User:HLE/Hulton (ward)

Hulton
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Bolton
Created	2004
Named for	Over Hulton
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	No overall control
Area
• Total	4.4 sq mi (11.3 km2)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	13,748.
UK Parliament constituency	Bolton South East
Website	Hulton Area Forum

Hulton 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, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, and Rumworth wards it makes up the Bolton South East Parliamentary Constituency.

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Bolton Council election 3 May 2018: Hulton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Parkinson	1,858	50.2	+17.5
	Labour	Rabiya Jiva	1,451	39.2	+2.2
	UKIP	Beverley Fletcher	215	5.8	−18.7
	Green	Chris Taylor	107	2.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulligan	68	1.8	−0.7
Majority			407	11.0
Turnout			3,699	37.0	−1.4
	Conservative hold

Hulton by-election 18 January 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Hewitt	1,455
	Labour	Rabiya Jiva	1,179
	UKIP	Beverley Fletcher	190
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Gradwell	67
	Green	James Tomkinson	52
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative 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.