THE Bolton Council 2021 election count was held at the University of Bolton stadium on Friday.

Below are the results in full. 

After Thursday's vote, the Conservatives seem likely to continue leading Bolton Council after they became the largest party.

They won three more seats and lost one and now have 20 councillors of the borough’s 60.

Labour also gained a councillor and held on to the seven seats they were defending and now have a total of 19 councillors.

The remaining seats are held by a mix of the Lib Dems and smaller independent and hyperlocal parties.

There were 21 seats fought for on Thursday in 20 wards across Bolton, with 99 candidates standing.

The council remains under no overall control.

RESULT: Astley Bridge (two seats)

Conservative HOLD one and win a vacant seat 

Paul Eccleshare (BFC) - 311
Hilary Fairclough (CON) - 2569
James Haslam (LD) - 380
Kevin Mulligan (LD) - 386
Safwaan Patel (LAB) - 1025
Samuel Rimmer (CON) - 1746
Steve Sutton (LAB). 897

RESULT: Horwich and Blackrod

Horwich and Blackrod First Independents GAIN from Independent

Andrew Bovill (GR)  - 149
David Grant (HBF) - 1303
Joan Pritchard-Jones (LAB) - 1113
Finlay Stanley (CON) - 1288
Kevin Walsh (LD) - 80

RESULT: Heaton and Lostock

Conservative HOLD

John Gillatt (LAB) - 1419
Katie Jones (GR) - 205
Andy Morgan (CON) - 2799
Sue Priest (LD) - 488

RESULT: Tonge with the Haulgh

Labour HOLD

Martin Donaghy (LAB) - 1272
Becky Forrest (LD) - 81
Trevor Jones (BFC) - 357
Wesley McArdle (CON) - 1120

RESULT: Harper Green

Labour HOLD

Peter Flitcroft (FKF) - 777
Paul Gannon (BFC) - 54
aleh Hayes (LD) - 39
Fred Khan (CON) - 922
Champak Mistry (LAB) - 1569
Wendy Shepherd (GR) - 128

RESULT: Great Lever

Labour HOLD

David Figgins (GR) - 223
Mohammed Iqbal (LAB) - 2183
Duncan Macpherson (LD) - 135
Malik Nazar (CON) - 1190

RESULT: Rumworth

Labour HOLD

Shamim Abdullah (LAB) - 2417
David Cooper (LD) - 90
Alan Johnson (GR) - 196
Shafi Patel (CON) - 1100

RESULT: Crompton

Labour GAIN from Crompton Independents

Tracy Fenton (BFC)  - 281
Francine Godfrey (LD) - 158
Rabiya Jiva (LAB) - 2266
Siraj Patel (CON) - 1319
Heather Rylance (GR) - 124

RESULT Hulton

Conservative HOLD

Matt Allen (LD) - 67
Jeff Armstrong (BFC - 77
Paris Hayes (GR) 860
Toby Hewitt (CON) 1695
Shaf Shaikh (LAB) 1075

RESULT - Westhoughton South

Conservative HOLD

Richard Brennan (WF) - 194 
Christopher Hill (CON) - 1262
Mike Jarvis (LAB) - 871
Neil Maher (LD) - 955
Elizabeth McManus (GR) - 92
Victoria Rowley (AFW) - 129

RESULT: Westhoughton North

Conservatives win a vacant seat

Richard Bates (AFW) - 52
Andrea Finney (CON) - 1937 
Zulfi Jiva (LAB) - 652
Arthur Price (LD) - 1207
Jack Speight (WF) - 201
Amanda Stewart (GR) - 107

RESULT Smithills

Lib Dem HOLD

Daniel Bentham (BFC) - 177
David Mebbitt (GR) - 134
Roger Hayes (LD) - 1728
Joan Johnson (CON) - 883
Sorie Sesay (LAB) - 986

RESULT: Farnworth

Farnworth and Kearsley First HOLD

Nadeem Ayub (LAB) - 1335
Bashim Dean (CON) - 279
Christine Macpherson (LD) - 61 
Paul Sanders (FKF) - 1647

RESULT - Bradshaw

Conservative HOLD

Steph Howes (GR) - 214
Logan Pratheepan (LAB) - 842
Jacqueline Radcliffe (CON) - 2539
Caroline Sturner-Preece (LD). - 96

RESULT Kearsley

Farnworth and Kearsley First GAIN from Conservative

Abdul Atcha (LAB)- 528
Mark Cunningham - (CON) 600
Debbie Newall (LD) 493
Tract Wilkinson (FKF) - 1779

RESULT: Bromley Cross

Conservative HOLD

Emily Mort (LAB)- 1261
Nadim Muslim (CON) - 2748
Liz Spencer (GR) - 282
Liz Turner (LD) - 164

RESULT: Breightmet

Conservative GAIN

Bernadette Gallagher (LAB) - 1222
Stuart Hartigan (CON) - 1576
Chich Chewitt (GR) - 86
Sandy Holt (BFC) - 262
Jennifer Wilkes (LD) - 60

RESULT - Horwich North East

Labour HOLD

Ryan Bamforth (HBF) - 1077
Keith Cocker (GR) - 117
Richard Silvester (LAB) - 1412
Gordon Stone (LD) - 794
Hannah Wright (CON) - 618

RESULT: Little Lever and Darcy Lever

Conservative GAIN a seat from UKIP

Simon Collins (For Britain) - 16
James Entwistle (LAB) - 1095
Rees Gibbon (UKIP) - 585
Gillian Hewitt (GR) - 148
Andrea Taylor-Burke (CON) - 1536
Scott Turner-Preece (LD) - 46
Brett Varnam (BFC) - 179

RESULT - Halliwell - Labour hold

Malaika Dean (CON)- 529
Kate Plewis (LAB) 2013
Anthony Massey (IND) 79
 Colin Newall (LD) 55
Christopher Taylor (GR) 103