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Bolton local elections 2022: Everything you need to know
04.05.2022 - 18:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Voters will elect a third of councillors in Bolton on Thursday with the current make up at the Town Hall finely balanced.
Bolton is the only Greater Manchester borough currently led by the Conservatives although they do so by relying on an agreement with smaller parties.
They are currently the largest party on the council with 22 councillors, Labour have 17 and the Liberal Democrats five. That leaves 16 other councillors made up of independents and hyperlocal parties such as Horwich and Blackrod First and Farnworth and Kearsley First.
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Only a third of the 60 seats are up for election this week which makes it unlikely that there will be massive shifts in the number of councillors for each party. To become the biggest party Labour would have to gain at least three seats from the Conservatives.
It is likely that whichever party has the most councillors on Friday morning they will need to form some kind of agreement with smaller parties to form an administration.
When gaining power in 2019 the Tories did this with both the Liberal Democrats and Horwich and Blackrod First members, among others. However, the co-operation between Conservatives and both of those parties has broken down since leaving an unclear picture going into Thursday’s poll.
Key issues in the borough are the clean air zone for the region and future town centre regeneration. Candidates from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform/Bolton for Change will contest every ward.
The Green Party are fielding several candidates and are joined by a number of independents and hyperlocal parties including Farnworth and Kearsley First, Horwich and Blackrod First, Little
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