User:HLE/Kearsley (ward)

Kearsley
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Bolton
Created	1973
Named for	Kearsley
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	No overall control
Area
• Total	2.95 sq mi (7.65 km2)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	14,212.
UK Parliament constituency	Bolton South East
Website	Kearsley 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

Elections in the 2010s

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

References

• Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.