1 +7.1
Conservative Ruth Kenny 374 10.8 −3.9
Green Alan Johnson 300 8.6 +8.6
Liberal Democrats David Charles Tyas Cooper 119 3.4 −11.8
Majority 2,303 66.4 +11.6
Turnout 3,470 34.6 −21.4
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2010: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 3,928 70.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Glen Carl Atkinson 855 14.7 +14.7
Conservative Michelle Laura Ionn 825 15.2 −6.6
Majority 3,073 54.8 +13.4
Turnout 5,608 56.0 +26.7
Labour hold

Elections in the 2000s

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During the 2008 election, Conservative candidate for Rumworth, Zahid Raja, withdrew before the election.[3]

Bolton Council election 2008: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosa Kay 1,875 63.2 −1.2
Liberal Democrats Wendy Connor 647 21.8 +6.9
Left List Neil McAlister 444 15.0 +15.0
Majority 1,228 41.4 −2.3
Turnout 2,966 29.3 −1.8
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2007: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ebrahim Adia 2,079 64.4 −4.1
Conservative John (Jack) Heyes 668 20.7 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Sandra Bridger 480 14.9 +14.9
Majority 1,411 43.7 +6.7
Turnout 3,227 31.1 +2.1
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2006: Rumworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 2,028 68.5 +22.5
Conservative John Heyes 932 31.5 +15.4
Majority 1,096 37.0
Turnout 2,960 29.0 −9.0
Labour hold
Bolton Council election 2004: Rumworth ward (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosa Kay 1,734 15.6
Labour Ebrahim Adia 1,706 15.3
Labour Ismail Ibrahim 1,683 15.1
Liberal Democrats Rashid Jangharia 1,316 11.8
Liberal Democrats Gulamali Jiva 1,228 11.0
Liberal Democrats James Woodrow 991 8.9
Conservative John Heyes 633 5.7
Conservative Albert Brandwood 598 5.4
Conservative Sydney Palmer 567 5.1
Respect Neil McAlister 540 4.9
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle 136 1.2
Turnout 11,132 38.0

Notes

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  1. ^ "Rumworth Ward in North West England". Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ http://englishelections.org.uk/england/lby/northwest/rumworth.php
  3. ^ "Tight contest forecast in Bolton elections". The Bolton News. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

References

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