Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, along with the European Parliament elections, 2014. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2018.
21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich and Blackrod ward following the resignation of Labour councillor Lindsey Kell. The Labour Party won 13 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 41 | 16 | 3 | |
| Labour | Conservative | LD |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | |
| Labour | Conservative | LD | U |
Two seats were up for election. Stephen Pickup will have to stand again for election in 2016 and Alan Bury in 2018.