| Election Name: | Bolton Council Election 2019 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Party Name: | Yes |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 Seats up for Election |
| Next Election: | 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,927 |
| Percentage1: | 32.8% |
| Percentage Change1: | 7.8 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 20,862 |
| Percentage2: | 29.8% |
| Percentage Change2: | 6.1 |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,283 |
| Percentage3: | 13.3% |
| Percentage Change3: | 1.3 |
| Party4: | Farnworth and Kearsley First |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,162 |
| Percentage4: | 7.4% |
| Percentage Change4: | 1.3 72558 |
| Party5: | UKIP |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 7,809 |
| Percentage5: | 11.2% |
| Percentage Change5: | 8.1 |
| Party6: | Horwich and Blackrod First |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats After6: | 2 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 3,059 |
| Percentage6: | 4.4% |
| Percentage Change6: | 4.4 |
| Party7: | Independent Politician |
| Seats Before7: | 1 |
| Seats After7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 881 |
| Percentage7: | 1.3% |
| Percentage Change7: | 0.9 |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader of the Council | |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2019 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bolton Council in Greater Manchester, England.[1] [2] [3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party, which had run the council since 2006 and had maintained a majority since 2011, lost overall control of the Council.
20 seats were contested and the Labour Party won 6 seats, the Conservative Party won 6 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 3 seats, Farnworth and Kearsley First won 2 seats, Horwich and Blackrod First won 2 seat, and UKIP won 1 seat.
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:
The Conservatives formed an agreement with all the other opposition parties, the Liberal Democrats, Farnworth and Kearsley First, UKIP and Horwich and Blackrod First in order to form a minority administration.[4] [5] For the first time since the period between 2004 and 2006, the Labour Party went into opposition. This was also the first time in history at Bolton Council that the party with the largest number of seats was not in charge of running the council.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Labour | Conservative | LD | U | IND |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 24 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 7 | |
| Labour | Conservative | LD | U | IND |
Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.